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As part of the proposed changes, prisoners – who can be more at risk of discrimination – would be given a faster and more flexible complaints process.

Double-murderer in High Court bid to overturn ‘no body, no parole’ laws

Several state governments have joined forces to defend the laws, which prevent killers from parole until they reveal the location of their victim’s remains. 

  • Cloe Read

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St Alipius Presbytary and church in Ballarat where ribbons are tied to the fence to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.

Nation’s top lawmakers to meet after Catholic Church found not liable for clerical abuse

Attorneys-general offices will consider urgent legislative reform after a High Court decision that cleared the Catholic Church of paying damages over the abuse of a five-year-old boy.

  • Cameron Houston
The High Court of Australia revealed the judgment on Wednesday.

Unfairly sacked workers can claim damages for psychiatric injury after High Court ruling

In a 6-1 verdict, Vision Australia was ordered to pay $1.4 million to Adam Elisha as the High Court overturned a 115-year-old legal precedent.

  • Lachlan Abbott
A rally protesting CFMEU administration, at the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 10 December 2024.

Union opens door to shifting donations from Labor to Greens

The bitter split within the union movement over the CFMEU being placed into administration came to Parliament House and the High Court on Tuesday.

  • James Massola
Julia Gillard, flanked by Nicola Roxon and Jenny Macklin, announce the commissioners for the royal commission into child sexual abuse in January 2013.

Gillard urges states to act after ‘deeply concerning’ ruling that Catholic Church is not liable in abuse case

The former Australian prime minister has spoken out after legal experts said the High Court decision could cast doubts over cases against religious orders nationwide.

  • Tony Wright

‘Free pass for sexually abusive clerics’: Catholic Church not liable, High Court rules

Attorneys general are being urged to push through new laws after the High Court found religious orders did not have vicarious liability for sexual abuse committed by their clerics.

  • Cameron Houston and Holly Hales
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The government has dumped the immigration detention centre contract with Serco.

Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco

The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres, ending a partnership that has been riddled with claims of violence, drug trade, neglect and understaffing.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
A fresh High Court ruling has forced the Labor government into new measures for people who refuse deportation.

Labor wants Australia to pay countries to take former detainees

The proposed laws come as former immigration detainees are told they are freed from curfews and electronic monitoring after a High Court challenge.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Former director of public prosecutions Kerri Judd, KC.

From Pell to Gobbo, Kerri Judd faced ‘the familiar drumbeat of difficult decisions’

Victoria’s former director of public prosecutions was a magnet for controversy as she tackled cases where many have opinions and few have the responsibility.

  • John Silvester
CFMEU national president Jade Ingham is leading the rally.

High Court whisperer to lead CFMEU old guard’s challenge over new laws

Former CFMEU national president Jade Ingham said the union had been stolen from its members under “un-Australian” laws he would fight to overturn.

  • Olivia Ireland and Cameron Atfield

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