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    Thursday
    Oct182018

    The Prothonotary pounces

    • DateThursday, October 18, 2018

    Former politician struck off after applying for a ticket ... Plundering the funds of the Health Services Union to pay for hookers and campaign expenses ... Prolonged dishonesty for personal gain ... Character remains unreformed ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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    Sunday
    Oct142018

    Penfold's Reserve Bin

    • DateSunday, October 14, 2018

    Drowsy procrastination in full swing ... Lakeside litigation ... Family court effusions ... No sizzling sausages for family judges ... Carmody the Coalition's dream sentencer ... Longer terms for stale judges ... Goings On with Theodora 

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    Thursday
    Oct112018

    Tales from Taswegia

    • DateThursday, October 11, 2018

    UPDATE ... Dutton's Tasmanian love child ... Slow wind-up ... Sentencing squabble: judges are sitting too close for the comfort of the convicted ... The forgotten prisoner ... The Devil's latest musings from The Map 

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    Thursday
    Oct112018

    An illegitimate SCOTUS

    • DateThursday, October 11, 2018

    The US Supreme Court has been bought ... Long campaign to stack the court with judges favourable to corporate interests ... Huge lobbying and spending to secure Kavanaugh's confirmation ... Guns, God and presidential power ... The mid-terms and intensified voter purging ... From Our Man in Washington, Roger Fitch 

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    Monday
    Oct082018

    Terrifying news - nothing's happening

    • DateMonday, October 8, 2018

    Police and their terrorism powers - not much to report ... Inspector Bruce looks at the Top End's secret corruption ... Discriminating amendments ... The bench gets slow backup for "historic" sentencing reforms ... Standoff over appointment to the Children's Court ... Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street 

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    Thursday
    Oct042018

    Man of property bids adieu to the jam roll

    • DateThursday, October 4, 2018

    Failure to pay tax, and employees super ... Borrowing heavily from his mother ... Lacking evidence to support bi-polar claim ... Extravagant lifestyle ... Generous payments for children and former wife ... Jennifer Cooke reports 

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    Tuesday
    Oct022018

    Two Aunties

    • DateTuesday, October 2, 2018

    The long history of ABC dramas and threats to the public broadcaster's independence ... Churchill led the way with attacks on the Beeb ... Litigation that reinforced independence ... The buffeting will never stop ... Procrustes tunes in 

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    Thursday
    Sep272018

    A tribute to Homer Simpson

    • DateThursday, September 27, 2018

    Homer mysteriously appears in consent orders ... A long way from Springfield ... Country solicitor turns on client with complaint to judge, asking for a reconsideration of the orders granted ... Client's interest ... Confidentiality ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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    Tuesday
    Sep252018

    Depression dispatches

    • DateTuesday, September 25, 2018

    Solicitors losing their grip ... Mental health and legal practice ... No adequate explanations offered to the stipes ... Judges under siege ... Where mental health prevents a lawyer dealing with professional complaints ... Ticket suspended ... Jennifer Cooke reports from the Bureau de Spank 

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