"It was a mistake to hold that secret hearing before Christmas in the case we must not name. Who, it must be asked, or what, was to be protected by this secrecy?" HUGH SELBY overhears a once-in-a-year conversation down by the lake.
A 20-year-old Bruce woman is facing court next year charged with manslaughter and other offences following the death of 20 year-old Matthew McLuckie in a two-vehicle collision on Hindmarsh Drive earlier this year.
Despite being a first-world country, stomach problems are quite common in Australia. For example, roughly 30 per cent of Australians experience Irritable Bowel Syndrome, says Prof SHOKOOFEH SHAMSI.
"The Liberals’ reverse course regarding the tram is not a betrayal as Minister Steel calls it. The betrayal of the public happened in 2012," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
"The government will be congratulated, at our expense, for an unnecessary inquiry. The Opposition, having called for an inquiry, will rue that decision," writes "CityNews" legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
The Canberra Liberals hold concerns about the Board of Inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann trial, saying the inquiry outline does not cover the "serious allegation of political interference".
The ACT government has announced a Board of Inquiry into the aftermath of the abandoned Lehrmann rape case, but not settled the terms of reference nor appointed anyone to lead the inquiry.