Taliban take over of Afghanistan

Defying the US intelligence reports, the Taliban have swept into Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and wrested control from the government which collapsed after the embattled president left the country and its people to fend for themselves. Heavily armed Taliban fighters swamped the capital, and several entered Kabul’s abandoned presidential palace. AccordingRead More →

Australian Women Lawyers outnumber men

Australia’s legal profession is at an all-time high following a +45% increase in the past nine years in the total number of practising solicitors, according to a new national snapshot. According to the latest numbers, women lawyers outnumber men by 53 to 47 per cent of the total number ofRead More →

VCE and VCAL to be VTE...?

Victorians are being encouraged to have their say on the Andrews Labor Government’s major reforms of school-based vocational education and senior secondary education. The reforms will see the integration of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) into the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). This will give Victorian students high-quality, practicalRead More →

Tighter reigns on powers in emergency

Although the Law Council agrees with the key recommendation of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to give the Commonwealth Parliament stronger control over the exercise of extraordinary powers under the National Emergency Declaration Act 2000 (Cth), it has called for tighter reigns on powers in an emergency. ThisRead More →

NAB rejects COVID vaccination leave

While Australian government is endeavoring to pace up the COVID vaccination drive in Australia, one of the four major banks is perhaps creating an obstacle by refusing to allow special leave to get vaccinated. National Australia Bank (NAB) is alone among Australia’s major banks to reject a proposal by theRead More →

Lockdown ending this Friday

Are restrictions in Melbourne easing? All those who are wondering what will happen beyond Thursday night? Is the lockdown ending? the news seems to be good. But we may not be able to snap out of the COVID-19 settings in place. With the figures showing promise, contact tracers doing aRead More →