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My Role in Gough's Downfall ... Reporter-at-Large … Scoops that flushed out the deceit behind the Dismissal … Big anniversary chinwag in Canberra on November 11 … The combined forces of Kerr, Ellicott and cousin Garfield … Constitutional manipulation … Maurice Byers to the rescue ... Read more >> 

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      Blood out of stone ... Ruthless Linda Reynolds dragging David Sharaz into bankruptcy
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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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 Pay packets for top brass at the Federal Courts ... A stonking $5 million all up ... See 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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Schmoozing and betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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News Desk Special ... Angelic death notices from the bar ... Soapy slips on FOI changes ... Unusual interlocutory costs order for Chris Dale ... Judge ticks off Abbott in letters' page ... Knock About's festive salute to the coppers ... January 19, 2015 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Friday
Aug022024

Hopelessness

• DateFriday, August 2, 2024

Lawyer sued over waste of time and money for unsuccessful defence ... Obligation to warn ... Failure to read documents - unwise, but not negligent ... Client disabused of false expectations ... Lawyer in the clear ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Wednesday
Jul312024

Tottling into court

• DateWednesday, July 31, 2024

Sen. Reynolds's (Lib. WA) defamation case ... Opening shots ... Western Australia, land of the stolen GST and big libel awards ... Trial judge Paul Tottle ... What's next for Brittany Higgins ... Research by Stephen Murray 

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Tuesday
Jul302024

Trump v US

• DateTuesday, July 30, 2024

Judge Aileen Cannon ... No more special prosecutors ... Rogue judges at the highest level ... Presidential immunity decision worse than anticipated ... A dreadful partisan court ... Milwaukee convention ... Vance has no conviction - unlike his running mate ... Roger Fitch files from Washington  

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Friday
Jul262024

Senator sues staffer raped on her couch

• DateFriday, July 26, 2024

Reynolds v Higgins ... Protective trust ... Implied Harman undertakings insufficient to stop plaintiff's leaks to the media ... Patsy "journalists" engaged in harassment of the defendant ... Strong defence pleadings ... NACC and Integrity Commission investigation into Sofronoff leaks ... Sandy Groper reports from Perth 

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Thursday
Jul252024

Turnover on the factory floor 

• DateThursday, July 25, 2024

Churn at the Federal Court ... Executives move on ... Acting appointments ... AAT recruitments ... Down the garden path with CourtPath ... Jackboots uncensored ... Felicity Fume reports 

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Wednesday
Jul242024

Fresh horrors

• DateWednesday, July 24, 2024

A forgotten judgment emerges from the bottom drawer ... Fault lies elsewhere ... The ghost of Bookshelves Brandis ... Huge delay working out GST and its role in business turnover ... Federale judges birched by the Fulls and the Saloon ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Monday
Jul222024

More fun with costs

• DateMonday, July 22, 2024

Motor car accident ... No real challenge as to liability ... $1,699.69 in dispute for rear end repair bill ... Plaintiff ordered to pay 95% of the legal costs - currently at $150,000 ... Prize for astounding damages to costs ratio ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Saturday
Jul202024

Something for true believers

• DateSaturday, July 20, 2024

Things you should know about the Australian Labor Party Nick ... History ... Tensions ... Triumphs ... Splits ... Where are the working class MPs? ... Braham Dabscheck reviews Dyrenfurth & Bongiorno's A Little History Of The Australian Labor Party ... Rats in the ranks 

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Friday
Jul122024

Planet's pin-up girl

• DateFriday, July 12, 2024

Linda Reynolds' pleadings ... Brittany Higgins' defence is yet to appear from behind the curtain ... Slow process at the WA Supremes ... High drama over a few social media posts ..."Plan" to bring down the government ... Selective reporting from the usual suspects ... Pointers to the cover-up ... Sandy Groper reports from Perth 

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