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Fri Dec 02 2016Susan Kiefel appointed Australia's first female Chief Justice of the High Court From leaving school at age 15 to the High Court Chief Justice, Susan Kiefel will become the first female appointed to the highest judicial office in the land. [Source: ABC]
Civil justice system set for reform The NSW Attorney-General has announced a proposal to reform the civil justice system, a move she predicts will take pressure off overcrowded courts.[Source: Lawyers Weekly]
Parliament passes bill to scrap troubled VET loans, overhaul vocational education sector The Federal Government's overhaul of the scandal-ridden vocational education sector has passed Parliament in a bid to end one of the worst chapters in Australian education history. [Source: ABC]