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Justice responses to sexual violence to be examined

An inquiry will look at how survivors of sexual assault can get better outcomes from the justice system when they seek to hold perpetrators accountable.

AAP · Jan 22, 2024

Andrew Keith Taylor, who threatened to shoot police in Riverland town, walks free from court

A Victorian man who threatened police with what they believed was a rifle in South Australia's Riverland has been freed after serving his jail sentence.

ABC News · May 22, 2023

Richard Boyle's lawyers consider court appeal on whistleblower immunity defence

A South Australian court ruling that Australia's public interest immunity laws do not allow whistleblowers to conduct "their own investigation" or collect evidence of discreditable conduct, has an expert expressing alarm.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Adelaide pair given suspended sentences over unit explosion while making cannabis oil

An man and a woman from Adelaide receive suspended sentences after an explosion led police to discover an "unsophisticated and clearly dangerous" operation to extract cannabis oil from marijuana plants.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Judge adjourns hearing of tax whistleblower Richard Boyle for one day

Both parties asked to ‘have a crack’ at coming to an agreed set of facts in first judicial test of public interest disclosure legislation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2022

Whistleblower case stalls over legal issue

Action by a tax office whistleblower to try to block his prosecution has been stalled after a judge refused to proceed without the facts of the case before her.

AAP · Oct 4, 2022

South Australian man jailed for three years for sexual assault of his 15-year-old stepdaughter

The District Court heard the man, 55, sexually abused his teenage stepdaughter multiple times over a two-year period.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2022

Port Pirie couple sentenced for neglecting their four-month-old son, who was 'on death's door'

A South Australian mother who neglected her baby to the point he was "on death's door" is spared jail, while her "violent and controlling" husband will spend at least two years behind bars.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022