July 2024
- Exclusive
- Legal profession
The Federal Court turmoil that’s destroying staff morale
The Federal Court is grappling with high executive turnover, a troubled technology transformation and fallout from a document access regime that has upset media and judges.
- Michael Pelly
May 2024
War crimes whistleblower jailed for nearly six years
David McBride, who leaked documents that revealed allegations Australian soldiers committed war crimes, will spend at least two years and three months behind bars.
- Michael Pelly
February 2024
- Opinion
- Opinion
Is this man a war-crimes whistleblower - or a celebrity martyr?
The ex-army lawyer who could be jailed for leaking military secrets, David McBride, is no hero. He’s the product of self-entitled privilege.
- Kevin Foster
June 2023
- Analysis
- Donald Trump
Trump’s case puts the justice system on trial
History’s first federal indictment against a former US president poses one of the gravest challenges to democracy the country has ever faced.
- Peter Baker
May 2023
Prosecutor ‘cautioned’ Wilkinson before Logies speech
The ACT’s top prosecutor says he should have more clearly warned journalist Lisa Wilkinson against giving a speech that later caused ex-Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial to be delayed.
- Maeve Bannister
August 2022
Forum to tackle nationwide coercive control and sexual assault laws
Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will host his state and territory counterparts in Melbourne on Friday.
- Tom McIlroy
February 2022
Financial abuse costs $10.9b a year, report finds
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn says an advertising campaign will draw attention to support services the bank will offer to help domestic violence victims.
- James Eyers
December 2020
Litigation funding report a 'Christmas present for corporate criminals'
Litigation funders have rubbished a report into litigation funding, accusing government MPs of giving a green light for corporations to rip off customers and lie to investors.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2020
How to stop witnesses from being treated like criminals in court
ABC journalist Louise Milligan is lobbying for change after experiencing the trauma of being a witness first-hand.
- Hannah Wootton
May 2020
Chief Justice predicts more 'effective' courts, cheaper justice
The Federal Court's James Allsop says there will be real savings for courts and legal consumers post COVID-19.
- Michael Pelly
April 2020
Prison tips on keeping fit in lockdown
From jump squats to the creative use of tuna cans ex-prisoner Joe Kwon takes us through the best exercises for confined spaces.
- Joe Kwon
November 2019
Move against business boycotts smacks of double standards: Law Council
Australia's peak legal body says a crackdown on 'lawfare' would be over-reach.
- Michael Pelly
July 2019
Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57
A bloody clash between two Brazilian prison gangs left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said.
- Marcelo Rochabrun and Eduardo Simoes
US federal government resumes executions
The US Justice Department has scheduled executions for five federal inmates, reviving a policy that had been dormant for nearly 20 years, after Donald Trump called for increasing the use of the death penalty.
- Sarah N. Lynch
May 2019
Books: a former US attorney's guide to justice
Three new reads: Preet Bharara reveals how the best prosecutors make decisions, a tale of trust and betrayal, and Oliver Sacks' last essays.
- Nicole Abadee