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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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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 13, 2023: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Policy folly hitting big business like a hammer blow

From IR to energy, wresting back policy settings on big business to somewhere more centrist will take years – and a change of government.

Janet Albrechtsen

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Zachary Rolfe, left, and Bruce Lehrmann. Illustration: Emilia Tortorella

Parallels between Lehrmann and Rolfe cases are disturbing

The similarities between the prosecutions of Bruce Lehrmann and Zachary Rolfe are unmistakable. In both cases, a hasty investigation and charging of a young man for a serious crime was accompanied by diarised police concerns about lack of evidence.

Janet Albrechtsen

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 09: John Farnham performs at One Electric Day 2019 on Cockatoo Island on November 09, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Hanna Lassen/WireImage)

The Constitution is no place for a lobby group

An Indigenous voice to parliament would be more like the Pharmacy Guild on political steroids if it is entrenched.

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24/05/2023: Walter Sofronoff KC speaking on Day 10 of public hearings of the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System, at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Canberra

Spotlight must turn to ACT’s Sofronoff response

More akin to a local council, the ACT government rarely attracts much attention. This lack of interest means good governance is far from a given.

Janet Albrechtsen

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High Court judge Stephen Gageler said language can have a huge impact on a person’s experience in the justice system, especially for Indigenous people who may speak English as a second or third language

Beware the double-edged sword of judicial activism

With respect to the new High Court chief justice, a bigger issue for legitimacy is staring us in the face.

Janet Albrechtsen

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Australian Boxing champion Harry Garside training at his home in Melbourne. Picture: Jason Edwards

Garside’s ordeal a lesson in equality of accountability

Equality means legal consequences should attach to a liar, whether they are male or female, for wasting resources that could be spent on real victims.

Janet Albrechtsen

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19/7/23: Writer, Shireen Morris, Prof Anne Twomey AO, Professor of Constitutional Law, Prof Stan Grant Ã¢â¬â journalist, author, writer and filmmaker, Thomas Mayo, First Nations Referendum Working Group, co-author The Voice to Parliament Handbook and Shane Phillips at the Sydney Town Hall for the Voice-City Forum. John Feder/The Australian.

Is a voice won by fraud worth having?

The great shame at the centre of this campaign is that high-profile Yes lawyers closed ranks long ago. They refused to have their views challenged.

Janet Albrechtsen

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Boxer Harry Garside, photographed in Scarborough, WA. Photo 11th August 2023, by Philip Gostelow/The Australian.

Justice, lies and a knockout videotape

Young boxing sensation Harry Garside was about to lose his career over false allegations he’d assaulted his celebrity girlfriend. Luckily, he had some revealing video – and a smart mum.

Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rice

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ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum. Picture: Canberra Times

Time to shine a little light on ‘dark recesses’ of the court

There are further dark recesses to the Lehrmann-Higgins debacle, and Justice McCallum’s courtroom appears to be one of them.

Janet Albrechtsen

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26/7/23: Emma Covacevich, the first ever female Chief Executive Partner at Clayton Utz - one of the biggest law firms in Australia. John Feder/The Australian.

Female leaders’ daft words are not doing anyone any favours

For all the hoo-haa about their importance, too many high-profile women are letting the side – and society – down with woolly public utterances.

Janet Albrechtsen

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