Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #australianlaw, aggregated by home.social.
As federal politicians vow to cut immigration, regional Queensland businesses need ‘every hand we can get’
By Andrew Messenger in Townsville
International working holidaymakers make up over 60% of the staff in some regional hospitality companies
#Australianimmigrationandasylum #Migration #TonyBurke #Queensland #Australianews #Townsville #RuralandregionalAustralia #Australianlaw #Business #Cairns #Australianeconomy #TheGuardian #AndrewMessengerinTownsville
Home security starts with knowing your rights, responsibilities, and the right technology 🏠
Nanny cams can help parents monitor their homes and children, but Australian surveillance and privacy laws may apply depending on where the camera is placed, who is being recorded, and whether audio is captured.
#NannyCams #AustralianLaw #HomeSecurity #PrivacyRights #ChildSafety
Cheers as murder charge dismissed for Queensland woman who helped terminally ill husband die https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/28/kylie-ellina-truswell-mobbs-murder-charge-dismissed-mnd-ntwnfb #Queensland #AssistedDying #DeathAndDying #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
British celebrities beat AI companies lobbying to get free use of their work. They have a warning for Australia
By Dan Milmo
‘People care about the songs, books and pictures that influence the critical moments in their lives,’ says the architect of the fightback in the UK
#Australianpolitics #AIartificialintelligence #Australianlaw #Law #Australianews #Worldnews #Artspolicy #TheGuardian #DanMilmo
British celebrities beat AI companies lobbying to get free use of their work. They have a warning for Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/28/uk-celebrity-warning-for-australia-ai-copyright #AustralianPolitics #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustralianLaw #Law #AustraliaNews #WorldNews #ArtsPolicy
So what we’re understanding is that if you’re a company they’ll let you do it… what other areas does this apply to?
“Amid questions around whether OpenAI will face legal consequences for its Medicare hack, a man who faced decades in jail for alleged cybercrimes says Australian law comes down harder on individuals than organisations.”
In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis
By Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis
A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today
#Australianlaw #Slavery #Pacificislands #Race #Australianews #Vanuatu #Australianimmigrationandasylum #SouthPacific #TheGuardian #PeterPrince #WaskamEmeldaDavis
She was convicted of a murder she says she didn’t commit. Then AI hallucinations stopped her speaking out
By Nino Bucci
Tasmania’s Parole Board used a document citing legal authorities that do not exist to prevent Susan Neill-Fraser from proclaiming her innocence. Advocates say the case is ‘deeply troubling’
#Tasmania #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Australianlaw #KathleenFolbigg #Tasmanianpolitics #TheGuardian #NinoBucci
In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/26/high-court-australia-south-sea-islanders-law-ntwnfb #AustralianLaw #Slavery #PacificIslands #Race #AustraliaNews #Vanuatu #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #SouthPacific
We must educate our children to evaluate concepts such as ‘values’ and ‘pride’, rather than teach them to hoist a flag
By Tony Birch
A law passed in Victoria in 1886 left aftershocks felt across Australia today. Yet few white people have ever heard of it
#Australianeducation #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #StolenGenerations #Coalition #Australianpolitics #Australianlaw #Race #Australianuniversities #Victoria #Victorianpolitics #TheGuardian #TonyBirch
We must educate our children to evaluate concepts such as ‘values’ and ‘pride’, rather than teach them to hoist a flag https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/23/aborigines-protection-act-1886-law-victoria-impact-aboriginal-history-education-ntwnfb #AustralianEducation #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #StolenGenerations #Coalition #AustralianPolitics #AustralianLaw #Race #AustralianUniversities #Victoria #VictorianPolitics
‘Brutal’: thousands of T-shirt designs stolen and listed on Temu, Sydney label claims
By Catie McLeod
Warwick Levy, who runs Lonely Kids Club, says AI may have been used to scrape his entire website and replicate designs
#Consumeraffairs #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Business #Australianlaw #Australianfashion #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeod
‘Brutal’: thousands of T-shirt designs stolen and listed on Temu, Sydney label claims https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/ai-copyright-t-shirt-designs-stolen-temu-sydney-clothing-label-lonely-kids-club #ConsumerAffairs #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustraliaNews #Business #AustralianLaw #AustralianFashion
Mary Gaudron, first female judge of Australia’s high court, dies aged 83
By Australian Associated Press
Legal pioneer remembered as an advocate for equality and champion of women in the workplace
#Australianlaw #Australianews #Women #Gender #NewSouthWales #Feminism #TanyaPlibersek #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
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 #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #Women #Gender #NewSouthWales #Feminism #TanyaPlibersek
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
By Julianne Schultz
Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making tools
#HumanRightsAct #Agedcare #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #JulianneSchultz
As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever 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 #HumanRightsAct #AgedCare #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
NSW police settle trespass case after visiting Indigenous children’s home 150 times in 20 months
By Australian Associated Press
Trespass case launched by two mothers settled after officers often went to families’ houses between midnight and 4am
#NewSouthWales #Australianpoliceandpolicing #IndigenousAustralians #Australianlaw #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
White Australia party is ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned, commonwealth tells high court https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/white-australia-party-modern-manifestation-adolf-hitler-nazi-movement-commonwealth-high-court-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #FarRight #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianLaw
White Australia party is ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned, commonwealth tells high court
By Sarah Basford Canales
The former National Socialist Network is challenging ban in high court, arguing law breaches implied freedom of political communication
#Australianpolitics #Farright #Australianews #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Ban on neo-Nazi White Australia party is ‘authoritarian’ and breaches constitution, high court hears
By Sarah Basford Canales
Lawyers also argue commonwealth does not have the power to ban a political party, as the high court ruled in 1951 over attempt to ban the Communist party
#Australianews #Australianlaw #TonyBurke #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Ban on neo-Nazi White Australia party is ‘authoritarian’ and breaches constitution, high court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/neo-nazi-white-australia-ban-authoritarian-breaches-constitution-high-court-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw #TonyBurke
‘Sisyphus would be proud’: Queensland tribunal orders repairs to pool that doesn’t exist
By Andrew Messenger
Tribunal immediately stays own order for repairs after noting that they were ‘impossible’ to carry out on the non-existent pool
#Queensland #Constructionindustry #Australianlaw #Australianews #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape trial may face questions about prior knowledge of case
By Australian Associated Press
Lehrmann is accused of raping a woman in 2021 and will stand trial in Toowoomba in November. He intends to contest the charges
#Queensland #Australianews #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences
#Victorianpolitics #Australianlaw #Australianews #Victoria #Liberalparty #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/23/victoria-election-liberals-plan-split-appeals-court-attacked-as-thought-bubble-politicise-judiciary #VictorianPolitics #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #Victoria #LiberalParty
3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/3m-knew-for-more-than-50-years-that-its-products-could-harm-humans-australian-government-alleges-in-court-documents #Pfas #AustraliaNews #Environment #Pollution #AustralianLaw #AustralianMilitary
3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Exclusive: federal government court filings claim internal company documents included warnings about products being toxic
#Pfas #Australianews #Environment #Pollution #Australianlaw #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroyPoliticaleditor
David McBride leaves prison on parole after being jailed for leaking Afghanistan war documents https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/david-mcbride-released-jail-prison-parole #AustralianMilitary #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #AustralianCapitalTerritory
Alan Jones argues ‘rivalry’ and ‘treachery’ but after decades wielding the sword of public opinion, he’s the one on trial
By Ben Doherty
His legal strategy was apparent from the very first. Jones will, it was explicitly stated, seek to undermine the ‘credibility and reliability’ of his accusers
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/04/alan-jones-trial-analysis-ntwnfb
#AlanJones #AlanJonestrial #Australianews #Media #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #BenDoherty
Alan Jones argues ‘rivalry’ and ‘treachery’ but after decades wielding the sword of public opinion, he’s the one on trial https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/04/alan-jones-trial-analysis-ntwnfb #AlanJones #AlanJonesTrial #AustraliaNews #Media #AustralianLaw
A new Queensland bill aims to ‘streamline’ major projects. Matt and Caitlin fear it could hand their farm to developers
By Joe Hinchliffe
Experts say new power to bypass conservation and planning regulations are incredibly broad and could let the state effectively fast-track any project it wants
#Queenslandpolitics #Criticalminerals #Energy #Queensland #Australianews #GoldCoast #Coalseamgas #Environment #Australianlaw #Farming #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
‘No precedent’ to keep identity of high-profile Queensland man secret, court hears
By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent
Suppression order remains in place for man, who is not a party to legal proceedings but is linked to an ongoing extortion case
#Queensland #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent
A man has been found guilty of rape but we can't say who he is. Why are there exceptions to open justice? | Richard Ackland
By Richard Ackland
It is not entirely surprising the ‘well-connected Melbourne businessman’ has so far managed to have his name protected
#Australianlaw #Melbourne #Victoria #Australianews #TheGuardian #RichardAckland
A man has been found guilty of rape but we can't say who he is. Why are there exceptions to open justice? | Richard Ackland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/melbourne-businessman-guilty-rape-identity-suppression-gag-order-open-justice-ntwnfb #AustralianLaw #Melbourne #Victoria #AustraliaNews
Protesters launch high court challenge to Queensland ban on ‘from the river to the sea’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/protesters-launch-high-court-challenge-to-queensland-ban-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea-ntwnfb #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #Antisemitism #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews
Rebel Wilson had a legal win but didn’t come out of The Deb defamation trial unscathed https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/25/rebel-wilson-had-a-legal-win-but-didnt-come-out-of-the-deb-defamation-trial-unscathed #RebelWilson #Film #AustralianLaw #Culture #AustraliaNews
Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/24/christian-brothers-abuse-victims-compensation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #Catholicism #Christianity #AustralianLaw #ChildProtection
Rebel Wilson wins defamation case brought by co-star after bitter dispute https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/22/rebel-wilson-wins-defamation-case-charlotte-macinnes-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #RebelWilson #Film #AustralianLaw #DefamationLawAustralia
Taxpayers could pay millions to abuse survivors if Christian Brothers goes bankrupt, court documents reveal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/christian-brothers-australia-abuse-survivors-ntwnfb #Catholicism #AustraliaNews #Christianity #AustralianLaw #Religion #ChildProtection
A friend, Facebook or ... Ukraine? No easy surrogacy options for Australian families desperate for children
By Tory Shepherd
With huge amounts of money at stake and power imbalances in play, the Australian Law Reform Commission is looking at how to better regulate the industry
#Surrogacy #Health #Children #Pregnancy #Australianews #Parentsandparenting #Ukraine #Family #Fertilityproblems #Health #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split
By Dan Jervis-Bardy and Josh Butler
Anthony Albanese will deliver a landmark speech on AI this week as MPs are torn between attracting datacentre investment and protecting the rights of creatives
#AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Datacentres #Australianlaw #Australianpolitics #DavidPocock #AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Technology #Technologysector #DanJervisBardy #JoshButler
AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/12/ai-australia-will-labor-water-down-copyright-laws-datacentres #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustraliaNews #Datacentres #AustralianLaw #AustralianPolitics #DavidPocock #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #Technology #TechnologySector
NSW spent almost $500,000 on court cases they lost against pro-Palestine protest groups
By Penry Buckley
<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley
Abuse survivors launch bid to transfer claims to entity that benefited from Christian Brothers’ wealth https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jul/10/christian-brothers-edmund-rice-education-australia-abuse-survivors-supreme-court-victoria-ntwnfb #AustralianLaw #AustralianEducation #Catholicism #Religion #AustraliaNews
Growing legal bill for failed defence of controversial NSW protest laws runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars
By Penry Buckley
<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455.50 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley
Growing legal bill for failed defence of controversial NSW protest laws runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/nsw-government-legal-bill-cost-defending-protest-laws-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Activism #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/like-being-stabbed-in-the-back-abuse-survivors-left-without-trials-after-christian-brothers-unprecedented-legal-tactic-ntwnfb #Christianity #Catholicism #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/11/australian-government-scraps-asio-compulsory-questioning-plans #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianLaw #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #HumanRights
NSW prosecutors launch proceedings against Labor officials accused of disguising donations to Chris Minns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/09/court-proceedings-labor-officials-accused-disguising-chris-minns-donations-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #ChrisMinns #LaborParty #Sydney #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #AustralianLaw #AustralianPoliticalDonations
Woman illegally strip-searched by police ‘reasonably thought’ officers would call her a liar, judge says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/05/woman-illegally-strip-searched-by-police-music-festival-court-case-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianLaw #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Australians want a royal commission into femicide. What haunts me is wondering if it’ll be enough to make leaders act https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/28/femicide-domestic-violence-dv-royal-commission-women-petition-signatures #DomesticViolence #Women #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Children #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianLaw
Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/08/water-flows-nsw-wetlands-drought-gwydir-australia #MurraydarlingBasin #Water #Environment #Wildlife #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #Animals #Biology #AustraliaWeather #RuralAndRegionalAustralia #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianGreens #AustralianLaw #Farming
Jewish man among first charged in pro-Palestinian slogan crackdown that reminds some of 1970s Queensland
By Joe Hinchliffe
Stephen Heydt says he spoke in a custom-made T-shirt and was ‘charged with two offences: one for the shirt, one for the chanting’
#Queensland #Australianews #Palestine #Protest #Australianlaw #Queenslandpolitics #Race #JBalvin #Brisbane #IndigenousAustralians #JoeHinchliffe
Protest is not a flaw in democracy and fear cannot be made law. The NSW supreme court ruling upholds these truths | Shamikh Badra https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/anti-protest-laws-democracy-nsw-supreme-court-ruling #NewSouthWales #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Protest #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
Australian federal court warns lawyers over ‘unacceptable’ use of AI https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/16/australia-federal-court-warning-lawyers-ai-artificial-intelligence #AustralianLaw #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology
Australia’s immigration powers are already godlike. So why does Angus Taylor want them to be Trump-like too? | Abul Rizvi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/australia-immigration-powers-angus-taylor-trump-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AngusTaylor #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianCitizenship #Coalition #OneNation #AustralianLaw #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #LaborParty #PaulineHanson #UsImmigration
Palestinian groups launch legal bid to shed light on Australian arms export permits to Israel https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/palestinian-groups-legal-action-australian-arms-weapons-exports-israel-ntwnfb #AustralianForeignPolicy #AustralianPolitics #IsraelgazaWar #AustraliaNews #HumanRights #ArmsTrade #AustralianLaw #RichardMarles
The LNP’s phrase-banning law is wide open to constitutional attack. Is it a victory for the people, or a smart political play? | Anne Twomey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/08/the-lnps-phrase-banning-law-is-wide-open-to-constitutional-attack-is-it-a-victory-for-the-people-or-a-smart-political-play #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #Protest
Anthony Albanese take note: Human rights apply to all Australians – not just those deemed to be worthy | Daniela Gavshon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/human-rights-australians-syria-women-children #HumanRights #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw #Syria