by Chris Merritt | Aug 25, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Freedom of Speech, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Thanks to the government of Bob Hawke, there can no longer be any debate about whether this country is entirely sovereign, legally independent and completely decolonised. This reality is difficult to reconcile with a plan by one of the nation’s leading law schools to...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 24, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When Robert Beech-Jones was president of the Judicial Conference of Australia, he was sometimes required to defend the judiciary against its critics even if this meant alienating powerful figures in society. But in the light of his elevation to the High Court,...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 17, 2023 | Media Article, Rule of Law Issue, The Voice: Uluru Statement
In October, we will be asked to make the biggest change to the nation’s Constitution since it came into force 122 years ago.Yet new research has found many people are ill-equipped to consider such a momentous issue. And for that we can thank the nation’s education...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 11, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article
It is worth considering why Andrew Barr, the chief minister of the ACT, is so cross with Walter Sofronoff.Is it because Sofronoff breached protocol by providing his report on the Brittany Higgins-Bruce Lehrmann rape trial to journalists on an embargoed basis? Or could...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 4, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Shane Drumgold is without a doubt the biggest loser in Walter Sofronoff’s report on what went wrong during the Brittany Higgins rape trial. But he might not be alone. The next biggest loser might turn out to be the ACT government – which was already on notice that the...
by Chris Merritt | Jul 28, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
There is really only one issue to look for next week when Walter Sofronoff gives the government of the ACT the report of his inquiry into the disastrous Brittany Higgins rape trial. Will anyone take the fall for the now abandoned rape prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann?...
