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Letter from London ... Brits obsession with the Royals ... Staffers in the frame for attempted theft of Princess Kate's medical records ... Bitcoin liberated from false claims by Satoshi Nakamoto ... Struck off for inflated time records ... Rwanda - plain sailing ahead ... From our correspondent in Blighty, Floyd Alexander-Hunt ... Read more ... 

"A Legal Braveheart who is a defender of the rule of law. Sofronoff had the courage to expose legal misadventure of the sort that must never be condoned. He deserves the nation's gratitude."

Rule of Law Institute plugging a forthcoming lecture by Walter Sofronoff with a quote from an editorial in The Australian. April 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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Entries in Corruption (2)

Wednesday
Sep232020

Witch Hunt

Questioning a dodgy invoice ... Corruption unravelled at the heart of Norwegian politics, law and the media ... Miss Lumière watches and reviews the eight part SBS series Heksejakt (Witch Hunt) ... Inspired by events in the real world ... Whistleblowing at its most courageous

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Monday
Apr242017

Benito Dutton's pants on fire

April 18 to April 24 ... Experts poke holes in Turnbull's vacuous 457 visa reform ... Queensland's corruption watchdog investigates money from the Fadden Forum ... Dutton undeterred by fresh evidence on Manus Island shooting ... Chevron faces $340 million tax bill following Federal Court ruling ... Week@TheKnees with Sohini Mehta 

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