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Top judge urges caution over plan to ban character references
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 05:09 UTC. The headline in use is “Top judge urges caution over plan to ban character references”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
While the WA government has announced plans to ban character references in criminal cases, the state's chief justice says references can help judges better understand an offender's prospects of rehabilitation.
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Top judge urges caution over plan to ban character references
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