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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 >> 

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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 ... 


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


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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 >> 


 

 

Tuesday
Jun132023

It's quashing time

On the federal front line ... Liberal Party AAT appointment overlooks the fundamentals in a migration review case ... Slap from upstairs ... Street J and the line between efficiency and fairness ... Trying to achieve both in a busy court ... And - VCAT helps a barrister reveal herself ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Jun132023

Deep doo-doo

Trump indictment ... Top secret, purloined documents ... Fingered by his own people ... More indicting to be done ... Dangerous crim running for president ... Latest from the Supreme Court ... Clarence Thomas weighs in on one of Harlan Crow's cases ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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Friday
Jun092023

Vasta World

Salvatore Vasta's "pumpkin eater" case overturned on appeal ... Unscrambling secret meanings ... Union fines reduced ... Plus ... A special judgment on reasons not to make a transcript available to a litigant ...Sal's latest from our Ringside Reporter 

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Friday
Jun092023

Peter Lyons

Leverhulme RIP ... UK-based correspondent for Justinian dies unexpectedly ... Wonderful writer, a creative teacher, skilled advocate, scholar and friend ... Tribute to Peter Lyons ... By Richard Ackland  

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Tuesday
Jun062023

A paralysing experience

Anonymous barrister acting for a father in custody dispute ... Also a family friend of both the parties ... Order to stop acting to protect the appearance of justice ... More sensitivity, please ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Wednesday
May312023

Judges come out to play

Muck up day ... Judges out of school ... Jokers on the tear ... Pulled into line and told to stand with their noses to the wall ... Justices Wilson and Harrison open their lunch boxes ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports 

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Sunday
May282023

Limbo

Cold case opened - then shut ... Young Aboriginal girl goes missing from a bleak outback town ... Police indifference and brutality ... Miss Lumière reviews Ivan Sen's masterful new film Limbo 

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Wednesday
May242023

Rebellion of the Croweaters

Protests are an expression of democracy, except for politicians and the police ... New South Australian law protects the fossil boys from "infuriating" public activity ... Protestors required not to draw attention to themselves ... Procrustes picks through judicial thoughts on the common law rights of peaceful assembly 

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Tuesday
May232023

For the record

WA Attorney General Quigley responds to criticism of his judicial appointments ... Unfair to single out female solicitor appointees ... Condemnation of anonymous insights ... Unhappiness unabated ... Delay dossier ... Online advocacy for solicitors ... A black swan moment ... Theodora reports 

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