Peter Kidd says fundamental legal principals limit how far the criminal system can go to improve a sexual assault complainant’s justice needs, and that a trial cannot go ahead on the basis the accuser is to be believed.
A Victorian coroner has ruled the death of Indigenous man Joshua Kerr at Port Phillip Prison was preventable and that security concerns were placed above the prisoner’s medical needs.
Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted there had been ‘substantial market reaction’ to the recent inflation rise but suggested it was ‘not a turning point’ in the central bank’s outlook.
Australia’s highest profile fugitive Julian Assange has returned home a convicted felon, reuniting with his wife and father after five years in prison and more than a decade on the run.
Needing ‘time to recuperate’, Julian Assange failed to front media at a WikiLeaks press conference where lawyer Jennifer Robinson revealed Assange told the Prime Minister he had ‘saved his life’.
A former Xavier College student who claims he was sexually abused is seeking millions in damages after a judge ruled it was just and reasonable to set aside a settlement deed.
Peter Dutton has got personal with Anthony Albanese, calling the Prime Minister ‘a child in a man’s body’ and a political appeaser, prompting Labor accusations of ‘nasty negativity’.
Police found a card printing machine and fake identification documents at the man’s home, with detectives alleging the hundreds of claims made are worth up to $60,000.
A medicine expert has warned Australians to ensure Ozempic they obtain is genuine, saying knock-off products have infiltrated overseas supply chains and could be harmful.
The Greens leader has called on the Albanese government to pressure Israel over the Gaza conflict, telling pro-Palestine supporters that Labor is attempting to slander them.
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