Other Voices, Other Rooms
Hack attack on barrister ... Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots ... No support from chambers ... Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities ... Latest cancellations ... Free...
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Stephen Charles
Stephen Charles AO QC, one of the well-known advocates for a national integrity commission, is on Justinian's Couch ... Career highlights ... Personal weaknesses ... Australia's failing on asylum...
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The election season
The case for compulsory voting ... Pity the Brits, French and Americans where politicians have to "get out the vote" ... Nathan Twibill on the advantages of the "median voter" strategy ... Vote early,...
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Jail lingo
Prison patois ... Underworld lexicography ... Important contribution to Australian English ... Wordologists' delight ... Bruce Moore's The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary ... Reviewed by Linda Funnell...
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Something for true believers
Things you should know about the Australian Labor Party Nick ... History ... Tensions ... Triumphs ... Splits ... Where are the working class MPs? ... Braham Dabscheck reviews Dyrenfurth &...
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Tootsies with Planet Janet
Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of...
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Drumgold cleared
SCOOP ... Merits findings by the ACT Bar Council ... Complaints against former DPP Shane Drumgold unlikely to amount to professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct ... Major year-long...
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Vale Percy Allan AM
Obit for friend and fellow-traveller ... Prolific writer on economics and politics ... Public finance guru ... Technocrat with humanity and broad interests ... Theatre ... Animals ... Art Percy Allan:...
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The great interceptor
Rugby League ... Dennis Tutty and the try he shouldn't have scored ... Case that changed the face of professional sport ... Growth of the player associations, courtesy of the Barwick High Court ......
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Between a Rock Chopper and a Hard Place
Church abuse survivor given the Bird ... High Court and the "agency" of Catholic priests ... No liability for predatory clerics ... How did we get to this? ... What would Peter McClellan think? ......
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Bird on the wing
Child abuse and the Catholic Church ... High Court veers clear of a "skeletal fracture" of the common law ... "Control" and independent contractors ... Vicarious liability ... Ignoring common law...
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Damien Carrick
Damien Carrick has presented Law Report on the ABC for 23 years ... An insight into the man behind the microphone ... Law and media ... Pursuit of the story ... Pressing topics ... Informative guests...
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Judgment for sale
Melbourne University Publishing's decision to produce Justice Lee's Lehrmann judgment as a commercial product is not without its problems ... The omnishambles continues ... Melbourne lawyer Nilay B....
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