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'Dishonest and delusional': Dowling's narrow parliamentary escape

'Dishonest and delusional': Dowling's narrow parliamentary escape

Mark Latham’s bid for an independent inquiry into NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling was defeated 19–14. But the allegations aired...

25.09.2026 20

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Keating by Biggins: a rollicking ride and some solemn reflection

Keating by Biggins: a rollicking ride and some solemn reflection

Jonathan Biggins brings Paul Keating’s famous wit to the stage in The Gospel According To Paul, but beneath the laughs lies a moving portrait of...

21.09.2026 30

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Turning Crown evidence – a different twist

Documents obtained under freedom of information raise questions about how senior NSW prosecutors came to publicly support DPP Sally Dowling, after...

10.09.2026 30

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The lessons of Long Tan

Sixty years after the Battle of Long Tan, a simple Canberra commemoration offered a more thoughtful kind of remembrance – one that honours the dead...

23.08.2026 30

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ACT Attorney shows federal Labor how to resist a political pile-on

13.08.2026 30

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Prosecutors' improper political push for a personal purpose

A collective show of support for NSW DPP Sally Dowling has raised questions about whether senior prosecutors used the authority of public office for a...

11.08.2026 30

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Concentrated power crushing freedom of expression in Cambodia

What an edition of a Siam Reap newspaper reveals about law and politics in Cambodia and constraints on freedom of speech. Fellow Pearls correspondent...

19.07.2026 40

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Those who endure and a question of priorities

Encounters with two Vietnamese men shaped by war raise an uncomfortable question for Australia’s older, wealthier generation: what are our...

14.07.2026 30

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Hailing Australia's under-appreciated life-saving heroes

Desmond Manderson’s High Time – How Australia changed its mind about illegal drugs, is a social history of Australia’s drug policy and a...

05.06.2026 60

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Lady Justice: the scales, the blindfold and .... the social media post

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions’ increasingly emotive and promotional social media presence raises broader questions about whether...

20.05.2026 40

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Shock, horror! An effective parliament in our time?

An ACT Legislative Assembly committee has strengthened proposed sentencing laws by listening to expert evidence and improving the legislation. We’re...

17.04.2026 40

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The wisdom of David Solomon (plus priceless insights, grace and humour)

David Solomon’s ‘Footnotes’ reveals the stories behind Australian politics and journalism – including the moments that never made it into...

21.03.2026 60

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ACT justice system on the brink from chronic underfunding

The ACT is facing a triple-play of financial squeezes that could threaten the efficient operation of its criminal-justice system before the financial...

21.03.2026 70

Canberra Times

Andrew Fraser

ACT justice system on the brink from chronic underfunding

Legal Aid, prosecutors and the courts are all under pressure, raising concerns about fairness, workload and the effective operation of the ACT justice...

18.03.2026 60

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Could old rivalries spur Albanese to act on human rights?

Kevin Rudd had the groundwork, the evidence and the political moment for a Human Rights Act – and still walked away. Anthony Albanese now has the...

22.02.2026 40

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Who will prosecute Geoffrey Robertson's peerless plan for peace?

In his new book Geoffrey Robertson argues the UN Security Council can no longer defend democracy and proposes a new alliance of democratic states. The...

14.02.2026 60

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Human rights: could Menzies help Albanese see the light?

21.01.2026 50

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Best of 2025 - Words or action? Dreyfus and human rights at home

18.01.2026 60

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Best of 2025 - Axed AG tells how Labor really changes the Constitution

17.01.2026 50

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"Go ahead – make my book list": slings and arrows, and Eastwood

16.01.2026 50

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Best of 2025 - 'We don't do that in this country': judge slams DPP

14.01.2026 50

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Best of 2025 - Courts brace for next wave of 'sovereign citizens'

06.01.2026 40

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Best of 2025 - Malign AI could change Australian election results, says judge

04.01.2026 50

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Font of all knowledge? Of Rubio, Rupert and playing to type

15.12.2025 40

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Federal Court dispatches Sofronoff empty-handed

12.12.2025 40

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Judge says law still failing to see "deeper truth" of dispossession

10.12.2025 30

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Words or action? Dreyfus and human rights at home

04.12.2025 30

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Brave ACT shows restorative justice for sex offenders can work

02.12.2025 30

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Axed AG tells how Labor really changes the Constitution

24.11.2025 40

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This Russian victory really is one for the little guy

14.11.2025 40

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'We don't do that in this country': judge slams DPP

06.11.2025 30

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The evidence that sinks claims of budget crisis drowning justice system

23.10.2025 30

Canberra Times

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DPP speaks out – budget crisis, blackmail or a balking of duty?

17.10.2025 30

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Courts brace for next wave of 'sovereign citizens'

09.09.2025 40

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Malign AI could change Australian election results, says judge

26.08.2025 40

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Self-interest will defeat the whole point of roundtable

15.08.2025 30

The Australian

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The Russians’ lost plot: will they find serenity or are they dreaming?

09.08.2025 30

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