Tobacco Shed. Illegal tobacco retailer's $1.5 million fine reduced to $250,000 after legal appeal https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-13/tobacco-shed-fine-reduced-after-appeal/106449084 'In a ruling published late Thursday, District Court Judge Jeffrey Clarke said the offending was serious, but the initial decision impermissibly used a mathematical calculation of 15 per cent of the theoretical maximum of a $9.95 million, and courts must not take a "staged approach" to calculating penalties. He wrote that, among other problems, imposing a fine five times higher than that contended for by the prosecution and agreed to by defence lawyers then "did not account for the fact that much of the offending had happened at the same time, across the different stores".' #auslaw #auspol #tobacco #smoking #enforcement

Tasmania Police officer and a Franklin River blockade photographer reunite after four decades https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/police-officer-and-franklin-river-protestor-reunite/106440490 #auslaw #photography #FranklinDam #auspol

Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/11/robodebt-officials-serious-corrupt-conduct-nacc-finds-scott-morrison-cleared-ntwnfb
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals. #robodebt #auspol #auslaw

Doongmabulla Springs case proceeds to civil trial in Queensland's Supreme Court
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/doongmabulla-springs-trial-proceeds-to-qld-supreme-court/106440126 #qldpol #auslaw #IndigenousIP