Failed builder’s profits earmarked to spread the ‘word of God’
The founder of building giant Privium Group has told a court that before its collapse he had planned to give a percentage of profits to a charity which spreads the gospel.
Legal Affairs
Alice Springs court staffing ‘incentivising guilty pleas’
Alarming email to staff at Alice Springs Local Court has whistleblowers warning the NT justice system is now teetering ‘on a cliff edge’.
Aboriginal legal service issues shock apology to ousted CEO
The NAAJA has apologised ‘without reservation’ to Priscilla Atkins after the Federal Court found its board unlawfully sacked her after she raised allegations of corruption against senior staff.
Amid Jones’ soul-searching, one name keeps surfacing
Tech guru and former Jones protege Alex Hartman died in Switzerland at the age of 39 not long after making allegations of indecent assault against the star broadcaster.
Fix your problems or pay the price, regulator tells big super
Big super trustees are on notice from regulators about their failures to track death claims as the $4 trillion industry faces a much broader crackdown.
Judge sprays businessman over water technology blowup
A court has found a Melbourne businessman abused his position in a business that turns vegetable waste into clean drinking water.
Barristers rebuff top judge on rape
Canberra’s peak barristers body says Lucy McCallum’s claims she does not understand why jurors ‘find it so hard to believe’ rape allegations may lead people to believe juries are ‘getting it wrong’ on sexual assault.
Ray Hadley hints at giving Alan Jones evidence
Veteran radio broadcaster Ray Hadley may play ‘some sort of other role’ in the case against his former colleague Alan Jones, as friends rallied behind the accused broadcaster.
Solicitor to the stars called into Jones drama
When detectives arrived at Alan Jones’s harbourside apartment to arrest him over allegations of indecent assault, a familiar face was running just a few beats behind them.
Assault judge quits, avoiding vote to have him removed
Gregory Geason tendered his resignation from the Supreme Court ‘with immediate effect’ after he was convicted of assaulting and emotionally abusing his former fiancee.
Seven quietly settles case with ex-Spotlight producer
Seven has finalised a case brought by ex-Spotlight producer Amelia Saw which threatened to expose the network’s ‘dirty linen’, but the details of the settlement are to be kept a secret.
Judge’s comments on rape trials ‘unfair’
A top criminal silk says it is unfair to suggest jurors may ‘find it hard to believe’ rape allegations, criticising sweeping assertions made by the head of the ACT Supreme Court.
Did Chief Justice really tell jurors to ‘believe all women’?
Did Lucy McCallum make these remarks because, deep down, she’d rather be an activist than a judge? This is a battle about fundamental legal principles that go to the core of our criminal justice system.
Chief judge puts culture wars on trial
Lucy McCallum says ‘culture wars’ could be causing the acquittal of accused rapists, declaring she does not understand why jurors ‘find it so hard to believe’ sexual assault allegations.
Shock rise in state Indigenous jail population
WA’s Aboriginal prison population was already the highest in Australia and has grown a whopping 17.4 per cent in the past year
Media ‘vital’ but mustn’t sway judges
Judges must refrain from bowing to ‘knee-jerk’ criticism that comes in the wake of unpopular decision-making, a Federal Court judge says.
Torture accused nanny launches 11th hour bid to dodge extradition
Chile has urged Australia to speed up the extradition of former Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas, who is accused of taking part in torture and murder under the Pinochet military dictatorship.
Time for a reckoning over Doyles Creek injustice
There is no getting around the reality that many of those in politics and the media went off on an ICAC-induced frolic over the Doyles Creek affair.
Judge who assaulted fiancee avoids jail
A judge found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing his fiancee has avoided jail, but a magistrate says Gregory Geason’s 30-year legal career ‘is at an end’.
New ASIC taskforce to simplify ‘legislative porridge’
ASIC chair Joe Longo has launched a simplification taskforce to untangle Australia’s complex web of regulations which hinder consumer justice and add compliance costs to business.
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