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Does EMDR therapy taint a witness's recollection?

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What does an election look like when there are no financial ground rules?

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Scam victims want compensation as HSBC settles ASIC action

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Why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail on war crimes charges?

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Euthanasia: How Australia's approach compares to other countries

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A cultural approach to reducing Indigenous reoffending

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How accurate is facial recognition software?

8

High Court says government can't use ankle bracelets, curfews to monitor former immigration detainees

9

Are suppression orders out of control in Victoria?

10

Should an offender's disadvantage have an impact on their sentence?

11

Law Report Special: Star Casino executive directors breached their obligations under the Corporations Act

12

Claims chasers in natural disaster zones

13

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

14

Is the right to protest being undermined in Australia?

15

British AG Richard Hermer on Gaza, Israel, Greenland, and upholding the rule of law; Political donations buy access

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How useful is AI in creating better legal outcomes and processes?

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What's in Australia's new hate crime and gun control laws?

18

When a natural disaster strikes, what are your legal rights?

19

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

20

Race, language and the Law

21

How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

22

"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

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Dezi Freeman and the sovereign citizens movement

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What does Victoria's historic treaty mean for First Peoples?

25

US lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged suicides, harmed users' mental health

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Countdown to Australia's social media ban

27

How legally tight are prenuptial agreements?

28

Whitlam dismissal 50 years on

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Fifty years of the Australian Law Reform Commission

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Do we have a right to free speech in Australia?

31

FOI reform and government transparency; Prosecuting the spread of deepfakes online

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High Court lets police access evidence from encrypted app used in global raids

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If a self-driving car crashes, who is liable?

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How should wrongful convictions be compensated?

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Is Australia fulfilling its legal duty to act on climate change? And High Court orders return of Bolivian artefact

36

Fifty years of PNG's independence constitution

37

Erin Patterson mushroom murder sentence explained

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Dezi Freeman and 'sovereign citizens'

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Law Report Special: Linda Reynolds wins defamation battle against Brittany Higgins

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Will 'post and boast' laws stop offenders bragging on social media? Australia tightens vaping regulations

41

Nine's victory in Al Muderis defamation case; Legal fight over 'Never Get Busted' director credit

42

Record damages in Mad Mex sexual harassment case; Reviewing the legal definition of terrorism

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Legal conditions for Palestinian statehood; Electronic wills after Covid

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Federal Court says Australian women can sue Qatar Airways over airport body searches

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ICJ to deliver climate advisory opinion; Denmark's plan to let citizens copyright their face and voice

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Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

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AI and automated decision making in government

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Law Report Special: Erin Patterson found guilty in triple mushroom murder

49

What happens inside the jury room?

50

Could a landmark US Supreme Court ruling expand Trump's powers?

51

Law Report Special: Antoinette Lattouf v ABC

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'Pseudolaw' in the courts: Can you pay a legal debt with an IOU?

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NSW flood insurance crisis; Marking 50 years of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act

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How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

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The case for stronger whistleblower protections in Australia

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The mushroom murder trial; Tasmanian supermarket sued for banning entry to 'therapy alpaca'

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"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

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Queensland reviews strangulation offence

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Labor's election landslide; How companies use AI tools to disqualify job applicants

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How family law courts deal with disputes over gender affirming hormone therapy for children

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Federal Court Chief Justice Debbie Mortimer on open justice in the digital age

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High Court upholds Queensland's "no body, no parole" laws; Endangered glider possums in court

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Can Trump's tariffs be challenged in court? Should we ban non-complete clauses?

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Trump's war on the US judiciary

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Race, language and the Law

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Supporting survivors of sexual assault in the justice system

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Do you have a legal right to work from home?

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High Court delivers ruling in KMD detention case; Closing arguments heard in Lattouf v ABC trial

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Do expanded federal surveillance laws go too far? And report warns private practitioners abandoning Legal Aid work

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High Court rules judges can't be sued for damages; Legal rights and wrongs of lookalike products

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Australia's new hate crime laws; Criminal defences of sexomnia and parasomnia

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Should parents be prosecuted for withholding medical care from a child?

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Recording Indigenous testimony for use in future compensation claims

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Who can be held liable for bushfire damage?

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Children and medical consent

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NDAs in sexual harassment cases

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Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

78

Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

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How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

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Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street killings; Warning signs and legal liability

81

How police use and misuse tasers

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How should the justice system respond when a judge commits a crime?

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Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving with medicinal cannabis

84

Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And compensating invasions of privacy

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The dilemmas of parole board decision making

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Unfair dismissal: From medical marijuana to outsourced workers

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Justice Kyrou on the new Administrative Review Tribunal

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AI and the law

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When can tenants challenge evictions?

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Corporations and free speech

91

What's behind Mexico's plan to elect judges?

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Protecting the integrity of the jury system

93

New 'justice visa' for exploited migrant workers

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Investigating war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict

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Should the Attorney-General have power to block prosecutions of war crimes and crimes against humanity?

96

Women in Law

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Is there a role for restorative justice in sexual assault cases?

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Reforming sexual assault law in Australia

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Combatting illegal trade in human organs

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Solving Britain's prison crisis; kids who don't repay the 'bank of mum and dad'

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How does a judge know if an offender is truly sorry?

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Children and medical consent

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A deep dive into diplomatic immunity

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Should foreign judges sit on Hong Kong's highest court? Anti-discrimination laws in religious schools

105

How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

106

Protecting First Nations sacred sites: are Australian laws fit for the task?

107

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E5 | Fences

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Trump's legal woes; Bad Neighbours: fences

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E4 | Cars and apartments

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Can X be held liable for publishing hate speech in Australia? Bad Neighbours: cars & apartments

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E3 | Surveillance cameras

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UK court ruling paves way for new Assange appeal against extradition; Bad Neighbours: surveillance cameras

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E2 | Water

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War crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced; Bad Neighbours: water

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E1 | Smells

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The end of non-compete clauses? Bad Neighbours: smells

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Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

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Jury selection in Trump's 'hush money' trial; monitoring dangerous offenders after release from prison

119

Judge rules, on balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Higgins

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Do Queensland's criminal defence laws need to be reformed?

121

Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

122

Movements in work safety: Victoria's first industrial manslaughter prosecutions and feedback on OH&S laws

123

Protecting IP rights: a guide for divorcees and inventors

124

"Trapped in silence": The campaign to end NDA misuse

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Non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases

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Do we have healthy industry competition in Australia?

127

Julian Assange: Will Britain's High Court approve new appeal against US extradition?

128

Mother of US school shooter found guilty of manslaughter; the death penalty in China

129

Derek Bromley to make new parole bid 40 years after murder conviction

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ICJ issues interim measures in Israel genocide case; UK faces legal challenge over Northern Ireland amnesty law

131

South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ

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High tech solutions to age-old crime of livestock theft

133

Justice, but not in my language: Aboriginal interpreter shortage in NT courts

134

Could sending an emoji land you in legal trouble?

135

Singing to the Sea

136

'Sovereign citizens' in the courts

137

Avoiding the legal risks of office Christmas parties

138

Grant Donaldson SC on balancing open justice and national security

139

Battle of the burger chains; hundreds sentenced in Italy mafia trial

140

Jurors who do their own research; prosecuting violence in sport

141

Why did the High Court rule indefinite immigration detention unlawful?

142

Naming sexual assault suspects in the media; surveillance in the workplace

143

Judicial capacity building in the Pacific

144

Chief Justice Susan Kiefel speaks to the Law Report

145

Voice referendum aftermath; Queensland introduces legislation to criminalise coercive control

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Constitutional implications of Indigenous Voice proposal; could pill testing save lives?

147

Disability royal commission delivers findings; 'Fake nurse' jailed in Australian legal first

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Victorian nurse becomes first voluntary assisted dying patient to donate organs

149

'Voices' to parliament in Scandinavia

150

The Voice and how Indigenous knowledge can help close the gap

151

Judge liable for wrongful imprisonment and a Palawa lawyer's case for No

152

New legal service for whistleblowers and Australia’s worst case of malicious prosecution

153

ACT leads the way in assisting vulnerable people in court

154

Community conversations on the Voice referendum; the Sofronoff inquiry leak

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Could sending an emoji land you in legal trouble?

156

02/ Justice, but not in my language

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01/ Justice, but not in my language

158

Singing to the sea

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'Tsunami of suffering': Robodebt royal commission findings explained

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National Anti-Corruption Commission begins investigations; juror misconceptions in sexual assault trials

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Kids' book points refugee mums to legal help

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Does Australia need a Criminal Cases Review Commission?

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US lawyer faces sanctions over ChatGPT use; what family courts can do for Indigenous Australians

164

Ben Roberts Smith loses defamation case, Kathleen Folbigg released from prison

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PwC tax leaks scandal; overcoming obstacles for deaf & blind jurors

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How does a judge know if an offender is truly sorry?

167

'Green transition', mining & Indigenous rights

168

Compensation for sporting injuries; changes to Centrelink relationship assessments

169

'Sovereign citizens' in the courts

170

Murdoch, Dominion & Crikey; the secret trial of 'Witness J'

171

Court ruling raises questions about NSW Covid fines; What is the 'dark fleet'?

172

ACT law to ban non-urgent surgery for intersex children; cryptocurrency in crime

173

WA bikies convicted for displaying club tattoos

174

Indigenous Voice: Justice Kenneth Hayne speaks to the Law Report

175

SAS Veteran charged with war crimes: protestor prison sentence quashed: Botox alternative in High Court

176

High Court overturns marijuana house murder convictions; tax help for prisoners

177

Duggan faces 'unusual' extradition charges; Australian regulators target corporate 'greenwashing'

178

US ruling to ban caste discrimination; UN expert warns against gay conversion practices

179

High tech solutions to age-old crime of livestock theft

180

Visa cancellations & deportation

181

Victoria commits to overhauling strict bail laws

182

Surprising Decisions About Legal Liability in Car Accidents

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Why was the AAT abolished? The dangers of witnessing wills remotely

184

Judicial review to examine 'Croatian six' convictions

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Who should be held legally liable for accidents involving e-scooters?

186

Can machines invent and animals create?

187

Gender diversity on the bench

188

How Afghan women judges found safety in Australia

189

Singing to the sea

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E4 | overshadowing solar panels

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Data breaches and the Privacy Act; what are your rights when it comes to your home's access to sunlight?

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E3 | Pesky pets

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Youth in detention; what are your rights when it comes to pets in apartments?

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E2 | Troublesome trees

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Big banks settle insurance class actions; what are your rights in neighbour disputes over trees?

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BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E1 | Noisy neighbours

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NSW coronial reform; what are your rights when it comes to noisy neighbours?

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Inside Thomas Embling Hospital, a forensic health facility

199

'Juror misconduct' ends parliament rape trial; 'proper inquiry' in road accidents

200

UN experts suspend detention visits; and the use of secret evidence in court

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UN calls for unlimited access for team inspecting detention facilities

202

Lawyers 'pressure test' Indigenous voice proposal; how should judges be appointed?

203

Does the Government's proposed anti-corruption legislation go far enough?

204

Police body cameras in domestic violence incidents

205

Fears states could expand use of 'post-sentence' detention after Garlett ruling

206

The Queen's role in Australia's constitution

207

Judicial review to examine 'Croatian Six' convictions

208

Chris Dawson trial: former teacher found guilty of wife's murder

209

Government releases legal advice on Morrison's secret ministerial appointments

210

High Court rejects activists' challenge to NSW surveillance laws, and women bring prison stories to the stage

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Life, death and the law

212

Legal decisions and analytics

213

Who should be held legally liable for accidents involving e-scooters?

214

Queensland bans 'claim farming'; should media coverage affect sentencing decisions?

215

Vanuatu's push for international court action on climate change

216

Victoria's Nazi swastika law prompts call for national ban

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Attorney General Mark Dreyfus speaks to the Law Report

218

Can machines invent, and animals create?

219

High Court curbs minister's citizenship powers, and landmark ruling on unpaid wages

220

Judge v jury trials

221

Fiji environmental crime verdict 'sets precedent'

222

Radio on the inside

223

When is a de facto relationship over?

224

Fears US Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade after draft opinion leaked

225

Russia accuses NATO of 'proxy war' in Ukraine, and juror misconduct

226

Employer liability for psychiatric injury

227

Why gender diversity on the bench is important

228

How Afghan women judges found safety in Australia

229

Cheng Lei awaits China trial verdict, and Vic court rules on wind farm noise

230

'Predatory lending', and supporting Indigenous people in NT watch houses

231

Gathering evidence of possible war crimes in Ukraine

232

The legal needs of flood victims, and Kumanjayi Walker murder trial aquittal

233

Ukraine: how clear are the laws of war? And women's rights to inherit land

234

ICC to launch Ukraine war crimes probe, and NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst retires

235

Sandy Hook settlement, and pets in family law disputes

236

High Court rulings clarify contract worker status

237

Are Australia's political donation laws fit for purpose?

238

When does misrepresenting professional experience become a criminal offence?

239

Deporting Djokovic, and Catholic diocese found vicariously liable in historical child sex abuse case

240

Crime and justice in the Torres Strait, and Cape York’s Licensing Muster program

241

Inside Thomas Embling Hospital, a forensic health facility

242

Court rules couples can conspire, and how brain implants might transform criminal law

243

How itchy underpants created Australia's consumer laws

244

'Squatters' rights', and UK health laws

245

US trademark dispute threatens ugg boot business, and deportation fears for returned prison escapee

246

Sue Neill-Fraser loses appeal against murder conviction

247

Could AI help make the law more accessible for disabled people?

248

'Body modification' on trial

249

Adriana Rivas mounts new appeal against Chile extradition

250

Reforming NSW sexual consent laws

251

UK legal action over rugby league players’ brain injury, and deciding judicial recusals in Australian courts