Category Archives: The Law

How Canberra keeps the NT’s “rivers of grog” flowing

November 3, 2009 – 10:54 am

in ordinary circumstances under the previous regime, Ms Nudjulu would have been a prime candidate for a custodial sentence. She had previous convictions for possession of alcohol contrary to the Liquor Act – and was currently subject to a suspended sentence.

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Meet Kevin Rudd’s “scum of the earth” – 5 years in Berrimah for $560

October 30, 2009 – 7:15 pm

In any other circumstances Beny and Tahir would be prime candidates for the exercise of long-standing judicial discretions and the application of the ordinary judicial Sentencing Principles that provide clarity and transparency in sentencing.

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The NT Police and the “tragic and unnecessary” death of Bob Plasto

October 27, 2009 – 10:04 am

NT Police officer Acting Sergeant Brad Fox had been charged with aggravated assault in relation to an incident at the Royal Darwin Hospital in December 2007 that ended with the death of film-maker Bob Plasto.

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NT Police to be charged with murder…of the English language

October 24, 2009 – 5:23 pm

“spastic c**t”; “stupid f**king idiot”; “god, he f**king stinks”; “shut your face.”; “dumb f**k”; “f**king loser”; “d**khead over there”; “… no brain”; “f**king retard”; “piece of s**t that he is”; “you f**king wanker”; shut the f**k up”

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The Weekend Australian, Nicolas Rothwell, and the art of fantastic journalism

October 5, 2009 – 10:58 am

What Rothwell is of course talking about here is localised Aboriginal self-determination, an aspiration that he has frequently condemned to the dustbin of Australian political history: “For some time it has been clear Aboriginal self-determination has had its day.”

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What is a homeland? One White insider’s view – a guest post from John Greatorex

September 8, 2009 – 11:26 am

What is it that is so important and special about homelands for their traditional custodians and that underpins the successful outcomes of living in their small communities?

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Death on the Stuart Highway – the killing of Ron Marks

September 4, 2009 – 9:58 am

This was the first of the many hundreds of roadside memorials that I’ve seen over the years that concerned a death by misadventure at the hands of another other than by motor-vehicle accident.

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At least one good reason why the NT should never be a state…

August 25, 2009 – 1:39 pm

Gerry Wood only needed to make one deal to maintain Labor in power. If he had supported the CLP there would have been three deals – between Wood and CLP opposition leader Terry Mills, between Mills and Alison Anderson and between Wood and Anderson and the risk of any of those three deals going pear-shaped was substantial.

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The Senate, the Alice Springs News and Centrecorp – a “multitude of factual errors and distortions”

June 29, 2009 – 4:41 pm

As the Alice Springs News says: “a dossier of Alice Springs News reports was a substantial part of the briefing NT Senator Nigel Scullion gave Senator Brandis.”

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Miliwanga Sandy Interview Part 2: “This is our country…and we shouldn’t be treated like slaves!”

June 25, 2009 – 9:36 pm

We’ve lived here longer than anyone – this is our country and we should have the same freedoms, rights as anyone else. Why should we be treated any different from anyone else just because of the colour of our skin and where we live?

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