by Chris Merritt | Dec 22, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Sally Dowling SC took office as NSW Director of Public Prosecutions in August 2021. Just over a year later, in September, 2022, she was put on notice by the District Court that there was something “troubling” about the way her organisation had applied its prosecution...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 15, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Model Litigant
As the year draws to a close and we take stock of all we have done and all we have left undone, our assessments – both positive and negative – will inevitably be based on personal guiding principles.Without such a framework we are lost, incapable of telling the...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 8, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When the United Nations Human Rights Committee found breaches of human rights had taken place in NSW, it asked the federal government to prevent a recurrence.Those breaches relate to the flawed legal infrastructure surrounding the NSW Independent Commission Against...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 7, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
At its core, the debate about the release of foreign criminals from indefinite immigration detention comes down to the question of whether the government jumped the gun.Did it allow foreign murderers, rapists and other criminals to enter Australian society before it...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 1, 2023 | Chris Merritt, ICAC, Media Article
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has just issued a ruling that will ruin Christmas for this country’s anti-corruption commissions. Their days of avoiding the scrutiny of a full appeal process could soon be over. Unlike courts, the decisions of...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 16, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
The legislative fix that has just been unveiled in Canberra is more than a week late and leaves most of the problem unaddressed. This package should have been before parliament at 4.37pm on Wednesday last week – one minute after the High Court announced it...
