In a Corner

The Benbrika case ... Dutton's departmental wallahs hide evidence ... Where's Alan Robertson's report? ... Brereton's conflict ... Major General goes into PR overdrive ... Justin Gleeson rusticated ... Corruption Concealment Commission ... Theodora reports 

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Between a Rock Chopper and a Hard Place

Church abuse survivor given the Bird ... High Court and the "agency" of Catholic priests ... No liability for predatory clerics ... How did we get to this? ... What would Peter McClellan think? ... Procrustes on the latest loophole for the church 

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Don't mention it

Conferenceville with Justice Lee ... A speech for all occasions ... Mortimer CJ wants a tight rein on the "juicy" stuff ... Lee changes gear at the 11th hour ... Medals for approved reptiles of the press ... Open justice oration gets closed ... From our Media Affairs Roundsperson 

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Judicial Shockers

Latest from the trouble prone Queensland branch of the Federales ... Administrative law upsets ... Sandy Street overturned ... On the level in Canberra ... Missing aged care accountant ... Law shop managing director skewered ... Ginger Snatch reports from courtrooms around the nation 

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It's Hitlerish

Reelection of a charlatan ... Republicans take popular vote for the first time in 20 years ... Amnesia ... Trashing a democracy ... Trump and his team of troubled men ... Mainstream media wilts in the eye of the storm ... Depravity, greed and revenge are the new normal ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Stockpiling debts to donors

Corruption and all that ... Buying politicians on the cheap ... What's the quid pro quo ... The absurdities of Bridget McKenzie ... Remembering Alastair McAlpine ... School cadets - Paul Brereton and Kathryn Campbell ... Inspector lifts the skirts ... Procrustes on the beat 

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Huis clos

Public glare on rape trial in France ... Survivor demands the proceedings be open ... The spectacle of misery ... Unsettling details ... Traumatising complainants ... The case of Gisèle Pelicot ... Hugh Vuillier reports 

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London Calling

Vitamin D deficiency ... Anti-vax solicitor birched for "friendly warning" to schools ... Budget measures hit private school fee payers and their personal jets ... Robing room "humour" ... Equality and sensitivity training missing in action ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty 

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In due course

A toxic relationship ... A judge prone to boiling over ... Waxing ... Failure to get a grip on child-like temperament ... Pants on fire ... Some of the granular details ... Ginger Snatch reporting 

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