Attorney-General
High Court dismisses CFMEU bid to avoid administration
Ousted officials of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) have had their bid to avoid...
19 June 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Now is a ‘real opportunity’ for surrogacy law change
The Australian Law Reform Commission has released its review of Australian surrogacy laws, with the ALRC president...
12 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
Albanese names new Attorney-General
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named a replacement Attorney-General after Mark Dreyfus was axed last week.
12 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Highly respected’ barrister appointed to NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal
Stephen Free SC is set to join the bench as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of NSW.
07 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Qld makes new Court of Appeal and Supreme Court appointments
The Crisafulli government has made its first judicial appointments, with a Supreme Court judge elevated to the...
01 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Thousands of court files accessed in ‘significant’ data breach
NSW Police is currently investigating a data breach at a government department, after which 9,000 “sensitive court...
27 March 2025
By David Hollingworth
Budget 2025: What lawyers need to know
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the fourth budget of the Albanese government. Here’s what legal professionals...
25 March 2025
By Lauren Croft, Naomi Neilson, Kace O'Neill, and Jerome Doraisamy
NSW lawyers welcome A-G’s openness to Human Rights Act
In light of the A-G of NSW indicating that the government is “open” to enacting a Human Rights Act, law agencies...
24 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
Victorian community legal centres get record $19m boost
A record investment of $19 million has been granted to 16 Victorian community legal services.
20 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
PwC case not evidence of systemic, improper privilege claims
“Excessive curtailment” of client legal privilege claims, including by way of expanded penalty powers for the...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
NSW silk named senior public defender
A “respected” criminal lawyer has been appointed as senior public defender for NSW.
13 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Dreyfus to AGD grads: ‘The work isn’t always glamourous’, but it is a ‘privilege’
In his recent address to the incoming cohort of graduate lawyers at the Attorney-General’s Department, A-G Mark...
11 February 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘Nothing has changed’: Bullying, discrimination, and harassment in law still rampant
A newly released report from South Australia highlights widespread legal workplace issues, permeated by power...
30 January 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Qld A-G seeks to overturn ‘inadequate’ sentences
Appeals have been filed in two high-profile Queensland crimes after the Attorney-General found the sentences...
10 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
$3.9bn NAJP announced, but concerns still remain
Despite attorneys-general agreeing to a new National Access to Justice Partnership described as the “largest...
03 December 2024
By Grace Robbie
‘Icon of the Australian legal profession’ dies at 101
Former federal attorney-general Tom Hughes AO KC, one of Australia’s most respected and decorated legal leaders,...
02 December 2024
By Grace Robbie
Fit-for-purpose laws fundamental amid increased cyber crime, MP says
The regulation of artificial intelligence is “where wonder and risk collide”, the Assistant Minister to the...
29 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lawmakers must balance risk of AI against opportunity, MP says
The federal government’s role is to shield the Australian public from the dangers of AI while not restricting the...
24 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Administrative Review Tribunal launches
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has officially commenced its operations to provide an “efficient,...
15 October 2024
By Grace Robbie
Large firms ‘increasingly expected’ to prioritise pro bono
In the face of “inconsistent” performances towards the National Pro Bono Target in the last year by larger law...
27 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy