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It’s less than a week until the ALP’s fundraisers leap into action for the Federal Labor Business Exchange - expected to be one of the party’s biggest money spinners of the year. ....
Top silks break ranks to back NSW plan to overhaul sexual consent laws We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A group of high-profile NSW barristers including former Commonwealth solicitor-general Justin Gleeson, SC, has thrown its weight behind a plan to overhaul the state’s sexual assault laws to emphasise the importance of seeking active agreement to sex. Former solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC, pictured in 2016. Credit:Andrew Meares NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman announced last week that the state would overhaul its sexual assault laws to mirror the affirmative consent model in Tasmania, where the criminal law states explicitly that a person does not consent to sex if they do not “say or do anything to communicate consent”. ....
MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 9:20 am on March 5, 2021 | 147 comments Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in deep, deep trouble. He thinks he’s fighting a culture war when things have moved far past that. Australia is now the in throes of a generational shift that is rendering the Morrison Government obsolete. It is under sustained attack, quite rightly, from an extraordinary alliance of alleged sexual assault victims and supporters, prominent women in the press, the legal profession, and all decent blokes as well. This is now a revolution not a political problem. Let’s first reprise the latest news flow. Late yesterday, Morrison completely lost control of the rape narrative. At The Australian: ....
Jacqueline Gleeson, daughter of Australia s former chief justice, sworn in as 55th High Court judge Posted MonMonday 1 updated MonMonday 1 MarMarch 2021 at 9:13pm Justice Jacqueline Gleeson with her father, former chief justice Murray Gleeson, at her swearing-in ceremony this morning. ( Share Print text only Cancel She knits, once included an emoji in a legal judgement, and was in the mosh pit during Nirvana s only Australian tour. Justice Jacqueline Gleeson is not your usual High Court appointee. Key points: Justice Gleeson has served on the Federal Court for the past seven years She is the daughter of former chief justice Murray Gleeson ....
Visitor numbers to Fraser Island could be slashed and tourists barred from its fragile sites amid growing calls to keep the World Heritage area dangerous, wild and special. The 123km island - one of Australia s best-known tourism destinations - attracts about 400,000 domestic and international visitors every year. Debate about the coexistence of tourists and wildlife has now reignited after Thursday s dingo attack at Orchid Beach in which a child received minor abrasions. The incident prompted Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour to call for a review into the management of the island. We need to care for - and in some cases step back from - the wild places we still have in our midst, he said. ....