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917 - America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case

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917 - America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case

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America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case

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Euthanasia: How Australia's approach compares to other countries

A cultural approach to reducing Indigenous reoffending

How accurate is facial recognition software?

High Court says government can't use ankle bracelets, curfews to monitor former immigration detainees

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Should an offender's disadvantage have an impact on their sentence?

Law Report Special: Star Casino executive directors breached their obligations under the Corporations Act

Claims chasers in natural disaster zones

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

Is the right to protest being undermined in Australia?

British AG Richard Hermer on Gaza, Israel, Greenland, and upholding the rule of law; Political donations buy access

How useful is AI in creating better legal outcomes and processes?

What's in Australia's new hate crime and gun control laws?

When a natural disaster strikes, what are your legal rights?

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

Race, language and the Law

How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

Dezi Freeman and the sovereign citizens movement

What does Victoria's historic treaty mean for First Peoples?

US lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged suicides, harmed users' mental health

Countdown to Australia's social media ban

How legally tight are prenuptial agreements?

Whitlam dismissal 50 years on

Fifty years of the Australian Law Reform Commission

Do we have a right to free speech in Australia?

FOI reform and government transparency; Prosecuting the spread of deepfakes online

High Court lets police access evidence from encrypted app used in global raids

If a self-driving car crashes, who is liable?

How should wrongful convictions be compensated?

Is Australia fulfilling its legal duty to act on climate change? And High Court orders return of Bolivian artefact

Fifty years of PNG's independence constitution

Erin Patterson mushroom murder sentence explained

Dezi Freeman and 'sovereign citizens'

Law Report Special: Linda Reynolds wins defamation battle against Brittany Higgins

Will 'post and boast' laws stop offenders bragging on social media? Australia tightens vaping regulations

Nine's victory in Al Muderis defamation case; Legal fight over 'Never Get Busted' director credit

Record damages in Mad Mex sexual harassment case; Reviewing the legal definition of terrorism

Legal conditions for Palestinian statehood; Electronic wills after Covid

Federal Court says Australian women can sue Qatar Airways over airport body searches

ICJ to deliver climate advisory opinion; Denmark's plan to let citizens copyright their face and voice

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

AI and automated decision making in government

Law Report Special: Erin Patterson found guilty in triple mushroom murder

What happens inside the jury room?

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