#jadetoomey — Public Fediverse posts
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Packed courtroom for Neo-Nazi group's appeal against ban
By Jade ToomeyWhite Australia, which is currently prohibited under new hate speech laws, is appealing the ban in Australia's High Court.
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University regulator finds ANU breached national standards
By Jade ToomeyThe Australian National University has fallen short of national tertiary education standards and must now satisfy governance conditions to maintain its registration.
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Canberra woman to receive $100k settlement over illegal strip search
By Jade ToomeyJulianne Williams sued the ACT government for damages after a court found the illegal strip search breached her human rights.
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Embattled childcare chain shuts another Canberra centre
By Madeleine Rojahn and Jade ToomeyEdge 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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/edge-charnwood-childcare-centre-closes/107109240
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Aboriginal woman suing ACT government over illegal jail strip search
By Jade ToomeyA 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.
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Fair Work Commission condemns 'plain wrong' AI legal advice
By Jade ToomeyThe Fair Work Commission will soon require applicants to disclose any AI use with consequences for failing to be transparent.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/fair-work-commission-condemns-ai-legal-advice/107089766
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Australians endure anxious wait for news on loved ones after Nepal floods
By Ethan Rix, Jade Toomey, and Judd BoazThe family of a Newcastle woman have made an impassioned plea for information, with communication still cut off due to deadly floods.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/missing-australians-nepal-tibet-floods/107088404
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15 Australians missing after flash flooding in Nepal, tour company confirms
By Niki Burnside and Jade ToomeyIt has been confirmed 15 Australians on a hiking tour in Nepal are unaccounted-for after the country was struck by devastating flash flooding.
#DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Floods #NikiBurnside #JadeToomey
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Police inappropriately searched Aboriginal teen after mistaken gunpoint arrest
By Jade ToomeyThe 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.
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Five people in ACT die from suspected overdoses in a fortnight
By Jade ToomeyHealth and emergency services have issued a warning about the presence of potentially lethal drugs circulating in the territory.
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High Court admission of secret recording could open doors for victims
By Jade ToomeyFamily 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.
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Staffer to whom Brittany Higgins confided rape allegation got $1.48m payout
By Jade ToomeyFormer 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.
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Canberra man jailed for shooting victim in face to 'exact retribution'
By Jade ToomeyThe 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.
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Jailed whistleblower David McBride is eligible for parole from today
By Jade ToomeyThe decision to grant him parole rests with the Commonwealth.
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'Overly litigious, combative' CIT chief referred for public sector probe
By Jade ToomeyMargot 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.
#VocationalEducationandTraining #HigherEducation #JadeToomey
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Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell
By Jade ToomeyThe High Court of Australia throws out a reduced sentence handed to a 17-year-old jailed over the murder of Brisbane woman Emma Lovell.
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Breaking: High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting NT water licence
By Jade ToomeyThe 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.
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Canberra private school boys ranked female students
By Jade ToomeyA prestigious Canberra private school is investigating after male students ranked female students according to appearance and shared the content online.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/canberra-private-school-boys-ranked-female-students/106982550
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Former political staffer settles case over Brittany Higgins fallout
By Jade ToomeyA 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.
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Friends turned millionaires take tech company shares battle to court
By Jade ToomeyThe 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.
#Courts #FilmIndustry #InformationTechnologyIndustry #JadeToomey