by Chris Merritt | Feb 2, 2023 | Commentary, Media Article, The Voice: Uluru Statement
The real issue at this year’s indigenous voice referendum is a question of principle: Will we abandon the egalitarian nature of Australian democracy? Will we, in other words, join the crackpots of history by introducing into our Constitution the concept of racial...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 20, 2023 | Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Just before Christmas, when John Maitland was finally acquitted of ICAC-related charges, the fate of this former union leader drove home a lesson that supporters of anti-corruption show trials seem incapable of grasping. It’s this: these commissions resolve nothing....
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...
