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Keywords: Barrister

AUSTRALIA

The ethics of 'kidsploitation'
- Moira Rayner
- 10 July 2008
18 Comments
Ethics is a process, not a position taken in the 'freedom of expression' debate. The issue surrounding Bill Henson's photographs and the Art Monthly magazine cover of a nude six-year-old girl is not porn or paedophilia, but the lack of ethical integrity in exploiting children for adult purposes.
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AUSTRALIA

Watching the watchdogs
- Moira Rayner
- 18 June 2008
2 Comments
Bodies such as the NSW Crime Commission and Victoria's Office of Police Integrity have proven either ineffective or vulnerable to influence themselves. Ultimately, we the people are responsible for keeping these bodies accountable.
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AUSTRALIA

Workplace pranksters become intolerable bullies
- Moira Rayner
- 12 May 2008
4 Comments
The Troy Buswell saga has highlighted the issues of workplace bulling and sexual harassment. Employees and management need to work to undermine the look-away culture that allows such behaviour to flourish.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Smooth ethical edges give way to corruption
- Moira Rayner
- 16 April 2008
2 Comments
Having a conflict of interest is not, in itself, wrong — it is the potential for wrongdoing and corruption that must be avoided. We are not very good at this in Australia. From July-August 2003
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Crime fiction festival champions justice
- Mary Dalmau
- 18 December 2007
1 Comment
Crime fiction offers a glimpse into the human mind and soul. Just as in crime fiction, it is often the real police, politicians, lawyers, barristers, judges, and politicians who see the worst of human nature.
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RELIGION

Lawyers' role in a democracy
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
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RELIGION

Loose reasoning on death penalty - Frank Brennan
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
We think it is wrong for foreign states to impose the death penalty on Aussie drug traffickers and drug mules. But we apply different reasoning to non-Australians facing death at the hands of the state. The practical, hands on, Aussie approach often plays fast and loose with moral reasoning about what is right and wrong.
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AUSTRALIA

Building blocks for a compassionate society
- Barry Jones
- 05 June 2007
9 Comments
Tackling the problem of terrorism by the application of force is unlikely to succeed. Pouring blood on the Iraqi desert produced an upsurge of terrorism where none had been before: cruelty, genocide even, but not terrorism, let alone fundamentalist terrorism.
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CONTRIBUTORS

James Montgomery
- James Montgomery
- 17 May 2007
James Montgomery is a Senior Counsel at the Victorian Bar. He has been a criminal barrister for 30 years, and has specialised in murder trials for the last five. Among many cases, his most noted recent win was the acquittal of Claire McDonald in 2006.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Tall tales, but true
- Kristie Dunn
- 04 July 2006
Kristie Dunn reviews Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
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AUSTRALIA

Casualties of conflict
- Moira Rayner
- 26 June 2006
Conflicts of interest pose a serious threat to democracy
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INTERNATIONAL

In the name of the sons
- Andra Jackson
- 26 June 2006
Justice has become a life’s work for the Guildford Four’s Paul Hill.
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