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Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon has published a book on the law of contract.

I was among this disgraced judge’s victims. Attempts to honour him are an insult

The former High Court judge Dyson Heydon is being rehabilitated in some parts of the legal profession. It’s galling.

  • Rachael Patterson Collins

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Former CFMEU Queensland secretary Michael Ravbar led the move against the government’s intervention into the union.

CFMEU purge looms after former bosses’ court defeat

The construction union’s administrator is preparing to remove officials accused of violence, underworld links or maintaining secret ties to ousted CFMEU bosses.

  • Nick McKenzie and Olivia Ireland
Top Sydney barrister Bret Walker.

Why Australia’s top barrister is working for the Russians

Bret Walker SC is leading Moscow’s legal challenge against the Albanese government over the fate of its Canberra Embassy.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Eddie Obeid (left), Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid (right).

High Court to hear Obeid, Macdonald appeal over coal licence convictions

The nation’s highest court will examine the convictions of NSW Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and his former ministerial ally, Ian Macdonald.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Rob Stary, pictured in 2015, has joined Barns and others in advising the students.

‘Sucker for a good cause’: Melbourne legal legends sign up for Palestinian student activists

Two students expelled from the University of Melbourne over their pro-Palestine protests were given 30 days to appeal. Their plight has already attracted some legal heavyweights.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy celebrating Saudi National Flag Day.

Ex-Lib MP living his best life and flying the flag in Saudi Arabia

Wyatt Roy’s new Saudi job has placed him at the centre of the geopolitical universe, including in the room when Donald Trump was in Riyadh at an investment forum this week.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘Looks and smells like a tax’: Dutton’s gas plan flagged as unconstitutional

Dutton’s Australian gas scheme could spark a High Court battle with fossil fuel giants and legal experts warn the policy appears discriminatory.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Finding supporters among judges and lawyers: former High Court judge Dyson Heydon.

A kick in the guts for women: The legal profession’s re-embrace of a disgraced judge

What message does it send when judges and lawyers lionise former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, who was found to have sexually harassed a number of associates and who drove women from the profession?

  • Gabrielle Appleby
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

This referendum folly is as mad an idea as I have heard in years. Dutton must rule it out

The last thing Australians want is the distraction of yet another ideologically inspired constitutional referendum.

  • George Brandis
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Melbourne earlier on Monday.

Dutton wants referendum on giving politicians ability to deport dual citizens

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and his senior MPs have held high-level talks about a referendum on powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals who commit serious crimes.

  • Paul Sakkal

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