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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WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Warlpiri community members in Alice Springs today. Picture Pin Rada

Pearson a bully, misogynist: Price

Jacinta Price has responded to claims by Noel Pearson she was being manipulated by right-wing think tanks by accusing the Cape York leader of misogyny.

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12/10/2023: Matthew Sheahan wearing his NO t-shirt outside Advance office in Canberra. He was refused entry to the Centre for Australian Democracy the day before for wearing the shirt.

Democracy shrine’s bizarre voice ban over T-shirt

Advance executive director Matthew Sheahan says it is extraordinary he wasn’t allowed to enter the gift shop at Old Parliament House because of his No T-shirt.

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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: A man looks on his mobile phone during 'Tony Abbot - Vote No Hunter Region' event at Raymond Terrace Bowling Club on October 05, 2023 in Newcastle, Australia. A referendum for Australians to decide on an indigenous voice to parliament will be held on October 14, 2023 and compels all Australians to vote by law. Early voting began on Oct. 2, with voting getting underway in rural and regional Australia as well. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

Equality still the strongest argument against the voice

If the referendum fails, equality will be the single idea that did most to defeat the proposal to set up a race-based body in the Constitution.

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Nicholas Aroney, The University of Queensland reader in law, stands in the chamber that once housed the Queensland Upper house at Parliament House, Brisbane.

The legal analysis the Yes camp won’t want you to read

With a week to go until referendum day, two experts reveal the legal equivalent of an improvised explosive device in the wording of the proposed amendment to the Constitution.

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Laws pose threat to powers of the states

An Indigenous voice to parliament could significantly expand the commonwealth’s legislative powers over the states, new legal analysis of the proposal has found.

Janet Albrechtsen, Paige Taylor and Rhiannon Down

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3/10/2023Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton , Senator Michaelia Cash and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in Perth to promote the no vote in The Voice referendum at a polling booth in Osbourne Park.Pic Colin Murty

Regardless of voice result, Price will be the biggest winner

Jacinta Price has made her mark so profoundly it’s hard to imagine national politics without her. The Coalition should plan for the day when Australia is led by the first female Indigenous prime minister.

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'The Rest is History' podcast with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook.

‘Captain Cook, goodie or baddie? That’s not history’

Podcast hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have become superstars of history, and they want us to stop moralising about the past.

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Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, serving MP Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Bill Shorten outside Sydney Town Hall following the state funeral for former Labor deputy leader Tom Uren, Sydney, Wednesday Feb. 4, 2015. Past and present Labor luminaries attending the funeral include opposition leader Bill Shorten, Peter Garrett, and Anthony Albanese along with former Prime Minister's Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

The sad and sorry rise of the pygmy politician

The mediocrity of our politicians remains a problem for our democracy. After decades of self-confidence and hope, it has bred a new form of cynicism.

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I am all for a pile-on – after a guilty verdict

If you worked in a big law firm or investment bank in the 90s, you’d know some women were treated as sexual meat. Less well known were the names of those who allowed it.

Janet Albrechtsen

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. AUGUST 7, 2023: Archive - Shane Drumgold Press conference 2/12/2022. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Drumgold matter goes from bad to worse

The ACT Bar Council and the ACT Supreme Court, two institutions entrusted by the law, and by citizens, with upholding the administration of justice have done zip about Shane Drumgold.

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