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Know one, purl one ... Iron Lady of legal rectitude endorses Gageler ... The chief justice wants judges on the straight and narrow ... The cardboard cutout model of legislative supremacy ... The evils of judicial activism ... Procrustes on the dance floor with the Legislative-Judicial Foxtrot ... Read more >> 

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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 >> 

 

 

 

Monday
Jun172024

It's too late for the thylacine

• DateMonday, June 17, 2024

Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? 

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Thursday
Jun132024

Investigative journalism

• DateThursday, June 13, 2024

Feature ... A journalist's connection with the Plutus fraud ... A patsy or a willing participant in blackmail ... Dark arts ... The outer edges of journalism ... Criminal costs application rejected ... Inferences from the AFP intercepts ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Tuesday
Jun112024

Blow delivered to Lonewolf magistrate

• DateTuesday, June 11, 2024

Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court ... Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias ... Memories of Judge Sal ... Courtside at The Map ... Errol Quoll reporting 

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Wednesday
Jun052024

Taking out the trash

• DateWednesday, June 5, 2024

Migration ... New directions for Direction 99 ... Procrustes scrutinises the migration "debate" ... Twaddle from the Coalition and News Corp ... Duration of ties to Australia ... Consideration of the best interests of small children ... Preference given to home grown criminal class 

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Tuesday
Jun042024

Pecker problems

• DateTuesday, June 4, 2024

Trump minting coin from his felony convictions ... Toadies in the bleachers ... Justice Alito flagging his proclivities ... SCOTUS corrupted ... Rule of lawlessness ... More horrible judicial distortions in the pipeline ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Thursday
May302024

Courtroom capers

, • DateThursday, May 30, 2024

Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports 

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Wednesday
May292024

Letter from Blighty

• DateWednesday, May 29, 2024

Rishi rushing to the polls ... Gen Z sent to the trenches ... Tongue tied law firm receptionist ... Putting you through to the wrong person ...Young solicitors told they had not qualified ... Exam fiasco ... Trying to catch the Septics pay packets ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from London 

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Wednesday
May292024

Not innocent

• DateWednesday, May 29, 2024

Sexual assault of children ... He probably did it ... But not guilty on all counts ... District Court judge unable to reach the requisite standard ... Unhappy complainants ... Cementing the reluctance to complain ... Trial judges and the prosecution wars ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
May282024

More bling for the boys

• DateTuesday, May 28, 2024

Hobart's KC lobby beating the drum ... Pitching to government knuckle-draggers ... Fresh campaign ... Same stuff ... More surveys ... A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes ... News from The Map 

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