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Stephen Page
When Australians think of going to the US for surrogacy, they often think that the risk is the legal risk. In particular, if they come from the ACT, New South Wales or Queensland (although they can also apply in the NT, SA and WA), they’re worried about whether they might
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
If someone is charged with a violent crime like murder or assault, what defences can they argue? That depends on what part of Australia you live in.The Queensland Law Reform Commission is conducting a review of the criminal defences which operate in that state – some of them very
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Next month, the Supreme Court of New South Wales marks its 200th birthday. A new book, Constant Guardian: Changing Times, tells the history of the court. In his first extensive interview since his appointment in 2022, NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell tells Damien Carrick about some of the significant
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noreply@blogger.com (Mike Terceiro)
Check out my video presentation entitled “ACCC Cheat Sheet – February 2024” in which I discuss ACCC developments in February 2024 including the Bingo / Aussie Skips criminal cartel sentencing decision, the Australian Competition Tribunal approval of the ANZ Suncorp merger and an ACCC warning to people not to look
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Matthew D. Townsend
Objectors are again reminded that although they can be expect to be reimbursed for their standard costs for participating in a section 84 application (that is, reasonable costs, reasonably incurred), that expectation does not amount to an entitlement. In 210 … Continue reading →
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Matthew D. Townsend
In Valmorbida v Les Denny Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 680, Justice Gorton confirmed that prescriptive easements can still be established in Victoria. Prescriptive easements, or the doctrine of the lost modern grant, is a legal fiction established whereby after 20 … Continue reading →
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The International Court of Justice has held the first public hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. And there’s concern over the New Zealand government plan to wind back the principles of the country’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
‘Facial recognition for cows’, GPS animal tags and DNA testing represent some of the technology being developed to help investigate and solve livestock theft and other farm-related crimes. This episode first aired in February 2023.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Lawyers in the Northern Territory say the shortage of Indigenous interpreters has become so critical that it’s significantly contributing to the over-representation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system. This is the first in a two-part special investigation into the impact of interpreter shortages in Australian courts.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
One year has passed since the Federal Court confirmed native title over more than 40,000 square kilometres of sea country in the Torres Strait region. For the first time the claim brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to achieve joint native title outcomes. Traditional singing provided crucial
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
We’ve all heard of ‘sovereign citizens’, a term referring to people who don’t believe the law applies to them. But how much do we know about this group and its impact on the courts? This episode first aired in May 2023.
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Welcome to my last post of 2023. It is fitting that the year ends as it began – with another decision in the long-running saga of GST, gold, and the anti-avoidance provisions in Division 165 of the GST Act – HNMF and Commissioner of Taxation [2023] AATA 4067. In the
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hungry Jacks has won a legal fight against McDonalds over the use of its Big Jack and Mega Jack trademarks. And a court in Italy has handed prison sentences to more than 200 people over their links to the ‘Ndrangheta crime group.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
If a juror does their own research in a trial, does that mean that any guilty verdict reached by the jury is dangerous and should be quashed? And a look at when violence in sport crosses the line and becomes a criminal law matter.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
In an historic decision, the High Court has ruled that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful. And could convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika be released following a successful appeal against a conviction that saw him stripped of Australian citizenship.
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Matthew D. Townsend
If the Victorian government wants to find land for additional housing, it should consider limiting people from contracting out of the planning system. At the moment, the provisions for removing restrictive covenants via the Planning and Environment Act 1987 barely … Continue reading →
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Matthew D. Townsend
A developer may want to know whether a particular development proposal will comply with a restrictive covenant. It might be a mistake to believe this power exists in section 84(2) of the Property Law Act 1958 that provides: (2) The … Continue reading →
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
In the lead-up to the referendum vote, the Law Report discusses the constitutional implications of the proposal for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. Also in the program, could pill testing of illicit drugs save lives?
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
What recommendations does the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability make in its final report to the federal government? And, in a legal first, a South Australian woman has been sent to jail for impersonating a registered health practitioner.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
For the first time in Australia, a patient who chose to undergo voluntary assisted dying has donated their organs for transplant. So, how did the strict legal and regulatory frameworks governing the processes in Victoria interact in this case?
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can you sue your Judge? “Mr Stradford”, a father of two, has been awarded $300,000 in damages in recognition of the significant distress he experienced after he was wrongfully jailed by Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
If you knew that something illegal, dangerous, negligent or corrupt was happening in your workplace – what would you do? Who would you turn to for advice? A new report from the Human Rights Law Centre has found that there has not been a successful case brought by a whistleblower
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
In recent years, a number of jurisdictions around Australia have introduced Vulnerable Witness Intermediary Services. These services assist complainants such as children and those with intellectual and cognitive disabilities to give evidence in court or answer questions in police interviews. While this service in Australia is currently only offered to
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can grass roots community meetings help build support for the Indigenous Voice referendum in Far North Queensland? And the ACT government is considering charges over the unauthorised release of the inquiry report into the Lehrmann sexual assault prosecution.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can grass roots community meetings help build support for the Indigenous Voice referendum in Far North Queensland? And the ACT government is considering charges over the unauthorised release of the inquiry report into the Lehrmann sexual assault prosecution.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hundreds of thousands of Australian residents, a figure now approaching one million, don’t speak English well, or at all. The growing demand for interpreters and the shortfall in those who are suitably qualified to work in the legal sector is putting severe pressure on Australia’s busiest courts.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hundreds of thousands of Australian residents, a figure now approaching one million, don’t speak English well, or at all. The growing demand for interpreters and the shortfall in those who are suitably qualified to work in the legal sector is putting severe pressure on Australia’s busiest courts.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Lawyers in the Northern Territory say the shortage in Indigenous interpreters has become so critical that it’s contributing to the vast over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system.