#auslaw — Public Fediverse posts
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Mary Gaudron, first female judge of Australia’s high court, dies aged 83 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/sep/14/mary-gaudron-dies-aged-83-death-first-female-judge-australia-high-court
Legal pioneer remembered as an advocate for equality and champion of women in the workplace
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As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/as-australia-faces-an-ai-generated-future-a-human-rights-act-is-needed-more-than-ever #humanrights #auspol #auslaw #AI -
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/as-australia-faces-an-ai-generated-future-a-human-rights-act-is-needed-more-than-ever #humanrights #auspol #auslaw #AI -
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/as-australia-faces-an-ai-generated-future-a-human-rights-act-is-needed-more-than-ever #humanrights #auspol #auslaw #AI -
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/as-australia-faces-an-ai-generated-future-a-human-rights-act-is-needed-more-than-ever #humanrights #auspol #auslaw #AI -
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/as-australia-faces-an-ai-generated-future-a-human-rights-act-is-needed-more-than-ever #humanrights #auspol #auslaw #AI -
The Kyle and Jackie O contract termination show https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986 #contractlaw #medialaw #auslaw #radio
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Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/27/adani-drops-legal-pursuit-environmental-activist-ben-pennings #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation #tradesecrets #confidentiality
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The University of Tasmania's RA Rodda Museum kept and displayed 177 human remains without families’ knowledge, report finds
A coronial probe was launched in 2016 after the museum’s curator raised concerns three specimens had been kept without the consent or approval of the coroner or families involved.
The investigation’s final report, published on Thursday, confirmed 177 samples had been kept by the museum without permission.
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Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/02/blue-murder-australia-tv-show-miniseries-30-years
Smith’s court proceedings meant the show was banned in NSW for six years, resulting in a demand for bootleg VHS tapes.
Bastoni: The bootleg was sold in pubs all over Sydney as a two-pack VHS for about $400. Everyone wanted to see it.
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The tiny record shop that faced down a culture war in court – and won https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/09/brisbane-rocking-horse-records-50-year-anniversary-is-the-f-word-offensive-in-queensland-court-case
'Brisbane’s Rocking Horse Records turns 50 this year – but it should also be celebrated for its role in facing down a ‘nonsense’ culture war that began with undercover cops and the Dead Kennedys'
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The former defence lawyer convicted for exposing #war #crimes in #Afghanistan is appealing to the highest court in the land.
https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/56282
#australia #auslaw #law #classwar #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #waristerror #wariscapitalism #adfa #adf #australiandefenceforce #WarCrime #antiwar #fuckwar #eattherich
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It will be interesting to see whether the New Australian Parliament will contemplate the implementation of the WIPO Treaty of Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong made a memorable speech about the Treaty last year: 'Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been innovators, inventors and knowledge-holders for over 65,000 years.
All across this land, the vibrant history of Australia's First Nations peoples tells the story of an ancient culture that continues today.
Whether it is firestick farming used to sustainably manage Country, or the engineering of great stone fish traps across rivers and seas.
Whether it was the practices of cultivating crops over tens of thousands of years, or the discovery and use of potent natural medicines.
That unbroken line of innovation has continued to this day, despite what was wrought by the fiction of terra nullius.
The traditional knowledge of Australia's First Peoples transformed this land.
Made it liveable, made it home.
That knowledge deserves international recognition.
This treaty does just that.'
#IndigenousIP #WIPO #geneticresources #biodiversity #auslaw #auspol
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Nothing to see here, Press Council says after News Corp tabloids’ front-page undisclosed advertorial gassing up fossil fuel
Amanda Meade https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/17/no-breach-found-after-news-corp-tabloids-splashed-on-undisclosed-advertorial-gassing-up-fossil-fuel-ntwnfb #greenwashing #medialaw #auslaw #auspol -
‘Abuse of process’: activist Ben Pennings seeks to have Adani case thrown out of court https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/31/activist-ben-pennings-adani-lawsuit-carmichael-coalmine Application comes after miner amended its statement of claim to remove allegation Pennings accessed confidential information. #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation
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Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/thatcher-utterly-shattered-by-mi5-revelations-in-spycatcher-files-reveal #spycatcher #auslaw #confidentialinformation #uklaw
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WA climate activist to appeal against conviction for denying police access to mobile and laptop https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/wa-climate-activist-disrupt-burrup-hub-joana-partyka-appeal-denying-police-mobile-laptop-access Joana Partyka, of Disrupt Burrup Hub group, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of failing to obey a data access order. #auslaw #climate #activism #data #confidentialinformation
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Whistleblower David McBride pleads guilty after court rules to withhold evidence over ‘security’ risk https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/17/whistleblower-david-mcbride-guilty-plea-evidence-security-risk-act-supreme-court #auslaw #auspol #whistleblowing #confidentialinformation
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Whistleblower David McBride loses bid to stave off trial over public interest defence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/16/whistleblower-david-mcbride-loses-bid-trial-public-interest-defence-act ACT supreme court says law provides no duty to members of the military to act in the public interest. #auslaw #auspol #whistleblowing #confidentialinformation
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The mining firm Bravus, formerly Adani, will narrow its lawsuit against an anti-mining activist, dropping its claim that Ben Pennings illegally accessed secret information as part of a long-running lawsuit. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/25/bravus-formerly-adani-narrows-long-running-lawsuit-against-activist-ben-pennings Three years seems a long time to run a breach of confidential information action before dropping it. #climate #confidentialinformation #confidentiality #tradesecrets #auslaw #auspol
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"It is clear that the desire for personal gain trumped any obligations that PwC had to the Commonwealth of Australia and its citizens," Parliamentary Report finds. "This was a calculated breach of trust by PwC. There is no evidence that PwC colleagues or leaders called out this behaviour for years, up until it became publicly known in 2023. PwC engaged in a deliberate strategy over many years to cover up the breach of confidentiality and the plan by PwC personnel to monetise it" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-21/interim-report-finds-pwc-engaged-in-calculated-breach-of-trust/102505302 via @ABCaustralia #confidentialinformation #breachofconfidence #auslaw #auspol
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Hill of discontent - Melbourne bookstore accuses employee of breaking ‘confidentiality’ by discussing pay rise https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/13/melbourne-bookstore-accuses-employee-of-breaking-confidentiality-by-discussing-pay-rise 'Her case will come before the federal circuit court later this month in what is expected to be a test of new laws that prevent employers gagging workers for speaking about their pay. The federal industrial relations changes came into effect in December and aim to reduce pay secrecy to help close the gender pay gap.' #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation? #paytransparency #laborlaw
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"We cannot have a repeat of this absolutely appalling episode, where people were monetising government secrets." Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on PWC Breach of confidential information https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/jim-chalmers-pwc-members-to-be-named-publicly/102417308 #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation #consultancies
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched a criminal investigation into a former executive of consulting firm PwC, after he used confidential Treasury information to benefit the firm's client base. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/treasury-refers-pwc-matter-to-the-australian-federal-police/102388696 #auslaw #auspol #consulting #confidentialinformation
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Breach of confidential information - PwC in the firing line and AFP drawn in as Senate asks hard questions about conflict-of-interest drama https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/pwc-in-the-firing-line-as-afp-gets-involved/102376954 via @ABCaustralia #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation #tax #taxation #consultancy
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On Tuesday the ACT supreme court considered whether to publish sentencing remarks about the man, known by the pseudonym Alan Johns and also as Witness J, who was jailed in complete secrecy after pleading guilty and being convicted for the disclosure of confidential information. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/apr/04/sentencing-details-in-secret-witness-j-trial-may-be-kept-hidden-for-20-years-court-told #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation #openjustice