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All judges immune from lawsuits, High Court rules

All judges immune from lawsuits, High Court rules

All judges of inferior and superior courts are immune to civil lawsuits, even if they make errors, the High Court has ruled in a landmark appeal judgment.

FBI agents sue over probe on January 6 investigations

FBI agents sue over probe on January 6 investigations

FBI agents sue over probe on January 6 investigations

FBI agents sue over probe on January 6 investigations

FBI agents have sued the Justice Department over a questionnaire seeking to identify those who worked on January 6 Capitol riot investigations.

S Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon

S Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon

S Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon

S Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon

South Korean investigators have asked prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Former top judge 'lost everything' for assaulting woman

Former top judge 'lost everything' for assaulting woman

A Supreme Court judge who resigned from the bench after being convicted of assault and intimidation has been sentenced for a subsequent breach.

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

With nine Aboriginal women killed in six months across the Northern Territory, experts are trying to pin down causes of the shocking domestic violence rate.

'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

The WA premier says there are avenues of appeal for an Australian granny who has been sentenced to six years jail in Japan for drug smuggling.

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Revelations about the price of events such as major motor races are among the dozens of reports released on a parliament's final sitting day.

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Court scraps 'marine exclusion zone' ahead of protest

Court scraps 'marine exclusion zone' ahead of protest

Court scraps 'marine exclusion zone' ahead of protest

Court scraps 'marine exclusion zone' ahead of protest

A temporary exclusion zone intended to help police a major planned climate protest, has been scrapped by a court just one hour before it was due to commence.

Judge who assaulted woman formally resigns

Judge who assaulted woman formally resigns

Judge who assaulted woman formally resigns

Judge who assaulted woman formally resigns

Supreme Court justice Gregory Geason has formally tendered his resignation after being found guilty of assault and emotional abuse.

Judge who assaulted ex-partner avoids jail sentence

Judge who assaulted ex-partner avoids jail sentence

Judge who assaulted ex-partner avoids jail sentence

Judge who assaulted ex-partner avoids jail sentence

A Tasmanian judge has been ordered to serve 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing a woman.

Peg supplies questioned at fatal jumping castle hearing

Peg supplies questioned at fatal jumping castle hearing

Peg supplies questioned at fatal jumping castle hearing

Peg supplies questioned at fatal jumping castle hearing

The families of children who died after a jumping castle became airborne have watched in court as photos of the blood-stained equipment were shown.

Minister works to skirt High Court ankle bracelet edict

Minister works to skirt High Court ankle bracelet edict

Minister works to skirt High Court ankle bracelet edict

Minister works to skirt High Court ankle bracelet edict

Strengthened laws are imminent in a bid to keep electronic monitoring and curfew restrictions on former immigration detainees.

Common sense prescription for medical cannabis drivers

Common sense prescription for medical cannabis drivers

Common sense prescription for medical cannabis drivers

Common sense prescription for medical cannabis drivers

Traces of cannabis detected in drivers who are prescribed the drug will no longer automatically cost them their licence under a tweak to sentencing laws.

Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Former Wallabies rugby union captain Rocky Elsom has been convicted by a French court in absentia and an international warrant has been issued for his arrest.

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MP found guilty of stealing $436,000 from non-profit

South Australian MP Troy Bell has been found guilty of theft and dishonesty offences for stealing more than $436,000 from an educational not-for-profit.

Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Lawyers for police informant Nicola Gobbo will make an application to recuse all Victorian judges from presiding over her case against Victoria Police.

Top prosecutor made a Victorian Supreme Court judge

Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions has stepped down from her role to become a justice of the state's Supreme Court.

Employer guilty of threatening juror in landmark case

An employer has been found guilty of "inexcusable" threats towards a worker who wanted to take weekends off while serving as a juror on a murder trial.

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Judge faces cases ban after scathing watchdog report

A judge has been accused of being incompetent and vilifying a sexual assault complainant but a judicial watchdog has not suggested firing him.

Murder-trial juror did not need weekends off, firm says

A clothing store accused of threatening a worker who refused to come in on weekends while on jury duty has argued there was no legal right to have two days off.

Senator recalls Labor's 'heartless' attacks on Reynolds

A senator has told a court how party colleague Linda Reynolds was aggressively targeted in parliament during "heartless attacks".

No change to judges' immunity urged despite 'rare case'

The High Court is hearing arguments on judges' immunity from being sued and if a man traumatised behind bars after being wrongly jailed is entitled to damages.

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Hasina accused in murder case

Bangladesh's former prime minister, who fled the country in the wake of violence, is being investigated for murder.

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

UK PM to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an urgent meeting with senior police as he seeks to end days of violent anti-immigration protests.

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