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Tuesday
Dec102024

The relevant minister

• DateTuesday, December 10, 2024

Attorney General wanted INSLM report to be "clarified" ... Sheeting the blame ... Alleged ambiguity as to which minister was responsible for hiding evidence ... Political sensitivities ... Change of personnel responsible for monitoring national security laws ... Polly Peck reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Separation of powers get Mugga Muggered

, • DateThursday, September 14, 2023

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn't apply in his toy town kingdom ... Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap ... High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory ... Polly Peck reports 

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Friday
Apr142023

Blowing cobwebs out of the AG's department

• DateFriday, April 14, 2023

Attorney General Dreyfus' recent agenda ... Busy bee ... Consultations ... Roundtables ... Reviews .. Reforms ... Legislation ... The Voice ... Appointments ... Speeches ... Polly Peck tallies the score 

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Wednesday
Apr122023

Leeser's miserable Voice

• DateWednesday, April 12, 2023

Weasels of the Liberal Party ... His Master's Voice ... Leeser's Lesser Voice ... Moderates in a pickle ... Spoiled for choice ... Furphies and figments ... Polly Peck reports 

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Thursday
Feb092023

Complaints department

, • DateThursday, February 9, 2023

Fallout from the Brittany Higgins allegations and the derailed rape trial ... A storm of defamation actions ... Former alleged rapist and former minister want more court action ... Pipelines to the press ... Federal Court opens the suppression portal ... Threats, complaints and investigations ... Theodora reports 

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Sunday
Oct232022

Marijuana mañana

• DateSunday, October 23, 2022

The ins and outs of cannabis legalisation ... Proposals from Greens senator David Shoebridge ... Constitutional possibilities ... Forget the states ... Let the Commonwealth light-up ... External affairs ... Patents ... Referral powers ... Max Shanahan takes a puff 

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Wednesday
Oct052022

Exceptional circumstances

, • DateWednesday, October 5, 2022

Where's the sunshine? ... Citizens want to see their crooks in the stocks ... Coalition demands further constraints on public hearings ... The hurdle is already unnecessarily high ... What reputational damage? ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Wednesday
Aug242022

Dreyfus' affairs

• DateWednesday, August 24, 2022

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus and his agenda ... Massive reform agenda after years of neglect and paralysis ... Overtones of Lionel Murphy's busy era as AG ... National security ...Whistleblowers ... Human rights ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Thursday
Jul072022

De Pfeffel fluffs it

• DateThursday, July 7, 2022

Bye-Bye Boris ... What took you so long ... The end of the show for a show pony ... The Queen faced with the Lascelles principles ... Election not an option ... Curious position for the Attorney General ... Janek Drevikovsky reports from a chaotic Blighty 

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