Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-oldman is due to face court today (Saturday 26 July) charged with sexual assault. On Tuesday 22 July a woman reported to police that she had been sexually assaulted by her flat mate on Friday 18 July 2025. Following an investigation, police conducted a search warrant at the man's residence yesterday (Friday 25 July) and arrested the man. He has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, common as...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have arrested and charged two men overnight for drink driving and other road related offences. At about 12am Saturday 26 July, police were driving along Drakeford Drive in Kambah when they observed a blue coloured Mitsubishi Lancer allegedly speeding at 128km/hr in an 80km/hr speed zone. Police stopped the vehicle and conducted a roadside breath test on the driver which returned a positive result. He was transp...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old man has been charged with fraud and weapon possession offences after allegedly using counterfeit currency at businesses in Canberra. Police allege the man used counterfeit Australian banknotes to purchase food at fast food outlets in Phillip and Griffith. The incidents were reported to police, and about 7:30am yesterday, officers executed a search warrant at the man's Narrabundah home. Police seized cou...
BRISBANE, Queensland, July 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The community has been offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at some of the exciting and fulfilling career opportunities on offer at the Queensland Police Service (QPS) as part of its action-packed annual Open Day in Brisbane. The QPS opened its doors to the public on Saturday July 26, as more than 5,500 people embraced the opportunity to attend the event held at the Bob Atkinson Operational Capabili...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: 1. DAVIES J: I agree with Hamill J. 2. HAMILL J: Simons Szymon Stobinski ("the applicant") seeks leave to appeal against a sentence imposed on him by his Honour Judge King SC in the District Court on 29 August 2024. The applicant pleaded guilty in the Local Court to two offences namely (i) recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm, an offence carrying a maximum penalty of 10 yea...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: This decision was given as an extemporaneous decision. It has been revised and edited prior to publication. Background 1. COMMISSIONER: Belinda and Jamie Green have applied to the Court for orders relating to a neighbouring tree belonging to The Owners - Strata Plan 16846. They seek the tree's removal or, in the alternative, orders for regular maintenance of the tree, with the r...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: 1. Mr Doherty was a classroom teacher employed by the Department of Education from April 2001. He was medically retired from his employment on 23 May 2023. 2. Mr Doherty filed an application for relief in the Commission in respect of his dismissal on 25 August 2023. Commissioner O'Sullivan exercised the Commission's discretion to extend time within which to accept the application...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: 1. PAYNE JA: Today, 25 June 2025, the present matter came before me in the Common Law Division. The plaintiff on the summons Edwin Borg Enterprises Pty Ltd ("Edwin Borg") sought orders transferring proceedings which had been commenced by the defendant Twin Creek Consulting Pty Ltd ("Twin Creek") in the Local Court of New South Wales to the Supreme Court. 2. There is a lengthy pro...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: 1. The plaintiff was born in 2016. In December 2017, and January 2018, the plaintiff was brought to the defendant hospital by her mother for treatment. In these proceedings the plaintiff, who sues by her mother and tutor, alleges that the treatment she received was negligent. The negligence includes the alleged misinterpretation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which had been p...
Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25: 1. These proceedings were commenced on 28 May 2015 with the filing of a summons by the New South Wales Crime Commission as plaintiff and Mr Sean Anthony Smith as defendant. 2. The summons was heard on the same day by Hamill J, who made a number of orders pursuant to s 10A of the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) (Crime Commission v Sean Anthony Smith [2015] NSWSC 688). At t...