Rape victims cannot be automatically believed, ex-DPP says
Former ACT chief prosecutor Anthony Williamson’s comments come amid a growing civil war in Canberra’s tight-knit legal profession over the handling of rape cases.
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Trans students could be excluded from ‘collision’ sports
A review of 10-year-old legal advice on gender-diverse participation in competitive school sport could result in trans students being excluded based on ‘risk of injury’.
Dawson says guilty verdict in carnal knowledge case ‘unreasonable’
The convicted wife killer has launched an appeal to overturn a conviction over the unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl he went on to marry.
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Marriage breakdown lands political lobbyist in custody
The breakdown of a marriage and claims over the matrimonial finances of a political spinner and an RPA renal specialist, who once owned a $9.5m Mosman home together, has landed the lobbyist in custody.
Explosive new allegations in Alan Jones case
A charge document reveals the new details of the complaints made against the former broadcaster, in which he allegedly committed predatory indecent attacks against nine men.
Trump offers hope for hostages, but PM and Wong turn on Israel again
The Albanese government is set to once again switch its vote on key UN resolutions, including one supporting an ‘irreversible pathway’ to a Palestinian state, as the family of an Israeli hostage said Donald Trump’s Hamas vow had given them ‘some optimism’.
XR design gets real on the Sunshine Coast
The University of the Sunshine Coast and extended reality company HavenXR are fast-tracking local students in the new technology that merges both the physical and virtual worlds.
ACT chief minister demands answers as uni VC quits
The ACT’s Chief Minister is seeking a briefing from the University of Canberra Council after interim vice-chancellor Stephen Parker quit, citing a ‘lack of confidence’ in them.
Architect of HECS slams Greens’ idea
Making university and TAFE free for all and wiping student debt bills, as the Greens have pitched, is as ‘inequitable’ and ‘regressive as policy can get’, the architect of the HECS student loan system has said.
‘Should never have happened’: police on Nowland killing
Police officer Kristian White walked out of court on Wednesday after being found guilty of unlawfully killing a 95-year-old woman with a taser.
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