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Url:http://skepticlawyer.com.au
Author(s):Helen Dale, Katy Barnett, Facebook User
Language:English
Tags:law, legislation, liberty
Description:Two lawyers on law, legislation and liberty. And other stuff.
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Popularity:91 Followers

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What law may do
There is a lively debate going on among members of the skeptical listserv I frequent about Senator Fielding’s call for a Royal Commission, with one poster commenting:I always thought that Sen...more
2009-12-02
Interesting times
The Chinese curse is, May you live in interesting times. I’m sure this has extra resonance for Malcolm Turnbull today. Tony Abbott won today’s Liberal Party leadership contest in a thre...more
2009-11-30
Double Jeopardy
John Demjanjuk, accused of helping to murder nearly 28,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp, has gone on trial in the German city of Munich.Mr Demjanjuk, who is 89 and was deported from the US in May, ent...more
2009-11-30
Marking time
I haven’t been about much for a number of reasons, the principle of which is that I agreed to mark some law exams for a colleague, and they’re due back on Thursday. There’s a tigh...more
2009-11-30
The Bent Spoon 2009…
… Where whack-jobs get their just deserts.I was kinda hoping Danny Nalliah and his anti-abortion noodles would get a guernsey, but the Australian Skeptics have instead gone for Meryl Dorey an...more
2009-11-29
Wild Kingdom
GIRAFFE SUFFERS FROM CRICK IN THE NECKA giraffe in a US zoo has been pictured suffering from what looks like an agonising crick in the neckFive-year-old Amali from Tulsa Zoo, Arizona, suffered the ...more
2009-11-27
Eighties Earworm du jour
I especially like the super-static, electrified cat. Paul Simon Boy in the BubbleUploaded by Celtiemama. – Explore more music videos.
2009-11-26
I am not an underclass
Disability sucks. I just thought you should know that.It’s sometimes painful, always inconvenient and inclined to bite gaping holes out of your self esteem. Most people are pretty reliable: t...more
2009-11-23
A world without monotheism
I originally posted this comment to the Richard Dawkins forum (which gets rather bitter and nasty over time). I’m writing a novel based around the issue now, but the question originally came ...more
2009-11-22
Denialism and moral equivalence
Clive Hamilton wrote a piece for Crikey earlier this week in which he likened those who deny climate change to those who deny the Holocaust. He said:We think of Holocaust deniers as being immoral b...more
2009-11-21

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Helen DaleJan 9

A welcome to all the new readers that came via The Australian. Hope you enjoy; we'll try to update the blog and this page regularly.
 

Helen DaleJun 5, 2008

Pleased you like - we do our best!
 

Simon HoldsworthJun 4, 2008

Your blog is awesome!
 
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