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  1. Packed courtroom for Neo-Nazi group's appeal against ban
    By Jade Toomey

    White Australia, which is currently prohibited under new hate speech laws, is appealing the ban in Australia's High Court.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/whi

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  2. University regulator finds ANU breached national standards
    By Jade Toomey

    The Australian National University has fallen short of national tertiary education standards and must now satisfy governance conditions to maintain its registration.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/teq

    #Universities #Education #JadeToomey

  3. Canberra woman to receive $100k settlement over illegal strip search
    By Jade Toomey

    Julianne Williams sued the ACT government for damages after a court found the illegal strip search breached her human rights.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/act

    #Prisons #HumanRights #IndigenousAustralians #JadeToomey

  4. Embattled childcare chain shuts another Canberra centre
    By Madeleine Rojahn and Jade Toomey

    Edge Early Learning has announced it will permanently close its Charnwood centre, telling parents it would struggle to reopen after a three-month suspension imposed by the ACT's childcare regulator.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/edg

    #ChildCare #MadeleineRojahn #JadeToomey

  5. Aboriginal woman suing ACT government over illegal jail strip search
    By Jade Toomey

    A First Nations former detainee is suing the ACT government after her human rights were breached when she was illegally strip-searched while being held in remand at Canberra's jail.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/wom

    #Courts #HumanRights #Prisons #JadeToomey

  6. Fair Work Commission condemns 'plain wrong' AI legal advice
    By Jade Toomey

    The Fair Work Commission will soon require applicants to disclose any AI use with consequences for failing to be transparent.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/fai

    #AI #JadeToomey

  7. Australians endure anxious wait for news on loved ones after Nepal floods
    By Ethan Rix, Jade Toomey, and Judd Boaz

    The family of a Newcastle woman have made an impassioned plea for information, with communication still cut off due to deadly floods.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/mis

    #Floods #EthanRix #JadeToomey #JuddBoaz

  8. 15 Australians missing after flash flooding in Nepal, tour company confirms
    By Niki Burnside and Jade Toomey

    It has been confirmed 15 Australians on a hiking tour in Nepal are unaccounted-for after the country was struck by devastating flash flooding.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/aus

    #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Floods #NikiBurnside #JadeToomey

  9. Police inappropriately searched Aboriginal teen after mistaken gunpoint arrest
    By Jade Toomey

    The ACT Ombudsman finds police inappropriately, and seemingly unlawfully, searched a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy after mistakenly arresting him at gunpoint on a bus in Canberra's south last year.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/act

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #JadeToomey

  10. Five people in ACT die from suspected overdoses in a fortnight
    By Jade Toomey

    Health and emergency services have issued a warning about the presence of potentially lethal drugs circulating in the territory.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/fiv

    #Health #Drugs #JadeToomey

  11. High Court admission of secret recording could open doors for victims
    By Jade Toomey

    Family lawyers say a High Court decision to admit a secret recording of a man admitting he had raped his wife while she slept, could open the door to secret recordings by victims of serious crime being more readily considered by courts.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/hig

    #Courts #SexualOffences #DomesticViolence #JadeToomey

  12. Staffer to whom Brittany Higgins confided rape allegation got $1.48m payout
    By Jade Toomey

    Former political staffer Fiona Brown has received $1.48 million in a settlement from the Commonwealth over claims she was made a scapegoat in the fallout from Brittany Higgins's rape allegation.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/pol

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  13. Canberra man jailed for shooting victim in face to 'exact retribution'
    By Jade Toomey

    The court heard Bradley John Wilson wanted to "exact retribution" on the victim when he used a home-made shotgun to shoot him at close range in March last year, seriously injuring his face and shoulder.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/can

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  14. Jailed whistleblower David McBride is eligible for parole from today
    By Jade Toomey

    The decision to grant him parole rests with the Commonwealth.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/jai

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  15. 'Overly litigious, combative' CIT chief referred for public sector probe
    By Jade Toomey

    Margot McNeill's appointment as CEO was brought into question earlier this year after revelations she did not disclose a misconduct investigation at her previous job.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/act

    #VocationalEducationandTraining #HigherEducation #JadeToomey

  16. Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell
    By Jade Toomey

    The High Court of Australia throws out a reduced sentence handed to a 17-year-old jailed over the murder of Brisbane woman Emma Lovell.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/hig

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  17. Breaking: High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting NT water licence
    By Jade Toomey

    The High Court decides in favour of native title holders fighting to overturn a water licence that had been granted to a cattle station in Central Australia.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/hig

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  18. Canberra private school boys ranked female students
    By Jade Toomey

    A prestigious Canberra private school is investigating after male students ranked female students according to appearance and shared the content online.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/can

    #Education #YoungPeople #JadeToomey

  19. Former political staffer settles case over Brittany Higgins fallout
    By Jade Toomey

    A former political staffer has settled a contentious lawsuit with the Commonwealth over claims her workplace rights were compromised in the fallout of Brittany Higgins's rape allegation.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/for

    #Courts #JadeToomey

  20. Friends turned millionaires take tech company shares battle to court
    By Jade Toomey

    The millionaire co-founder of an Australian video tech company behind some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters has told the Federal Court a decade of hostility by his fellow shareholders has unfairly barred him from selling his lucrative stake in the billion-dollar business.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/bla

    #Courts #FilmIndustry #InformationTechnologyIndustry #JadeToomey