Disgraced former Federal Court justice, Marcus Einfeld, has engaged a flim flam man for his departure from Silverwater jail in Sydney’s west tomorrow morning, writes Candace Sutton, former Labor adviser and freelance journalist.
Marcus Einfeld
End of the road for Einfeld
Marcus Einfeld, the one-time Federal Court judge whose career was undone by a speeding fine, has now been struck off the roll of legal practitioners. Read how it unravelled here (Clive James’ piece is particularly eloquent).
Mungo MacCallum: Confusion reigns amid Australia’s GFC bandaids
The Prime Minister now seems to enjoy messing with the collective mind of the entire electorate.
Clive James: the tragedy of Marcus Einfeld
The little white lie that grew. And grew.
The persecution of Marcus Einfeld
The prosecution of Einfeld has now been turned into a persecution, writes Greg Barns.
Einfeld I: the legal profession never spares its own
Is Marcus Einfield’s sentence just the lawyers club seeking yet again to distance themselves as far as possible from one of their own who has fallen foul of the law? asks Greg Barns.
The famous – from Einfeld to Theophanous – deserve equality before the law
We need to ensure that the procedures used in the cases of high profile people is not different to that which would apply to the average anonymous citizen in a similar position, writes Greg Barns.
People’s Choice: The 20 most appalling people of 2007
Votes % John Howard 100 8.75% Tony Abbott 70 6.12% Kevin Andrews 64 5.60% Philip Ruddock 52 4.55% George W Bush 43 3.76% Alexander Downer 38 3.32% Peter Costello 31 2.71% Jackie Kelly 31 2.71% Janette Howard 26 2.27% Richard Pratt 20 1.75% Bill Heffernan 19 1.66% Marcus Einfeld 18 1.57% Ben Cousins 17 […]
The week in one liners
Yuk, yuk, yuk.
