CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape. Bruce Lehrmann went back to the lion’s den for his hat, and left with the new titles of “rapist” and “loser” — a privilege that could potentially cost him millions of dollars. So how much will Bruce Lehrmann pay for losing his defamation trial? In a historic end to the defamation case between Lehrmann and Network 10, Justice Michael […]
Eleven campaign groups, including the fire brigade union, have joined forces to take the government to court for failing to prevent pollution from chemical compounds known as PFAS. The case, due to start on August 7, says the government has “failed in its duty of care for Dutch citizens, animals and the environment by showing major shortcomings in protecting them against PFAS pollution”. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) do not occur in the environment naturally but are found in...
Bruce Lehrmann should foot the multimillion-dollar legal bill from his failed defamation case for improperly trying to hide his misdeeds, Network Ten says. The 28-year-old spectacularly lost his Federal Court defamation case against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson earlier in April. In a move claimed by Ten to have been “deliberately wicked and calculated,” Lehrmann […]
Something seems to be terribly wrong with our foster care system. Several children have died in past few years while they were supposed to be taken care of. And now comes a $750,000 lawsuit being settled by the state (“State to pay $750,000 in foster abuse case,” Star-Advertiser, April 16).
Getir, the Turkish grocery delivery company that soared in value during the pandemic, is reportedly grappling with the need to cut costs and restructure as demand for its services wanes. Investors are pushing for significant changes within the company, including asset sales and market exits, Bloomberg reported Thursday (April 18), citing unnamed sources. Getir did not immediately […]
Marginalized populations in Johnson County lack access to free COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a recent countywide survey. The survey found that immigrants living in Johnson County experience several barriers to vaccination, including a lack of health insurance, a lack of overall vaccination information, and language and communication barriers. Karrey Shannon, a community health nurse at
Academics at the University of Galway found that people who take part in meetings on apps like Zoom or Teams become more fatigued when they can see themselves on screen
Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s new policy to bar care workers from bringing children and partners to the UK, warning that it is “tearing families apart”.According to Migrants at Work, care workers have to choose between family life with their children and partners or getting a job as a health or social carer in the UK – they can no longer...
The council speaker told Adams of her concerns over the weekend.
Criminal legal system contact has emerged as a key event for understanding family life, childhood well-being, and patterns of inequality. Scholars have found many problems for families that are linked to mass criminalization and effects tend to be concentrated among the most marginalized segments of society. But few studies have considered the consequences of sibling criminal legal system contact for families.
Londoners backed stop and search in a bid to slash crime rates, pollsters found, as it emerged violence cost the capital’s taxpayers £7bn last year.
The actor had to instead accept a settlement in his privacy lawsuit against the publishers of ‘The Sun’.