Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 2 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of an alleged road rage incident on the Monaro Highway in Hume that occurred last Thursday. About 2:30pm on Friday, 29 August (2025), a white Haval Jolion station wagon, and a white Toyota Hilux dual cab with a motorbike on the back, were travelling south on the Monaro Highway through the roadworks zone between Lanyon Drive and Sheppard Street. The two vehicles co...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 2 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Cocos Keeling Islands Police and ACT Policing Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (SACAT) investigators have charged a Cocos Keeling Islands teenage boy with multiple sexual assault offences. Police have alleged the teen engaged in sexual intercourse with a young person, which goes against the laws in Western Australia. On Monday (1 September 2025), the teen was arrested on the island after SACAT officers travelled to...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 2 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 22-year-old Dickson man has been arrested for family violence offences following an incident in Dickson yesterday. At about 10:45am yesterday (Monday, 1 September 2025) police responded to a call from a female at an apartment complex in Dickson. Police attended and located a 22-year-old-man who was given a criminal caution for breach of the peace. Later that day at around 1:45pm police responded to reports of a woma...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 2 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 16-year-old female will face the ACT Children's Court today after assaulting a police officer in Erindale yesterday. About 4:30pm yesterday (Monday, 1 September 2025) police attended a residence to check the welfare of a 16-year-old female when they received information that the teenager was sighted at Erindale shops. Police locatedand spoke with the teenager, who allegedly attempted to leave when she was stopped by...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. Between 10 March 2023 and 1 January 2024, Cam Vinh Huynh ("the Offender") intentionally transmitted and accessed child abuse material in chats with nine other users on two social media messaging applications, "Zalo" and "Facebook messenger". 2. On 1 January 2024, the Offender arrived at Sydney International Airport from Vietnam. He self-declared that he had child abuse material...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. On 26 March 2025, I handed down my decision in the principal dispute in this matter (O'Farrell v McCarthy (No 3) [2025] NSWSC 249). I made a number of orders which can be found in para 150 of the decision. 2. For present purposes the relevant orders were Orders 5, 10 and 11: "5. An order pursuant to s 1317H of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) that the first defendant compensate...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. By summons filed 11 February 2025, the Attorney General for New South Wales seeks an order against the defendant Mr Yasin Cullu, who appears by his tutor, Dr Katherine Johnson, to extend his status as a forensic patient pursuant to ss 121, 127(1)(a) and 128 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW) (the MHCIFP Act). 2. On 16 April 2025 Jus...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. HER HONOUR: The defendant seeks an order that the plaintiff not be permitted to rely on five expert reports and a lay affidavit, either in whole or part, which were served 'in reply'. The defendant contends that this material is, in truth, further evidence in chief. 2. Alternatively, the defendant seeks the opportunity to reply to this material, together with an order that the ...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. These proceedings commenced with the filing of a statement of claim on 30 July 2021. The plaintiff is claiming damages arising from treatment, including spinal surgery, she says was negligently performed by the defendant in 1999 and 2000. The defendant was an orthopaedic surgeon. He has since retired. 2. The plaintiff was an adult when the surgery was performed. She is now 77 y...
Australia, Sept. 1 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 1: 1. THE COURT: By summons filed on 28 April 2025 Peter and Helen Petrou (the applicants) seek leave to appeal under s 101(2)(e) of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) against orders dated 19 February 2025 of Lindsay J (19 February 2025 orders) setting aside earlier orders his Honour had made on 18 November 2024 (18 November 2024 orders). The 18 November 2024 orders were made following ...