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Martial law

Legal voices missing in action in NT

Crikey / Tuesday, 26 June 2007

John Howard’s extraordinary suspension of the rule of law in the Northern Territory should have the legal profession manning the barricades. But where are the Chief Justice of the Northern Territory, Brian Martin, the Northern Territory Law Society, the Northern Territory Bar Association, and even the national bodies — the Australian Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia? So far, nowhere to be seen or heard.