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Knit one, purl one ... Iron Lady of legal rectitude endorses Gageler ... The chief justice wants judges on the straight and narrow ... The cardboard cutout model of legislative supremacy ... The evils of judicial activism ... Procrustes on the dance floor with the Legislative-Judicial Foxtrot ... Read more >> 

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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"If we’re only picking people who have got completely lily-white records then we’ll be missing out on a lot of people that can contribute to public life." 

NSW Premier Chris Minns, endorsing Mal Lanyon, his pick for Police Commissioner, whose contributions to public life include shouting drunken obscenities at a paramedic who came to his aid, and commandeering a police launch for private entertainment on New Year's eve ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Tuesday
Aug222017

Fear and loathing at the Lubyanka

• DateTuesday, August 22, 2017

Federal courts update ... Public Sector Union complains to the Public Service Commissioner about hiring processes at the federal courts ... Lack of important detail at senate estimates ... Tears at the courts' Canberra support office 

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Monday
Aug212017

Myth man

• DateMonday, August 21, 2017

Turnbull the know-all ... Dual citizens in parliament ... PM declares the High Court has already found for the government ... The illusion of brilliance ... No postal voting for "silent" electors ... Polly Peck reports from Canberra 

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Saturday
Aug192017

All Gas and Gaiters

• DateSaturday, August 19, 2017

Daphnis and the vanishing foundation stone ... De-naming ... "Churchie" school teachers on molestation spree ... Old guard led by Lord Eldon in revolt ... Serious fraud complaint to Charities Commission ... Sir Terence O'Rort reports 

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Wednesday
Aug162017

Section 44 history lesson

• DateWednesday, August 16, 2017

Procrustes at the blackboard ... Age-old stoushes over MPs eligibility ... Rights and privileges from a foreign power ... What about MPs receiving douceurs from foreign powers? ... Common law up against the power of Home Affairs 

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Friday
Aug112017

Federal courts exodus

• DateFriday, August 11, 2017

Toot-toot ... Ferry man leaves the wharf ... All aboard with new staff ... Old timers walk the plank ... Industrial turmoil at the federal courts as new bosun comes on board 

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Tuesday
Aug082017

Budget pains

• DateTuesday, August 8, 2017

From where is the extra $6 million for NSW CLCs coming? ... South Australian bar accounts in limbo ... Eight months late the new ICAC is born 

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Thursday
Aug032017

Not so settled 

• DateThursday, August 3, 2017

Traditional Aboriginal owners want a nuclear waste dump on their NT land, plus quite a bit of money ... Move to unstitch Commonwealth settlement with neighbouring community, which is opposed to the nuclear dump ... Back to court ... Top End reporter Subeta Vimalarajah follows the action 

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Wednesday
Aug022017

Julian Burnside

• DateWednesday, August 2, 2017

Fast sleeper Julian Burnside is On The Couch ... His latest book is a must for all good shelves ... Watching Out: reflections on justice and injustice ... A book about a chimera ... Fresh confessions are unburdened 

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Monday
Jul312017

Much ado

• DateMonday, July 31, 2017

Injunction against Law Society dropped ... Feast of St Ignatius proceeds uninterrupted ... Taxpayers subsidising VicBar's portrait collection ... Opinions on High attracts tetchy comments ... Top End is hyper-normalised ... Down with Darwin ... Goings On with Theodora 

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