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INNOVATION

Indian-Australian entrepreneur Kunal Vankadara’s AI start-up Haast nears $100m valuation after $17.2m funding boost

Chief executive Kunal Vankadara said the company was built to eliminate the trade-off between speed and compliance.

OPINION

How well is the federal government regulating social media in Australia?

The committee’s interim report was due on August 15, but has been delayed by the previous chair’s promotion to cabinet.

OPINION

Do you know what High, Supreme, Federal, Family and County courts actually do?

The Australian Constitution divides up powers between the states and the Commonwealth.

OPINION

Eight common myths about Australian law

You can say you wish King Charles would die, but you can’t urinate on your back tyre!

OPINION

Does having a majority of women justices in High Court of Australia matters?

For more than 80 years after its establishment in 1903, the High Court of Australia remained the exclusive preserve of men.

OPINION

Why are courts often reluctant to depart from precedent?

Every litigation, when it comes on to the court, has some rules and precedents to be considered by the Hon judges and law professionals.

OPINION

How could so many senior judges get law absolutely wrong?

Judges need better education and structures to improve impartiality

IMMIGRATION

Hament Dhanji becomes Australia’s first Indian-origin Supreme Court judge

He was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1990, called to the Bar in 1997 and took silk in 2010.

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NEWS

53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

SPORTS

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

NEWS

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.