Damages tally for church’s paedophile victim tops $4 million

Damages tally for church’s paedophile victim tops $4 million The damages payout for a sexual assault victim of former Albury priest and convicted paedophile Vincent Kiss has risen to more than $4 million after the Catholic church failed in its appeal of a jury verdict.   The Bishop of Wagga Mark Edwards had contested, on […]

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Education department facing lawsuits over historic child sexual abuse

Education department facing lawsuits over historic child sexual abuse The state’s department of education is facing a number of lawsuits after it knowingly moved a paedophile teacher to new schools following a complaint of sexual abuse at a Warrnambool school. Arthur Henry Eaton was convicted in 1996 of 25 counts of indecently assaulting nine boys […]

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‘I was frozen’: Labor secretary sues party over alleged assault

‘I was frozen’: Labor secretary sues party over alleged assault Former Labor staffer Jeffrey O’Donnell – once charged over a taxpayer-funded election fraud – has been accused in court documents of assaulting a party secretary, “habitually heckling” Labor members and calling a female member explicit names at party meetings. Kororoit Creek Branch secretary Jennifer Marriott, […]

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Taxi driver allegedly raped by passenger suing 13cabs

Taxi driver allegedly raped by passenger suing 13cabs Our client was driving a taxi when she was allegedly raped by a customer mid-fare. Nikkita Maggs, 34, had been driving two people between destinations across the Bairnsdale area just before 4am on February 18 last year when one of the men allegedly sexually assaulted her once […]

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Mushroom lunch case sends social media sleuths into overdrive

Mushroom lunch case sends social media sleuths into overdrive Wild speculation into Erin Patterson’s fatal mushroom lunch has run so rife around the world that a fair trial would be “almost impossible” if charges were laid, legal experts fear. The triple-fatal mushroom lunch at Leongatha has captured the imaginations of thousands of social media crime […]

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