Peter Garrett’s fate has nothing to do with the merits of his case and everything to do with how long he deprives the Government of clear air in its task of attacking Tony Abbott.
Minter Ellison
Political snippets: Why Minter Ellison?
You have to wonder why a major law firm was needed to do the kind of work that should be a bread-and-butter task for the public service itself. Plus, the wailing over whaling and Roskamgate.
Tips and rumours: Joel Fitzgibbon, Fairfax and unfinished reports
Joel Fitzgibbon may not have been a Government Minister when he received financial favours from Ms Liu, but he was a Federal MP. As an opposition frontbencher Fitzgibbon MP enjoyed the convention of opposition (shadow) frontbenchers being briefed on the activities of DFAT, on Defence, and had access to trade sensitive Government briefings on trade […]
New uniform defamation code calms litigants
Amazing but true. The Age newspaper has received just one writ for defamation in the last 18 months. How could this be? In the same period the paper has seen a resurgence in investigative reporting and some gutsy sleuthing on gangland killings and religious cults.
