Andrew Barr will extend his record reign as chief minister in the ACT.
The ACT’s chief psychiatrist will review how Alex Ophel was able to attend the ANU campus,where he allegedly stabbed two 20-year-old students.
Police have charged a 24-year-old man with two counts of attempted murder after two women were stabbed and two men were attacked with a frying pan.
The prosecutor in the Bruce Lehrmann case would have to apply to practise as an ACT barrister after his resignation as the territory’s DPP takes effect.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury have foreshadowed further investigations into the territory’s top prosecutor,Shane Drumgold,and inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff.
The ACT police chief said the leaking of the damning report into the handling of the Lehrmann trial blindsided police and would affect the justice system.
Leaked recordings of a meeting involving Brittany Higgins and Lisa Wilkinson have been referred to police to investigate whether a contempt of court has been committed.
The former Liberal staffer has accused the prosecutor who led the rape trial against him of professional misconduct and being driven by politics and personal malice.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is expected to order an inquiry into tensions between ACT police and the public prosecutor’s office.
The ACT is considering allowing recorded evidence from a first trial to be used in a subsequent trial in a bid to stop witnesses needing to give in-person evidence a second time.
States,including NSW,will be watching the ACT closely after it received a report showing the steps needed before it raises the age of criminal responsibility to 14.