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Saturday, September 26

SA Govt move to cut jail sentence discounts

Legislation to cut sentencing discounts for serious offenders in South Australia will go before state parliament this week.

Magistrates Court's new appointments

A criminal defence lawyer and another with experience of the Crown Solicitor’s and DPP offices have been appointed to the Adelaide Magistrates Court.

Five judges for SA's new Court of Appeal

South Australia’s new dedicated Court of Appeal will begin sitting next year with five judges.

Prosecutor appointed to District Court

Adelaide prosecutor Ian Press SC has been appointed to South Australia’s District Court.

Morrison Govt targets environmental activists

Groups pushing secondary boycotts and class actions as part of environmental and anti-mining campaigns are the focus of a concerted government effort to bring them to heel, says Michelle Grattan.

Supreme Court Justice to be new SA DPP

Supreme Court Justice Martin Hinton will resign his commission after being appointed the state’s new Director of Public Prosecutions.

SA Attorney-General and EO Commissioner in open conflict over budget

A simmering funding dispute between the state’s Equal Opportunity Commission and Attorney-General has openly flared, with the commissioner hitting back at Vickie Chapman after she branded the cash-strapped agency’s spending $50,000 on a public relations firm an “absurdity” that was “not justified or sustainable”.