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'Countless' convictions potentially in jeopardy as judge-alone trial challenged

The Commonwealth Solicitor-General says the issue would be a problem for the ACT and the Northern Territory.

The Canberra Times

'Why me?' gang rape leader asks amid warning of 'serious consequences' for justice

Saimoni Vunilagi's barrister says inequality in COVID-19 emergency laws left the man in "peril".

The Canberra Times

'Inexplicability' of bikie boss murder makes case unique, court told

"It is clearly disproportionate and will lead to some concerning precedents," the ACT's top prosecutor has said of the killer's jail sentence.

The Canberra Times

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'Extensive consequences' for justice in ACT if gang rape leader wins, High Court warned

Saimoni Vunilagi is challenging the constitutional validity of a judge-alone trial forced on him under COVID-19 emergency laws.

The Canberra Times

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe admits to undisclosed relationship with ex-Rebels president Dean Martin while on law enforcement committee

Staffers to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe were concerned her undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang president while she served on parliament's law enforcement committee posed a perceived conflict of interest.

ABC News

Palmer to pay bulk of defamation costs

West Australian taxpayers are set to be spared some of the cost of the Premier Mark McGowan's defamation case against billionaire litigant Clive Palmer.

AAP

Christian Porter loses appeal against Jo Dyer in spinoff case to ABC defamation action

Former attorney general had appealed court decision to stop Sue Chrysanthou representing him, despite dropping his claim against ABC

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Justice for Bernard Collaery must be the beginning of decisive action on whistleblowers

It was hard to watch the bureaucratic machine perpetrating injustice – Mark Dreyfus must now intervene in the other two cases

The Guardian - AU

Gang rape 'ringleader' wins right to challenge COVID-19 emergency laws

Should he win his appeal, there would be ramifications for "a handful" of other ACT cases.

The Canberra Times

Court told to stay out of league stoush

The Australian and NSW rugby league bodies are standing by their decisions in a legal dispute that saw funding withheld from NSW over a controversial election.

AAP

Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told

Former attorney general appeals decision to remove Sue Chrysanthou from his now abandoned defamation case against ABC

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer tells defamation trial he feared Mark McGowan had 'licence to kill' under legislation

Testifying in the Federal Court where he and the WA Premier are suing each other for defamation, mining magnate Clive Palmer says he believed Mark McGowan could kill him without being prosecuted.

ABC News

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