Category Articles - Legal
Over $18 million lost on pokies in July alone
Tasmania moves to recognise same-sex unions
Media warned on Princess Mary's privacy
Abetz, Integrity and the Law revisited
Abetz, the Senate and the Court of Disputed Returns
Major Milestone for Integrity Commission
An abysmal lack responsibility
Abetz, the Constitution & the Law
TAP has no intention of meeting with Frances Duffy
Where is the document Senator Abetz?
I intend to take Senator Abetz to the High Court
Mental Tribunal offer rejected - Saeed Dezfouli
The Green/Labor alliance will need to pick its game up
A list of Australia's most dangerous pesticides ...
Florentine Mothers Day protest charges dismissed
No social licence. The Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, irretrievably damaged.
Florentine Defenders Vow to Keep Fighting Forestry Tasmania’s ‘Mysterious’ Exclusi
Florentine Defenders Vow to Keep Fighting Forestry Tasmania’s ‘Mysterious’ Exclusi
Pete Bethune's suspended sentence
The sun was shining on the sea
Gunns, Finance Pty Ltd, MIS & ASIC
Mental Tribunal deception exposed by audio record
Upper Florentine Defenders Keep up the Fight
The Rot Remains at the Core of Forestry and Government
The farmer gets $5 a kilo. You pay $69
Peaceful Protesters Case Dismissed
Concerns raised over top cop post delays
Greens pleased, Libs say budget a 'let-down'
The power of big business to bring down government
I am grateful to Duncan Kerr ...
Truth gets lost in media campaign
Pulp mill has no social licence. Petition against Forestry burns
Ellis: "I see you're out of Coward's Castle"
Mr Kerr's attack was cowardly, lazy, self–serving, specious and elitist
April pokie losses $17,744,041 as Federal fights bet cut
Integrity Commission secrecy, says Hodgman
Political motivation, says Ellis
Legislate to keep the bastards honest
Australia takes Japan to court on whaling
Gunns: Now Maurice Blackburn lawyers join the action ...
Forestry burns choke East Coast ... again
Quentin Dempster launches this important new book
Forestry Tasmania Still Has Case to Answer
Uni students rally today after street attacks
Tassie author in national Gay Marriage debate book
George River Water Quality Panel Bias: Claim
“BLATANT TO THE POINT OF DISHONESTY” - TIME FOR TWS INC MANAGEMENT TO GO
TWS hierarchy 'blatant to the point of dishonesty'
Gunns' Timo and the Uruguay mill
Mental patient challenges abuse
Academic freedom under attack from foresters institute
TAS GOV'T MUST ACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER
Regeneration burns another reason for forestry transformation
Why I disagreed with the Governor’s reasons for recommissioning a Bartlett Government
Forestry challenges Ombudsman's order to disclose Going Bush costs
A microcosm of what is happening throughout Tasmania
TASMANIANS SUPPORT MUCKATY TRADITIONAL OWNERS
Whistleblowing protections don't go far enough
Forestry Tasmania supervisor turned back on contractors sledgehammer attack
George River Water Quality Panel
WALKER CORP.’S ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION HAS LANDED March 30, 2010
Forestry worker admits rampage
ASSAULTED CONSERVATIONISTS BACK IN COURT
Eucalyptus Strikes Back – Chemical Defence
The Smoking Gun: Who gave the orders?
Tenfold rise in whistleblower cases taken to tribunal
Water toxicity inquiry appointment questioned
Gunns: Gay under the cosh. Japanese get tough. Class Action mooted. Mitre 10s, Tamar Ridge to go
And, the government did what, exactly?
The Next Step In Establishing Tasmania’s Integrity Commission
FIAT pulp mill compensation claim wrong – Michael Stokes and Tom Baxter, UTAS
Upper Florentine ‘Mother’s Day’ Defenders Still in Court
Upper Florentine ‘Mother’s Day’ Defenders Still in Court
Slicer Pans Greens Prisoner Voting Plan
Gunns 13 – Gunns likely “Misleading and Deceptive” on pulp mill old growth wood
Unhealthy relationship: Open letter to politicians
Beware the 'eco-terrorism' dirty tricks brigade
Union boss Kevin Harkins 'paid for ALP memberships'
The Trial of Michelle O'Byrne: The Sentence
Libs pledge to get tough on forests protests
Vandals 'frighten' Gunns chairman
Cundall's pulp protest charges a test case
Tasmania: Still the most homophobic
People of Tasmania v O’Byrne: The Judgement
Police persecution of trade union activists
Probe into water quality, panel members
Gunns' approval for mill 'invalid'
Oh, what a tangled web we weave ...
Deadly water for Launceston and Tamar Valley
Do I trust your government? No, I do not! Plus: Transcripts of AS
Lilydale: the arguments for logging
The ethics commission is too far off
GROUP PROPOSES TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE 'FIRST' TASMANIAN INTEGRITY COMMISSION
Rosebery: Slater and Gordon take the case
'A complete corruption and betrayal of the FOI legislation'
Sea Shepherd Captain Detained Onboard Japanese Whaling Vessel
Scrutiny on Pulp Mill Process Welcomed
Human Rights And Public Protest
Gunns: Up the Tamar without a paddle
... But Bartlett won't rule it out ...
GUNNS STEALS PRIVATE LAND AND PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR ITS PULP MILL PROJECT
Environment Tasmania seeks input from the public about forestry governance
Professor’s report highlights potential BREACH of FOREST PRACTICES CODE
Labor land grab for Gunns pipeline
Mt Arthur: Forest Code breach?
The questions swirling around Paul Lennon
Wilkie: The difference between the Greens and me
TAP supports Cundall’s accusations of corruption
TAP supports Cundall’s accusations of corruption.
Greens' pokie-free Tasmania pledge
Cundall accuses Gunns of corruption
Police Commissioner's payout not contractually required
It was their democratic right to protest
A SLAPP in the face for free speech
Westbury: It is a criminal act
FORESTRY - COMING TO A SUBURB NEAR YOU!
$2.5m Tas Tote bet scam alleged
Bay of Fires: “It’s time to give it back to its rightful owners”
Slater and Gordon expert for toxic Rosebery forum
Toxic Chemicals, Monoculture Plantations and Health
Canberra’s Greenwash proves Abbott-forming
Socialist Alliance Candidates say: Free the Brighton arrestees, put Bartlett on trail for cultural v
ARSENIC CONFIRMED IN ROSEBERY PETS' TESTS
New party wants probe into mill assessment process
The Japanese have little respect for us
Mining and health: Brokovich takes on Alcoa; Helps Bindi
The Federal Police should be asked to investigate
The depth of forestry influence
Steele Report on the Burnie Woodchip Pile
Burnie pile ... disappointing and disillusioning
Rosebery: Slater & Gordon weigh in. Suddenly there is action!
Lawyers welcome Rosebery environmental testing
Whaling: Dangerous confrontation looms
Another Day Another Forestry Map! Florentine Case Continues 17.12.09
FLORENTINE DEFENDERS FIGHT ‘ABUSE OF PROCESS’ CASE IN MAGISTRATE COURT HEARING TOMORROW
FLORENTINE 'ABUSE OF PROCESS' CASE
BARTLETT MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICE UNCERTAINTY
UN May curtail 400 year-old freedom of the seas
Yet another Government backflip
Gagged: the Gunns 20 and other law suits
Gagged: the Gunns 20 and other law suits by Greg Ogle
Tasmania Today: More than 150 arrests a month
Compassion, legislation and human rights
Meeting UN Special Rapporteur Health/detainees
Gunns drops court action against two
Like being punished before we'd even been tried
PULP MILL CORRUPTION PROTESTERS APPEALING BAIL CONDITIONS
Arrests on pulp mill biggest for years
Tim Ellis, Darren Hine allegations 'baseless'
Protest the pulp mill ... and get banned from Salamanca, the waterfront and Battery Point
Dollar driven Government, rather than data driven
Peter Cundall among 57 arrests at Parliament House
BARTLETT FALLS BEHIND QLD & NSW ON POLITICAL DONATIONS
INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL FINALLY PASSED
Republic of Fools: The Evil Empire
After six days, an admission from Bartlett
LABOR DISINGENUOUS OVER BARTLETT BEFORE INTEGRITY COMMISSION
Was the McCreadie appointment discussed in Cabinet, or not?
'It's really quite sad that he can't just tell the truth'
More evidence that the Premier has misled Parliament
Taskforce Warns Rosebery Residents
BARTLETT’S SHABBY AND DESPERATE STONEWALLING TACTIC
Bartlett must answers questions – for business’ sake
Pokies: Bullying has done its job
WEASEL WORD PREMIER DIGS HOLE DEEPER
It’s about the truth, Mr Bartlett
11am Thursday, Nov 19: My personal protest at Parliament House
Honduras pact crumbles over unity government
Bartlett fails to defend claims he misled Parliament
PREMIER DODGES QUESTIONS ON POLICE COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT
QUESTIONS REMAIN FOR PREMIER ON POLICE COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT
Bartlett must explain today if he misled Parliament
PULP MILL AMENDMENT BILL DEBATE GAGGED
Mill debate gag: Bartlett "a fraud and a charlatan"
Dennis Ferguson: Vigilantism or Counselling?
INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE
Lara: The exceptions being ...
Government Response to Ethics Committee
VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA BILL TO BE DEBATED THIS WEDNESDAY
GREENS SUPPORT CALL FOR DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN
INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL MUST RECEIVE PROPER EXAMINATION
Gunns demands legal costs for mill case
Senator Abetz, Shields Heritage and Gunns
11 long years and Labor finally acts to reform breach proceedings for sentencing orders
INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL BELATED BUT WELCOME STEP FORWARD
Integrity Commission legislation
MPs in the sights of proposed Tasmanian Integrity Commission
Examiner: moral, not legal right
TCA Smear Campaign uses Bogus Photos, Ill-gotten Car
Pulp mill saga: Labor, Liberal MPs and MLCs are the real culprits
GREENS SUPPORT INQUIRY INTO POLICE HEAD APPOINTMENTS PROCESS
Full text of my edited Letter to the Examiner
No conditions, no excuses Mr Rudd
Bartlett must establish inquiry into McCreadie non-appointment
Ralphs Bay rejection threatens Tasmania's reputation
The safety of woodchip piles and my apology
New website: It's not TAP Into A Better Tasmania and the Voters Block ...
Why the newspaper is copping so much flak
Peaceful Community Protest - Taking the Step
Argentina appeal to UN over pulp mill
What makes a dissident stand up?
This man required artificial ventilation ...
Lennon has a long history over attempting to pervert the course of justice
Mr Jeffreys has not been paying close attention to the facts
Their investigations have found the damage was a prank involving several intoxicated men
Lennon: Vigilantism has been part of the tactics of anti-pulp mill activists for some time
Kim Booth must condemn vandals
Does Labor support Sentencing Advisory Council?
TAP warns politicians and commentators
Honduras talks grapple with issue of Zelaya return
Police probe Gay home smoke-bomb
I remain unconvinced the woodchip piles are safe
Gunns Welcomes Apology from Dr Frank Nicklason
CONSERVATIONISTS CONDEMN NEW FORESTRY AMENDMENT BILL
POLICE MINISTER DUCKS CALL CENTRE CUTS QUESTION
Tasmanians were prepared to be arrested for their rights
BARTLETT DUCKS FOREST ISSUE AND GIVES POLICE A HEADACHE
DPP reveals Labor has failed to act on suspended sentence concerns since 2007
MORE FLORENTINE CHARGES DROPPED
MORE FLORENTINE CHARGES TO BE DROPPED
Tasmania’s ethical and moral political wasteland
EU in tussle over CO2 emissions
How Israel Targets and Suppresses Opposition to Its Annexation Wall
FERGUSON TO APPLY FOR AVO AGAINST VIGILANTE LEADER
Victims of crime services must be maintained
Mr Ferguson’s response - Rees Housing Amendment Bill
GUNNS CONSUMER FRAUD? – SELLING RADIATA PINE AS BLACKWOOD
Four weeks and there is still buising
Bartlett – A Real Corporate Man
Uluru and photography restrictions
WRONGLY CONVICTED UPPER FLORENTINE PROTESTERS URGED TO APPEAL
More community correction orders sparks concerns
Forestry Tasmania's credibility hurt
DERWENT VALLEY AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS SPEAK UP
ASSAULTED CONSERVATIONISTS APPEAR IN COURT
Politics has failed — time for civil disobedience
Resumption of the Court of the People of Tasmania in the Trial of Michelle O'Byrne
TAP Revegetates Gunns Land Clearing Site
The achievements of Duncan Kerr SC MP
I'm not sure violent protests achieve anything
Queensland mums and dads into the sewer with ALP mates
Concerns over actions of ACL directors
Surely this is blatant electioneering
Argentine pulp mill protestors promise to “fight on” whatever The Hague ruling
We are prepared to put our bodies on the line
U.S. must get tough to help restore democratic order in Honduras
Lawyers for Forests lose appeal
Taxpayers to foot Johnston bill
Keep your public mouth shut, Sir Max ...
Flak flies over top cop appeal
Arresting peaceful protesters is far more important than nabbing bashers
'Loggers breach eagle nest protection laws ...'
The Police have done nothing to follow up ...
Section 11: Labor's failure fans the flame of fears
Hate ad stoush set to continue
Legal action is virtually useless
Govt in the clear over Gadd job
Tasmanian Political Rot: The PMAA Revisited
Gadd - Bartlett bungle could cost taxpayer $240, 000
Tasmanian Labor's UltraLite Lobbying Code
They've been fighting for 26 years. They're still battling
Corruption watchdog for federal MPs long overdue
There is so much about Tassie law that defies my understanding
Johnston: I too am baffled ...
The answer is the survival of Gunns and Forestry Tasmania
Brazil returns hazardous UK waste
Interstate judge may investigate Johnston
Sponsor dinners for financially-disadvantaged groups ...
Court clears Police Commissioner
John Hawkins, heritage landscapes, Scott Gadd, Graham Corney, Peter James and David Bedford
TT Question Time: How can a private company close public access to the Wielangta State Forest?
Taking political advantage from social activism
Doctors warns Tasmanian death bill too restrictive
“a taste of their own medicine…”
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he ...
Queensland returning to dark corrupt past - 7:30 Report Transcript
Tony Fitzgerald, Queensland corruption ... and Tasmania
Chilean court finds Tasmanian politicians guilty of mendacity
Court finds Celco guilty of polluting Cruces River
How I was muzzled at The Examiner
Bust Me Gall and Break Me Neck - Patsy Adam Smith 1968
On Fox, Shit and Post Modern Tasmanian Social Pathology
These stupid pollies deserve the fate of the Dodo
We need an independent commission against corruption
PAL Policy: Lazy, hopeless LibLabs
Actions speak louder than words
Rubber-stamped by a captured and criminal polity
How to remove citizens' rights ...
Resumption of the Court of The People of Tasmania
Compromise Package of Clayton Reforms
People's Court of Tasmania: first witness gives evidence
GM lobby to flood the world: Why?
Detailed analysis of the Wielangta decision
A serious breach of probity standards
We need something akin to an independent investigative body
The Trial of Michelle O'Byrne: Your chance to participate ...
Burch loses bid for Kons restraining order
Whistleblowers call for input to review
Justice Department review misses the boat
Ruling On Triabunna 13 Strike Out Application
Brown, the EPBC, and politicians
Brown pays debt. Cash pool plan
Brown's seat at risk; Rudd distressed; It's a stunt, says Ken
Why we need a Commission of Inquiry
An ATO-approved MIS scheme ... or scam
A legal tussle for the right to communicate
Please, leak a draft of the PMAA
Revolution in Brit; passe in Tassie
The curious case of Dr McGinity
Vindictive bail conditions axed
This is disastrous legislation
Harris: The Government Response
Bartlett's Tasmania: House Arrest
Validity of the Pulp Mill Permit
Gunns' approval for mill 'invalid'
Forestry Tasmania, the A.L.P and the right to privacy
Another arrest. 'House arrest'. Rally
Private prosecution against Forestry staff
Accused monkey-wrencher pleads not guilty (and other cases)
Fire in the forest: Unprofessional Police
New legal challenge to Gunns' pulp mill
Car on Fire, One Activist Arrested
Elimination of all democratic rights
To anyone concerned about civil liberties and law suits
Labor again ignores due process
Not surprising, yet mostly deplorable ...
Bartlett ... and public deceit
Ethics: Where to read the submissions
Strengthening trust in government
Packed meeting rejects corrupt planning proposal
What did Green know? What did Kons know? What did Llewellyn know/ What did Bartlett know?
Verdict on pulp mill approval legality
A Crack in Capitalismo's Facade
Pulp mill case goes to Supreme Court
Pictures of a protest, Hobart Sunday
Website blacklist leaked on internet
Disorder in the American Courts
RPDC: No public consultation ...
Theft of Life - A story of struggle against Monsanto
Daniel Hulme – First Speech to the House of Assembly
A clear statement on intervention
Genetically Modfied Seeds: Monsanto is Putting Normal Seeds Out of Reach
Iraqi shoe-thrower set for trial
Some questions regarding plantation forestry
Workers comp: time for justice
The way it is done in Tasmania
Tasmania Police are watching ...
Cheney says he gets to decide which records to archive
More Groups Than Thought Monitored in Police Spying
Police gave protesters' names to Gunns
Gunns can't start building, says lawyer
Triabunna 13 launch legal fighting fund
Lara and Bryan: You are responsible
Falls defined by police intimidation
Threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
Police have no rights to block peaceful protests
Hypothetical? Police Need to Expand Their Vision!
Justice, democracy and letting off flares
Our Current Overworked, Under-resourced Ombudsman Tasmania
The scariest thing I have ever seen
Kirby: Term limits, TV and Tasmanians
It just gets worse and worse ...
My evidence to Jim Wilkinson et al ...
Law discharged from Gunns case
Solicitor-General calls for ethics training
Michael Stokes: Re pulpmill pipeline
A question about statutory declarations
The answer from the DPP was "Yes"
What DPP Ellis told Acting Commissioner Hine ...
TT campaign: Retrospective Commissions of Inquiry
Heart of hearts betrayal of the Tamar Valley
Government may seek to strike out pulp mill case
UTAS alumni propose new name for Law School
Gunns pulp mill class action: Register of Interest
Commission of Inquiry Act flawed
CCTV doesn't keep us safe, yet the cameras are everywhere
Police gear up to cope with pulp mill protest
The need for a public ethics commission
Life: A Day at the Magistrates Court
Ethics: Fix whistleblower laws first
Ethics: David Bartlett is wrong
Cox, a bribe. Brown, legally not at all clear
It's time to petition The Governor
Governors, Democracy and the Rule of Law
The profound contempt of the Lennon government
Democracy rally: What Peg said
Odd to fear watchdogs, as bark's worse than bite
Citizens' rights and the rule of law
The ad The Examiner wouldn't publish; the Mercury did
Four resolutions for Democracy
Court gives green light for pulp mill legal challenge
Shredding the Anti-Discrimination Act?
Governance and memory: An Anzac story
Questions that must be answered
Shredded ... the final shred of credibility of Paul Lennon
Guy Nicholson: Honourable and unbending
Is Forestry pulling the wool over our eyes
ALP ex-ministers got $1m in fees
Maybe the final wake-up call for Tasmania
Anti-Corruption Laws - can they deliver?
Tasmanian ICAC: the pressure is on
Police state: pay out on Weld Angel
The power of Parliament to amend the permit
Powers and Duties of Members of Parliament under the Pulp Mill Assessment Act
A moving encomium for an old viper
Pulp Mill: a timeline of deceit
The Great Tasmanian Land Robbery
Legal eagles hover above the law
Legal action against Turnbull, Gunns
The Right of a Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee to Seek Independent Legal Advice
Opinion on whether the Acting Premier, Mr Steve Kons, is guilty of contempt of parliament.
Something rotten in the Apple Isle
Meanwhile in South Australia ...
Bloodless, provocative Ruddock
In breach of bioethics, human rights
Double jeopardy, boil and bubble
Don't miss (2) ... The Law Society
