Top constitutional lawyers say Voice does not have a veto over parliament

Top constitutional lawyers say Voice does not have a veto over parliament

Eight of Australia’s most respected constitutional scholars have allayed fears the draft wording of the amendment would give anyone “special rights”.

  • byJames Massola

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There’s a real shock,horror to crime – and politicians ignore it
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There’s a real shock,horror to crime – and politicians ignore it

Middle-class substance abuse is tolerated – poor people are criminalised. It could be stopped tomorrow,billions of dollars saved,but there is not enough political will to fix our justice system.

  • byJon Faine
‘Shifty as a rat’:Legal clerk who stole millions was a conwoman with 14 aliases
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‘Shifty as a rat’:Legal clerk who stole millions was a conwoman with 14 aliases

Athena Razos defrauded and stole from law firms,major banks,a property developer rich-lister,a single mother of triplets and her first husband.

  • byCameron Houston
Court orders top Perth barrister to explain $11,000-a-day legal bills

Court orders top Perth barrister to explain $11,000-a-day legal bills

Former solicitor-general Grant Donaldson was ordered to explain to a client after only stating “getting up” as the description for most of the $800,000 bill.

  • byHeather McNeill
Lawyers want compensation for people found not guilty after years in jail
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Lawyers want compensation for people found not guilty after years in jail

A consortium of top lawyers are making the case after The Sun-Herald revealed seven people were behind bars for 15 years in total for a murder they did not commit.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
A silk by any other name:NSW’s top judge weighs in on King’s Counsel

A silk by any other name:NSW’s top judge weighs in on King’s Counsel

Chief Justice Andrew Bell says NSW got it right when it dispensed with the title of QC or KC for top barristers,as a string of eastern states cling to the title.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
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‘It’s horrible’:Lawyer Jen Robinson on the toughest part of working for Assange

‘It’s horrible’:Lawyer Jen Robinson on the toughest part of working for Assange

The surfer,Bomaderry High grad and London-based human rights barrister on the trials of defending Julian Assange,Amber Heard and the world’s disenfranchised.

  • byJane Wheatley
Porter in the court!
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Porter in the court!

The defence rests,and goes for a rub down.

Class war:Weighing changes to Australia’s class action regime
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Class war:Weighing changes to Australia’s class action regime

Victorian Supreme Court judge John Dixon says the Coalition misunderstood one of his judgments and pushed through a raft of changes that put class actions under threat of extinction.

  • bySarah Danckert
Why it is almost impossible to find a justice of the peace in the city

Why it is almost impossible to find a justice of the peace in the city

COVID-19 lockdowns mean there are 800 justice of the peace positions to fill.

  • byStephen Brook
Queensland gel blaster laws in crosshairs after two gun scares in two days

Queensland gel blaster laws in crosshairs after two gun scares in two days

Queensland is the only state where gel blasters can be purchased without a permit or licence.

  • byToby Crockford