by Michael Andrew | Aug 7, 2024 | Criminal, Featured, General
In 2018, Benjamin McPadden was sitting in the AODTC, high on methamphetamine, when Judge Lisa Tremewan asked him a question that took him by surprise: “how are you today?” A recidivist offender and drug addict, McPadden was no stranger to the court system. He’d first...
by Sally Lindsay | Jul 5, 2024 | Property
A rethink on the residential property foreign buyers ban is needed to offset the loss of millions of dollars in property and business investments heading to Australia, according to Caleb Paterson of Paterson Luxury, a property investment and advocacy firm. Paterson...
by Anthony Grant | Jul 5, 2024 | Wills & Trusts
Loss of cognition is so prevalent these days, and its consequences so important, that lawyers need to know how to recognise it and what to do about it. The first and most important thing to say is that lawyers have no skill at identifying mental disorders or in...
by Neil Sands | Jul 5, 2024 | Health
This is the second of a two-part series on the government’s just announced plan to overhaul workplace safety law. You can read part one here. The role and function of WorkSafe, the main health and safety regulator, will be a key part of the government’s review....
by Neil Sands | Jul 5, 2024 | General
The courts face a challenge maintaining public confidence in a “post-truth” world of polarised opinion, underlining the need for open justice and transparency to help people understand the decisions that judges make. That was the key message from Chief Justice Dame...
