Hysterical reaction to the High Court’s MACH decision … Conniptions by mining lobby and blowhards in the media … “Green-infused” High Court on a rampage … Premier Minns rolls over for tummy tickling … Procrustes asks, where’s The Law of Rulers Institute?
Poor Mr Bates
Court in the Act Wednesday, October 21, 2026Longstanding barrister hammered for failing to produce documents on time … Sydney chambers chasing payment of fees … Inconsistent penalties for failure to comply … Accountant’s bicycling accident … Barrister hires solicitor who will brief him … Mae Milne reports on extraordinary developments
Postcard from Rome
Silvana Olivetti Tuesday, October 20, 2026New Italian road rules … Heavy fines for pedestrians … Cars rule … Safety at road crossings … Death while walking … Prisoners on day release do the lollipop job … Silvana Olivetti on the correct etiquette for pedoni
Silk Worms
Bar Talk Monday, October 19, 2026The brief and sorry history of silk dramas at the NSW Bar n’ Grill … Reports … “Reforms” … Bitterness … Cascading complaints … Holes in the cheese … By Phillip Street
Solicitors revolting
City Desk Thursday, October 15, 2026Canberra solicitors challenge the ACT Law Society’s brand-spanking-new constitution … Power to the bureaucrats … Undemocratic tendencies challenged by revolutionary guard … Plus, drama in Phillip Street with NSW Law Society staff feeling pale and unloved … Gang Gang reports
News from Rome
Letter from Rome Monday, October 12, 2026Constitution stretched as Meloni regime races to the bottom … Bid to outdo the uber-right … Crackdown on migrant children in Italian classrooms … The President weighs in and gets ticked off … Silvana Olivetti from our Rome Desk
Postcard from Paris
Foreign Desk Monday, October 12, 2026The masses revolt … Let them eat cake … Mass protests that started with students rallying against a decrepit education system … French economy is underwater … No real money for reform … Le Pen and Bardella in poll position … Mme Camembert at the Bastille
Strk in the slow lane
Sandy Groper Friday, October 9, 2026Snap … More than three years for reasons in a WA Supremes case … Piddling damages … Unsuccessful application for declarations against a Perth accountancy shop … Bafflement … Dr Jackman’s Nō-Dōz prescription required … Sandy Groper reports
