Inquiry set to review climate change bills

A standing committee has called for submissions for an inquiry into two climate change bills following an independent MP’s call for the Morrison government to join the ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Nov 2020

Aboriginal legal services left out of $40m COVID recovery plan

The Victorian government invested $40 million to support service delivery for its state’s Aboriginal community, but the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service has gone ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Nov 2020

368k Australians potentially eligible for Westpac class action

The Federal Court is set to notify 368,000 Australians that may be eligible to join Slater and Gordon’s consumer credit class action against Westpac.

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020

Prioritising client relationships with ethical billing key for post-COVID 

A new law firm on the NSW Central Coast was launched in the middle of the pandemic, and although that provided a set of challenges in itself, the sole practitioner’s main ...

NEWLAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020

One Nation joins campaign to push back against class action reforms

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party has joined the fight against the “hastily assembled” regulatory changes on class actions proposed by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020

Victorian Bar criticised for having ‘no self-awareness’ in council announcement

The Victorian Bar has been accused of “silencing women” after ousting Kathleen Foley from its council just days after she publicly denounced the Attorney-General for ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020

Social impact investment fails to make difference in criminal justice system

The first social impact investment into the criminal justice system found no changes in reducing reoffending rates, supporting a decision to abandon the initiative.

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020

Religious Discrimination Act ‘designed to create a problem’

The Religious Discrimination Act, proposed at a federal level but now also across NSW laws, has been criticised as being “in search of a problem” that politicians would ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Nov 2020

Justice system not prepped for image-based sexual assault offending

A new report has indicated that the criminal justice system’s response to revenge porn, or image-based sexual assault, does not reflect the “type and severity of harms” ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Nov 2020