NSW Police powers to search, detain and arrest require overhaul
October heralds the beginning of Australia’s spring/summer festival season, which also means that it’s a peak period for police presence in NSW.
‘Whole new battleground’: The Privacy Act Review Report and its impact on media lawyers
The Federal Government’s proposed privacy law reforms could result in an inundation of the court system and have a “chilling effect” on public interest journalism,…
Australia to overhaul cyber security laws: the legal implications coming down the line
The Federal Government plans to overhaul the country’s cybersecurity agenda in the wake of last year’s disastrous data breaches on Optus and Medibank, which compromised…
Moving Australia’s defamation laws into the digital age
Two leading media law academics discuss proposed amendments to the Defamation Act.
New safeguards for criminal defence lawyers
Criminal defence lawyers in NSW will now have greater protection from threats and reprisals after new laws passed in Parliament this week, affording them the…
NSW passes landmark coercive control reform
The NSW Government’s landmark coercive control bill has overcome its final hurdle, passing Parliament after two-and-a-half years of “unprecedented” community consultation and inquiry.
‘The difference between life and death’: Government moves on coercive control
NSW is on track to become the first Australian state or territory to outlaw coercive control, with Attorney General Mark Speakman pushing for the swift…
Legal leaders in ‘disbelief’ over NSW Government’s inaction on ice inquiry
The heads of the legal profession’s peak organisations have revealed their frustration at the NSW Government’s failure to implement urgent law reform in response to…
The latest developments in law reform & advocacy: September 2022
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
The latest developments in law reform & advocacy: August 2022
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
‘Open justice is deceptively simple’: Law Reform Commission report tabled in Parliament
New legislation hoping to bring the principle of open justice into the modern era and streamline access to court information, non-publication and suppression orders is…