by Chris Merritt | Jul 9, 2026 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article
When people enter into binding agreements, failure to live up to their obligations can damage their reputation and make it difficult to do business. That lesson might be obvious to ordinary people but not to the Albanese government. Since it came to office, this...
by Chris Merritt | May 29, 2026 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Every year a committee of the NSW parliament examines the annual report of that state’s anti-corruption commission and calls in its top officials to answer questions. It’s the main method of ensuring the Independent Commission Against Corruption is accountable for...
by Chris Merritt | Sep 26, 2025 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
When Anthony Albanese was in New York this week trying to persuade Americans to invest in Australia, a truck emblazoned with a very different message was cruising the streets. An electronic billboard that ran its full length carried this warning: “Australia paid the...
by Chris Merritt | Sep 19, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Education, ICAC, Media Article
Since his appointment last year as Attorney-General of England and Wales, one thing has become clear about Lord Richard Hermer KC: nobody could ever describe him as a conservative. He owes his appointment – and his life peerage – to his friend and fellow...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 15, 2025 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When Charles Dickens wrote Bleak House, he invented a court case that dragged on for generations, consuming money and providing nothing of value except work for lawyers. Jarndyce v Jarndyce was a parable with a compelling message: justice delayed is justice denied....
by Chris Merritt | May 30, 2025 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
The legal tactics being used against Walter Sofronoff by the ACT government should concern everyone who values the role of the judiciary as a check on the exercise of power. What we are witnessing is of almost constitutional significance – and not in a good way....
