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"I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years, and it's going to be a beauty. It'll be an absolutely magnificent structure. And I just see all the trucks. We just started so it'll get done very nicely and it'll be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually. Thank you very much." 

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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 >> 

 

 

Monday
Nov182024

In a Corner 

• DateMonday, November 18, 2024

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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Friday
Nov152024

Between a Rock Chopper and a Hard Place

• DateFriday, November 15, 2024

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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Friday
Nov152024

Don't mention it 

• DateFriday, November 15, 2024

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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Wednesday
Nov132024

Judicial Shockers

• DateWednesday, November 13, 2024

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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Friday
Nov082024

It's Hitlerish

• DateFriday, November 8, 2024

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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Thursday
Nov072024

Stockpiling debts to donors

• DateThursday, November 7, 2024

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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Wednesday
Nov062024

Huis clos

• DateWednesday, November 6, 2024

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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Wednesday
Nov062024

London Calling

• DateWednesday, November 6, 2024

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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Thursday
Oct312024

In due course

• DateThursday, October 31, 2024

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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