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How a Biden presidency could impact Australian lawyers

A victory by former vice-president Joe Biden in the looming presidential election could result in a vastly different professional marketplace for Australian practitioners.

06 August 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Former High Court justice warns ‘sloganeering’ damaged government trust

Justice Kenneth Hayne AC QC has warned “slogans replaced reasoned debate” within Australian institutions but suggested there are lessons to be learnt from COVID-19.

06 August 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Christmas Island detention centre to be reopened during COVID-19 crisis

The Australian government is preparing to reopen the detention centre on Christmas Island to house criminals who cannot be deported amid COVID-19 restrictions.

06 August 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Courts contribute to 10% decrease in prison population

New figures indicate favourable bail decisions and sympathetic sentences contributed to a significant decrease in the prison population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

06 August 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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6 appointments made to WA Magistrates Court

Western Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has named six appointees to the Magistrates Court of the Wildflower State.

06 August 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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New bizarre Schoolies idea impractical to COVID laws and guidelines

A suggestion that the Gold Coast’s 2020 Schoolies celebrations be replaced with a bizarre new way has been dismissed as naïve and impractical against COVID-19 guidelines and has generated a renewed call to cancel the event.

06 August 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Law Society and solicitor locked in standstill post-appeal

Neither the Law Society of NSW nor a solicitor found to have engaged in professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct emerged the winner of an appeal.

05 August 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Cyber enemies at the gates of law firms

As 2019 drew to an end, and raging bushfires burnt regional Australia to the ground – it was an enemy we understood, how to fight and could see. It was a battle we knew we would eventually overcome and recover from, writes Anastasios Maltezos.

05 August 2020
By Anastasios Maltezos
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Commonwealth bows out of Clive Palmer border challenge

The federal government will no longer support Clive Palmer’s High Court challenge on Western Australia’s border closures amid Victoria’s rising coronavirus cases.

05 August 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Is now the right time for Australia to have a Bill of Rights?

With the COVID-19 crisis shining a light on several civil and legal rights matters, one Queensland lawyer has called on Australians to put an end to the dismaying title of being the only liberal democracy in the world without a Bill of Rights.

05 August 2020
By Tony Zhang