Ferguson beach photo ‘a stunt’

News.com.au | October 28, 2009

A PHOTO of convicted pedophile Dennis Ferguson on a Sydney beach is a publicity stunt, his neighbour fighting to avoid a restraining order says.

Paedophile’s beach photo ‘publicity stunt’

News.com.au | October 28, 2009

Ferguson lodges for APVO against locals Beach photo labelled “stunt” Paedophile labelled ‘pin-up boy’ for reformed The Punch: Parents uneasy on photo

Abortion women told: get a lawyer

News.com.au | October 26, 2009

WOMEN having abortions arising from birth defects or other medical problems will be advised by the Queensland government to get their own legal advice on whether they risk criminal prosecution.

Wives litigating for greater split

News.com.au | October 26, 2009

WOMEN are entering into commercial deals with litigation funders as they fight husbands for a bigger slice of the matrimonial pie in the Family Court.

Battered cops fight back

News.com.au | October 26, 2009

CALLS for Queensland to take a tougher line with police-bashing offenders are expected to intensify after another weekend of violence directed at police.

The 2009 Alfred Deakin Lecture

News.com.au | October 26, 2009

The 2009 Alfred Deakin Lecture, by Senator George Brandis at The University of Melbourne, Thursday 22 October 2009.

The good, the bad, the ugly

News.com.au | October 26, 2009

GOVERNMENTS usually fail when they try to tell us who we can hang out with and who we can’t.

New advocate for women lawyers

News.com.au | October 23, 2009

WITHIN the next few weeks the Law Council will release a ground-breaking report that should keep Olivia Perkiss busy for much of her term as president of Australian Women Lawyers.

Doubt on TV trials

News.com.au | October 23, 2009

CHIEF Justice Paul de Jersey is concerned televised court cases could encourage courtroom grandstanding and sensationalism.

A-G urges talks on wild rivers

News.com.au | October 23, 2009

THE Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has bought into Cape York’s bitter wild rivers dispute, calling on the parties to it to negotiate a native title-style settlement.