Jill Rowbotham

Jill RowbothamLegal Affairs Correspondent

Jill Rowbotham is an experienced journalist who has been a foreign correspondent as well as bureau chief in Perth and Sydney, opinion and media editor, deputy editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and higher education writer.

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Case backlog falls after Family Court merger

Caseclearance rates have dramatically lifted following the merger last September of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

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Tech mind trickery baffles legal scholars

The law needs to pick up the pace in anticipating the challenges that come with advances in neurotechnology.

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A-G blasted for call to drop deport case

The timing and propriety of the decision to drop a High Court case aimed at testing a ruling that the commonwealth had no right to deport Indigenous non-citizens has been attacked as manipulation.

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Why Australia’s response to child sex abuse falls short

A more collaborative national approach is urgently needed to address gaps in the country’s fight against child sexual exploitation, according to a leading criminologist.

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Commonwealth drops Indigenous deportation test case

The federal government has dropped a High Court case to test whether it had the power to deport Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are not Australian citizens.

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Banks vow to fix scam aid ‘lottery’

Scam victims who have authorised payments to fraudsters confront inconsistent policies of redress among banks.

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Abusers ramp up threats to burn

Women in Queensland have faced increasing threats from abusive partners to set them on fire, with cases spiking after the 2020 murders of Hannah Clarke and her children.

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State sued over ‘unlawful’ festival strip searches

Music festival-goers who claim they were illegally stripsearched by NSW police are suing the state government for damages.

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Diversity and inclusion top ESG concerns

Environmental concerns usually headline corporate responsibility debates, but a balance of workers is critical too, some now realise.

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Aussies paid $105m on implants

A $105m settlement agreement has been reached in a class action filed against US-based Boston Scientific by Shine Lawyers on behalf of Australian women who received pelvic mesh implants.

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