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Appeasement ... Craven backdowns galore … Creative Australia – how to avoid “divisive debates” … Grovels and concealments follow the “Undercover Jew” fiasco … Suppression orders protecting Lattouf terminators … No waves at the Yarts Ministry … Preselection jeopardy for pro-Palestinian pollie … Justice Lee dabbles in “sentient citizenship” … Semites and antisemitism ... Read on ... 

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London Calling ... Law n Order in Blighty ... King invites the King for State visit ... Grovels aplenty ... Magistrate over does the "send him down" ... Musos strike an angry chord about AI encroachment ... Law shops protect the billable hour ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files ... Read more >> 

"Creative Australia is an advocate for freedom of artistic expression and is not an adjudicator on the interpretation of art. However, the Board believes a prolonged and divisive debate about the 2026 selection outcome poses an unacceptable risk to public support for Australia's artistic community and could undermine our goal of bringing Australians together through art and creativity."

Statement from Creative Australia following its decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as the creative team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale 2026, February 13, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Pat's wobbly evidence in defamation case ... Remembering the great Pat O'Shane's defamation case against culture warrior Janet (The Planet) Albrechtsen ... Pat comes home at the trial and most of the damages on appeal ... When Fairfax defended Albrechtsen ... From Justinian's Archive, April 15, 2004 ... Read more >>

 

 

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I Once Met ... Prominent and unusual people encourtered by our readers and contributors. 
JustyFlix: our film crew covers the most glittering events on the calendar. 
On the Couch: where notable notables bear their souls. 
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Entries in Legal Aid (6)

Saturday
Oct192019

I am woman - hear me roar

• DateSaturday, October 19, 2019

At the Feminist Legal Clinic, Gudrun Willcocks meets Anna Kerr, a different kind of lawyer ... Matriarchy takes on the patriarchy ... Wages for wives would see a reduction in domestic violence ... The outsider working on the inside ... Discrimination and motherhood ... A bandaid service at the Family Court 

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Monday
May082017

News wrap

• DateMonday, May 8, 2017

May 2 to May 8 ... WTO ruling upholds Australia's laws for cancer stick plain packaging ... Triggs to receive free speech award from Liberty Victoria ... HSF settles with ex-partners who jumped ship ... Aboriginal CEO Brendan Thomas to head Legal Aid NSW ... Nauru's judiciary insufficiently independent ... Week@TheKnees with Sohini Mehta 

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Monday
May012017

Brandis reverses CLC cuts

• DateMonday, May 1, 2017

April 25 to May 1 … Brandis' backflip on CLC funding … ACT pilot justice reinvestment program ... Sophie Mirabella sues … Journalists bewildered by AFP metadata breach ... Week@theKnees with Sohini Mehta 

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Monday
Feb272017

Week in review

• DateMonday, February 27, 2017

Week@TheKnees ... February 21 to February 27 ... Brandis may have misled parliament on Bell scandal ... The Department of Bullies dooms asylum seekers' applications to failure ... Child sex offenders still receive financial assistance from the Catholic Church ... Ditch coal, Australia should export rule of law, says Warren CJ ... No culture problem at Seven West Media? ... Fair Work Commission finds not all burgers were created equal ... Compiled by Sohini Mehta 

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Friday
Jul012016

Election 2016 - law and justice

• DateFriday, July 1, 2016

National corruption commission and same sex marriage enter stage left ... Marriage plebiscite looking shaky ... Greens want a Bill of Rights and tighter gun controls ... Latest smear notes 

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Friday
Jan292016

Jane Sanders

• DateFriday, January 29, 2016

From poolside in Penang Jane Sanders pays tribute to her hairdresser ... The principal solicitor at Sydney's Shopfront youth legal centre climbs onto the couch to talk about her regrets and triumphs 

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