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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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Janet Albrechten - On her walk in British Columbia, Canada.

My own cautionary tale about society’s overregulation

I got lost in the forests of mountainous British Columbia. Those who jump to conclusions will put it down to me ignoring a sign that said ‘Summer Boundary Ends Here’. But there’s a twist.

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MAROON MOMENT Barristers at the valedictory ceremony at QEII Courts of Law for the retirement of The Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes AC., Friday, March 18, 2022 - Picture: Richard Walker

Indigenous jury plan an insult to justice

Should a jury be stacked to represent racial groups, women, and the indigent – but not the disabled, the sick or the neurologically diverse? Who chooses? Should some groups not be represented, and if so, why?

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Macpherson’s wellness nonsense is simply sickening

Elle Macpherson is entitled to make any choice she likes when it comes to her body. But what makes her foray into the media so vulgar is that her revelations are about making money – and putting lives at risk.

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From left to right: Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia; Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission; and Jim Chalmers, Treasurer of Australia

Bullock and Wood deserve respect for standing up to Labor’s bully machine

To their great credit, both the RBA chief and Productivity Commission tzar have been prepared to be ungrateful to their Labor appointors – and loyal to the country – by being independent of the government that appointed them.

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Canada’s street zombies offer a hard lesson on drugs

As experiments in Canada and the US show, drugs harm minimisation has nasty side effects.

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Why this judicial whistleblower deserves our thanks

If the public flogging of Robert Newlinds leads other judges to shut up, we will be none the wiser about injustices happening under our noses.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, FEB 18, 2023.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney attend the Inner West BBQ for The Voice to Parliament at Petersham Park in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Yes campaign bloodletting shows how deluded they all remain

There was a time when the Yes campaign infuriated me. Now it just bores me. Let’s hope it reaches the final stage of grief – acceptance – soon.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 14, 2022:Brittany Higgins with her partner David Sharaz left court on day nine of the trial in a maxi cab.Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of the sexual assault of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins at the Magistrates Court in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Why isn’t Sharaz, the ‘Where’s Wally’ of this saga, defending his wife?

Sharaz could have been cross-examined on his role in ramping up Brittany Higgins’s claims into political pandemonium. Yet he’s avoiding the legal spotlight.

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Brittany Higgins won't take the stand in Linda Reynolds's defamation trial.

The calculation keeping Higgins out of the witness box

Brittany Higgins’ lawyer cites three reasons the ex-Liberal staffer won’t take the stand to defend herself against Linda Reynolds – but there’s a fourth she’s unlikely to say publicly.

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Senator Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins and her husband David Sharaz for defamation in the WA Supreme Court.

Why doesn’t the WA Supreme Court take open justice seriously?

There are many things I would like to tell you about the Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins defamation battle. But the West Australian Supreme Court won’t allow it. Not yet.

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