Janet Albrechtsen

Janet Albrechtsen is an opinion columnist with The Australian. She has worked as a solicitor in commercial law, and attained a Doctorate of Juridical Studies from the University of Sydney. She has written for numerous other publications including the Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Age, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Believe it or not, evidence and juries do matter to a fair trial

Current and former jurors deserve a right of reply to Lucy McCallum’s concerns that jurors find it so hard to believe a sexual assault allegation.

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The dangers of confecting a workplace rape crisis

We need to maintain high bars for serious misconduct – for the sake of women and men.

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NJCA Council Chair, Chief Justice Lucy McCallum

Did Chief Justice really tell jurors to ‘believe all women’?

Did Lucy McCallum make these remarks because, deep down, she’d rather be an activist than a judge? This is a battle about fundamental legal principles that go to the core of our criminal justice system.

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This hyper-emoting is funny. But the serious side is we will all benefit if the left – including cheer squads in the media – lifts its game and its gaze.

MAGA’s doomsday haters need to get a grip

To help terrified progressive adults get through Trump’s inauguration, may I suggest purchasing a small sign that says: ‘Dry your eyes, Princess’.

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TOPSHOT - US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Fed-up voters say ‘no thanks’ to the ultimate DEI hire

Most people don’t need another Donald Trump victory to realise that the ‘progressive’ left has gone too far in its modern-day project to mould society to suit its personal cultural cravings. But it can’t hurt.

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Democrats pack a risk to Supreme Court’s integrity

Donald Trump is often described as a threat to democracy. His behaviour after the 2020 election was despicable. But only dills would claim democracy is automatically safe in the hands of Kamala Harris.

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CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. June 24, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen announce Former Treasurer of New South Wales Matt KeanÃ¢â¬â¢s appointment to the Climate Authority at press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Upgrade Albo’ stumbles over heavy political baggage

It’s high time we got to the bottom of the Prime Minister’s relationship with Alan Joyce.

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(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 10, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris participating in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. The two candidates for US president offer starkly different visions of the world, with November's election carrying the potential to dramatically change policy toward Ukraine and other partners. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

In the end, democracy demands our leaders lose well and take defeat on the chin

When it comes to losing, what matters most is not how the losing presidential candidate deals with defeat. More important is that those who voted for the losing candidate accept the result.

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TOPSHOT - A protestor is seen outside of the US Supreme Court on the first day of a new term in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2024. The US Supreme Court returns from its summer recess on Monday with regulation of "ghost guns" -- firearms made from kits -- and medical care for transgender youth on a docket that risks being gate-crashed in the event of a contested presidential election. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

The legal profession’s giant lurch to the left

The collective Yes position on the voice was the tip of the legal profession’s politically ‘progressive’ iceberg.

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Joshua Brown leads the smoking ceremony at the official opening of new mental health facility in Pechey Street, Toowoomba Clinic which will take first clients in mid September.

Workplace ‘re-education camps’ speak to culture of weakness

Re-education camps are all the rage. The ABC is re-educating its staff about racism. It’s not clear from its recent racism review what it means by racism.

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