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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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08-05-2023 - Shane Drumgold SC being questioned about Lisa Wilkinson on Day 1 of public hearings of the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System in at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Canberra.

After day one, Drumgold may be in a world of pain

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions wanted a public inquiry into the police handling of the Bruce Lehrmann rape case. He’s got that, and so much more than he surely bargained for.

Janet Albrechtsen

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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe is manhandled after attempting to disrupt British anti-transgender rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker at a “Let Womaen Speak” anti trans rally outside Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AAP Image/Michelle Haywood) NO ARCHIVING

We can learn a lot from Lidia

I will not hear a bad word said about Lidia Thorpe. She is what you get when you insist that institutions must mirror the full tapestry of our society.

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Former JCU climate scientist Peter Ridd preparing with his legal team lawyer Amelia Hasson, lawyer Mitchell Downes, barrister Benjamin Kidston, barrister Benjamin Jellis, and QC Stuart Wood, on last day of a Federal Court hearing, John Jarrard Chambers, Brisbane. Mr Ridd claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job with the university for publicly voicing his opinions on climate change and coral bleaching which contradicted his colleaguesÕ research. Photographer: Liam Kidston. NO BYLINE.

Pro-voice lawyers creating ‘culture of fear’: barrister

Stuart Wood KC lashes critics of his claims that lawyers are backing the Indigenous voice to parliament for financial gain, saying they are trying to suffocate opposition to this year’s referendum.

Janet Albrechtsen and Ellie Dudley

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 28, 2023: Senator David Pocock, Senator Lidia Thorpe and incoming CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith, housing advocates and politiciansAttended a rally calling for the Albanese Government to ramp up spending on its proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Reason and logic lost in era ruled by emotions

In a few hundred years, evolutionary biologists will have more to say on the consequences to humans and human existence if this trend of feeling, rather than thinking, continues.

Janet Albrechtsen

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After voice call, Bar associations are facing a profound crisis

By wading into political territory, the NSW Bar Association has sidelined its legal responsibilities. We had better prepare for what’s ahead.

Janet Albrechtsen

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 2: Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC reads a statement to the media in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Heat on DPP over Lehrmann rape trial conduct

Pressure is mounting on ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold, with the terms of reference of an inquiry widened to include his conduct.

Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rice

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Barrister Clive Steirn SC arrives at the NSW Supreme Court. Picture: Natalie O'Brien

Barrister won’t have a bar of voice support

A barrister has fired criticism at the NSW Bar Association for issuing its public support for the proposed Indigenous voice model without consulting members.

Ellie Dudley and Janet Albrechtsen

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Richard Marles congratulates Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus as the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 is introduced to the house of representatives on March 30, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. The Albanese Government said in a release last week that it is taking the next steps on the path to constitutional recognition through a Voice by introducing a Constitution Alteration Bill into the Parliament. The question the Parliament will now consider to be put to the Australian people at the 2023 referendum will be

Voice inquiry is a groupthink exercise

Indigenous voice to parliament law school submissions are groupthink meets sandstone arrogance: legal academics with nothing of substance to say; and offering no legal analysis. It’s apparently enough that they say Yes.

Janet Albrechtsen

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Pro-voice barristers are ‘financially motivated’

Barristers publicly supporting a Yes vote for the Indigenous voice are commercially motivated and will gain financially from doing so, according to eminent lawyer Stuart Wood AM KC.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Pat Anderson, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and Marion Scrymgour arrive to address the media on March 30, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. The Albanese Government said in a release last week that it is taking the next steps on the path to constitutional recognition through a Voice by introducing a Constitution Alteration Bill into the Parliament. The question the Parliament will now consider to be put to the Australian people at the 2023 referendum will be

We’re fools to gamble with the Constitution

The legal consequences of the current Indigenous voice to parliament drafting are hotly disputed and therefore the ultimate powers and impact of the constitutional amendment are a guess.

Janet Albrechtsen

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