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Step towards justice as Northern Territory Stolen Wages class action reaches $202m settlement
Aboriginal people from the Northern Territory who had their wages stolen have reached a settlement with the Commonwealth for $202 million.Minnie McDonald launched a class action in 2021 on behalf of thousands of First Nations people who lived and worked in the NT between 1933 and 1971 and their surviving relatives.During that time, Commonwealth laws
News24 | Justice minister took half-a-million rand ‘loan’ from accused VBS investment broker
Kyle Cowan (News24) and Pauli van Wyk (Daily Maverick) Subscribers can listen to this article Gundo Wealth Solutions provided a R575 600 loan to Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. The loan was paid directly to the owner of a coffee shop in Sandton, which Simelane was purchasing, in late 2016. At the time, Simelane went by
Top legal and justice experts warn NSW government against new bail laws
More than 500 legal practitioners, community workers and academics have expressed grave concerns about the negative impacts of the New South Wales government’s plan to tighten bail laws in response to youth crime.A separate letter from 60 of the country's top legal and justice organisations has also been sent to the NSW Premier Chris Minns
The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn
Activism / October 19, 2023 At the Jewish Voice for Peace rally, thousands of protesters made clear that they will no longer allow the suffering of the Jewish people to be weaponized against others. Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrators demand a cease-fire in the Israel and Gaza conflict on October 18, 2023, in the Cannon
JACOB’S DATE WITH JUSTICE: Zuma’s Stalingrad defence disintegrates after judges quash latest legal gambit in scathing judgment
Former president Jacob Zuma has spent more time in court than most South Africans, waging legal battles for 19 years against allegations that he improperly benefited from the Arms Deal in the early years of democracy. In addition to his court appearances for his trial in Pietermaritzburg, he has launched three private prosecutions closely linked
Cohen: U.S. justice is steadily catching up to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists
The republic, institutionally, is fighting back against authoritarianism, as it did through Congress, the courts, the media and public opinion during the Trump administration. Published Jun 07, 2023 • 3 minute read Richard Barnett, a supporter of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, sits inside the office of then-U.S. speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the
This story contains spoilers for Fast X.Han, you won’t be riding solo for much longer!After Sung Kang’s fan-favorite character rose from the dead in F9, the love of his Fast & Furious life has now done the same. In the final moments of the latest installment, Fast X, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) and Cipher (Charlize Theron)
Justice Department seeks to pierce attorney-client privilege in Trump probe
WASHINGTON — Justice Department prosecutors investigating the mishandling of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida estate are seeking to pierce the attorney-client privilege and want to again question one of the former president’s lawyers before a grand jury, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday night. The privilege protects lawyers from having to tell
Rethinking the Justice League
Home Comics Superhero (Image credit: George Marston / DC) No sooner has DC announced that the Titans would become the new premiere superhero team of the DC Universe than the publisher also stealth-announced that the Justice League would return by the end of 2023, seemingly to reclaim that mantle.That means that now is a perfect
Justice Department Announces $21.72 Million to Reduce Sexual and Domestic Violence on Campus, Support Children and Youth and Engage Men and Boys as Allies
The Justice Department announced today nearly $22 million in upcoming grant awards to address and prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses, provide services to youth victims and children exposed to such violence and engage men and boys as allies. Specifically, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will award $10,688,200