Australian Judges # On the whole you could conclude that Australia - the lucky country - has had a lot of very good judges, yet there have also been many bad apples. We are lucky because some of the goodies have stood up to the baddies. Gerard Brennan, former chief Justice of Australia is a clear example. Misconduct in mishandling evidence materially undermines public respect, impairing the institutional integrity of the relevant court. ...
Canada and Australia # Canada and Australia share significant similarities in history and governance. Both are stridently egalitarian treasuring their freedoms and human rights. Both were colonial outposts. Both have strip ribbon settlements. Both depend on extractive industries to thrive economically. Both made significant contributions to England’s wars maintaining her colonial empire. General Haig, writing to his wife about us colonials, describes the Australians as: “brave and daring soldiers, but uncouth, dirty, undisciplined, disrespectful to the officers and unruly. ...
Geoffrey Rush vs. The Daily Telegraph # Geoffrey Rush, a world renown actor, won a defamation case against the Murdoch rag, The Daily Telegraph for alleging inappropriate sexual behavior in a production of King Lear. Using large bold sensationalist headlines “King Leer”, obviously to evoke tantalizing instances of salacious titillation and arouse prurient curiosity merely to increase sales, was in my view totally irresponsible – but what do you expect from a Murdoch tabloid – the Lord of the gutter press? ...