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. AAP · Mar 10, 2025
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 · Jul 31, 2024
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 · Jul 20, 2023
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. AAP · Jun 16, 2023
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 · Jun 16, 2023
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 · Mar 28, 2023
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. ABC News · Mar 28, 2023
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 · Jan 16, 2023
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 · Dec 6, 2022
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 · Dec 6, 2022
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 · Dec 5, 2022
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 · Dec 5, 2022
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 · Dec 5, 2022
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. AAP · Oct 24, 2022
The Canberra Times · Sep 23, 2022 '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 · Jul 8, 2022 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 · May 26, 2022 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 · May 18, 2022 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.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2022 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