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Senior Associate teaches grad how to do timesheets

You need to work on your timesheets, kid, or you're not going to make it in this place.

September 5, 2025

News

SSO adopts Equitable Briefing Policy

The State Solicitor’s Office has formally adopted the Law Council of Australia’s Equitable Briefing Policy, a voluntary initiative designed to drive cultural change within the profession.

September 4, 2025

News

Law Council warns against rushed immigration bill

The Law Council of Australia has criticised the federal government for fast-tracking significant immigration legislation without adequate consultation or scrutiny.

September 3, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

Australia’s new AML CTF policies: Starter kits, real risks, and lessons from Mounties

Every reporting entity must carry out a risk assessment and have documented AML CTF policies. Reporting entities must comply with their AML CTF policies.

September 3, 2025

Opinion

Editor’s opinion: Time for the LPB’s reckoning

Across countless oat flat whites and pints quaffed by Perth practitioners, many a tale of the LPB has been told, writes Brief Editor-at-Large Michael Douglas.

September 2, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Vix ridiculam

Legal profession divided as fringe movement demands Lady Justice be recast as Idris Elba

Australia’s legal profession is fiercely divided this week after a splinter group of lawyers launched a campaign to permanently reimagine Lady Justice as Idris Elba.

September 2, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

Why the “post and boast” Bill is problematic

The Criminal Code Amendment (Post and Boast Offence) Bill 2025 (WA) is highly problematic. It should either be abandoned or, at the very least, substantially amended.

September 2, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Podcast

Outlawbrary #4: You don’t need a five-year plan. You need to experiment.

In a world obsessed with five-year plans and milestone achievements, neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff offers a radical alternative: stop chasing goals altogether and start running tiny experiments instead.

September 1, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Podcast

Side hustle ideas: From courtrooms to cattle with Katie Sierakowski

For lawyer Katie Sierakowski, running a herd of cattle alongside her thriving legal practice has become the perfect antidote to a high-pressure professional life.

September 1, 2025