Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2024

Australia's High Court Says Diocese Is Not Vicariously Liable for Sex Abuse by Priest [Corrected]

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In  Bird v DP (a pseudonym)  , (HCA, Nov. 13, 2024), the High Court of Australia in an appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria held that a...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Australian Court Upholds Gender Identity Discrimination Ban

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 In  Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty. Ltd. , (Australia Fed. Ct., Aug. 23, 2024), an Australian Federal Court judge upheld the constitutionali...
Friday, April 05, 2024

Australian State Enacts Elaborate Conversion Therapy Baan

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In the Australian state of New South Wales, with assent by the Governor on April 3, the Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024 became law, eff...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Australian State's Religious Vilification Act Takes Effect

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As reported by Law and Religion Australia , the New South Wales Religious Vilification Act 2023 ( full text ) which was enacted in August t...
Monday, August 07, 2023

Australian State's Ban on Kirpan in Schools Is Invalid

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 In Athwal v. State of Queensland ,  (Queensland Sup. Ct., Aug. 1, 2023), a 3-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the Australian state of Qu...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Australia Proposes New Antidiscrimination Requirements For Religious Educational Institutions

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On January 27, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a 54-page Consultation Paper on  Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Di...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Rejection of Foster Parent Applicants Over Their Views on Homosexuality Violates Australian Equal Opportunity Law

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In Hordyk v. Wanslea Family Services, Inc. , (WA SAT, Dec. 23, 2022), the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia held that a non...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Commission Recommends Changes In Australian State's Anti-Discrimination Laws

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On Aug. 16, the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia sent to Parliament its 297-page Final Report on its Review of the Equal Opportun...
Monday, January 03, 2022

Australian Court Holds Diocese Vicariously Liable For Abuse By Priest

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In the Australian state of Victoria, a trial court has held a Catholic Diocese vicariously liable for sexual abuse of a five-year old in 197...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

For First Time, Orthodox Rabbi Appointed To An Australian State Supreme Court

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  ABC News  and Hamodia report that for the first time, an Orthodox rabbi has been appointed to a Supreme Court of a state in Australia. Ra...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Australia's Top Court Reverses Sex Abuse Convictions of Cardinal George Pell

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In Pell v. The Queen ,  (High Ct. Australia, April 7, 2020), Australia's highest court reversed the sex abuse convictions of Cardinal Ge...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Cardinal Pell's Conviction Upheld

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In Australia, the Victoria Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for sexual offenses.  The court has published...
Friday, August 02, 2019

Australian Rugby Star Sues Over His Firing For Instagram Post

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In April, star Australian Rugby player Israel Folau was fired for breaching the Professional Players' Code of Conduct which requires pla...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Cardinal Pell Sentenced By Australian Court To 6 Years In Prison On Sex Abuse Charges

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As previously reported , last December a court in Australia convicted Catholic Cardinal George Pell on five counts of child sexual offenses ...
Friday, March 01, 2019

Reporting On Cardinal Pell Conviction Is Examined

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Get Religion published a piece today examining media coverage of the child sex abuse charges against Australia's Cardinal George Pell, ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Australian Court Convicts Cardinal Pell On Child Sex Abuse Charges

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With the lifting today of a gag order that had been imposed by Australian courts,  NPR reports on the conviction last December of Australian...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Australian Court Says Beth Din May Not Impose Religious Sanctions To Force Party To Appear

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In  Ulman v Live Group Pty Ltd. , (New South Wales Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2018), the Court of Appeals of the Australian state of New South Wales...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Australia's Prime Minister Issues Apology To Victims of Institutional Child Sex Abuse [UPDATED]

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As reported by The Telegraph , Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison today delivered a speech in Parliament ( full text of remarks )...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Australian Court Bans Niqab In Spectator's Gallery

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In Australia, a judge in the Victoria Supreme Court has refused to allow the wife of a terrorism defendant to wear a niqab  (a full-face vei...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Australian Archbishop Sentenced To 12 Months Home Confinement For Concealing Priest Abuse

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In Australia, Archbishop Philip Wilson, one of the country's most senior Catholic leaders, has been sentenced to 12 months home detentio...