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      18 months after her appointment Mortimer CJ has delivered a speech, other that farewells and welcomes ... Reflections on the Concept of "Open Justice"
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The ACT Bar Association concerned about comments from Lucy McCallum CJ ... Is there a perception that the culture wars are swaying juries in sexual assault cases? ... Stop hypothesising about why complainants may not be believed ... Juries never get it wrong ... And other amazements ... More >> 

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Major Gen. Paul Brereton, Commissioner of the National Corruption Concealment Commission, defending his secretive and snail paced agenda ... Speaking in Adelaide at a Public Sector Governance Forum ... November 15, 2024  ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Jul192022

Unstitching over-wrought terror laws

• DateTuesday, July 19, 2022

Deficiencies of heavy-handed anti-terror laws ... Police mismanagement and failure to comply ... Covert search warrants ... Preventative detention orders ... Major shake up for continuing detention orders ... Citizenship stripping laws get scrambled ... Max Shanahan dives into the quagmire  

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