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‘Need, like love, is hard to measure’, says judge citing INXS

Queensland judge Bill Everson’s mused in a town planning case that “need, like love, is hard to measure”.

Michael Pelly
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When Queensland judge Bill Everson was grappling with the concept of “need”, he decided there was no one better to explain the concept than Australian music legends INXS.

In a judgment that has been widely circulated over the Christmas-New Year break, Everson turned to the 1987 hit Need You Tonight.

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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
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