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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"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." 

President Trump, asked by a reporter at the White House how he was holding up personally after the loss of his friend Charlie Kirk ... September 11, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Schmoozing and betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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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 >> 

 

 

 

Wednesday
Aug022023

Ashes wrap

• DateWednesday, August 2, 2023

Appeal pending ... England deems the weather produced an "unjust" result ... Moral Victory v Facts ... Selection for the court of cricketing complaints ... Various judicial notables eligible to serve ... Cricket correspondent Wallace Grout reports  

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Tuesday
Aug012023

Suzie Miller

• DateTuesday, August 1, 2023

A writer on fire ... New plays, TV series, films and a novel ... The lawyer turned playwright ... The importance of Prima Facie ... Sexual assault trials ... Violence in the prison system ... The sport of arguing ... On the Couch with Suzie Miller 

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Tuesday
Aug012023

When No means Yes

• DateTuesday, August 1, 2023

Fit and proper ... Ticking the wrong box in practising certificate applications ... It can happen to anyone ... Concealing findings of public service misconduct ... Helping consultants latch onto the public purse ... Corruption report ... NT Law Society protecting the patch ... Ariana Haghighi reports 

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Tuesday
Aug012023

The common law needs a backbone

• DateTuesday, August 1, 2023

Out, not out ... Broad strokes ... Limits of the common law when it comes to trust in government ... Robodebt shows how ... Cases reveal the futility of the law ... Weakness of the judicial branch in setting standards for the State ... Procrustes on a mission 

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Tuesday
Jul252023

AI. Oi, Oi, Oi

• DateTuesday, July 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence as a transaction monitoring tool ... Getting to grips with the money laundromats ... The algorithm is king ... Machines are better than humans at risk identification ... What could possibly go wrong? ... Ariana Haghighi on the technological edge 

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Friday
Jul212023

Loitering on the bench

• DateFriday, July 21, 2023

Time's up ... Lengthy cogitation ... Delays at the judicial mill ... Justice Jackman birches slow coach judge Kathleen Farrell ... Delays at the AAT ... Old laggards from WA Supremes ... Favourites and new entrants to the club ... Theodora reports 

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Wednesday
Jul192023

Tassie Tiger's Last Stand

• DateWednesday, July 19, 2023

Peter Lyons RIP ... Leverhulme's trackside send-off ... "Advokkacy forever" ... York as Shangri La ... Racehorses ... Training lawyers ... Poetry ... A huge fan club at the parade ring... Funeral notes from Simon (Capability) Brown KC 

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Monday
Jul172023

How to Kill a Client

• DateMonday, July 17, 2023

Big Law ... Murder, money and misogyny ... Dealing with an unspeakable client ... Too much testosterone ... Crime thriller from Joanna Jenkins - someone who knows where the bodies are buried ... Book review from Anna Kretowicz  

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Tuesday
Jul112023

The infallibility of SCOTUS

• DateTuesday, July 11, 2023

US Supreme Court makes it up as it goes along ... Contrived cases to fit a reactionary agenda ... Plaintiffs with no standing ... Further indulgence for religious discrimination ... Under-equipped judges on a rampage ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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