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Defamation reforms: Australian media may not be liable for Facebook comments in future

Attorneys general give in-principle support to changes including new innocent dissemination defence for intermediaries

The Guardian - AU

Task force embeds NSW coercive control law

A task force has been formed to get NSW judges, lawyers, police, frontline workers and members of the public up to speed with new coercive control laws.

AAP

Victims seek help from NSW attorney general over ‘paltry’ Catholic church abuse payouts

State’s top legal officer is monitoring appeal against a ruling lawyers say has emboldened churches to limit compensation to alleged victims of dead paedophile priests

The Guardian - AU

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NSW passes law to make coercive control a stand-alone offence in an Australian first

Attorney general Mark Speakman said government could have spent years more in consultation but instead acted to ‘save lives’

The Guardian - AU

NSW parliament makes coercive control a criminal offence, passes lower house vote

New South Wales becomes only one of a handful of places in the world to criminalise coercive control, as the bill passes the lower house.

ABC News

'Historic': coercive control banned in NSW

Coercive control is now a criminal offence in NSW, with the government confident the new law will save the lives of those affected by domestic violence.

AAP

NSW healing centre inspired by Grace Lynch

A world-first residential treatment centre and place of healing for children whose loved ones have been murdered has been named after the mother of Anita Cobby.

AAP

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NSW government agencies legally required to report data breaches under proposed law

Unlike other states and territories, NSW government agencies will legally be required to report customer data breaches like cyber attacks, if a new bill is passed through parliament.

ABC News

Neil Duncan child abuse sentence needs review, says Mark Speakman

NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman will review case details of a man who sexually assaulted girls as young as 10.

ABC News

NSW launches knife crime sentence review

A review into the courts' response to gun and knife crime will ensure sentencing remains in line with community expectations, NSW's attorney-general says.

AAP

NSW survivors can access court safe rooms

More safe rooms attached to courts are being established to allow vulnerable witnesses across NSW to give evidence without fear or intimidation.

AAP

NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

The NSW government says it is matter of life and death that coercive control is criminalised this year and it doesn’t want concerns from domestic violence advocates to cause delays.

ABC News

'No excuse' for coercive control inaction

Coercive control of intimate partners is nearer to becoming a crime in NSW as legislation to outlaw the abusive behaviour returns to parliament.

AAP

Closer eye on Sydney climate protest cases

The NSW attorney-general will carefully monitor protest court cases after a climate activist who caused traffic chaos was granted a mental health diversion.

AAP

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The Guardian - AU

After years of delays, the NSW government’s imperfect drugs policy is at least a sign of progress

Evidence shows the ‘tough on crime’ tactic does not work. NSW has finally dipped its toe into taking a different approach

The Guardian - AU

People caught with drugs in NSW may not face court, but government resists decriminalisation

Premier reiterates opposition to the ‘bare minimum’ recommendation of scathing inquiry into the state’s drug laws, nearly three years after it reported

ABC News

More than two years after NSW ice report, cabinet infighting blocks significant change

More than two years after the ice inquiry's report was handed down, the Perrottet government is running out of time to deliver its promised reforms before next year's state election.

AAP

NSW government frozen on ice inquiry

Experts are bemoaning two and a half years of inaction from the NSW government since an inquiry into the use of the drug ice made more than 100 recommendations.

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Newcastle Herald

Experts insist personal drug use a health matter not something to jail people over

The endless cycle of the 'war on drugs'

Newcastle Herald

Hunter ice and amphetamine drug dealing offences up 400%: data

Police say they target drug suppliers 'at all levels and in all areas of the community'.

Daily Mirror

Ex-husband of child killer refuses to give vital DNA evidence that could clear her name

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of the murders of her children between 1989 and 1999 and has spent two decades in prison. She hopes to clear her name by attempting to prove her children died from a genetic mutation

The Guardian - AU

NSW attorney general ‘disappointed’ by own government’s lack of action over ice report

Mark Speakman says he’s spent ‘hundreds of hours’ trying to get cabinet support for reforms from Howard inquiry

The Guardian - AU

Countering ‘rape as routine’: world expert explains the key to getting coercive control laws right

Sexual assault in relationships requires entirely separate systems of reporting, says professor who coined term ‘coercive control’

ABC News

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following parliamentary inquiry

Offenders could now face up to a year's jail-time or a more than $100,000 fine for displaying swastikas or other Nazi symbols.

ABC News

Sydney news: Illawarra South Coast Line commuters urged to take alternative transport due to industrial action

MORNING BRIEFING: Commuters on the Illawarra South Coast Line, which runs from Bondi Junction to Bomaderry, are urged to take alternative transport today, with no trains running due to industrial action.

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