Revealed: why judge denied federal bid for secret trial The reasons a judge ordered a national security case could be heard in open court have finally been made public after more than two years. AAP · Jan 9, 2024
Former senior public servant Keith Scott loses bid to stay anonymous after being sentenced for possessing child abuse material A suppression on the name of a former senior public servant within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, who pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse material, is lifted. ABC News · Dec 15, 2022
New commissioners target NSW corruption Former judge and Labor MP John Hatzistergos has been appointed chief commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption for the next five years. AAP · Aug 4, 2022
Explainer: how are chief justices appointed and how can the process be improved? Next month we will see a significant shake-up in courts across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Three chief justices – Tom Bathurst, of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Catherine Holmes, of the Supreme Court of Queensland, and Helen Murrell of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory – are… The Conversation · Feb 17, 2022