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Pressing matters ... The media edition … Press gangs of Sydney … Turmoil in the newsrooms … Commercial newspapers and TV on their last legs … Moloch's people infiltrating everywhere … Medals for prize journalists … Streaming services – the new snails on the block ... Read on ... 

Lehrmann v Network Ten ... Judgment for sale ... Justice Lee's reasons in paperback ... More >>

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Online incitements ... Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees ... Policing and prosecution policies ... Fast and furious processing of offenders ... Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges ... Increased policing of speech on tech platforms ... Hugh Vuillier reports from London ... Read more >> 

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Justinian's Bloggers

Postcard from London ... Watching Starmer mince the sausages ... How to move a file from the inactive list ... Court's failed email notification system ...Sleep monitors want to measure the extent of lawyers' restfulness ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reporting from London ... Read more >> 

"As I found in my time in parliament, uniquely among the parties, it is only Liberals who defend the rights of their enemies.

George (Bookshelves) Brandis, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, October 7, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


Justinian Featurettes

Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ... 


Justinian's archive

Regrets ... The then Media Watch host and one of the country's most magnificent silks birched in the High Court for not sticking to the rules ... Scratchy Stu ... From Justinian's Archive, May 1997 ... Read more ... 


 

 

Justinian featurettes

There's another world beyond law and lawyering ... and here you can find it: reviews, wine notes, interviews, and unpacking the human condition.  

Critics' Corner: reviews of books, films and TV by Worm, I. Box and Miss Lumière.
Déjà Vu: marvellous slices of history from Justinian's bulging archive.
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. 
Wendler on Wine: spectacular wine reviews, gargling and spitting from barrister Gabriel Wendler.  


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Entries in Streaming (4)

Thursday
Jul292021

Chile by night

In the basement with Pinochet's fascist government agents ... Torture and executions ... CIA concerned when the regime's murders moved to Rome and Washington ... United States pulling the strings ... Miss Lumière reviews Mary & Mike 

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Thursday
Jan142021

Murder at sea

Underwater slaughter of a journalist ... The struggle to get a murder conviction ... Danish police methodically unravel the case ... Dogs sniffing the waves ... Miss Lumière reviews The Investigation 

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Tuesday
Dec152020

Not him too ...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the alleged rape in New York's Sofitel ... Victim monstered by lawyers ... Elaborate conspiracy theories ... The same old story ... Director General of the IMF blows-up a beautiful political future ... Miss Lumière on a peculiar French penchant 

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Wednesday
Sep232020

Witch Hunt

Questioning a dodgy invoice ... Corruption unravelled at the heart of Norwegian politics, law and the media ... Miss Lumière watches and reviews the eight part SBS series Heksejakt (Witch Hunt) ... Inspired by events in the real world ... Whistleblowing at its most courageous

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