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Tag Archives: Solicitor General
SPENCER ZIFCAK. The Federal Government Attacks its Watchers
In recent years, the Federal Government has made an art form of undermining the autonomy of independent statutory offices established to hold it to account. One by one, statutory offices have been subject to forceful governmental and media assaults.
MUNGO MacCALLUM. What worthwhile lawyer would want to work with George Brandis.
Our bumble-footed Attorney-General, George Brandis, has finally got something right. The resignation of the Solicitor-General, Justin Gleeson, was the proper course of action for him to have taken. Indeed, it was inevitable: when the first and second law officers … Continue reading
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Tagged George Brandis, Justin Gleeson, Mungo MacCallum, Solicitor General
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