EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historical child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

The Law Council of Australia has called on the government to hold a national inquiry into suppression laws following the George Pell verdict, saying it was " virtually impossible" to quarantine juries from social media and the internet.