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Sold out ... Auction of personal effects of the late NSW Supremo Justice Robert Shallcross Hulme and Mrs Suzette Hulme ... Everything under the hammer ... Dalton figurine of the judge ... Meccano set ... Assorted bed linen ... Claytons wine ... Plastic kitchen containers ... Toby jug ... Whisky glasses ... Picture of a French advocat kissing his client ... 165 lots >>

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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 >> 

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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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The plague of amnesia ... Memory and its failures ... Remembering to forget things ... Failure to take account of remissions in sentencing ... Relevant memories of experienced and inexperience judges ... An experienced judge writes ... Justinian's Archive, November 12, 2004 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Saturday
Aug192017

All Gas and Gaiters

• DateSaturday, 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 

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Wednesday
Aug162017

Section 44 history lesson

• DateWednesday, August 16, 2017

Procrustes at the blackboard ... Age-old stoushes over MPs eligibility ... Rights and privileges from a foreign power ... What about MPs receiving douceurs from foreign powers? ... Common law up against the power of Home Affairs 

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Friday
Aug112017

Federal courts exodus

• DateFriday, 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 

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Tuesday
Aug082017

Budget pains

• DateTuesday, 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 

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Thursday
Aug032017

Not so settled 

• DateThursday, 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 

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Wednesday
Aug022017

Julian Burnside

• DateWednesday, August 2, 2017

Fast sleeper Julian Burnside is On The Couch ... His latest book is a must for all good shelves ... Watching Out: reflections on justice and injustice ... A book about a chimera ... Fresh confessions are unburdened 

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Monday
Jul312017

Much ado

• DateMonday, 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 

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Saturday
Jul292017

Republicans besieging the republic

• DateSaturday, July 29, 2017

Trumpcare - skinny repeal dies of starvation ... Pardons and impeachments ... The voter purge movement ... Ersatz war crime sees compensation for Mr Khadr ... Democrats need to get a grip ... From Our Man in Washington 

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Friday
Jul282017

Euthanasia's slippery slopes

• DateFriday, 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 

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