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Friday
May022014

Bean counters bonanza 

• DateFriday, May 2, 2014

National Commission of Audit ... Two outstanding recommendations ... Merge the Federal Courts ... Flog off the AGS 

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Tuesday
Apr222014

Hazzard ahead

• DateTuesday, April 22, 2014

Baird reshuffle sees Liberal Party bovver boy as the NSW attorney general ... Brad Hazzard is a battle hardened survivor of the Bearbit ... Greg Smith fell out with his Catholic right wing faction over mandatory sentencing ... Alex Mitchell reports from Macquarie Street ... Plus, the case of the kindly solicitor and the lonely widow 

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Oct142013

Soapy Watch 

• DateMonday, October 14, 2013

New AG to protect judges from free speech attacks ... Silence on announcements should not detract from exciting policy initiatives ... Polly Peck reports 

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Tuesday
Aug272013

Polly wolly doodle all the day

• DateTuesday, August 27, 2013

Lib-Lab ... Your nutshell guide to law and justice policies ... Dreyfus and Brandis hammer and tongs at the "great legal debate" ... Snoresville with flourishes 

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