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Why the Second Jury Found George Pell Guilty

Why was the second verdict by the jury in the trials of George Pell so different from the first? If the jury in both cases was a fair sample of the Australian public, and the evidence heard by both...

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The Majesty of the Law

When George Pell arrived at the Victorian Supreme Court on June 5 for the hearing of his appeal against his conviction for child sexual abuse, guards put him in handcuffs. As he walked the few steps...

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The Majesty of the Law

When George Pell arrived at the Victorian Supreme Court on June 5 for the hearing of his appeal against his conviction for child sexual abuse, guards put him in handcuffs. As he walked the few steps...

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There’s More to the ‘Voice’ than Gleeson says

Last Thursday night the former Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson, gave a speech on the proposal to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a “Voice” in the Australian...

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Chief Justices and Lost Tjurungas

In the last two weeks of July, two former Chief Justices of the High Court, Murray Gleeson and Robert French, came out publicly to endorse the concept of a “Voice” in parliament for Australia’s...

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Double Standards in the Court of Appeal

To support their case for rejecting the appeal of Cardinal George Pell against his conviction for sexual abuse of two choirboys in 1996, two of the Victorian appeal court judges, Chief Justice Anne...

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Chief Justices and Lost Tjurungas

In the last two weeks of July, two former Chief Justices of the High Court, Murray Gleeson and Robert French, came out publicly to endorse the concept of a “Voice” in parliament for Australia’s...

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The Contradictions of the Choirboy

Chief Justice Anne Ferguson and President of the Court of Appeal Chris Maxwell, in George Pell v The Queen: The impression we gained from reading the transcript of [the choirboy’s] cross-examination...

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Pell’s New Appeal and ‘This Hiatus, This Gap’

Following the rejection in August by the Victorian Appeal Court of Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his conviction for historic sex abuse of two underage choirboys after a Sunday Solemn Mass at...

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The Contradictions of the Choirboy

  The impression we gained from reading the transcript of [the choirboy’s] cross-examination reinforced the impression we had gained from watching the recording of him giving evidence. Nothing about...

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Invented Traditions

On October 26 the board that manages the Uluru National Park banned all climbing of the monolith once known as Ayers Rock. The decision is not only bound to wreak serious damage to the well-developed...

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Pell’s High Court Appeal and ‘This Hiatus, This Gap’

Following the rejection in August by the Victorian Appeal Court of Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his conviction for historic sex abuse of two under-age choirboys after a Sunday Solemn Mass at...

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The Epicentre of Our History

When Julia Gillard was Minister for Education in the Rudd government in 2008 she appointed a committee to rewrite the national schools curriculum from primary school to year 10. When the curriculum’s...

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The Epicentre of Our History

When Julia Gillard was Minister for Education in the Rudd government in 2008 she appointed a committee to rewrite the national schools curriculum from primary school to Year 10. When the curriculum’s...

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Just Another Fabrication

The year 2020 marks 250 years since James Cook’s discovery and exploration of the east coast of the Australian continent between April and August 1770. The 250th anniversary won’t attract as grand a...

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Captain Cook and the Great Game

The book’s title is Lying for the Admiralty (Rosenberg, Sydney, 2018) and instead of a subtitle to spell out its subject matter, its cover has a portrait of Captain James Cook and a map of New Holland...

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The Crown Prosecutor’s Retraction

Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his conviction of historical sexual abuse of two choirboys will be heard before the full High Court of Australia on March 11. Pell’s conviction in a Melbourne...

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The Crown prosecutor’s bent trump card

The first of the two incidents that convicted Cardinal George Pell of sexual abuse of two choirboys supposedly took place after a Solemn Sunday Mass in St Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne, in December...

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George Pell and the Disappearing Priests

The Priests’ Sacristy of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne gets its name from the fact that it is where the priests robe and disrobe before and after Mass. Priests are normally part of the Sunday...

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The Crown Prosecutor’s Retraction

Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against his conviction of historical sexual abuse of two choirboys will be heard before the full High Court of Australia on March 11. His conviction in a Melbourne county...

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