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Female Friends, Nicola Roxon & Chris Walker
Alternative Law Journal 19(3), June 1994
Advocacy before the Parole Board, Viginia Bell & Merrilyn Walton
Legal Service Bulletin, June 1984
Ron Merkel QC has been announced winner of the prestigious 2011 Human Rights Medal at the Australian Human Rights Commission’s annual Human Rights Awards in Sydney. Meanwhile, a legal team comprising Allens Arthur Robinson, the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre, Debbie Mortimer SC and Richard Niall SC were awarded the Human Rights Law Award for their outstanding legal advocacy for refugees and asylum seekers.
On 1 November 2011 the Identification Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (NSW) came into effect. This Act gives police, and other designated public officers the power to request that a person remove a face covering for the purpose of identification. The Act operates by amending five existing statutes and two regulations; Amendment of Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, Children (Detention Centre) Act 1987, Court Security Act 2005, Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, Oaths Act 1990, Children (Detention Centers) Regulation 2010 and Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2008.
Hugh Laurie; CD; Warner Music, 2011;
$24.99
Hugh Laurie is a modern renaissance man: an actor, academic, athlete (he rowed for Cambridge University) and, as this debut recording reveals, also an accomplished musician. If you’ve followed the lanky Laurie’s career, his musical penchant will come as no surprise. His piano and vocals often featured on the TV comedy series he shared with old friend Stephen Fry, while aficionados of the top-rating House will tell you Hugh’s cranky US medico frequently ends up tickling the ivories. In real life, Laurie is a multi-instrumentalist and fervent blues fan, and for this New Orleans-inspired recording, his vocals have been astutely augmented with a star backing ensemble.
In January 2012 the Los Angeles City Council voted 9 to 1 to approve an ordinance denying permits to porn makers whose actors do not wear condoms. There are, however, some interesting enforcement issues that have to be nutted out. LA is the porn capital of the US and film makers like Vivid and Evil Angel are threatening to spit the dummy and shoot elsewhere. They say the industry is already heavily regulated and current health laws provide protection for actors who have to be tested for STDs every 30 days while working. AIDS activists argue condoms are needed because the industry ignores state health regulations. Veteran porn actor/producer Tabitha Stevens says, of condoms, ‘If you want to wear them, wear them. If you don’t, don’t. That’s up to the talent to decide. It shouldn’t be up to the government to decide.’ (Source: John Rogers, Associated Press, 17 January 2012).
