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Dropped DV case opens door to smiling NRL star's return

Ex-Penrith Panthers player Taylan May's domestic violence charges have been dropped after his wife did not come to court, costing taxpayers $20,000.

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Disgraced TV star appeals domestic violence conviction

Lawyers for former TV host Andrew O'Keefe have taken aim at the credibility of a woman he was found guilty of assaulting, in a bid to overturn his conviction.

AAP

Bernard Collaery’s lawyers argue secret ‘court-only’ evidence should be banned in national security cases

In evidence to the national security law watchdog, the legal team said the NSI Act had fundamental issues and needed reforming

The Guardian - AU

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Hillsong abuse response 'mischaracterised as cover-up'

Hillsong founder Brian Houston's actions after learning his father was a pedophile have been speculatively mischaracterised as a cover-up, his barrister says.

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Hillsong’s Brian Houston never attempted to ‘cover up’ father’s crimes, court told

Son was upholding wishes of victim not to have matter pursued by ‘secular authorities’ when he failed to report offending to police, lawyer says

The Guardian - AU

Oliver Schulz: bail for Australian former SAS soldier accused of murdering Afghan man in war crime

Schulz would be ‘extremely vulnerable’ in prison and at risk from Taliban sympathisers if he remained there, court hears

The Guardian - AU

Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz charged with war crime granted bail

A former Australian special forces soldier charged with a war crime related to his deployment in Afghanistan is granted bail, after a Sydney magistrate accepted he was in a potentially dangerous position in custody.

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Garbo in court over fatal three-point turn

A garbage truck driver is fighting one charge of dangerous driving after a turn during a bin collection in Sydney's west caused the death of an elderly woman.

AAP

Confusion over whether to report Houston

Hillsong's general manager told his boss Brian Houston about an allegation of sexual abuse against his father, but did not feel he had to report it to police.

AAP

Mother of man raped by preacher Frank Houston asked son not to reveal ‘sordid mess’, court hears

Hillsong church founder Brian Houston has pleaded not guilty to concealing sexual abuse by his father, who confessed to police in 1999

The Guardian - AU

Court hears Houston not told to stay quiet

A witness in the case against Hillsong founder Brian Houston says he never told him not to disclose his father Frank Houston's abuse of a young boy to police.

AAP

Hillsong’s Brian Houston allegedly told victim who had been raped by his father ‘it’s your fault’

Pentecostal church founder denies the comment and has pleaded not guilty to concealing sexual abuse by his father Frank, who confessed to police in 1999

The Guardian - AU

Hillsong founder Brian Houston accused of sex abuse cover-up

Hillsong founder Brian Houston was not the only person who failed to report his father's sexual abuse of a child, his lawyer has told a court.

The New Daily

Ex-Today show producer acquitted of rape

A former TV producer has embraced his family and friends after a Sydney jury acquitted him of raping a woman after a drunken night out.

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'Waste of court time': Collaery fights continued govt secrecy push

One of the whistleblower's barristers says arguing again about the level of redaction to be applied to a key judgement is "as good as a pointless exercise".

The Guardian - AU

Justice for Bernard Collaery must be the beginning of decisive action on whistleblowers

It was hard to watch the bureaucratic machine perpetrating injustice – Mark Dreyfus must now intervene in the other two cases

The Canberra Times

Trial dates fixed against 'desires and wishes' of Collaery

His trial, with an estimate of four or five weeks, has been listed to start in October.

The Canberra Times

Collaery set to call on Timorese presidents again

The whistleblowing lawyer hopes to provide further evidence from two former presidents of East Timor, including one who is set to return to the nation's top job on Friday.

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The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister spoke to lawyer who then contacted Nine newspapers’ witnesses, court hears

In dramatic turn in defamation trial, former soldier seeks to be excused from giving evidence

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