Hicks and Haneef
David Hicks will finally be able to get on with his life. The AFP has stated that there will be no new control order sought when the current one expires on December. Finally, Hicks’ abuse at the hands of two [...]
Downer throws a tantrum, mocks America
Apparently Alexander Downer reckons he’s “never known such a bunch of cry-babies as the Labor Party”. I laughed when I read that, because last night I watched Downer’s amazing performance on the SBS World News. Here’s a summary: Mean old [...]
Purely coincidental Hicks release timing
More details of the Hicks plea bargain are now available, and they reek of a political fix. According to The Age article, the deal was negotiated by the management of the military tribunals, bypassing both the prosecution and the defence: [...]
Gunns, Turnbull & Due Process
A guest post by Bernice. Overnight, Turnbull, Federal Environment Minister, announced plans to spend $200 million, aiming to stop deforestation in Asia. Mr Turnbull says a global response is needed and the $200 million project will be used to plant [...]
Hicks pleads guilty
ABC story here. The government thinks the plea-bargain is just fine and dandy, though Alexander Downer is indulging in hand-wringing over the delays in the trial process. There are a million observations that could be made about this debacle. But [...]
The Amateur Technocrat V
 The Stale Bread Crusts of Compassion Mirko Bagaric, a legal academic by profession and a practial moral philosopher by avocation has had another original insight that heâ??s eager to share with us. As youâ??ll recall, insights that Bagaric has eagerly [...]
Mori to do time? Unlikely.
So I turn on the tabloid TV this morning, and there’s much agitation about the possibility that Major Michael Mori, one of the military lawyers for David Hicks and a personal fave in the shyster ranks, may face charges that [...]
A de facto republic?
Commonwealth Solicitor General, David Bennett QC, has been saying some extraordinary things in the courts lately – and not just about asteroids. On Tuesday there was a lot of kerfuffling in the papers about his claim, in the Federal Court, [...]
Backflip on Hicks coming up?
Well, we’ve had the backflip from the Libs on climate change, despite the fact that they don’t believe it (Nick Minchin is just the only one silly enough to say so in public). And it seems we’ll get the backflip [...]
Breaking news: Hicks charge sheet published
I guess it’s still mid February, sort of! Via Ken Parish, the US military have published the particulars of the charges against David Hicks on the net [link to pdf].
Three Lazy Pieces
Ruthless prolific self-promoter and soi-dissant moral philosopher, Dr Mirko Bagaric scored a mention in yesterdayâs âMissing Linkâ? at Club Troppo, with a link to this âsteep and winding argument that David Hicksâ military tribunal is fair enoughâ? at Bagaricâs blog. [...]
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