Feelings won’t change the facts of Higgins payout
Higgins is not the only person hoping Linda Reynolds’s defamation action can be settled – Finance Minister Katy Gallagher must also be petrified.
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Scrupulous, forensic, fair: judge puts all in their place
Although Justice Michael Lee’s job is done, and a fine one he did, this omnishambles is not yet over. Labor, too, should be very nervous.
What media moralisers (like Ray Martin) should remember
The genre of campaign journalism evident throughout the Higgins mess led to good and decent people being damaged. When curiosity went out the door, the biggest loser was the search for the truth.
Redeeming feature of an otherwise disastrous affair
The Brittany Higgins saga has never been able to shake its original flawed arrival. It started in the media and was destined to stay there. The only thing that has changed is the cast of characters, the scalps, and the rising costs to us.
Former TV producer told boss the expenses were his
The admission by Taylor Auerbach that the masseuse service ‘had nothing to do with work’ appears to be at odds with his sworn affidavit that it was procured for Bruce Lehrmann’s benefit.
Cushy job for the wokest of women
If I was offered the role of governor-general, I’d say shoot me now. Shoot me again if it was because I’m a woman.
Academia’s ‘soft bigotry’ a new low for DEI brigade
DEI demands candidates for employment in or admission to university be judged not on their individual merits but by their membership of collectives, notably sex, gender and race.
Higgins-Lehrmann saga set to take on yet another twist
According to an old proverb, the wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine. A few Sydney silks must be wishing they could cajole Justice Michael Lee to rise a little earlier next Thursday.
Concern over A-G’s failure on protocol
A three-year delay by the ACT government has led to a perception that some judicial appointees in the ACT lack the legal skills or experience for the job, a senior barrister says.
Questions as ACT embarks on new walk of Shane
It is the supreme irony that we may have been looking in the wrong place for possible political interference in how the ACT prosecutes sexual assault cases.
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