Myth man

Uncategorized    Monday, August 21, 2017

Turnbull the know-all … Dual citizens in parliament … PM declares the High Court has already found for the government … The illusion of brilliance … No postal voting for “silent” electors … Polly Peck reports from Canberra 

 

All Gas and Gaiters

Uncategorized    Saturday, August 19, 2017

Daphnis and the vanishing foundation stone … De-naming … “Churchie” school teachers on molestation spree … Old guard led by Lord Eldon in revolt … Serious fraud complaint to Charities Commission … Sir Terence O’Rort reports 

 

Federal courts exodus

Uncategorized    Friday, August 11, 2017

Toot-toot … Ferry man leaves the wharf … All aboard with new staff … Old timers walk the plank … Industrial turmoil at the federal courts as new bosun comes on board 

 

Budget pains

Uncategorized    Tuesday, August 8, 2017

From where is the extra $6 million for NSW CLCs coming? … South Australian bar accounts in limbo … Eight months late the new ICAC is born

 

Not so settled

Uncategorized    Thursday, August 3, 2017

Traditional Aboriginal owners want a nuclear waste dump on their NT land, plus quite a bit of money … Move to unstitch Commonwealth settlement with neighbouring community, which is opposed to the nuclear dump … Back to court … Top End reporter Subeta Vimalarajah follows the action 

 

Much ado

Uncategorized    Monday, July 31, 2017

Injunction against Law Society dropped … Feast of St Ignatius proceeds uninterrupted … Taxpayers subsidising VicBar’s portrait collection … Opinions on High attracts tetchy comments … Top End is hyper-normalised … Down with Darwin … Goings On with Theodora 

 

Euthanasia’s slippery slopes

Uncategorized    Friday, July 28, 2017

Victorian legislation on voluntary assisted dying … Bundle of safeguards to appease opponents … How the religious right holds back the popular will … Tight conscience vote expected … Earning “Action Points” from Father Lyle and the ACL … Madeline White reports from the front line 

 

RIP Rofe

Uncategorized    Thursday, July 27, 2017

David Rofe QC … A complex life … Mother in sharkskin … Cases and right wing causes … Bar room insults … Lofty correspondence … Decay and despair