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Every ACT citizen should be troubled by the announcement yesterday that the ACT is going to introduce mandatory verdicts for jury trials.  It is a disappointing sign that our Government has joined a…

You may have heard of the recent decision in the Court of King’s Bench in Canada which declared that a thumbs up emoji can serve for the purpose of a signature of a…

With BHP recently admitting to owing its employees $430 million in underpayments and Coles admitting to owing a further $25 million on top of already owing at least $20 million, wage theft in…

On 27 January 2023, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a consultation paper entitled “Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws”. This consultation paper seeks submissions from stakeholders on proposals to change the way…

The ACT Government is pushing for urgent amendments to evidence laws in the ACT. The amendments would allow the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (the DPP) to obtain audio-visual recordings of…

The ACT has become the first Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA), ice, heroin, LSD and amphetamines. The Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Bill Amendment was passed…

The NSW Government is celebrating their new law giving NSW Police the power to search convicted drug dealers without warrant. Deputy Premier Paul Toole says that “police will be in criminals’ faces more…

Katherine Deves seeks amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (“the Act”) to “clarify” the law so that an organisation can conduct a “single-sex” sport and it not be discriminatory. In general terms,…

In early August 2021, The ACT Government released a Consultation Paper (the Paper) on Proposed Reforms to The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT) (the Act). The Justice and Community Safety Directorate, who drafted…

Last week, the Senate passed legislation which will hold big tech companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, responsible for offensive or harmful content posted on their platforms.  The Online Safety Bill both consolidates…