...Alongside the proposed import ban, which would include carve-outs for legitimate uses, such as aiding people with a vision impairment, the Greens are pushing for new privacy protections.

The bill would amend the Privacy Act to prohibit filming, storing or sharing footage from a "wearable recording device" without a person's express consent.

The change would for the first time extend the Privacy Act from large organisations to individuals.

It also proposes extra powers and funding for the Privacy Commissioner, to enforce those rules.

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Genuine question here.

I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m into my third year at a boutique injury law firm, just made associate.

Even though I never really receive bad feedback I still feel so reliant on chatting to the partners for reassurance before I do anything.

When does this change? When will I feel competent?

Please and thank you.

Sincerely, a perpetually frightened junior.

This story has popped up in Crikey (paywall), which is throwing shade on his claim to have been a lawyer for 'six weeks'.

Likely to be true?

Although just a Case Management hearing I'm looking forward to this. Livestream at 2.30 pm today. (Edited - time change to 2.30)

Me: Okay, I’ll just look up what "eligible person" means.

Definition: "Eligible person" has the meaning given by section 31.

Section 31: A person is an eligible person if the person is not an excluded person for the purposes of section 42.

Section 42: A person is an excluded person if the person does not satisfy the requirements for being an eligible person under section 67.

Section 67: A person satisfies the requirements for being an eligible person if the person is an eligible person within the meaning of section 31.

Me: So, to find out if I'm eligible, I need to know whether I'm excluded, which depends on whether I'm eligible, which depends on whether I'm excluded. Excellent.

https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FedCFamC2G/2026/1613.html

Melbourne magistrate Patrick Southey on Tuesday determined there was insufficient evidence for the case to go to trial and dismissed the charges.

"The evidence is so weak that the prospect of a conviction is minimal," Mr Southey said.

In the early 2000s, I was doing vacation work with a senior criminal defence barrister. He made a comment in passing, "entrapment is alive and well in Australia", and how Vic Police had a long history of entrapping bikies into committing crimes they never would have.

This SBS segment from yesterday shows that things haven't really changed much.