In an open letter, a coalition of health and medical organisations have called on the federal government to raise the criminal age of responsibility, citing strong evidence that suggests children caught up in the criminal justice system have at least two mental health disorders and are twice as likely to experience psychological distress.
A class action firm will explore compensation options for victims of surgeon Dr Daniel Lanzer who allegedly engaged in several troubling practices, including serious safety and hygiene breaches and procedures that left patients in extreme pain.
Legal academics are concerned that the current Religious Discrimination Bill draft will undermine existing protections for groups that are already vulnerable. In breaking down the bill by its provisions, experts from one university explain how the proposed legislation as it stands will only create more space for discrimination.
A NSW-based solicitor who failed to direct large amounts of money into his firms’ trust account has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and, in addition to a $5,000 fine, was reprimanded and ordered to undertake a course.