by Chris Merritt | Mar 4, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, The Voice: Uluru Statement
The current debate about the proposed Indigenous voice to parliament is impossible to separate from the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which is where everything began. This document, drawn up in May 2017, outlines an agenda for change that has been endorsed by the...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 24, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, The Voice: Uluru Statement
If Anthony Albanese is truly open to making concessions about the proposed Indigenous voice to parliament, there is still hope for this referendum. But without change, it is a recipe for disaster. Even if the referendum succeeds, the current proposal would divide the...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 17, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Defamation, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
On February 7 The Australian Financial Review lost a defamation case. Some saw it as an attack on journalism. This seems to be how it was viewed by Michael Stutchbury, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief. He said the loss “highlights how Australia’s defamation laws pose a...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 19, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
One of the nation’s leading authorities on criminal law has accused ABC journalist Louise Milligan of repeatedly ignoring facts about the prosecution of the late Cardinal George Pell that do not support her views. Jeremy Gans, who teaches criminal law at the...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 13, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Ten weeks from now, Labor’s Chris Minns will lead his party at an election in NSW that could make him the next premier of the nation’s most populous state. So why has NSW Labor chosen this moment to launch legal action that reopens one of the most embarrassing...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 11, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Rule of Law Issue
George Pell, an innocent man, spent 405 days in prison after two great institutions failed to discharge their responsibilities in a proper manner: the justice system and the media. The result was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australian history, ranking...
