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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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Wednesday
Nov092016

Solicitor General - position vacant

• DateWednesday, November 9, 2016

George Brandis' house of horrors ... Loopholes on display at Supreme Court ... Roddy Meagher's old floral shirt for sale ... Wither Vixit ... Fusion of privacy and information functions ... Bursting into song at the Federal Court 

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Monday
Nov072016

Greenway: forging ahead

• DateMonday, November 7, 2016

Sydney's newest chambers with bold ambitions ... Generous open spaces ... Seeking engagement with the wider world ... Feature laden fit-out ... Francis Greenway - an inspiration and a cautionary example 

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Saturday
Nov052016

Don't mention it

• DateSaturday, November 5, 2016

Barrister wants his name and critical paragraphs removed from FCC judgment ... Donors' Day ... Application for suppression of the juicy bits ... Sperm donor parenting dispute ... Naaman Zhou reports 

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Friday
Oct282016

Octopuses on the loose

• DateFriday, October 28, 2016

High levels of groping and sexual harassment in the legal caper ... Female lawyers speak out in public about their experiences ... "Go to my chambers, take off your clothes and wait for me" ... Protected species ... Clarence Thomas ... SA District Court judge ... Randy law firm seniors ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Thursday
Oct272016

Philip Selth

• DateThursday, October 27, 2016

The retiring Philip Selth ... Long haul boss of the NSW bar bows out to write biographies and history ... Former bureaucrat who knows where a lot of bodies are buried ... He's fidgety but has succumbed to the couch 

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Wednesday
Oct262016

Panel beating

• DateWednesday, October 26, 2016

Tony Mason, Bob Ellicott, Gavan Griffith, David Bennett and Stephen Gageler shoot the breeze with Assoc Prof Gabrielle Appleby ... Life in the solicitor general lane ... Coping with mad attorneys general ... Odds on favourites to replace Justin Gleeson  

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Monday
Oct242016

Wot's going on?

• DateMonday, October 24, 2016

Theresa May on Boris Johnson ... IPSO rules on headscarf journalism ... Exploding child sex inquiry ... Tory paedo scares ... Leverhulme's London Calling 

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Friday
Oct212016

Judges behaving badly

• DateFriday, October 21, 2016

Global round-up of judicial misbehaviour ... The USA, Canada, Nigeria, UK and Brazil ... Judges indicted, expelled and sent to the star chamber ... Money, sex and stupidity the main cause of judicial ruin ... Justin Pen reports 

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Wednesday
Oct192016

The Misleader-General

• DateWednesday, October 19, 2016

Brandis trying to remember whether he got a fee discount from his AAT selection ... Grim reaper sweeps up George Masterman and former forensic medicine man ... Tickets for Sydney Grill Room elections ... Can former judges still be QCs? ... Proper finery for attendees at Melbourne jamboree ... And for High Court judges 

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