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GLAD not glad: bag maker taken to court over claims

GLAD not glad: bag maker taken to court over claims

The makers of GLAD garbage bags have been taken to court over claims it misled consumers about how much of its bin liners were made from recycled ocean plastic.

Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Police killings of people with mental health needs can no longer be addressed individually when a pattern of deaths has become so clear, a coroner has found.

Trump posts $US175 million bond in civil fraud case

Trump posts $US175 million bond in civil fraud case

Trump posts $US175 million bond in civil fraud case

Trump posts $US175 million bond in civil fraud case

Donald Trump has posted $US175 million bond to avert asset seizure while he appeals civil fraud penalty.

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Fresh evidence application ahead of Lehrmann judgment

Fresh evidence application ahead of Lehrmann judgment

Network Ten has lodged an application to reopen the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case, citing fresh evidence days before the judgment is due to be handed down.

Inquiry to probe youth crime as crackdown continues

Inquiry to probe youth crime as crackdown continues

A parliamentary inquiry will examine the drivers of youth crime in regional NSW as the government pushes ahead with a crackdown despite criticism.

Justice system 'traumatises, silences' victims of crime

Justice system 'traumatises, silences' victims of crime

One in four victims are so traumatised after dealing with Victoria's criminal justice system they're unwilling to report a crime again.

Fight to keep unrepentant terrorists behind bars

Fight to keep unrepentant terrorists behind bars

The right thresholds are in place to keep convicted terrorists in jail after they have served their time, a federal police chief says.

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Acquittals more likely in judge-only criminal trials

Acquittals more likely in judge-only criminal trials

Acquittals more likely in judge-only criminal trials

Acquittals more likely in judge-only criminal trials

Judge alone criminal trials conducted in the NSW higher courts are more likely to result in the defendant being acquitted than jury trials.

Call for sex assault trial review to go further

Call for sex assault trial review to go further

Call for sex assault trial review to go further

Call for sex assault trial review to go further

A review of sexual assault trial cases should be expanded to include police, says one MP as the NSW premier backs an under-fire leading prosecutor.

International court referral has 'no credibility': PM

International court referral has 'no credibility': PM

International court referral has 'no credibility': PM

International court referral has 'no credibility': PM

A legal referral accusing the federal government of supporting alleged war crimes in the Middle East has been rejected by the prime minister.

Investigation into Supreme Court judge dropped

Investigation into Supreme Court judge dropped

Investigation into Supreme Court judge dropped

Investigation into Supreme Court judge dropped

An investigation into a Victorian judge based on a complaint by the state's top prosecutor has been dropped because the Supreme Court justice retired.

Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

An Illinois judge has removed former US president Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.

US Supreme Court to decide Trump 2020 election case

US Supreme Court to decide Trump 2020 election case

US Supreme Court to decide Trump 2020 election case

US Supreme Court to decide Trump 2020 election case

The US Supreme Court will in April decide whether former president Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges that he interfered with the 2020 US election.

Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

An immigration detainee is fighting for freedom after a decade but the Commonwealth is pushing to keep those who don't co-operate with authorities locked up.

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Judge resigns on social media over prosecutor complaint

A Victorian judge has announced his resignation on social media and in court after a formal complaint by the state's top prosecutor.

Laws proposed to improve Children's Court media access

The Queensland premier has moved to improve media access to Children's Court cases through legislative reforms.

Premier to discuss media access to courts

After a boy accused of murder appeared in a closed court hearing, Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he will speak to the attorney-general about media access.

'Overstretched' NSW judges call for more pay, resources

Judges and magistrates have been pushed to their limits while real wages decrease, NSW's top judicial officer says.

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Westpac to pay millions after 'unconscionable conduct'

After being taken to court by the corporate watchdog, Westpac has been penalised for engaging in in unconscionable conduct in 2016.

No 'magic number' to reduce hung juries, inquiry told

The merits of shortening mandatory jury deliberation times are being examined in a bid to reduce instances of hung juries and retrials.

Journos' secret calls to former judge under spotlight

Lawyers for the ACT's former top prosecutor are seeking to expose communications between a high-profile journalist and the man investigating his conduct.

Bayer ordered to pay $US2.25 billion in Roundup trial

Bayer has been ordered to pay $US2.25 billion to a US man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller.

Courts reveal true scale of cyber attack on system

Court Services Victoria has revealed the extent of a cyber attack, with eight years' worth of recorded hearings potentially accessed.

UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

Australia breached the cultural rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people, the United Nations Human Rights Committee says, raising questions about native title.

Government abandons push to suspend accused judge

A push to suspend a Supreme Court judge facing charges of assault and emotional abuse has been dropped by the Tasmanian government.

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