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Stuart Jeffery @StuartJeffery_6

4 weeks ago

US Supreme Court in birthright citizenship decision: If the common law is the ‘law of the land’ and applies equally to citizens and aliens (foreigners) then both are equally entitled to benefit from the same rights | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

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4 weeks ago

Justice Beach in an immigration case today: ‘the primitive patriarchal practice of [female genital] mutilation countenanced and apparently informally enforced in Malaysia … could present a real risk to the appellant’s daughters” which may justify a protection visa | @6NewsAU

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3 months ago

#BREAKING 🚨 The High Court has ruled that Victoria’s political donations laws are unconstitutional The case was brought by The West Party’s Paul Hopper and Hawthorn independent candidate Melissa Lowe, who had argued the laws disadvantaged candidates not from the major parties

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4 months ago

United Nations Security Council Report: securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/20…

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4 months ago

Vote: Affirmative (11): France, UK, USA, Bahrain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Panama, Somalia Abstain (2): Colombia, Pakistan Negative (2): China, Russia

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4 months ago

#BREAKING🚨 Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on reopening Strait of Hormuz | @6NewsAU

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4 months ago

#BREAKING 🚨 Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested over war crimes allegations The arrest relates to ‘multiple counts of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners’, Nine reports

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Stuart Jeffery @StuartJeffery_6

4 months ago

High Court to hand down decisions in the following on 8 April: CCDM v India: waiver of foreign state immunity for enforcement of tribunal arbitration awards King v AR: convictions for using child abuse material and discussing sexual activities with/grooming minors | @6NewsAU

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4 months ago

The court noted that although the defendant and the victim were close friends, there was no prior sexual or romantic relationship. Sentence of 4 years with mandatory non-parole period of 2 years and 9 months upheld. Decision: caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/19d3c…

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4 months ago

NSW Court of Criminal Appeal rules claimed motive of ‘love and affection’ not relevant for sentencing where defendant convicted of sexual intercourse without consent when defendant knew the victim was intoxicated and unconscious | @6NewsAU

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Stuart Jeffery @StuartJeffery_6

4 months ago

"Manifestly hopeless and therefore an abuse of process" - High Court continues to refuse to hear claim by Zhanyu Zhong that his 2001 conviction for trying to hire an undercover cop to kill his wife was a 'human rights abuse' A High Court thread | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

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4 months ago

The NZYQ saga continues! After the High Court struck down the government's first attempt to impose curfews and ankle monitors on refugees released from immigration detention under NZYQ, it's second attempt has ended up back in court. A High Court judgment thread | @6NewsAU