Keyword "law reform" - List of latest news (43 results)

21/04 Bombshell development as man charged with murder after Ironwoman’s body found

Police have charged a man with murder and other offences one month after ironwoman athlete Audrey Griffin’s body was found in a creek.

21/04 Woman dead, man shot in highway chaos

A man has been shot and a woman has died in a Queensland highway crash involving multiple cars.

20/04 The law reforming banks is fair to the small depositors and worries their senior ... an expert reads in its positives and negatives

The law reforming banks is fair to the small depositors and worries their senior ... an expert reads in its positives and negatives

05/04 A good meeting ... Berri Zoud Outagos with a list that includes 18 reform laws accomplished by the House of Representatives

A good meeting ... Berri Zoud Outagos with a list that includes 18 reform laws accomplished by the House of Representatives

10/02 Labour shelves plans to make it easier for people to legally change gender

Ministers mothball promised reforms to simplify the process amid fears over rise of Reform UK

23/01 Rage mounts over Axel Rudakubana jail sentence - 'not severe enough'

Axel Rudakubana was handed one of the highest minimum custody terms on record after carrying out the sadistic attack at a Taylor Swift-themed class in July aged 17.

21/01 PM to consider national cabinet meeting

Anthony Albanese is expected to convene national cabinet following the firebombing of a childcare centre in the latest anti-Semitic attack.

06/12 Mothers of murdered women slam Government over sentencing changes

Exclusive - Carole Gould, Julie Devey and Elaine Newborough said ministers are signalling that domestic killers "are not as dangerous as those who murder" people outside.

06/12 Jealous ex-partners and those who fatally strangle to face longer jail senten...

Judges are being told to consider tougher sentences for thugs who fatally strangle women or kill at the end of a relationship.

19/10 Former law chiefs support Dame Esther's bill to legalise assisted dying

Three of Britain's top prosecutors have united to back a change in the law to allow someone who is terminally ill to end their life.

23/09 Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change

The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account

07/09 New detail on $4.7 billion DV funding

A hyped $4.7 billion package to bolster the nation’s response to people fleeing domestic violence will only contain $800m of new funding, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has conceded.

29/06 Zelensky signed the law on the restart of the BEB

The law provides for the independent selection of a new head of the BEB and mandatory re-certification of the bureau's employees.

17/04 Law Reform Commission proposes new safeguarding body with power to go into homes to protect at-risk adults

Abuse and coercive control/exploitation of at-risk adults should be criminalised, says commission report

10/04 The Chalmers offensive: Why corporate marriage proposals are under fire

Australia may be a competitive nation on the sporting field, but our corporate giants have a habit of taking out smaller rivals before they can challenge their supremacy. New laws are aiming to make that a little bit harder to do.

12/03 Crackdown on ‘posting boasting’ TikTok crims

NSW will become the second state to introduce additional two-year “posting and boasting” penalties on motor vehicle theft and break and enter offences, in an effort to curb youth crime.

02/03 Celeste Manno’s murderer forced to stare at ‘glowing orb’ made from her ashes in court

The cowardly murderer who killed Celeste Manno was forced to stare at a “glowing orb” made from her ashes as he sat through his sentencing.

29/02 Mum’s rage after killer shown ‘mercy’

A grieving mother believes her daughter has been failed again by the system after her killer stalker was jailed for 36 years.

23/02 Traffic light government is Germany's largest non-governmental organization

Cannabis legalization is a serious mistake. The traffic light coalition of the SPD, Greens and FDP is setting wrong priorities.

05/02 Surveillance and the state: South Africa’s proposed new spying law is open for comment – an expert points out its flaws

The fact that the presidency is attempting to get away with minimal regulation of bulk interception raises doubt about its commitment to ending intelligence abuse.

31/01 South African marriage ruling is a win for divorcees and surviving spouses: it guides the sharing of their assets

The judgment will also benefit spouses in Muslim marriages, which were legally recognised in a 2022 Constitutional Court judgment.

18/01 Charles Lysaght: British Post Office scandal shattered lives. We need safeguards to stop it happening here

The affair should act as a warning for every organisation that relies on technology, for individuals and the Government

11/01 Daily Express readers help hit 15k signatures on assisted dying reform petition

Just four days after launching a petition demanding MPs to debate and vote on allowing assisted dying some 15,000 have already signed up.

30/11 Eight years of horror behind teen photos

When the Catholic priest who groomed – and then sexually abused – Josh Byrnes was taken to court, he was not allowed to call on character references to minimise his sentence.

29/11 Verdict: Electoral law reform of 2020 complies with the constitution

The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the electoral law reform implemented by the then grand coalition in 2020 to be constitutional.

20/11 Expert erupts over lie being sold to Aussies

A top Australian demographer has delivered a scathing rebuke to a retired financial adviser’s take on the ongoing housing crisis and “oversimplified” advice to renters.

30/10 Fight to abolish 15 words from ACT law

Child sexual abuse survivor-advocate Harrison James would describe the last five months with one word: “mind-blowing”.

20/10 Answers demanded after boy dies in custody

Warning for First Nations readers: this article contains the images and name of a person who has died. They have been published with permission of the family.

20/10 Ireland needs strong regulation, but we have too many regulators

Planning system needs to take into account national interest and can’t be a Nimby’s charter

08/09 Sarah has a baby due in October. She fears she may never get to meet it

An Australian woman caught up in a surrogacy scandal in Greece has spoken about her emotional ordeal as she desperately fights to be allowed to keep her baby. 

26/08 Aussies trapped in hospital nightmare

An Australian lawyer is calling on an overhaul of prohibitive surrogacy laws after multiple families were forced to fight to take their babies home from a Greek clinic at the centre of a major scandal.

02/08 South Africa's new Marriage Bill raises many thorny issues - a balancing act is needed

The Marriage Bill should strike a balance between preserving non-discriminatory cultural and religious practices and promoting liberal values.

01/08 Huge ‘triumph’ for child sex abuse survivors

In a “triumph” for victim-survivors, the NSW Attorney-General has committed to referring law reform to the Department of Communites and Justice that will prevent convicted perpetrators of child sexual abuse “from getting soft and inadequate sentences based on irrelevant character references”.

28/06 ‘Tipping point’ for Aussie abortion rights

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18/05 Study finds overwhelming support for legalisation of cannabis in Australia

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15/05 ‘I really miss my old life. I loved my job ... I miss working. I miss being pain free’

Hit-and-run victim Valerie McAllorum Ryan calls for changes to children’s sentencing laws after life-changing incident

12/05 Accused rapists named under new law

Accused rapists will no longer have the privilege of anonymity under a soon-to-be-amended law.

01/05 MP launches legal attack on Latham’s slurs

Investigations into controversial NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham are currently underway after Sydney MP Alex Greenwich revealed he lodged an official complaint against him to the state’s anti-discrimination board.

24/04 Report to Queensland government says sex work should be treated 'the same as other lawful businesses' 

Currently, sex can only be legally sold in about 20 licensed brothels across the state or by people working alone.

21/04 Call for controversial illicit drug trial in NSW

NSW Youth and Homelessness Minister Rose Jackson has encouraged her Labor government colleagues to support pill testing at music festivals.

14/04 Church push to ban gay students from leadership roles

The Presbyterian Church of Australia has argued that gay students should not be eligible for leadership positions – like school captain.

01/04 Latham doubles down after gay tweet saga

NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has doubled-down on his decision to tweet about a gay MP, claiming his extreme opinions match those of the masses.

08/01 Trans law could undermine women rights amid 'gender tourism' concerns

There are concerns that the legislation - which makes it easier for trans people as young as 16 to change their gender, could spark gender tourism in to Scotland from other parts of the UK.