Buck stops with Costello when it comes to Wick saga
The airport collision isn’t the last straw. That straw came and went long ago. As a former politician, Peter Costello should know if there’s a cover up, that’s what kills you.
The airport collision isn’t the last straw. That straw came and went long ago. As a former politician, Peter Costello should know if there’s a cover up, that’s what kills you.
It would be cruel and unusual punishment to put the former treasurer in the same boat as Malcolm Turnbull. But some similarities can’t be dismissed.
This debacle shows why judges should stick to their day job rather than giving the impression that they would rather be law reformers.
Barristers are up in arms over comments from ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum, with one questioning whether she is ‘a judge or a law-reforming politician’.
I feel sorry for Laura Tingle. She is missing the richness of this migrant country that is right under her nose.
It is hardly surprising that standards at the ABC are plummeting – management is not motivated to bring errant staff into line.
Even 20 years ago, one needed only delve into the putrid state of other international forums to understand the ICC would go off the rails, as it did this week. The only surprise is it has taken so long for more people to realise this.
Only in the ACT would a corruption commission investigate not the chief prosecutor, whose misconduct has been confirmed by two judges, but the man who uncovered the wrongdoing.
Australia breaks with the US to defend the International Criminal Court move to seek arrest warrants for Israel’s PM and Defence Minister, a move condemned by Joe Biden.
Former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer says he would, if still in government, withdraw from the ICC if judges proceed with prosecution against Israeli leaders alongside Hamas terrorists.
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