The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has welcomed the ACT Government’s move to introduce specific offences for elder abuse, reforms that have drawn the ire of the ACT’s legal profession.
The bill,...
The ACT legal profession is unhappy with new reforms introduced into the Legislative Assembly today, Thursday 7 May, which will see organisations and carers criminally liable for the abuse or exploitation of...
Acting Justice Lorraine Walker will leave the Supreme Court of the ACT to resume her Chief Magistrate duties as the COVID-19 health emergency impacts the Drug and Alcohol Sentencing List (DASL).
Acting Justice...
There have been renewed calls for Federal Parliament to allow the ACT to legislate on voluntary assisted dying, or euthanasia.
The ‘Andrews Bill’ was introduced into Federal Parliament as a private members bill...
