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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly. You can email Naomi at: [email protected]
Political donations due for reform overhaul, HRLC says
Human rights lawyers have appeared before a parliamentary committee to seek critical reforms around political donations laws to restrict the opportunity for illegal ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Nov 2020
Inquiry set to review climate change bills
A standing committee has called for submissions for an inquiry into two climate change bills following an independent MP’s call for the Morrison government to join the ...
Aboriginal legal services left out of $40m COVID recovery plan
The Victorian government invested $40 million to support service delivery for its state’s Aboriginal community, but the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service has gone ...
368k Australians potentially eligible for Westpac class action
The Federal Court is set to notify 368,000 Australians that may be eligible to join Slater and Gordon’s consumer credit class action against Westpac.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020
Prioritising client relationships with ethical billing key for post-COVID
A new law firm on the NSW Central Coast was launched in the middle of the pandemic, and although that provided a set of challenges in itself, the sole practitioner’s main ...
NEWLAW • Thu, 12 Nov 2020
One Nation joins campaign to push back against class action reforms
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party has joined the fight against the “hastily assembled” regulatory changes on class actions proposed by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg
Victorian Bar criticised for having ‘no self-awareness’ in council announcement
The Victorian Bar has been accused of “silencing women” after ousting Kathleen Foley from its council just days after she publicly denounced the Attorney-General for ...
Social impact investment fails to make difference in criminal justice system
The first social impact investment into the criminal justice system found no changes in reducing reoffending rates, supporting a decision to abandon the initiative.
Religious Discrimination Act ‘designed to create a problem’
The Religious Discrimination Act, proposed at a federal level but now also across NSW laws, has been criticised as being “in search of a problem” that politicians would ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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