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"Where are the glossy magazine spreads traversing what Reynolds and Brown went through? Where is the march for justice in support of these two brave women? Where is the apology from Gallagher and Wong? Where is the inquiry into the $2.4m of taxpayer money we now know was paid by the Department of Finance on the basis of false statements?"

Linda Reynolds is the victim here, not Brittany Higgins who was raped on Reynold's ministerial couch ... From Janet Albrechtsen, leader of the Reynolds' cheer squad ... The Australian, August 29, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Wednesday
Aug242016

Crack open the ginger beer

• DateWednesday, August 24, 2016

Paisley snail case ... Barristers get points for rewiring their cells ... Broadspectrum chair brings more than business acumen to HDY 

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Tuesday
Aug232016

Mapster protests against uniform bar rules

• DateTuesday, August 23, 2016

Prominent Malthusian up-in-arms about Tasmania adopting the uniform bar rules ... Tasmanian rules should be the national model ... Infliction of an interstate monstrosity ... "Sydney view of the legal world" ... Much to recommend Chinese criminal justice ... Push for special general meeting of the bar ... Latest from The Map 

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Monday
Aug222016

US elections: rigging the rolls

• DateMonday, August 22, 2016

Hillary and those servers ... Trump and the Russians ... Republican voter suppression laws under fire in the courts ... Mega-donors directing money downstream to Congressional candidates ... Roger Fitch examines the unrepresentative nature of America's "democracy" 

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Friday
Aug192016

Book Week

• DateFriday, August 19, 2016

The latest fiction from Ian Callinan ... The latest facts on Timbo Carmody ... The Belvedere Woman - a tragic story about snobs in Brisneyland ... Three academics tear the thin silk from Tim Carmody's alabaster shoulder in a bodice ripper about his tortured tenure as chief justice 

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Friday
Aug192016

No Fee - No Win

• DateFriday, August 19, 2016

Junior Junior's phone hasn't rung for weeks ... Cultivating the appearance of busyness ... Smoke and mirrors ... Fake briefs ... Knowledge of cheese ... The critical importance of the correct sized folder 

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Tuesday
Aug162016

Free speech heroes

• DateTuesday, August 16, 2016

Section 18C wheeled out for one more trot around the track ... "Call me short, call me fat, call me a Queenslander" ... The lunar corner of the senate chamber says offence is always taken, not given ... Not racist, just haters ... Free speech zealots and consequences for offshore "processing" ... Procrustes lets fly  

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Monday
Aug152016

Letter to a judge

• DateMonday, August 15, 2016

Juror tantrum ...  WA Court of Appeal upholds itself ... High Court in unchartered territory ... Jurors cross-examined ... Claim of coercion seen in a new light ... Examination of jury deliberations by appeal judges ... Foreman claims he was physically threatened ... Meltdown in the jury room ... Sand Groper reports 

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Thursday
Aug112016

Welcome to the 2016 silk season

• DateThursday, August 11, 2016

NSW Bar ... 101 applicants for silk in 2016 ... As many as 12 are women ... Full list for inspection ... Scoop ... Scoop ... Scoop ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Thursday
Aug112016

The life, loves, triumphs and disappointments of Tom Hughes 

• DateThursday, August 11, 2016

Choice cuts from Ian Hancock's biography of Tom Hughes, A Cab on the Rank ... A painful move from 11 Selborne ... Skyrocketing fees ... Great cases ... Lionel Murphy - "not an easy client" ... Diary observations of judges, barristers and bar etiquette  

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