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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 >> 

 

 

Tuesday
Nov132018

Race based vote gutting

• DateTuesday, November 13, 2018

Post mid-terms ... Trump toady takes over as AG ... Voter suppression in overdrive ... Racial tone to election rigging ... Roberts court heads off the "danger" of non-white voting ... Trump's election stunts ... From Roger Fitch ... Our Man in Washington 

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Monday
Nov122018

The grovel that dare not speak its name

• DateMonday, November 12, 2018

Going beyond the call of duty for the Obeids ... Prominent barrister birched by the bar council over conduct during the Obeids' action against ICAC ... Lack of contrition ... Tight lipped apology ... Operation Jasper and coal exploration corruption 

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Monday
Nov052018

Murder most foul

• DateMonday, November 5, 2018

Kathleen Folbigg ... Keli Lane ... Tim Anderson ... Gordon Wood ... Convictions and quashes ... Prisoners walk free ... Speculations and winning ways ... The line that is crossed ... Where is the line? ... Prosecutorial controversies ... A special report 

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Monday
Nov052018

Law of the tribe

• DateMonday, November 5, 2018

Former USyd law dean champions Indigenous law degree in Canada ... Juris indigenarum doctor ... Building trust over time ... Australian law schools yet to embrace the opportunity ... Asking tough questions about Indigenous legal orders ... Corporate support ... Nick Bonyhady talks with Jeremy Webber  

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Wednesday
Oct312018

Encryption legislation is "fatally flawed" 

• DateWednesday, October 31, 2018

The government's proposed law to unscramble encrypted communications ... Threats to citizens and to journalism ... Confidential sources placed at greater risk of exposure ... A new invasion of privacy amid an abundance of government intrusions ... Cybersecurity threatened ... Criticism from UN privacy rapporteur ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Monday
Oct292018

Letters to the beak

• DateMonday, October 29, 2018

VicAppeals speaks ... Solicitor wrote letters to a magistrate while case was on foot ... Failure to notify the other side ... Professional misconduct ... Lengthy career as a lawyer ... Clear contravention of professional rules ... Lack of insight ... Whacked with a wet lettuce leaf ... Louise Hall reports

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Tuesday
Oct232018

The bone-saw massacre

• DateTuesday, October 23, 2018

US arms sales to the Saudis get in the way of digging too deeply into the death of Jamal Khashoggi ... A journalist fighting a man with a bone-saw ... Something unfortunate is bound to happen ... The Trump Doctrine on international disorder ... Jolly John Kerr's correspondence with The Queen ... Back in court on November 28 ... Procrustes roams the waterfront 

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Friday
Oct192018

Cat & Co strike again

• DateFriday, October 19, 2018

Fledgling commercial law newswire hits the inboxes ... Former editors of Law360 in the US set-up shop in Melbourne ... Rough end to the New York experience amid staff decision to unionise over allegations of "mercurial management style " and crushing workloads ... Decision to let Lawyerly "speak for itself" 

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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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