by Chris Merritt | Jan 26, 2024 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When Mark Dreyfus unveiled his terms of reference for an inquiry into sexual assault law, he knew what he wanted. The Attorney-General specifically required the Australian Law Reform Commission to consider what happened at a meeting he convened on August 23 last...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 11, 2024 | Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Why were we so shocked to learn this week that a significant proportion of would-be citizens struggle to understand ideas like the rule of law and democracy? Their failure, while regrettable, is merely a symptom of a wider malaise in civics education that is...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 4, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
On one level, this is a tale of two mining companies – one owned by Chinese communists and the other owned by Australians and Americans. But on another level, it is a warning: what happened to these companies is proof that equality before the law – one of the...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 22, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Sally Dowling SC took office as NSW Director of Public Prosecutions in August 2021. Just over a year later, in September, 2022, she was put on notice by the District Court that there was something “troubling” about the way her organisation had applied its prosecution...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 8, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When the United Nations Human Rights Committee found breaches of human rights had taken place in NSW, it asked the federal government to prevent a recurrence.Those breaches relate to the flawed legal infrastructure surrounding the NSW Independent Commission Against...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 7, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
At its core, the debate about the release of foreign criminals from indefinite immigration detention comes down to the question of whether the government jumped the gun.Did it allow foreign murderers, rapists and other criminals to enter Australian society before it...
