Malcolm Turnbull’s problem is that he often seems to be slightly ahead of the times – and that he can’t always take either his party room or the public with him.
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Given the Governor-General usually acts on the advice of the government and its ministers, an address from the Senate on Dyson Heydon is unlikely to have any effect.
Dyson Heydon didn’t accept that merely agreeing to give the Sir Garfield Barwick lecture could create an appearance of bias. Judges and royal commissioners are allowed to have political views, he said.
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Judges and other officials – such as tribunal members and royal commissioners – must not only be impartial, they must also appear to be impartial.
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
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Legal Researcher, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, International Politics, University of Adelaide
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Doctoral student, University of Adelaide
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Emeritus Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide
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Ecologist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer, University of Adelaide
