Treasurer Scott Morrison this week reignited the discussion about housing affordability in Australia. The question is: will the government be willing to bring forward meaningful reform?
George Brandis’s fundamental mistake was the formal direction, which he should have anticipated would be provocative and challenged in legal circles.
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The dramatic break between the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General – which culminated spectacularly in Justin Gleeson’s resignation on Monday – was a saga of misjudgments and mismanagement. It has…
Former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has resigned his post.
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Justin Gleeson’s resignation strikes at the role of the Solicitor-General in Australia, and the government needs to take steps to restore confidence in the office.
Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has resigned.
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Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has quit, declaring his relationship with Attorney-General George Brandis is “irretrievably broken” and taking a major swipe at his government critics.
More than 50 arts training programs across the nation, including circus, may no longer be supported by the federal government.
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The past two years have not been happy ones for the arts sector in Australia. It all began in early 2014 with federal Ministers Brandis and Turnbull telling artists at the Sydney Biennale that they were…
Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson appears before a Senate inquiry at Parliament House on Friday.
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Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has revealed he told Mark Dreyfus during the pre-election caretaker period that he disagreed with the binding direction George Brandis had issued.
Now that Labor has shot down the government’s proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage, the issue of marriage equality threatens to haunt Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership.
A contentious move by George Brandis to restrict access to legal advice from the solicitor-general is continuing to raise controversy and questions about its legal validity.
A changing of the guard…will it make a difference?
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The organisation Senator George Brandis described as having an “iron wall” around it, is refreshing its sentinels. This week’s announcement of four new appointments to the Australia Council Board represents…
George Brandis has been admonished by former solicitor-general Gavan Griffith.
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Former solicitor-general Gavan Griffith has excoriated George Brandis’ binding direction that all requests to the solicitor-general for legal advice must go through him.
The death of privacy and the erosion of the personal sphere is an internet meme, often attributed to social media.
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Social media does not eradicate the line between personal or private. Instead, it shifts the line in ways that require thought rather than unreflexive condemnation or celebration.
Mark Dreyfus says the government’s exposure draft is not justifiable.
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The government late Monday night released its draft legislation for implementing a successful same-sex marriage plebiscite – the day before Labor is set to torpedo the February 11 popular vote.
A tussle between Attorney-General George Brandis and Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson intensified this week, and the outlook for their continued working relationship looks poor.
George Brandis has been accused of a power grab, an attempt to nobble Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson.
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The future of Attorney-General George Brandis was a topic of political gossip well before the fight between him and Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson exploded spectacularly this week.
The attorney-general holds a largely political office, sitting in cabinet and often holding other portfolios.
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Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has launched a swingeing attack on Attorney-General George Brandis, effectively accusing him of misleading parliament.
Malcolm Turnbull introduced a bill for a same-sex marriage plebiscite to parliament on Wednesday.
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The government’s proposed marriage plebiscite has been delivered a fresh blow with openly gay Liberal senator Dean Smith declaring he will not vote for it.
Attorney-General George Brandis has again lost a bid to prevent his ministerial diary from being released under FOI.
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In 1983, a groundbreaking inquiry into the economic circumstances of artists released a report containing a string of recommendations. Thirty three years on, the inquiry’s chair asks, what has changed?
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