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NZLII @nzlii.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
You may have noticed your NZLII looks different this morning. NZLII, thanks to funding from the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation, and the expertise of AustLII, now has a refreshed look with added features. Check them out at nzlii.org
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 25/02/2026
Thanks for your kind words.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 25/08/2025
Last week @austlii.edu.au celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special event bringing together distinguished guests from the judiciary, government, legal profession, academia, and the wider community. www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/even...
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AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute
Free access to Australian legislation, case law, treaties and legal materials.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 03/04/2025
The index to the cases is at www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
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High Court of Australia - Seminal Case Files
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) - Hosted by University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Law
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 03/04/2025
@austlii.edu.au has completed the digitisation of the High Court Seminal Cases Files. 37 cases, 3155 documents, 72,039 pages. www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 03/04/2025
@austlii.edu.au has completed the digitisation of the High Court Seminal Cases Files. 37 cases, 3155 documents, 72,039 pages. www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 31/03/2025
AustLII will host the 2025 Law Via Internet Conference lvi2025.org & meeting of the Free Access to Law Movement falm.info. Call for Papers: lvi2025.org/callforpapers/ Registration: secure.austlii.edu.au/cgi-egate/re.... We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney.
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LVI 2025: Law via the Internet Conference 12-14 November 2025
Empowering a just society through legal information, policy, technology, and practice.
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I'm very pleased to be the opening speaker at the 38th Privacy Laws & Business International Conference www.privacylaws.com/events-gatew... to be held at St John's College, Cambridge, UK from 7-9 July 2025. I'm reviewing 'The Global Impact of Data Privacy Laws After 50 years' - should keep me busy!
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38th International Conference
The Good, the Bad and the Good Enough<br> <br> 7 - 9 July 2025<br> <br> St John
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Last Friday I gave the Occasional Address for the Law Graduation at Macquarie University, on the topic 'How I found my vocation' papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... On 1 Jan 2025 I became an Honorary Professor at Macquarie Law School www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-a..., after 40 years at UNSW.
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<div> Occasional Address to the Macquarie University Graduation Ceremony for the Faculty of Arts </div>
<p><span>I was asked to deliver the Occasional Address to the Macquarie University Graduation Ceremony for the Faculty of Arts (which includes Macquarie Law Sch
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
AustLII will host the 2025 Law Via Internet Conference lvi2025.org & meeting of the Free Access to Law Movement falm.info * The Call for Papers is open: lvi2025.org/callforpapers/ * Registration is also open: secure.austlii.edu.au/cgi-egate/re... We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney.
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LVI 2025: Law via the Internet Conference 12-14 November 2025
Empowering a just society through legal information, policy, technology, and practice.
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, an absolute monarchy, issued on 8 Jan 2025 the Personal Data Protection Order 2025: pdp.aiti.gov.bn/media/tndpdu... Brunei is the 173rd country with a data privacy law. The law is essentially 'private sector only', & borrows many other weaknesses from Singapore.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 14/03/2025
Merci beaucoup 🙏
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Stéphane Cottin @cottinstef.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Diffusion du droit aux antipodes : la fabuleuse histoire de @austlii.edu.au et ses 1000 bases de données. Mowbray, A. Chung, P & @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social , Australasian Law in 1,000 Databases: The Evolution of AustLII @ssrn.bsky.social ssrn.com/abstract=477... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Australasian Law in 1,000 Databases: The Evolution of AustLII
Since 1995, the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) has provided national legal research infrastructure that is fundamental to the operation of t
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Professor Johns will be a terrific Dean of the Sydney Law School @sydneyuni.bsky.social. Welcome back @fleurjohns.bsky.social! #auslaw #internationallaw www.sydney.edu.au/law/news-and...
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Professor Fleur Johns returns to lead Sydney Law School
Sydney Law School is delighted to welcome Professor Fleur Johns as its new Dean and Head of School. Professor Johns brings extensive experience, a distinguished body of scholarship, and a forward-thin...
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
For those interested in free access to legal information, AustLII Co-Directors Philip Chung and Andrew Mowbray were today honoured by being appointed as Members of the Order of Australia (AM). The AustLII Media Release concerning the appointments is at: www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 25/01/2025
@austlii.edu.au is delighted to announce that it’s Co-Directors Professor Andrew Mowbray and Professor Philip Chung have been made Members of the Order of Australia in the recent Australia Day awards www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 28/12/2024
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Patrick and Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Freedom of information) [2024] ARTA 7 (27 November 2024)
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 27/12/2024
What Decisions are published and when is made at the discretion of the Tribunal. Decisions are sent by the Tribunal directly to AustLII, automatically processed and made available (published) usually within an hour or so of being sent.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 26/12/2024
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Administrative Review Tribunal
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 26/12/2024
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 02/12/2024
NSW community justice centres will be scrapped next year - it’s enshittification in action | Graeme Gibson
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NSW community justice centres will be scrapped next year - it’s enshittification in action | Graeme Gibson
The public mediation service where I work has been keeping the peace at no cost to participants for 40 years. But now it’s closing without inquiry or consultation In life, disagreements, arguments and conflicts are inevitable. But there are options for how we respond. Listening, understanding the other person’s point of view, exploring the options and reality testing are at the heart of a successful resolution to conflict. These are stages in mediation before negotiating an agreement, and this is the process followed by the New South Wales Community Justice Centre (CJC) program since it was established more than 40 years ago. Over that time, this free service has consistently seen success rates of around 80%. Continue reading...
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 30/11/2024
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The Weekend Mumbo: Australia has a bunch of exciting new laws!
Forget the AFL rights, television networks should have been scrambling to air the Albanese government’s epic attempt to cram some 76 bills through parliament during one sitting week.Like all sporting ...
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Five Fantastic Lawyers® Legal Directory @ff-lawyers.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#ff Black Friday deal of the day thanks to @austlii.edu.au ;-) #followfriday #auslaw #legalaid #legal #law #lawsky #australia ☂️
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 29/11/2024
Black Friday Special - Free access to legal resources @austlii.edu.au TODAY ... and every other day 😁
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Someone put @djag2.bsky.social and me in charge of organising ANZSIL this year and it's gonna be fun. Theme and save the date out now - call for papers coming soon. There will be trivia! Hopefully a very special dinner! And of course papers and panels galore - please repost and save the dates.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 27/11/2024
We face the same problem and are constantly blocking unauthorized scraping of our data which violates our usage policies www8.austlii.edu.au/austlii/copy...
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A new preprint of mine 'The new data protection Convention 108+ and its importance for Asia' papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=... assesses which Asian countries, of 17 with data privacy laws, might be able to accede to 108+. So far, none have tried.
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The new data protection Convention 108+ and its importance for Asia
<div> Over 40 years in the making, a new global data privacy agreement will soon come into force. The Council of Europe's 1981 Convention for the Protection of
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The report of the Australian Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) (222 pgs) www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... is worth looking at from many perspectives, including high risk AI; sovereign foundation AI models; copyright interests; & automated decision-making.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 27/11/2024
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Canadian legal information database CanLII sues company behind AI chatbot | CBC News
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an AI chatbot to court over what it says are a violation of its terms of service, due to the chatbot scraping CanLII's database in bulk.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 27/11/2024
Apologies that these decisions are not yet available. We have been working with the AAT/ART to create a new database for the ARTA decisions. We are currently waiting for their publication system to be updated and tested.
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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This is really bad policy on the run - we’ve been fighting it because of its far-reaching adverse effects www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Australia will pay countries to take our ‘undeportables’ in latest High Court fix
Labor’s agenda has won the Coalition’s support, but the Greens said it was the most “extreme migration legislation since the White Australia policy”.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/11/2024
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
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Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
And we're out! The final episode of Season 1 of #CalledToTheBar is live and it's time for end of year drinks! So proud of all we've achieved this year, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social , @drnajimagi.bsky.social and @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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26. End of Year Drinks: The Year in Review
The final episode of season 1! This week Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Imogen Saunders, Juliette McIntyre review the year in international law, the year in their own careers and the life o
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Norman @noaasm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Absolutely amazing research conducted by Pierre Dewitte on #privacy by design and by default and case law on it by national supervisory authorities. Research paper- techreg.org/article/view... Excel file with analysis of decisions by supervisory authorities: doi.org/10.48804/23M...
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The Many Shades of Impact Assessments: An analysis of data protection by design in the case law of national supervisory authorities | Technology and Regulation
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Dr Casey Nottage @drcaseyn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Tonight’s viewing - the Joint Symposium of the @science.org.au and Aus Academy of Law at the Shine Dome
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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
You can’t tell me law isn’t entertaining! 😀
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Katharine_Kemp and I asses the defects (and a few virtues) of 'Australia's long-delayed privacy reform Bill - First instalment only?' papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=... Will it get enacted before the election?
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Australia's long-delayed privacy reform Bill -First instalment only?
<div> At long last, Australia has a privacy reform Bill before Parliament, but it is a Bill that still omits most of the promised important reforms. In Septemb
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 25/11/2024
We are launching our End of Year Appeal. If you value our service please consider making a donation secure.austlii.edu.au/cgi-egate/co...
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
An article by me now posted on SSRN: 'EU AI Act: Brussels Effect(s) or a Race to the Bottom?' ssrn.com/abstract=497... [Just testing Bluesky functions]
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Graham Greenleaf @grahamgreenleaf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
India does not yet have a functioning DPA, but its Competition Commission (CCI) has just hit Meta with a 213.4 crore (24M euros) fine for a privacy-related breach cci.gov.in/antitrust/pr... The Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) has not yet been created, a year after the Act.
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Competition Commission of India, Government of India
CCI imposes a monetary penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore on Meta for anti-competitive practices in relation to 2021 Privacy Policy Update
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 23/11/2024
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The Weekend Mumbo: The misinformation bill - impossible to police and easy to weaponise
In 1899, Charles H. Duell, commissioner of US patent office, declared that his job would soon become redundant because “everything that can be invented has been invented”. We can laugh at ol’ Chuck’s ...
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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🧵 1. It's only a month before the Courts close the year, but before they do, there are several judgments we can expect will be delivered! In no particular order: Moira Deeming v John Pesutto (His Honour said he expected to deliver judgment by the 1st week in December)
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Dr Paul McGorrery @paulmcgorrery.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
For all my fellow law nerds, I’ll be trying something new on this platform. One of my favourite things to do is catch up on recent judgments around the country. I’ll be screenshotting catchwords with links to recent apex courts’ decisions in each State/Territory.
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
9. does not seek user access subscriptions or advertising because they are inconsistent with our free access policies and charitable status but asks all who use AustLII to make an annual contribution that reflects the value of AustLII to them and to the Australian community
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
8. receives donations and other contributions of about $1.5M each year, but needs at least $2.5M to operate effectively, usually received from successful research grant applications - but these have become harder to get in recent years
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
7. operates as an independent charity. The AustLII Foundation provides the AustLII service and receives donations from the Legal Profession, Business, Government, Education, and the Community. AustLII provides good value for money by generating an estimated return of $5.49 for every $1 invested
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
6. is Australia's most accessed legal information service, receiving nearly 300 million requests for pages (over 750,000 per day) from nearly 6 million distinct hosts
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
5. supports Australia’s international interests helping promote and protect international rules, improve access to justice and enhance the rule of law around the world
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AustLII @austlii.edu.au · 19/11/2024
4. supports good public policy and opposes monopolistic practices in relation to legal information. Free access to legal information is necessary for the rule of law and democracy to function effectively
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