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Death of teenager in custody triggers calls for judicial reform

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The Australian Human Rights Commission is seeking an urgent meeting with the Premier of Western Australia after another Indigenous teenager dies in custody. Prison staff found the 17-year-old boy in his cell at Banksia Hill Youth Prison in Perth at around 10pm on Thursday. He is believed to have committed suicide.

Immunity “dilemma” for the Supreme Court after judicial error

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The nation's top judges must decide whether the benefits of broad judicial immunity outweigh the potential harm to individuals who would then be unable to seek compensation, says the lawyer for a man who successfully sued a judge. Perry Herzfeld SC, representing the man known by the pseudonym Mr Stradford, filed submissions on Thursday, the … Read more