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Fresh appeal in battle over secret robodebt documents

The release of potentially explosive government documents on the illegal robodebt scheme is being sought in an appeal against a ruling to keep them under wraps.

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Australia's secrecy laws include 875 offences. Reforms are welcome, but don't go far enough for press freedom

In 2019, the New York Times declared that “Australia may well be the world’s most secretive democracy”.

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Prima Facie by Suzie Miller review – what does the hit play gain from being novelised?

On stage this story has won Tony and Olivier awards. But as a book set in the UK, it suffers from the extra padding – and it feels more heavy-handed, too

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Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska asks court to render Australia’s sanctions regime invalid

Billionaire is challenging sanctions over his alleged links to Vladimir Putin, describing them as ‘legally unreasonable’

The Guardian - AU

As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster's independence. It's time others did the same

Ita Buttrose has announced she will not seek a second term as ABC chair, which means her term will expire in March 2024.

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The predictable backlash after the recent fallout from the Lehrmann trial can’t undo #MeToo’s momentum

If we look at the charred landscape in full we can see our progress in Australia has been remarkable

The Guardian - AU

Fadden will show if voters are ready to blame Labor for the economy, or keep bashing the Coalition

Peter Dutton wants to portray the government as too focused on the voice, but while an Aston-style upset is unlikely, the opposition leader is still on thin ice

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Robodebt class action law firm prepared to sue for alleged ‘misfeasance in public office’

Gordon Legal, which previously ran a $1.8bn class action, hopes federal government will reach out-of-court settlement offering further compensation

The Guardian - AU

The robodebt scheme was passed like a hot potato up the line of Coalition ministers – but who will be held responsible?

Unless agencies take up the commissioner’s invitation to prosecute, who is most to blame could remain sealed away in the report’s ‘confidential chapter’

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison rejects robodebt royal commission findings but won’t say if he was referred for prosecution

Anthony Albanese highlights commission’s ‘extraordinary’ conclusion that former PM’s evidence was ‘untrue’

The Guardian - AU

Newcastle nurse says illegal robodebt scheme ruined trust in government

'I was treated as a cheat and somebody who was trying to get money out of the government.'

Newcastle Herald

Colombian man jailed 10 years for killing sex worker

A judge found there were special circumstances after extradited Colombian Hector Valencia was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder.

AAP

Ministers taken to task for unlawful robodebt scheme

The report of the royal commission into the robodebt scheme has found a series of failures by ministers, but the consequences for them are unclear.

AAP

‘Crude and cruel’ scheme: robodebt royal commission report recommends civil and criminal prosecutions

Recommendation of referrals included in ‘sealed chapter’ of 1,000-page report with findings handed to federal government and released publicly

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Former Coalition ministers incurred $2.5m of legal expenses linked to robodebt inquiry

Ex-PM Scott Morrison spent nearly half a million taxpayer dollars for legal bills while Christian Porter spent almost $800,000

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The Robodebt royal commission will tell us who's to blame, but that's just the start

Today will be a moment of truth for hundreds of thousands of Australians and for what the federal court has condemned as a “shameful chapter” in Australian public administration.

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Robodebt figures to face civil and criminal prosecution

A royal commission into the unlawful robodebt scheme has recommended the public servants behind it face civil and criminal prosecution.

The Guardian - AU

Sue Chrysanthou to be reprimanded for representing Christian Porter in ABC defamation case despite conflict of interest

NSW Bar Council has resolved to reprimand barrister after finding she engaged in ‘unsatisfactory professional conduct’ after complaint by Jo Dyer

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Robodebt victims urge action on royal commission report

The final report of the royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme is due to be released on Friday.

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No prejudice in trans sex worker's killing, lawyer says

A Colombian national who killed a 69-year-old sex worker after learning she was transgender was not motivated by hatred or prejudice, his lawyer has said.

The Guardian - AU

Rex Patrick to challenge denial of FoI requests based on ministerial portfolio changes

Court to consider rule that keeps large swathes of government documents secret by denying freedom of information requests

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Sydney Man Loses Bid To Sue Ex For Defamation Over Facebook Post Accusing Him Of Stalking

A Sydney judge has dismissed a court case where an older NSW man tried to sue a younger man for defamation over a Facebook post.

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More Allegations Have Emerged Against Senator Van Following Lidia Thorpe’s Statement

Dutton has announced that David Van will no longer sit in the Liberal party room.

The New Daily

‘I’m tired’: Rock star premier Mark McGowan bows out, leaving national politics changed

Mark McGowan resigned on Monday, unexpectedly ending the career of the frontman of the rock star premiers to emerge during COVID.

The Guardian - AU

Australian judge apologises after claiming that colleagues are appointed regardless of merit

Justice Joshua Wilson planned to tell an international conference that court positions are filled on the basis of politics rather than ability

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