Commercial Grok, X and AI Generated Sexual Abuse As Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is rolled out through X, regulators are once again forced too confront unresoled questions about platform responsibility, AI-generated misinformation, and legal accountability.
Litigation Key 2025 Reforms in Child Abuse Law 2025 was a transormative year for the law in the context of institutional child abuse. In particular, it marked a shift away from symbolic recongition and towards survivor-centred justice. It was also tested by the emergence of new risks and challenges.
Commercial What Paramount and Netflix’s Turmoil Reveals About Competition Law Paramaount’s standoff with Netflix as they attempt a billion dollar acqusition highlights the growing risks in the streaming sector around competition law.
Litigation Victoria Introduces Bill to Overturn Bird v DP The Victorian government is seeking to overturn the High Court’s decision in Bird v DP which held that instituions cannot be held vicariously liable for individuals who are not technically employees.
Personal Injury Why NDAs Silence Sexual Abuse Survivors in Australia For decades, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) have been quietly used by institutions to prevent survivors of sexual abuse from speaking out. While NDAs can serve legitimate purposes they have also been weaponised to conceal patterns of misconduct. While other jurisdictions have now moved to ban or restrict NDAs relating to sexual misconduct Australia still has no clear national framework.
Personal Injury Parramatta Marist Canoe Club: Justice for Abuse Survivors Survivors of the Parramatta Marist High School Canoe Club have taken action over historical abuse by teacher Graeme Stuart Hawkins. This article outlines the court findings, institutional failures, and our ongoing work to help additional Survivors come forward confidentially.
Criminal Law How Payment Platforms Are Fuelling A New Era Of Child Exploitation Today, offenders are grooming children, purchasing explicit content, and laundering money through mainstream payment tools designed for simplicity, anonymity and speed. As regulators struggle to keep up, payment platforms have become a hidden highway for exploitation — one that Australia has yet to meaningfully regulate.
Personal Injury Australia Confronts 41% Surge in Child Exploitation Reports A staggering 41% surge in child-exploitation reports has reignited calls for Australia to overhaul its online-safety regime. Despite stronger criminal laws and an active regulator, digital platforms still owe no enforceable duty to prevent foreseeable harm to children. Now its time to revisit the plan for a statutory digital duty of care.
Personal Injury Keith Athol Bates-Willie Sentenced: Accountability for Historic Abuse Former teacher Keith Bates-Willie has been sentenced to 21 years for historic child sexual abuse. This decisive outcome shows that justice remains possible, even decades later, and may encourage other survivors to come forward to seek support and accountability.
