From the Archives: Never mind his alibi – the Lin family murders

Posted on July 1, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban revisits the case of Robert Xie, convicted of the 2009 murders of five members of the Lin family in 2017 and the egregious way the system framed him by burying his alibi.  Continue reading →

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The best deal ever made

Posted on June 30, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

 June 15, 1215, was a Monday, the start of a new week and the beginning of a new era in history, when England’s King John led his entourage to the meadow at Runnymede (some 30kms South West of London, near the site of today’s Heathrow Airport), to seal a deal with rebellious barons – a deal we know as the Magna Carta. The best deal ever made. Continue reading →

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Footage of crime inadmissible as evidence, says judge. Que?

Posted on June 28, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Sometimes ya gotta scratch yer head at judges… take NSW District Court judge Michael McHugh, who has decided that a video, viewed millions of times and shared globally, cannot be presented in evidence against Bankstown nurses Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir. You know, the ones charged with threatening behaviour against jews…as we reported on June 24, 2026.  Continue reading →

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Nurses’ threatening video barred from court for secret reasons

Posted on June 24, 2026 by andrew

 Andrew L. Urban

Remember that famous video from February 2025 where a male and a female nurse in a Bankstown hospital made threats and claims about how badly they did and will treat Jewish patients in their care? That video of Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmed Rashad Nadir in an online chat with an Israeli man, triggered an investigation which led to charges which are now before the court – but the judge won’t allow it into evidence.  Continue reading →

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Absent murderers – victims of the system

Posted on June 23, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Sue Neill-Fraser, Henry Keogh, Robert Xie, Marco Rusterholz, Steven Fennell, Stephen ‘Shorty’ Jamieson, Gordon Wood – they are the ‘absent murderers’ whose cases we have reported, convicted of murder despite being absent from the crime scene at the time. Of these seven, only four were later exonerated: Henry Keogh (after 20 years), Steven Fennell (after six years), Gordon Wood (after four years)/ Continue reading →

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Brittany Higgins & David Sharaz under investigations

Posted on June 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

The Federal Police are investigating David Sharaz and the Trustee in Bankruptcy is investigating his wife Brittany Higgins. Sharaz in connection with his Get Up stunt interrupting Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address on June 17, Higgins in connection with some $1 million missing from the Protective Trust which was set up to handle the government’s compensation payout of $2.4 million. Continue reading →

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No-go for Ben Roberts-Smith in bail farce

Posted on June 17, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

The handling of Ben Roberts-Smith bail restrictions is becoming farcical, with prosecutors picking and choosing which of two events he can attend – and the judge denying permission for both.  Continue reading →

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Overzealous rape prosecutors hurt claimants & system

Posted on June 15, 2026 by andrew

She claims she repeatedly warned prosecutors she had no recollection of the incident (alleged rape) and did not believe her testimony alone could secure a guilty conviction. She assumed they were sitting on a pile of evidence that would result in a favourable verdict but that pile never emerged, reports Ellie Dudley in The Australian.  Continue reading →

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Courts, hair me out … Tickle fails the XX hair test

Posted on June 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Everyone knows that a woman’s hair is her crowning glory. Sall Grover of Giggle fame has great hair. The Tickle person definitely does not. Even a former Family Court judge – a woman – is now challenging the Federal Court for its “extraordinary overreach” to find that the ordinary meaning of “woman” includes a biological male. Continue reading →

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LIA Apex and the Future of Reviewable Legal Reasoning

Posted on June 5, 2026 by andrew

ADRIAN BERTINO-CLARKE is the founder of FIA Labs and the creator of LIA Apex, a governed legal intelligence workspace being developed with miscarriage-of-justice work in mind. LIA Apex is designed to help lawyers, investigators, innocence advocates, journalists, academics, and review bodies organise complex case records, test prosecution theories, challenge expert evidence, identify unresolved doubt, and preserve reviewable governance logs. It is not an innocence machine or a substitute for lawyers; it is a tool for making legal reasoning more disciplined, transparent, and accountable.  Continue reading →

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