Big Build Royal Commissioner Chris Kourakis in the rearview mirror

Posted on September 24, 2026 by andrew

When he was South Australia’s Solicitor General (2003 – 2008), Chris Kourakis made “a disturbing, incorrect decision, which resulted in [Henry] Keogh’s continued incarceration,” wrote Adelade University legal academic Bob Moles. In fact it cost Keogh 10 more years in prison … until his acquittal in December 2014.  Continue reading →

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LIA Pro, After Apex: A Smaller Claim, and a Safer One

Posted on September 23, 2026 by andrew

“Consistent with” has probably done more quiet damage in this field than any single dishonest witness. A system that does not flinch at it is not a review tool. It is a typist,” writes ADRIAN BERTINO-CLARKE, President & CEO, FIA Labs / Federated Intel AI LLC, on the launch of his latest legally trained AI tool: LIA Pro, a serious new legal tool coming at a time when concerned attention is focused on AI in general and in the legal context in particular.  Continue reading →

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Lindsay Clancy – what about Patrick, the father? “it was the mental illness”

Posted on September 22, 2026 by andrew

In this transcript of the heart-wrenching 60 Minutes interview (Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, by Ross Douthat, Michael Karzis) Patrick Clancy says “it was her mental illness … (which) has this ability to be tragically deceptive”. In any case, he gave her his forgiveness. He also reveals that “There was a time where I– I didn’t think I would live to see my 35th birthday. And I was completely fine with it.”    Continue reading →

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Lindsay Clancy – why the 11 jurors were right to vote not guilty; a psychiatrist explains

Posted on September 20, 2026 by andrew

Arguably the most hotly debated result in a murder trial anywhere in the world, the Lindsay Clancy case pits angry mobs calling for her guilt against those who agree with DR SALLY SATEL, a psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale School of Medicine, who was hoping for an acquittal and commitment to a mental facility because, in her clinical opinion, psychosis drove Clancy to kill. She explains why, in this article published in The Free Press, where it attracted nearly 1700 comments.  Continue reading →

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From the archives: Gordon Wood – convicted of murder in 2008, acquitted in 2012, suing the State in 2017/18

Posted on September 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

“You failed in your duty to alert the jury to the problems with your case. Your duty is not to chase convictions but to present your case fairly. You assumed my client was guilty and set out to prove that.” With those words, Barry McClintock SC, damned NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Mark Tedeschi, who was now the defendant as Gordon Wood sued Tedeschi and the  State of NSW for malicious prosecution. I saw it first hand as I watched McClintock on March 20, 2017, the last day of the trial, making a number of raids on Tedeschi’s behaviour at trial.  Continue reading →

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Crime: the dark side of immigration debate

Posted on September 18, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Continue reading →

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Special Forces Operator Scott Jones & The Truth About Ben Roberts-Smith – the transcript

Posted on September 17, 2026 by andrew

On April 15, 2026, we published the post Special Forces Operator Scott Jones: The Truth About Ben Roberts-Smith, with a link to Sam Bamford’s must-watch 2 Worlds Collide podcast in which Special Forces Operator Scott Jones recounts his first-hand experiences near and alongside Ben Roberts-Smith. We have now obtained the transcript and publish (most of) it to help readers to more closely analyse what Scott Jones said and note the references to Andrew Hastie, currently in the news, in the context of his relevance to the Ben Roberts-Smith case.  Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Parole Board humiliated as court asserts Sue Neill-Fraser right to speak freely

Posted on September 15, 2026 by andrew

On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15, 2026), it took the Supreme Court’s Justice Estcourt less than an hour (a millisecond in law time) to extinguish the Tasmanian Parole Board’s restrictive parole condition that would have prevented Sue Neill-Fraser from proclaiming her innocence.  Continue reading →

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Lindsay Clancy tragedy: who are really responsible? A damning exposé

Posted on September 13, 2026 by andrew

Why is Lindsay Clancy the only person facing criminal prosecution for the heartbreaking tragedy of her children’s deaths? Institutional cover up? Here’s what all those outraged by Lindsay Clancy as a monster mother need to know, before passing judgement on her and attacking those who entertain reasonable doubt about her criminality. Take 20 minutes to watch Neal K. Shah* explain how America’s psychiatric system failed her and her three little children. Or read the transcript below.  Continue reading →

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Tendency evidence lacked probative value, had prejudicial effect 

Posted on September 11, 2026 by andrew

Former Canberra academic Rick McGary was last year found guilty of two counts of sexual assault over incidents against separate complainants in 2016 and 2020, but acquitted of a third count. The Court of Appeal has now set aside the convictions, ruling tendency evidence lacked probative value and had a prejudicial effect, Harry Frost reports in ABC News. Continue reading →

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