Yesterday
If AI can do the work of a grad lawyer, what does a grad lawyer do?
As tech increasingly takes on the legal grunt work, MinterEllison is trying to rethink the work and skills of its young lawyers.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist
After a bitterly fought trial, a judge has retired to consider whether Pauline Hanson made a racial slur when telling a Muslim senator to go back to Pakistan.
- Miklos Bolza
April
A judge may decide if Pauline Hanson is a white supremacist
The far-right senator’s career of racial commentary is on trial in the Federal Court.
- Aaron Patrick
Scotland in minority government after Green coalition collapses
The Scottish National Party will run the country as a minority government after its coalition with the Green party fell through over climate policy.
- Reuters
August 2023
Global law firm retreats from China ahead of data crackdown
Dentons is splitting from its Chinese operations to comply with impending regulations, one of the more significant withdrawals by a Western company.
- Sarah Zheng
April 2023
Ex-chief justice passes on top tips for commercial lawyers
As he exits the Federal Court, James Allsop says two questions as a young lawyer “taught me a lot about tax and taught me a lot about commerce”.
- Michael Pelly
Banks targeted in fresh Santos gas battle
Australia’s big four banks are among those targeted in the legal challenge against a Santos gas project in the Timor Sea in a test of their human rights policies.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why can’t ASIO catch the spies?
Despite big budget increases and new powers, the security agency has been responsible for the arrest of one person in five years.
- Aaron Patrick
January 2023
- Exclusive
- Voice to parliament
Ex deputy PM joins ‘No’ vote, says Aussies being ‘shamed’ over Voice
Nationals heavyweight John Anderson says he may oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament over concerns Australians are being shamed for asking genuine questions.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Mark Di Stefano
December 2022
‘Dysfunctional’ Administrative Appeals Tribunal abolished
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the AAT will be replaced by a new body with a merit-based appointment system.
- Michael Pelly and Tom McIlroy
Santos seeks project guarantees under ‘Soviet-style’ gas policy
Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher says the government’s intervention means gas projects will only proceed if deals are done to guarantee fiscal terms.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October 2022
New CEO for legal regulator
Heather Moore was this week named as the ultimate head-honcho for 65,000 lawyers
- Michael Pelly
September 2022
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fraud cases are the tip of the iceberg
Companies wanting to avoid white-collar crime need to be more proactive and put in place preventive measures to ameliorate risks.
- Tony Boyd
Pocock pushes Greens to leverage Labor on super transparency
The Senate will have no power over the government until it reverses a decision letting super funds conceal spending on political parties, ads and influence groups.
- Jacob Greber
August 2022
- Exclusive
- Morrison portfolio saga
Overhaul needed on ministerial rules: GG’s official secretary
The startling concession comes amid questions about why Morrison’s secretive jobs were not captured by an obscure bureaucratic rule known as the “Harradine list”.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Rushdie ‘off ventilator and talking’ after stabbing attack
Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty after allegedly stabbing Salman Rushdie 10 times in a frenzied attack.
- Updated
- Carolyn Thompson and Hillel Italie
June 2022
Wigs down: Now Britain’s barristers join the picket line
The sight of robed barristers striking for a pay rise has put yet more heat into a summer of simmering industrial unrest.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September 2021
- Analysis
- Insolvency
Insolvency law is ripe for review
Even if there were no COVID-19, our insolvency rules are long overdue for a major overhaul.
- David Cowling and Samantha Kinsey
August 2021
Defections from Sparke pay dividends for Norton Rose
In December 2018 global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright executed the first stage in a plan to expand its Canberra footprint.
- Ronald Mizen
June 2021
I’m no enemy of WA, Clive Palmer says in $30b lawsuit
Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer is set to personally make submissions to the High Court on Wednesday.
- Ronald Mizen
