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Justice funding in NSW budget divides profession
The justice funding announced in the NSW budget has been commended by the Law Society for making a “real impact”, but its praise was not shared by Community Legal Centres ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Jun 2021
IBAC report prompts calls for prison system overhaul
Responding to a report that found systemic and serious wrongdoing in private and public Victorian prisons, human rights lawyers have called on the state government to ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Jun 2021
Inquiry bill dismissed by government to ‘protect Porter’s boys club’
The decision by the federal government to block a controversial bill that could have introduced an inquiry into Christian Porter’s fitness to remain a cabinet minister ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jun 2021
59 judges, barristers and directors slam federal government for constant National Integrity Commission delays ahead of next election
Almost 60 eminent legal professionals including former High Court justices and Federal Court judges have slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison for ultimately failing to ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jun 2021
Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch
A barrister who pushed a female legal professional’s head towards his crotch area during an event for clerks has been reprimanded and ordered to pay costs, with the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Religious freedom advocacy groups must come clean, Michael Kirby says
In response to a Christian group’s “lobbying blitz” and in criticising organised religion for failing to “lift their sights above sex and bedrooms”, former High Court ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Witness K sentencing ‘dark chapter’ in Australian history
Although Witness K has been spared jail time for conspiring to reveal classified information about the alleged spying on East Timor by the Australian government, senior ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
NSW legal profession welcomes Dubbo Drug Court
A $27.9 million investment to expand the NSW Drug Court into the Dubbo region has been hailed by the state’s legal body as a “welcomed acknowledgement” that the use of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Qld shield laws enter consultation process
Better protections for Queensland journalists and whistleblowers may be a reality soon as the state government begins consultations on its proposed shield laws.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021