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Deaf jurors and discrimination

Deaf jurors and discrimination

For teachers and students: see the end of this post for some before, during and after reading questions designed to assist in discussion and understanding this post.   Next month, the High Court will hear an appeal from the Queensland Court of Appeal concerning a...
MEDIA RELEASE: NSW consorting law review long overdue

MEDIA RELEASE: NSW consorting law review long overdue

The NSW Ombudsman’s statutorily-mandated review of the 2012 consorting laws is now more than a year overdue. The controversial consorting laws – introduced by the Crimes Amendment (Consorting and Organised Crime) Act 2012, and publicly opposed by many,...
Submission on the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption

Submission on the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption

The President of the Institute, Robin Speed, has drafted and lodged a submission with the NSW parliamentary committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption, arguing that a new approach is needed. The Committee is conducting an inquiry on the issues raised...
Advisory opinions and the rule of law

Advisory opinions and the rule of law

Today marks the 95th anniversary of the High Court’s judgment in In re The Judiciary Act 1903-1920 and In re The Navigation Act 1912-1920 (1921) 29 CLR 257, often abridged as In re Judiciary Act. Perhaps as a result of its unwieldy name, this case has often been...

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