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Chelsea Watego claims that during court proceedings, police lawyers asked her “what she was doing out at night” given that she is a “mother of five”.
While countries like the US have been allowing deaf and blind jurors for more than three decades, Australia has been slower to catch on.
On Friday, in the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM returned to Brisbane from official travel to Townsville City Council. In the afternoon, at The Pavilions at Allan Border Field, Albion, Her Excellency attended Meals on Wheels Crosby Park’s 50th Anniversary, and the Governor addressed guests. Following, at Government House, Her Excellency received the Clerk of the Parliament, Mr Neil Laurie, for the presentation of four Bills for Assent: a Bill for An Act to provide for the monitoring of places of detention under the Optional Protocol to the Convention agains...
Her Excellency has granted Royal Assent to the Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2023, Corrective Services (Emerging Technologies and Security) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023, Waste Reduction and Recycling and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 and Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Amendment Bill 2023.
A Queensland court has thrown out significant evidence ahead of a drug trial due to police "misusing" traffic...