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937Coroner & LegalThe Prescience of Evan Whitton
PM Tony Abbott has saved his bacon for the moment with a War on Terror. Can torture be far behind? A-G George...
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902Coroner & Legal
Terrified of terrorists?
Police Commissioner Bill Keelty told the Howard Government how to put terrorists off the streets, but was ignored. Evan Whitton explains why...
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1.0KOpinion
A reasonable doubt for a reasonable price
Gertrude Stein by Picasso … In this piece (Justinian 23 June 2008), Evan Whitton notes a remarkable defence: the prosecution cannot prove...
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1.1KCoroner & Legal
How the law protects serial rapists and organised criminals
Evan Whitton says the rule against similar facts has betrayed victims of repeat offenders – organised criminals, serial rapists etc – since...
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1.4KHistory
V. J. Carroll and the essence of journalism
V.J. Carroll in his prime … The oldest rule of journalism – and the most forgotten – is to tell the customers...
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919Coroner & Legal
Terrorism 101: A little history …
Oils ain’t oils Statesmen like to keep on saying some grubby policy is the opposite of what it really is until we...
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1.1KCoroner & Legal
Dickens on our corrupt legal system
For those interested in the law, Sunday night is Bleak House. We fill a beaker of Armagnac, set fire to a long...
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1.5KCoroner & Legal
How to be an ace reporter
*Pic: of the venerable Evan … Never write down to your readers; anyone stupider than you can’t read. – American editor to...
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1.2KHistory
The storm clouds gather; the goal posts recede …
S.S.McKeen of Oxford University can not stop Will Jones of Cambridge University scoring a try during the Nomura Varsity Rugby match between...
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1.1KCoroner & Legal
Why Australia is a paradise for white collar criminals
Warning: This barely scratches the surface of white collar crime. Even so, it may dismay taxpayers who fund the legal system and...
