SBS6 个月
Understanding Australia’s legal system: laws, courts and accessing legal assistance
Our legal system with two parallel sets of legislation and courts, reflects the fact the Commonwealth of Australia is a federation of states and territories There are various options for accessing ...
SBS6 个月
Understanding Australia’s legal system: laws, courts and accessing assistance
The different types of law that govern Australia are statute law made by parliament, delegated law made by government, and common law made by courts. Our legal system with two parallel sets of ...
It’s the vibe: Federal Court’s new powers to hear criminal cases raise eyebrows
In the polished corridors of the Federal Court, a quiet change has occurred that could flip financial crime prosecutions.
Victorian magistrates fume as plans to replace court’s outdated IT system blows out by $40m
A long-overdue IT update in the state’s busiest court network has blown out by almost $40m and is almost four years overdue.
BBC3 年
Australia media can be sued for social media comments, court rules
It led to a public inquiry into the mistreatment of inmates in the Northern Territory's juvenile detention system ... then appealed to the High Court of Australia, which on Wednesday upheld ...