Hallucinations—the other “H” index 🤦‍♂️

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Owing apologies all over the bloody country at this rate!

The Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social at UNSW Law & Justice is excited to offer two PhD scholarships in law to examine the role of evacuations in different contexts. Applications due 18 May 2026; details here: www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...

Here is a PhD position in arts law at UNSW investigating AI, copyright and the private regulation of creativity. You'll work with the fantastic @kathybowrey.bsky.social and Louise Buckingham from the Arts Law Centre of Australia, wider team myself and Marie Hadley. www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...

Oh boy do I have thoughts. Buckle up buckaroos, we're going to take some broadsides at legal academia.

Now let’s hope we see an Australian court follow suit. And also refer the lawyers for misconduct investigation leading to being struck off. Someone(s) need to be struck off for the lesson to sink in.

Vale Mason CJ. He was such a towering figure on the High Court when I was a law student. Critiqued for activism but really he and his fellow judges were just ahead of the community in recognising the inevitability of necessary change. www.smh.com.au/national/for...

Ongoing apologies for this one it seems www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Apologies to Queenslanders in advance www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Well. This would be hard to improve. The rage is bubbling off it.

To celebrate our 50th volume, JAS invites you to contribute to a special issue on (the Journal of) Australian Studies at 50. Please see the CFP below for details - and please circulate it far and wide! @intlausstudies.bsky.social #CFP #OzStudies #OzLit #OzHist #auspol #AustralianStudies

Let’s hope so? No sympathy here for either but it sounds like a marvellous opportunity for someone to return for their hat. www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...

Keeping in mind that reading at night in 1908 is mostly still by gas light or candle light, although electricity is on the way in in Australia. So yes, reading probably did induce eye strain issues, no matter who it was.

The Epstein files name prominent Australians and senior US and UK officials. I’m calling on the Australian Government to order an independent review for survivors, for accountability, and for our national security. No one is above the law. Full statement 👇

Extreme lawful evil is a pub with dense paragraphs with 1 footnote at the end of each and ~10+ sources sans page now. It’s the height of arrogance from established scholars meaning the sources are impeccably there but it’s a degree’s worth of reading to find the specific source for one point.

Every word of this is perfection.

Including me!

Delighted to become FRHistS on my 50th birthday!

Of course they do. Symptomatic of the election displays of $$$ empathy with tradies and ghosting of nurses, educators and carers. Yes, I know, not all men or women in either category.

Not a word apart from the backing track but you know exactly what it’s about. The arts are powerful. No wonder every tinpot dictator hates the arts. Kudos.

Congratulations to last night’s Curtin Uni graduates, especially all the law and business law grads.

I think he’d be among all the tech execs, current or former, to shriek for excellent legal representation if he needed it. But, by all means dude, consider representing yourself because you don’t consider sustained effort worthwhile.

This is awesomely fun reading. Also check out the transcript of the “on oath” discussion between the lawyer and the court that someone posted in the comments.

Now if only my name was Nicole … 🤔

Astounding. I learned to ocean swim in and around Dunsborough as a kid through seaweed and stingers. I regularly do 1 km in a pool. 4 km through those waters at age 13 is some strength of stamina and will. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Today is the birthday of Sir William Flood Webb, born in South Brisbane on 21 Jan 1887. During WW2 he served as the Australian judge and President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. This is the earliest photograph I have of him, as a newly appointed judge in 1925.

So “Stanger Things” [sic] is one of the most watched Netflix shows ever but apparently we still must ask the question: is being a geek cool? This was stale and tired stereotyping in the 1980s! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

What a conference to be! I’ll be submitting an abstract but on what? So many ideas! 🤷‍♀️

Who is “the woman”? As opposed to whom exactly? Is gender relevant to being a royal commissioner? How about titling her correctly too? Honestly ABC News, do better!

*That hat* must surely now count amongst the most expensive headwear of modern times. At least the High Court will be the end of the line. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Fascinating thread here on issues that I’ve pondered, albeit in the Australian context, not US. Corollary issues include legal academics wading into public advocacy for law reform completely outside their areas of expertise but always not so quietly pointing to their role.

Farewell to 2025 from Falcon WA. Happy NYE to all and sincerely hoping the next quarter century is an improvement.

By Robert Cribb and Sandra Wilson

A short little piece i had come out today on some of the social implications of the rise of pseudolaw, with (hopefully) a positive spin

It is frankly unbelievable that an org has to put this notice up about their resources. It must be maddening to have to devote staff resources to responding to emails, regardless of angry or polite tone, about non-existent materials.

The latest in the world of so obvious it didn’t need a study to establish it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

UWA Law School is hiring! Lvl B is only open to applicants with working rights in #AUS. Applications close 3 December 2025. Start date negotiable. (I encourage #intLaw people to apply! Ping @anzsil.org) #jobs #jobFairy #academia #lecturer #higherEd external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Utopia script bot … govt agency website revamp takes from 2017-25, costs nearly $100M and makes things worse than the previous website. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Well, that’s a bit of an embarrassing error 😀

Not to mention the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also reaching its 80th anniversary of commencement next year! For the IMTFE records in Australia, plus our own Aust war crimes trials, see my finding aid at the National Archives of Australia www.naa.gov.au/help-your-re...

Supreme Court of Western Australia has finally issued its guidelines to litigants and practitioners on the use of Gen AI. Very similar to the general principles approach in Vic/Qld with shades of NSW. It’s not a practice note. Nothing directed to judges, which is a shame. See my recent article.

Many many years ago I published this article on the perceptions, and fetishisation, of Japanese women over time. Plus ca meme, plus c’est meme chose. intersections.anu.edu.au/issue7/morri....

Remedies texts need urgent updating for 2026

Heads up research nerds; JSTOR is running a survey that includes questions about AI use in research and your perspective about the JSTOR database. Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research #academic #history #JSTOR #AI

HOLY. FUCK.

Hanging out at Murdoch Uni before a mtg and listening to two loud students discuss Gen AI. “I used it a bit but don’t want to jump in too far or I’ll never do my own work again”.

OMG, work laptop has updated and Copilot is everywhere trying to "help"! The standard instructions for turning Copilot off in Word by going to Options simply don't work, as there is no option for Copilot showing! The icon in the ribbon has no unable or turn off option! How tf do I get rid of this?!?

Back from long service leave and upon my desk the glory of the print version of my new article "Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges have Guidelines Too?" anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5...