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Australia, we have an access-to-justice problem.
A third of our population live in rural areas, but only 10.5% of lawyers are among them. So how do we ensure everyone has access to legal representation?
TGB managing partner Morry Bailes discussed how to fix the problem with ABC Radio Adelaide’s Peter Goers.
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An estimated seven million Australians struggle to access legal advice, simply because of where they live, writes TGB managing partner Morry Bailes in his latest column for InDaily.
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A factory worker who was sacked for chucking a hangover sickie after drinking too much on Anzac Day has been awarded $8000 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found she was treated harshly.
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13-year-old Adelaide schoolgirl Libby Bell was bullied so relentlessly she took her own life. Now her heartbroken family and the greater public cries out for justice. But who is liable under these circumstances? The bullies? The school? Or the Department of Education? TGB managing partner Morry Bailes spoke with 5AA’s...
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It’s time for a focus on the core issues facing the boots on the ground of the Northern Territory’s thin blue line.
That’s the resounding call from the Northern Territory Police Association at its conference as it warned the Territory government and senior Police management that time was well and truly up on increasingly...
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Famous household brand Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay an astonishing A$525 million to a US woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum-powder-based products. The case is one of thousands of lawsuits brought across the US alleging the company failed to warn consumers of...
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Many couples make the decision to never marry. “It’s just a piece of paper,” they say.
What they may not realise is in the eyes of the law de facto couples are the same as married couples. TGB family law partner Wendy Barry spoke to ABC Radio Adelaide’s Narelle Graham to debunk the myths of de facto relationships.
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As the nation debates two significant issues that impact both government and the fabric of our society, TGB managing partner Morry Bailes reminds us that the opinion polls and the media’s war of words mean very little when justice is at stake.
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The Federal Government has committed $341,000 to the development of an Artificial Intelligence ‘robot lawyer’ that would help ordinary Australians resolve their divorce disputes online.
Tindall Gask Bentley family law partner Jane Miller spoke to Caroline Winter from ABC Radio’s PM program about the rise of...
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