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Announcement regarding changes to coverage of NewsRoom on Westlaw services

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The NewsRoom product on the Thomson Reuters Westlaw, Westlaw AU and Westlaw NZ platforms includes licensed news content from the Australian Financial Review (AFR) daily newspaper. 

Recently, the owner of AFR, Fairfax Media, has decided to enforce a three day embargo on their licensed...

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Using natural language to find cases - Westlaw Australia (1:06 min)

Natural language searching allows you to search for content by asking a question or typing in a sentence that describes the information you are looking for.

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Magistrates Court Practice SA Noticeboard – February 2020

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The Magistrates Court Practice SA Noticeboard is your ticket to news as it occurs in the Civil Divison of the Magistrates Court of South Australia. With frequent and rapid updating by retired Deputy Chief Magistrate Dr Andrew Cannon, the Noticeboard keeps you apprised of all of the...

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By Dr Andrew Cannon

The Laws of Australia Update 350

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The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU:



Communications 6.6 “Telecommunications” (Ch 2); Criminal Offences 10.7 “Revenue and Currency Offences”; Intellectual Property 23.1 "Copyright" (Chs 8 and 9); Real Property 28.18 “Sale of Land”; Restrictive Trade...

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