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Sarah Gore

Sarah is a civil solicitor who primarily practices in defamation, intentional torts against police, privacy and harassment.

Special investigator into Nicola Gobbo recomended by Lawyer X Royal Commission

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The LAWYER X Royal Commission has recommended that a special investigator should be appointed to determine if barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo and police officers broke any laws when she acted as a source for the Victoria Police. Eighty-two witnesses and 129 days of public and private hearings resulted in 111 recommendations. Commissioner Margaret McMurdo found […]

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Lawyer X expert lawyers in Royal Commission recommends investigator into Nicola Gobbo

“They used the money to buy fishing boats”: AFP wrongly imprisons Indonesian teens

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Four years ago, Peter O’Brien delivered a bag full of cash to two Indonesian boys in their village of Bau Bau in South-East Sulawesi. The bag, filled with Indonesian rupiahs, was money awarded from the Courts by the Australian Government for their false imprisonment in Silverwater Correctional Complex. How they got to be there is

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Telstra faces $50m fine for exploiting Indigenous consumers

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Telstra has admitted it breached consumer law after they sold mobile phone plans to Indigenous consumers who could not afford them and did not understand them. The telco reached an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after they completed an 18-month investigation into their conduct. Exploiting vulnerabilities ACCC chair Rod Sims was

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ACCC fines Telstra over breached consumer law mobile phone plans to Indigenous consumers

Handcuffed for medical appointments: Asylum Seeker sues Government

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An asylum seeker who experiences seizures when handcuffed has launched a landmark test case against the Federal Government. The case highlights the excessive use of force within immigration detention centres, including the use of handcuffs for medical appointments. The Government uses handcuffs to restrain men and women attending off-site medical appointments. This is disproportionate to

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Womens’ prison series named Podcast of the Year

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A podcast from inmates at the Darwin Correctional Centre has taken out the top prize at the coveted Australian Podcast Awards. ‘Birds Eye View’ took out the best documentary podcast at the Awards and then collected the top prize. The judges commended the real and powerful women behind the podcast. “Raw, insightful, heartbreaking and empathetic. Like

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'Birds Eye View' took out best documentary podcast

Two thirds of Australians support pill testing, according to new report

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Nearly two-thirds of Australians are in favour of pill testing at music festivals. That is according to new data from the Australian National University (ANU). Only one jurisdiction in Australia trialled pill testing to date. The ACT implemented a drug checking service at ‘Groovin the Moo’ music festival in 2018 and 2019 in Canberra. As

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Pill testing for ecstasy and MDMA at a music festival

Budget cuts for RFS Firefighters, increases for NSW Police

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Within the last 12 months, we’ve seen towns flattened by fires as NSW Rural Fire Service crews are spread thin attempting to save what homes they can. In the meantime, NSW Police have spent $24 million settling lawsuits against their officers for misconduct. Despite this, RFS lost $195 million from the NSW 20/21 budget, and

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End invasive strip searches in women’s prisons

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Women in correctional facilities are subjected to routine, and sometimes random strip searches. Searches are conducted when inmates leave and return to the centre, around contact and non-contact visits and other unspecified times. A protest is being held outside the Silverwater Correctional Centre tomorrow at 1:00 pm by the Ban Strip Searches in NSW Coalition

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Lawyers urge NSW Government to delay the vote for the drug stop and search bill

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A new bill is being voted on this week in the NSW Parliament with dire consequences to civil liberties. “It’s a super stop and search bill with few if any checks and balances,” stated Greens MLC David Shoebridge. The main concerns with the bill, as outlined by Shoebridge, include: Unlimited warrantless searches of anyone subject

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