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• The Dismissal 50th anniversary panel discussions: Livestream event - Tuesday 11 November 2025

  “4:35pm - Could the dismissal happen again? Panel discussion: The Hon Justice Michael Lee The Hon Anna Burke AO The Hon Margaret Reid AO The Hon Scott Ryan The Hon Tony Smith”
   

• Was the Whitlam Dismissal Really "Unprecedented"? - Anne Twomey - YouTube

  This video discusses a number of precedents for the Whitlam dismissal, which occurred in the Australian State of Victoria from 1943 to to 1955.
   

• Why the rise of ‘cartel parties’ in Australia threatens our democracy - Associate Professor William Partlett
   

• Episode 52 - Baroness Helena Kennedy KC - Just Chat - Apple Podcasts

  On this very special episode of Just Chat, guest host, and President of the Law Society of NSW, Jennifer Ball, interviews Baroness Helena Kennedy KC. Scottish Barrister, member of the House of Lords and Human Rights Activist, talks about her distinguished career and the importance of lawyers in maintaining the rule of law.
   

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• VP Evans (as executrix of HB Evans, deceased) & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC - Find Case Law - The National Archives

  [42] I have used AI in the production of this decision.

  [43] This application is well-suited to this approach. It is a discrete case-management matter, dealt with on the papers, and without a hearing. The parties' respective positions on the issue which I must decide are contained entirely in their written submissions and the other materials placed before me. I have not heard any evidence; nor am I called upon to make any decision as to the honesty or credibility of any party.

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  [48] Principally, I have used AI to summarise the documents, but I have satisfied myself that the summaries - treated only as a first-draft - are accurate. I have not used the AI for legal research.
   

• Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to bar possibility of death penalty in federal case | Brian Thompson shooting | The Guardian
   

• Judge throws out Donald Trump's multi-billion-dollar New York Times lawsuit - ABC News
   

• What to know about the Macrons' legal bid to prove the French first lady was not born a man - ABC News
   

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