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    Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart, questioned as to why it took 18 years to petition Rome for a convicted paedophile priest to be defrocked. Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse, May 20, 2013   READ MORE >>

     

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    There's another world beyond law and lawyering ... and here you can find it: reviews, wine notes, interviews, and the unpacking of the human condition.  

    Critics' Corner: reviews of books, films and TV by Worm and I. Box.
    Déjà Vu: marvellous slices of history from Justinian's bulging archive. 
    Jaws: food, glorious food.
    JustyFlix: our film crew covers the most glittering events on the calendar. 
    Miss Lumière: spends a lot of time in the dark, reviewing films. 
    On the Couch: where notable notables bear their souls. 
    Wendler on Wine: spectacular wine reviews, gargling and spitting from barrister Gabriel Wendler.  

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    Wednesday
    May082013

    Retrospective: Te Muna Road Pinot

    The frustrations of a pinot drinker ... With so many clones of the pinot vine, performance varies greatly ... "Fickle and troublesome" ... Justinian's wine correspondent Gabriel Wendler finds some complex and brooding pinots among Craggy Range's Te Muna Road selection ... Taste-up at Chiswick Gardens 

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    Sunday
    Mar172013

    Mark Dreyfus

    Mark Dreyfus talks films, books and music ... The weather nut confides the contents of his refigerator and other important lifestyle details ... The Commonwealth Attorney General is lured onto Justinian's couch 

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    Monday
    Feb252013

    Wendler in Bordeaux

    Our wine correspondent Gabriel Wendler makes a pilgramage to Cheval Blanc, one of the world's great wineries ... Classification crisis and litigation ... Modernisation under Bernard Arnault ... 2006 drinking well 

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    Wednesday
    Jan162013

    Felicity Gerry

    With sex crimes so much in the news it's felicitous that London barrister Felicity Gerry has, for the time being, fetched-up in Darwin ... The co-author of The Sexual Offences Handbook has some thoughts about the McClellan Royal Commission, and what makes for an effective hangover cure 

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    Sunday
    Jan062013

    The Waterlow killings 

    Tom Kelly reviews The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy by Canberra lawyer Pamela Burton ... Falling through the cracks ... Anthony Waterlow and the fatal stabbing of his father and sister 

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    Tuesday
    Dec182012

    Halliday's 15,000 bottles

    Holiday reading for the wine lover (and drinker) ... Wine correspondent G.D. Wendler gets his nose into James Halliday's autobiography A Life in Wine ... A great journey from Clayton Utz to viticultirist, vigneron and vintner 

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    Wednesday
    Dec052012

    Cameron tells editors - "the clock is ticking"

    Tuesday
    Dec042012

    Deputy PM supports Leveson

    Sunday
    Dec022012

    Leveson outlines his key findings

    Thursday
    Nov292012

    Learn to speak like Robert Jay QC