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Reporting on prosecutions and civil proceedings from the court record, with what has and has not been established stated plainly.
Courts
Five alleged deaths in Afghanistan have brought a former SAS soldier before an Australian criminal court. The public record reveals a prosecution shaped by competing demands: testing evidence, protecting sensitive information and preserving the presumption of innocence.
By B. O'Connell · 27 October 2026 · 7 min read
Crime
Stephen Ronald Sonners, 58, was stopped at Triabunna in September 2025 with $1,065,660 in a cardboard box, told police he found it under a bridge, and later admitted he was being paid about $1,000 to leave it in the bush. The Supreme Court of Tasmania gave him fifteen months' home detention. The judge's published reasons explain the charge, the defence he did not run, and the encrypted group chat called Final pass.
By T. Nguyen · 10 October 2026 · 4 min read
Courts
Meta has resolved major claims over youth safety and platform design without admitting liability, leaving central questions of knowledge, causation and corporate accountability largely untested at final verdict. The legal record now turns on what internal evidence shows, how courts and regulators assess algorithmic harm, and whether users harmed by automated enforcement have access to a remedy beyond the company's own opaque systems.
By T. Nguyen · 11 September 2026 · 5 min read
Courts
The hotel quarantine class action settled before trial for $125 million without any admission of liability. Court-published documents show $37.5 million goes to the law firm under a group costs order, $87.19 million is shared among about 16,879 registered claimants, and the businesses that did not survive are excluded because their companies no longer exist. Objections close at 4pm on 11 September 2026 and the approval hearing is on 29 September.
By B. O'Connell · 10 September 2026 · 5 min read
Courts
A Sydney childcare worker has been charged with hundreds of child-abuse offences spanning sixteen years. Police say alleged offending occurred at five facilities. The harder question now sits with regulators and operators: how could one person move through so many rooms built on parental trust?
By T. Nguyen · 2 September 2026 · 8 min read
