Festival dumping calculated, says Palestinian author Dumped author Randa Abdel-Fattah says attempts to police speech will backfire as more than 100 writers quit a besieged literary festival in solidarity. AAP · Jan 12
Twitter Is Tearing Millionaire Knob Tim Gurner A New One After He Said Tradies Don’t Work Hard Enough Millionaire Tim Gurner has become the target for hilarious burns online after his cooked comments about tradies not working, and more. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 13, 2023
Sue Chrysanthou to be reprimanded for representing Christian Porter in ABC defamation case despite conflict of interest NSW Bar Council has resolved to reprimand barrister after finding she engaged in ‘unsatisfactory professional conduct’ after complaint by Jo Dyer The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023
Christian Porter loses appeal against judgement to remove lawyer Sue Chrysanthou in settled defamation case against ABC Former federal attorney-general Christian Porter loses his Federal Court appeal over the removal of lawyer Sue Chrysanthou from his defamation case against the ABC. ABC News · Jul 14, 2022
Porter's defamation spinoff appeal fails An appeal by Christian Porter over the removal of his leading barrister in the now-settled defamation case against the ABC has been dismissed. AAP · Jul 14, 2022
Christian Porter loses appeal against Jo Dyer in spinoff case to ABC defamation action Former attorney general had appealed court decision to stop Sue Chrysanthou representing him, despite dropping his claim against ABC The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2022
Boothby a 'hard ask' for independent Dyer High-profile independent for Boothby Jo Dyer has downplayed her chances of victory in the marginal South Australian electorate. AAP · May 21, 2022
Administrative Appeals Tribunal demoted barrister for making decisions against the government, he claims Adelaide barrister Michael Manetta says he's been stopped from hearing welfare debt cases at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal because he made too many decisions against the government. ABC News · May 15, 2022
Dissent and disaffection in the mega mansions and battler suburbs of Boothby Change is in the air in the blue-ribbon South Australian seat. Will the status quo prevail or will dissatisfaction with both major parties hand it to an independent? The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2022
Independent Boothby candidate Jo Dyer cleared to contest marginal seat at federal election after clearing dual-citizenship drama Ms Dyer says she's received confirmation from Britain's Home Office that her citizenship has been renounced. ABC News · Apr 30, 2022
Scott Morrison suggests ‘remarkable similarity’ between China and Solomon Islands rhetoric – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2022
Independent Boothby federal election candidate Jo Dyer 'seeking urgent advice' about dual citizenship Boothby candidate Jo Dyer — a so-called "teal independent" — may be a dual British-Australian citizen, which would make her ineligible to take up the seat if she wins it from the Liberal Party. ABC News · Apr 28, 2022
Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told Former attorney general appeals decision to remove Sue Chrysanthou from his now abandoned defamation case against ABC The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022
Judge relied on 'improper, odd' evidence from witness to remove Christian Porter's lawyer in ABC trial, court told The decision to prevent Sue Chrysanthou from representing the former federal attorney-general against the ABC cost Christian Porter more than $400,000. ABC News · Apr 20, 2022
AAP · Apr 20, 2022 Accuser's friend wished Porter ill: lawyer Ill will felt toward Christian Porter should not have barred his barrister from representing him in his defamation case against the ABC, a court has been told.
The Conversation · Apr 13, 2022 State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.
ABC News · Apr 1, 2022 The South Australian women who turned safe Liberal seats marginal in the 2022 state election They might not have won, but these women have changed South Australia's political landscape.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 Christian Porter and lawyer ordered to pay more than $430,000 in legal costs The former attorney-general and his defamation barrister are ordered to cover the court costs of a friend of the woman who accused him of rape more than 30 years ago.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 19, 2022 Christian Porter and barrister Sue Chrysanthou ordered to pay Jo Dyer $430,000 in legal costs Dyer won 2021 case forcing former attorney general’s lawyer to stand aside from ABC defamation action, which was later discontinued