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Summaries 1969-</a></li> <li class="20240930"><a href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/NZBCPubInq/">New Zealand Boards and Commissions of Public Inquiry 1842-</a></li> <li class="20240910"><a href="/au/other/cth/AURoyalC/2024/2.html">Royal Commission Into Defence and Veteran Suicide - Final Report - Volume 1 [2024] AURoyalC 2 (9 September 2024)</a></li> <li class="20240903"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/other/nsw/NSWSEnvRp/">New South Wales State of the Environment Reports 2012-</a></li> <li class="20240903"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/other/vic/VicEPICStd/">Victorian Environment and Planning Codes and Standards 2000-</a></li> <li class="20240903"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/other/lawreform/WALRCCP/">Western Australian Law Reform Commission - Consultation Papers 2006-</a></li> <li class="20240903"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/other/lawreform/WALRCDP/">Western Australian Law Reform Commission - Discussion Papers 1984-</a></li> <li class="20240903"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/other/lawreform/WALRCIP/">Western Australian Law Reform Commission - 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Issues Papers Inquiry Snapshots 2006-2009</a></li> <li class="20240618"><a href="/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/journals/PolemicUSyd/">Polemic (Sydney, NSW) 1990-2007</a></li> <li class="20240514"><a href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/ap/">New Zealand House of Representatives Amendment Papers 2022-</a></li> <li class="20240514"><a href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZDNCA/">New Zealand Domain Name Commission - Appeals 2019-</a></li> <li class="20240514"><a href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/NZJlEmpR/">New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 1996-</a></li> <li class="20240510"><a href="/au/other/lawreform/WALRC/2024/1.html">Project 113 Sexual Offences: Final Report [2024] WALRC 1</a> </li> <li class="20240510"><a href="/au/cases/cth/HCA/2024/19.html">ASF17 v Commonwealth of Australia [2024] HCA 19 (10 May 2024)</a></li> <li><a href="http://austlii.community/wiki/NZJPTrafficCourtGuide/TableOfContents">New Zealand JP Traffic Court Guide</a></li><!-- announced 20240502 --> <li class="20240415"><a href="/au/cases/cth/FCA/2024/369.html">Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369 (15 April 2024)</a></li> <li class="20240410"><a href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZDLCCI/">New Zealand District Licensing Committee - 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