Lisa Cooper

Lecturer in Criminal Law @LawUniSA. Program Director Bachelor of Criminal Justice @universitysa. Associate Teacher Criminal Law & Evidence @Adel_Law_School.

[National Cyber Security Coordinator @AUCyberSecCoord]

Today the National Office of Cyber Security facilitated a briefing across the education sector to enable Instructure to update all stakeholders on the cyber incident impacting its Canvas learning management system globally.

Instructure advised it has undertaken a broad range of activities to ensure the Canvas environment is secure. The Canvas platform remains available for use; however, some Australian providers continue to use caution with regard to the security of the environment prior to re-enabling their Canvas instances.

It will take time to understand the full impacts of any data exfiltrated as part of this incident.

Consistent with other significant cyber incidents, there is an elevated risk of scams and phishing activity targeting students and staff, including attempts that appear to come from institutions, IT helpdesks or government.

Students and staff should be cautious, scrutinise unexpected contacts, avoid clicking suspicious links, and never share credentials or personal information unless they have verified the request through trusted channels. Institutions should reinforce these messages, provide guidance on recognising scams, and encourage prompt reporting of suspicious activity to local IT/security teams.

Education institutions, and their staff and students, should not engage with, respond to, or attempt to negotiate with any suspected threat actors or intermediaries in relation to this incident. Cybercriminals cannot be relied upon to act in good faith, and engagement can create additional risks, including further targeting and scams.

[Antony Green - elections @AntonyGreenElec]

Is ex-LIB David Speirs eligible to contest the 2026 SA election? According to Anne Twomey, it's an issue about "is" versus "has been" in the Electoral Act and Constitution Act and thinks past amending laws have confused the issue. https://t.co/PGg6jJXWME

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

@DominicVillaSC The latter would be more complicated in the counts where the defendant was not the shooter. To me, joint enterprise should overcome that easier on s 27. But I don’t know NSW attempt murder laws very well, so there could be other factors like sentencing considerations.

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has provided an update on the prosecution of Naveed Akram.
https://t.co/crZQY24mIX

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

@DominicVillaSC No intel, but I guess it should be easier to prove the result of wounding or GBH under s 27, rather than the having to prove the defendant shot at each alleged victim under s 29.

[Jarryd Bartle @JarrydBartle]

New paper from colleagues and myself "Can and should police tell victim-survivors ‘I believe you’ during sexual offence investigations?" https://t.co/v2kSVXMtpo

[Law Library Victoria @LawLibraryVic]

Court of Appeal: Lynn v The King
https://t.co/ycqIMcLbdw
#Judgment #viclaw #auslaw #CriminalLaw

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

@jeremy_gans

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

@jeremy_gans Yep. It even made the local newspaper.
https://t.co/mwshhtpSTn

[David Rolph @dkrolph]

Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says #auslaw https://t.co/aY9FgHYZqe

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

Program here:
https://t.co/ZTnDN52rXL

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

Australian Legal Convention 2025.
On today. View the livestream here:
https://t.co/lS2pGVnqZK
[listed times are AEDT]

[Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans]

Case page now up in Potter: seems like the sole issue is when a rape complainant can lawfully/admissibly covertly record a rape accused (at least in South Australia): https://t.co/hDikkvc4HY

[Legal Services Commission @LegalAidSA]

Think using AI to generate embarrassing pictures of your ex is no big deal? Think again.

From today, new laws criminalise the creation and distribution of humiliating, degrading or invasive depictions that have been artificially generated (commonly known as deepfakes).

[Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans]

“there is no incongruity between emphasizing the severe harms and wrongfulness associated with sexual offences against children and finding that minimum sentences are unconstitutional”: https://t.co/XA1VJQ00jW

[Lisa Cooper @_LisaParker]

The President of the South Australian Employment Tribunal has referred a lawyer to the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner for citing fake cases in written submissions.
https://t.co/s05AubVNfF

[Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans]

"It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor William L. Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.": https://t.co/d0Y1YnfRzr

(A sign of Twining's remarkableness is that this glowing appreciation omits what I think is his star achievement.)

[Dominic Villa SC @DominicVillaSC]

NSW Supreme Court rules Police "move-on" power in relation to unauthorised public assemblies occurring in or near a place of worship invalid as it contravenes the implied freedom of communication, going beyond what is necessary to achieve its purpose. https://t.co/x2c99qPFis

[Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans]

“It is almost as if there was an institutional inability to contemplate an appalling vista: that the Court had made an atrocious decision in 2021 that delayed the exoneration of an innocent man by 5 years”: https://t.co/JdSCnmME0T