CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Audio grabs available via Hightail The AFP has charged a Sydney man for allegedly smuggling an encrypted communications device into a corrections facility. The matter was heard before Downing Centre Local Court today (5 August, 2025). His next court appearance is scheduled for 30 September, 2025. Police identified the man, 25, following the arrest of multiple Sydney men as part of Operation K...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Updated at 2pm, Wednesday 6 August 2025 Good news Canberra, the missing woman has been located safe and well. Thank you for your assistance. -- ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 24-year-old woman Makayla Hund. Makayla has not been seen or heard from since early July and was last seen at her home in Lyons (ACT). She is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 160cm (5'3") tal...
SYDNEY, Aug. 5 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has placed an additional $5.5 million capital requirement and imposed additional licence conditions on KeyInvest Limited (KeyInvest), following a review of its risk management framework. KeyInvest is a life insurance company and friendly society that primarily offers funeral bonds. An independent review undertaken at APRA's request identified sh...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. It is not normally the practice of the Court to give reasons in uncontentious adoptions. That is not because those adoptions are unimportant. It is simply because there is no particular legal issue or contest whose resolution must be added to the public record of the Court's work in applying and developing the law. 2. The judges of the Court exercise their statutory role to make...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. The substantive proceedings in this matter concern an application under s 84 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (the Act) brought by Dr Avinash Suryawanshi (the Applicant), a former employee of the Sydney Local Health District (the Respondent to these proceedings, the Health Secretary, being the nominal Respondent in such matters), filed on 2 April 2025 alleging his dismissal w...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. I delivered judgment in these proceedings on 30 April 2025: see 85 Princess Pty Ltd v Fleming [2025] NSWSC 407. The substantive result was that the plaintiff (85 Princess) established that the defendant (Mr Fleming) was in breach of contract but that it was only entitled to nominal damages, which were assessed at $100. 2 These reasons concern the question of costs. 3 On 6 June ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1.The plaintiff, Gordana Skidmore (aged 52), and the defendant, Aleksandra Salvatore (aged 40), are the children of the late Dragica Lukac and her late husband, Vlajko Lukac. Without disrespect, I shall refer to the various family members by their given names. 2. Vlajko predeceased Dragica in March 2022. Dragica died on 15 January 2023. Aleksandra is the sole beneficiary and execut...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. By Amended Statement of Claim filed 28 November 2024, the Plaintiffs claim $680,000 from the Defendant, being the outstanding amount of principal and interest, they contend is owed to them on a loan. 2. The particulars of the claim are that, in May 2010, the Plaintiffs made an oral agreement with the Defendant to lend the amount of $340,000 to assist the Defendant in purchasing ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. This is an application made by the Transport Workers' Union of New South Wales (TWU), an association of contract drivers [1] (and the "Union as defined in clause 1.1 of the Determination) to vary the Transport Industry - General Carriers Contract Determination 2017 (the Determination) pursuant to s 320 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) (IR Act). The named Respondents to ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. This decision concerns an application, filed on 4 June 2025, pursuant to s 17 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (IR Act), to vary the rates of pay of employees in certain classifications under the Crown Employees (Department of Planning and Environment) Sydney Olympic Park Authority Managed Sports Venues Award 2022 (SOPA Award). The parties to the SOPA Award, as identified in ...