Forget the legal advice, what about some moral courage
We are in this mess because vice-chancellors, along with many others, have forgotten the important distinction between law and morality in a free and civilised society.
Janet Albrechtsen
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Where are the uni vice chancellors as dangerous ignorance flourishes?
Australian vice-chancellors have been speaking in platitudes, desperate not to upset anyone. The chickens are coming home to roost. Chickens being the operative word.
Higgins’ ‘intent to defraud’: Reynolds
In a major escalation, Linda Reynolds alleges Brittany Higgins intended to ‘defraud future creditors’ by setting up a trust to protect money she received in her $2.4m commonwealth payout.
Reynolds takes on Higgins trust
Linda Reynolds is preparing new legal action to set aside a trust established by Brittany Higgins, a move designed to ensure that in the event she wins her upcoming defamation case, she is able to access any assets still held by her former staffer.
‘If I were Jewish on campus, I would be genuinely scared’
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation is out of the news and quietly succeeding. But children shouting ‘intifada’ on campus shows it still has much work to do.
Indigenous ‘carve out’: Is this a return to the ‘reading wars’?
The education gap won’t be filled by entrenching a second-class approach to literacy and numeracy for Indigenous children.
Higgins seeks delay in Reynolds trial
Brittany Higgins’ move to delay the six-week trial is expected to be strenuously opposed by Linda Reynolds, who is concerned any delay could push the defamation case into 2025.
We should try harder to say less and mean more
In an age of unedited writing and unedited thinking, I too have broken one of the golden rules: place yourself in the background.
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.
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.
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