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Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 ... Interacting with deemed state entities could land you in pokey ... Another layer of counter-terror law to make us all feel safer ... More >> 

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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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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 >> 

Justinian's Bloggers

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 ... 


For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 


Justinian Featurettes

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 >> 


 

 

Monday
Jun172024

It's too late for the thylacine

Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? 

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Thursday
Jun132024

Investigative journalism

Feature ... A journalist's connection with the Plutus fraud ... A patsy or a willing participant in blackmail ... Dark arts ... The outer edges of journalism ... Criminal costs application rejected ... Inferences from the AFP intercepts ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Tuesday
Jun112024

Blow delivered to Lonewolf magistrate

Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court ... Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias ... Memories of Judge Sal ... Courtside at The Map ... Errol Quoll reporting 

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Wednesday
Jun052024

Taking out the trash

Migration ... New directions for Direction 99 ... Procrustes scrutinises the migration "debate" ... Twaddle from the Coalition and News Corp ... Duration of ties to Australia ... Consideration of the best interests of small children ... Preference given to home grown criminal class 

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Tuesday
Jun042024

Pecker problems

Trump minting coin from his felony convictions ... Toadies in the bleachers ... Justice Alito flagging his proclivities ... SCOTUS corrupted ... Rule of lawlessness ... More horrible judicial distortions in the pipeline ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Thursday
May302024

Courtroom capers

Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports 

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Wednesday
May292024

Letter from Blighty

Rishi rushing to the polls ... Gen Z sent to the trenches ... Tongue tied law firm receptionist ... Putting you through to the wrong person ...Young solicitors told they had not qualified ... Exam fiasco ... Trying to catch the Septics pay packets ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from London 

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Wednesday
May292024

Not innocent

Sexual assault of children ... He probably did it ... But not guilty on all counts ... District Court judge unable to reach the requisite standard ... Unhappy complainants ... Cementing the reluctance to complain ... Trial judges and the prosecution wars ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
May282024

More bling for the boys

Hobart's KC lobby beating the drum ... Pitching to government knuckle-draggers ... Fresh campaign ... Same stuff ... More surveys ... A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes ... News from The Map 

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