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The WA premier’s new go-to lawyer will be paid more than him
The Department of Premier and Cabinet’s new in-house lawyer will be one of the highest-paid public servants in the state, eclipsing the salary of the premier himself.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Opinion
Domestic violence
It’s the domestic abuser’s hidden weapon. But if you wield it, your time’s up
Financial abuse is a form of intimate-partner violence, but now perpetrators and their facilitators are on notice: with unanimous support from a parliamentary committee, reform is coming.
- by Deborah O'Neill
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Lucy Turnbull
Legendary Australian barrister and politician Tom Hughes dies aged 101
The former federal attorney-general and top silk appeared in a series of high-profile defamation cases.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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State Parliament
The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session
Chloe found a clever solution to take the heat out of a noise dispute. But other Sydneysiders might not be so lucky.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Brisbane divorce lawyer reprimanded over ‘offensive’ DV comments
Among the language in his emails were descriptions of another lawyer’s client as “postnatally depressed”, along with a suggestion she was “wandering the earth” with his client’s daughter.
- by Sean Parnell
Sydney law firm hit with $185,000 penalty over workplace breaches
A former manager at Atanaskovic Hartnell took her employer to court over unpaid entitlements and a failure to provide a safe workplace.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Workplace safety
Sharni was in hospital recovering from a miscarriage. She was told to keep working
Sharni Sinclair was phoned multiple times as she mourned the loss of her unborn child and struggled with medical complications.
- by Amber Schultz
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Courts
Magistrate who mimicked interpreter’s accent to have sensitivity counselling
A watchdog has ruled a Victorian magistrate portrayed a culturally insensitive stereotype and his conduct lacked professionalism and respect.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Barrister arrested on drug charges granted bail over fears for his safety in prison
A former prosecutor accused of drug trafficking has been granted bail after a court agreed his safety was at risk in custody and that remand had been ‘personally humiliating’.
- by Melissa Cunningham
CBD crime investigation: The chief justice, the university and the mystery of the missing gift
When the University of Melbourne Law School went to give Chief Justice of Federal Court Debra Mortimer her thank you gift, it wasn’t there.
- by Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Tom Cowie
A wink and a nudge: How Nicola Gobbo learnt gangland figures would be murdered
It is only the third time the criminal barrister-turned-police informer has spoken publicly since being exposed as a supergrass in 2019.
- by Chris Vedelago
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