by Chris Merritt | May 16, 2025 | All Posts, Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
After her appointment this week as Attorney-General, Michelle Rowland made a brilliant move: she undertook to uphold the rule of law. That means she has set herself key performance indicators that go beyond the criteria for success that applied to her previous role as...
by Chris Merritt | Apr 11, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
US senator Mark Warner has emerged as one of Australia’s great friends in Washington, arguing strongly that our country should not be hit with Donald Trump’s tariffs. So why did the Albanese government sabotage his efforts?Instead of doing everything possible to...
by Chris Merritt | Mar 28, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Sixteen months ago, the Albanese government had the perfect opportunity to refute the argument that it has no appetite for reform. Instead, it dropped the ball. In November, 2023, a report landed on the desk of Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus that called for big changes...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 27, 2025 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
In this part of the electoral cycle, it might be asking too much to expect the nation’s leaders to stop throwing mud and provide a sensible response to Salvatore Vasta’s victory in the High Court. Remember him? Vasta is the Federal Circuit Court judge who jailed an...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 9, 2025 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Last November, when the federal government rammed through more than 30 pieces of legislation on the final day of parliament, some saw it as a startling departure from proper parliamentary practice. Senator Jackie Lambie came close to securing majority support in the...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 2, 2025 | All Posts, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue, Sexual Assault
In less than three weeks, the Australian Law Reform Commission is due to hand Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus a report on one of the most fraught issues confronting the justice system: sexual assault. The failure of the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial in the ACT was merely...
