Criminal law – Parole – Where s 74AAA of Corrections Act 1986 (Vic) imposes conditions for making parole order for prisoner convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for murder of person who prisoner knew was, or was reckless as to whether person was, police officer – Where s 127A inserted into Corrections Act 1986 (Vic) stating s 74AAA applies regardless of whether prior to commencement of s 74AAA prisoner became eligible for parole, prisoner took steps to ask Adult Parole Board of Victoria ("Board") to grant parole, or Board began consideration of whether prisoner should be granted parole – Where prior to commencement of s 74AAA and s 127A plaintiff became eligible for parole and applied for parole and Board began consideration of whether plaintiff should be granted parole – Whether s 74AAA and s 127A apply to plaintiff.

Words and phrases – "non-parole period", "parole", "recklessness", "sentencing", "statutory construction".

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) – ss 10, 22, 28, 31, 32.

Corrections Act 1986 (Vic) – ss 74AAA, 127A.

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) – s 3.

Criminal law – Trial by judge alone – Adequacy of reasons – Where appellant convicted of "[p]ersistent sexual exploitation of a child" – Where offence comprised of two or more acts of sexual exploitation separated by not less than three days – Where complainant alleged various acts of sexual exploitation over many years – Where alleged inconsistencies and implausibilities in complainant's evidence – Where trial judge regarded complainant as reliable witness as to "core allegations" – Whether trial judge's reasons inadequate because failed to identify two or more acts constituting offence – Whether trial judge's reasons inadequate because failed to explain process of reasoning.

Words and phrases – "adequacy of reasons", "basis for decision", "conflict between evidence", "credibility", "inadequacy of reasons", "inconsistencies in evidence", "process of reasoning", "reasons", "trial by judge alone".

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) – s 50(1).

Defamation – Publication – Capacity to defame – Where application for summary dismissal of defamation proceeding – Where allegedly defamatory matter includes search results of internet search engine – Where allegedly defamatory matter includes autocomplete predictions of internet search engine – Whether respondent published allegedly defamatory matter – Whether matter capable of conveying allegedly defamatory imputations – Whether proceeding had no real prospect of success.

Words and phrases – "autocomplete", "capacity to defame", "composite publication", "defamation", "defamatory image", "no real prospect of success", "ordinary reasonable person", "publication", "search engine", "search results", "search terms", "summary dismissal", "summary judgment".

Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) – ss 62, 63.

Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) – rr 7. 01, 8. 09.

Migration – Refugees – Appeal as of right from Supreme Court of Nauru –Where Secretary of Department of Justice and Border Control determined appellant not refugee – Where Refugee Status Review Tribunal affirmed Secretary's determination – Where appellant established well-founded fear of persecution – Where Tribunal found alternative "home area" – Whether Tribunal properly applied internal relocation principle – Whether Tribunal failed to consider family unity – Whether Supreme Court erred in affirming Tribunal's determination.

Words and phrases – "family unity", "home area", "in all the circumstances", "internal relocation principle", "reasonableness of relocation", "relocation".

Appeals Act 1972 (Nr) – s 44.

Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976 (Cth) – s 5, Sched, Art 1.

Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr) – ss 3, 4, 5, 6, 22, 31, 34, 43, 44.

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) as modified by the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967) – Art 1A(2).