Maeve McGregor

Nov 28, 2023 | themandarin.com.au | Maeve McGregor

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Nov 28, 2023 | johnmenadue.com | Maeve McGregor

The trial of the war crimes whistleblower shows how very far the dial of democracy has shifted in Australia. It’s no defence to claim you were merely “following orders”, goes the lapidary axiom of Nuremberg. Less known is the Mossop corollary: except if those orders were lawful orders—and even if such orders implicitly required you to conceal, ignore or turn a blind eye to alleged war crimes.

Nov 26, 2023 | crikey.com.au | Maeve McGregor

It’s no defence to claim you were merely “following orders”, goes the lapidary axiom of Nuremberg. Less known is the Mossop corollary: except if those orders were lawful orders — and even if such orders implicitly required you to conceal, ignore or turn a blind eye to alleged war crimes. That is the heroic, albeit implicit, conclusion of a recent ACT Supreme Court ruling in the prosecution of David McBride.

Nov 6, 2023 | inkl.com | Maeve McGregor

In future, Albanese said any issues must be talked out: “Where differences arise it is important that we have communication. From communication comes understanding.” That could mean both governments are about to resume the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the Victorian Belt and Road deal, the SMH ($) explains.

Oct 30, 2023 | inkl.com | Maeve McGregor

Meanwhile the “blue shirts” — guards from government-funded security company Territory Protective Services (TPS) — have been filmed dragging an elderly woman in the Northern Territory, the ABC reports. It says the guards don’t have extra powers beyond being a security presence — they can only “detect a problem”, as Darwin’s Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis says.