Conferenceville with Justice Lee … A speech for all occasions … Mortimer CJ wants a tight rein on the “juicy” stuff … Lee changes gear at the 11th hour … Medals for approved reptiles of the press … Open justice oration gets closed … From our Media Affairs Roundsperson
Between a Rock Chopper and a Hard Place
PROCRUSTES Friday, November 15, 2024Church 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? … Procrustes on the latest loophole for the church
Judicial Shockers
Court in the Act Wednesday, November 13, 2024Latest from the trouble prone Queensland branch of the Federales … Administrative law upsets … Sandy Street overturned … On the level in Canberra … Missing aged care accountant … Law shop managing director skewered … Ginger Snatch reports from courtrooms around the nation
It’s Hitlerish
Roger Fitch Esq Friday, November 8, 2024Reelection of a charlatan … Republicans take popular vote for the first time in 20 years … Amnesia … Trashing a democracy … Trump and his team of troubled men … Mainstream media wilts in the eye of the storm … Depravity, greed and revenge are the new normal … Roger Fitch files from Washington
Stockpiling debts to donors
PROCRUSTES Thursday, November 7, 2024Corruption and all that … Buying politicians on the cheap … What’s the quid pro quo … The absurdities of Bridget McKenzie … Remembering Alastair McAlpine … School cadets – Paul Brereton and Kathryn Campbell … Inspector lifts the skirts … Procrustes on the beat
Huis clos
Foreign Desk Wednesday, November 6, 2024Public glare on rape trial in France … Survivor demands the proceedings be open … The spectacle of misery … Unsettling details … Traumatising complainants … The case of Gisèle Pelicot … Hugh Vuillier reports
London Calling
London Calling Wednesday, November 6, 2024Vitamin D deficiency … Anti-vax solicitor birched for “friendly warning” to schools … Budget measures hit private school fee payers and their personal jets … Robing room “humour” … Equality and sensitivity training missing in action … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty
In due course
Judges Thursday, October 31, 2024A toxic relationship … A judge prone to boiling over … Waxing … Failure to get a grip on child-like temperament … Pants on fire … Some of the granular details … Ginger Snatch reporting