by Chris Merritt | May 16, 2025 | All Posts, Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
After her appointment this week as Attorney-General, Michelle Rowland made a brilliant move: she undertook to uphold the rule of law. That means she has set herself key performance indicators that go beyond the criteria for success that applied to her previous role as...
by Sally Layson | May 2, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, ICAC, Media Article
This month marks an anniversary, of sorts, for former NSW sports minister John Sidoti. It’s no cause for celebration. Instead, it highlights the appalling delays afflicting that state’s criminal justice system. Those delays are the direct result of the inconsistent...
by Chris Merritt | Apr 25, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
If the polls are right, much of the nation’s future direction is about to be determined by Adam Bandt’s Greens. That needs to be carefully considered not just by those who live in rented accommodation and are worried about the Greens’ tax policies, or by those who...
by Chris Merritt | Apr 22, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article
Geoffrey Robertson KC is one of those annoying lawyers who cannot be pigeon-holed. In May last year when he appeared at Sydney’s State Theatre there was much eye-rolling among conservatives in the audience when some of his funniest jokes came at the expense of Peter...
by Chris Merritt | Apr 11, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
US senator Mark Warner has emerged as one of Australia’s great friends in Washington, arguing strongly that our country should not be hit with Donald Trump’s tariffs. So why did the Albanese government sabotage his efforts?Instead of doing everything possible to...
by Chris Merritt | Mar 28, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Sixteen months ago, the Albanese government had the perfect opportunity to refute the argument that it has no appetite for reform. Instead, it dropped the ball. In November, 2023, a report landed on the desk of Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus that called for big changes...
