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Friday, 26 July 2024 Guidance for time-honoured profession to navigate an AI future The Law Society of NSW has joined with LexisNexis, a leading legal tech, information and analytics company to demystify terms used in connection with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a suite of material to help solicitors and the public better understand … Continued
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A national coalition of over 40 community legal centres, unions, business groups, and faith, welfare and human rights organisations welcome the federal government’s introduction of groundbreaking reforms to reduce widespread migrant worker exploitation. A new, world-first Workplace Justice visa will enable exploited migrants to stay in Australia for a short period to enforce their workplace … Continued
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Sister of Patrick Liedke, now officially long-term missing, launches appeal ahead of National Missing Persons Week 2024 24 July 2024 – Police, missing persons units and the public are being urged to do more to support missing persons, particularly those with mental health or neurodiversity impacts. The appeal comes from the family of an Australian … Continued
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A man has been fined more than $100,000 after failing to comply with a NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) clean-up notice for almost 950 tonnes of waste at a residential premises in Leppington. Mr Mohamad Bader was fined in Campbelltown Court after ignoring a clean-up notice involving the removal and correct disposal of asbestos … Continued
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ActionAid welcomes the historic judgment of the court, which has declared that the Israeli Government’s continued occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful. The ICJ concluded that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territory constitutes systematic discrimination, and that its legislation and measures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem breach international conventions … Continued
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Monday, 15 July 2024 Historic appointments elevate four female solicitors Today’s announcement of the appointment of four accomplished solicitors to judicial office marks an historic moment in the NSW justice system. President of the Law Society of NSW Brett McGrath said the appointments to the Local Court of four women, with almost a century of … Continued
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Monday, 15 July 2024 Historic appointments elevate four female solicitors Today’s announcement of the appointment of four accomplished solicitors to judicial office marks an historic moment in the NSW justice system. President of the Law Society of NSW Brett McGrath said the appointments to the Local Court of four women, with almost a century of … Continued
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Since 7 October 2023, thousands of Jewish Australians have been victimised, harassed and racially vilified. Businesses have been boycotted and people’s safety threatened. In this context Alon Cassuto, CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia, a dual citizen of Australia and Israel, has lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Mary Kostakidis, … Continued
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Australia is experiencing an eruption of antisemitism and extremism that threatens our social cohesion. At a time when many Australian Jews are feeling intimidated in their workplaces, universities and communities, we are seeing fellow Australians share and repeat the rhetoric of terrorist organizations which seek the annihilation of Jews between the Mediterranean River and the … Continued
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AWU Queensland Secretary Stacey Schinnerl will front a Parliamentary Committee hearing today to call on the Government to make it clearer in the law that assaults on Queensland Health operational workers should be treated as ‘serious assault’. Section 340 of the Criminal Code 1899 provides for a crime of ‘serious assault’ against offenders who assault public … Continued
