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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.
- by Cameron Houston
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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.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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.
- by James Massola
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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.
- by Tony Wright
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‘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.
- by Cameron Houston and Holly Hales
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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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.
- by John Silvester
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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.
- by Olivia Ireland and Cameron Atfield
High Court told judges’ immunity should remain, despite ‘rare case’
A Brisbane man was awarded $309,000 compensation for wrongful imprisonment – with Judge Sal Vasta deemed personally liable to pay part.
- by Abe Maddison
High Court threat over ‘outrageous’ move to block Lawyer X compensation
Legislation designed to protect the state government from payouts connected with barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo would derail several multimillion-dollar claims for damages.
- by Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago and Broede Carmody
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