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Big Law • 27 November 2023
The ‘inefficiency’ in Australia’s ‘dysfunctional Federation’
Following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum, George Williams AO has delivered a keynote speech disparaging...
Big Law • 01 November 2023
The role of lawyers in ‘mitigating the chilling effect of laws’
Following the recent Voice to Parliament referendum, lawyers can play a massive role in education around the Australian...
Big Law • 24 October 2023
The electoral law system is ‘incredibly fragile’ in age of social media
New social media platforms can result in “unregulated communication”, something this lawyer said can be dangerous in...
Politics • 29 September 2023
Voice ‘legally safe’ and ‘will not result in excessive litigation’, says Law Council
The proposed Voice to Parliament is “simple, straightforward, safe and modest”, and lawyers have a duty to ensure people...
The chief executives of two of Australia’s largest legal aid organisations, as well as over 20 signatories to the...
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In an interview with News Corp earlier this week, Senator Michaelia Cash said that the proposed Voice to Parliament...
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Any decision by the Victorian Bar to support the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, or not take a public position,...
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Following claims made in News Corp last week that pro-Voice barristers will benefit financially from the passing of such...
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In advice published earlier this morning by A-G Dreyfus, Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue KC has stressed that the...
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Julian Leeser has quit his roles as the opposition’s spokesperson for Indigenous Australians and as shadow...
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Within this term of Parliament, the Albanese government will hold a referendum on whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and...
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The Law Council of Australia has urged the new Parliament to progress a referendum on a First Nations Voice to...
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