Early Liberal win after voting centre sign clash ruling The Liberal Party is permitted to erect multiple signs outside an early voting centre after a judge ruled the council could not limit it to one. AAP · May 1, 2025
Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit Lawyers for police informant Nicola Gobbo will make an application to recuse all Victorian judges from presiding over her case against Victoria Police. AAP · Sep 18, 2024
Top prosecutor made a Victorian Supreme Court judge Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions has stepped down from her role to become a justice of the state's Supreme Court. AAP · Sep 17, 2024
Judge made demeaning comments about alleged rape victim A Victorian judge has been told to undergo counselling for making "pejorative, demeaning and incongruous" comments about a rape victim. AAP · May 6, 2024
Investigation into Supreme Court judge dropped An investigation into a Victorian judge based on a complaint by the state's top prosecutor has been dropped because the Supreme Court justice retired. AAP · Mar 4, 2024
Judge resigns on social media over prosecutor complaint A Victorian judge has announced his resignation on social media and in court after a formal complaint by the state's top prosecutor. AAP · Feb 14, 2024
Calls for special investigator as Lawyer X sues cops Barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing Victoria Police, claiming officers were negligent and put her safety at risk. AAP · Jul 1, 2023
Derision over 'cowardly' Lawyer X investigator decision The state government's decision to disband a probe into Victoria's Lawyer X scandal has been met with criticism from former judges and legal experts. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Lawyer X scandal: special investigator’s office closes with chances of prosecution ‘effectively nil’ Head of OSI argued any further work would be a ‘waste of time’ but Victorian attorney general says decision to lay charges rests with the DPP The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
No charges over Lawyer X as investigator's office shut Disgraced barrister Nicola Gobbo and the police who used her as an informant will not face criminal charges as a special investigator's office is scrapped. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Should Victoria’s DPP have laid charges over Lawyer X scandal? Even if the state’s top prosecutor thinks evidence may not be optimal for conviction, she would have a duty to hand this to a jury The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023
Prosecution chief responds to Lawyer X charges spat Victoria's public prosecutions boss has responded in the public spat with a special investigator over whether charges should be laid in the Lawyer X scandal. The New Daily · Jun 22, 2023
Informant’s plea deal behind decision not to lay charges over Lawyer X scandal, says Victorian DPP After explosive criticism from special investigator, Kerri Judd says she had no confidence a key figure would give evidence against police The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023
Resignation threat as charges unlikely over Lawyer X An investigator threatened to quit over a "waste of time" probe with charges unlikely over use of barrister Nicola Gobbo as a police source. The New Daily · Jun 21, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023 Lawyer X special investigator wants own office abolished over DPP’s refusal to lay charges Geoffrey Nettle says Victoria’s director of public prosecutions rejected his call for several key figures to face criminal action
AAP · Jun 21, 2023 'Waste of time': Lawyer X investigator's threat to quit A special investigator says Victorian prosecutors have repeatedly shut down suggestions that criminal charges should be laid over the Nicola Gobbo affair.