Michaela Whitbourn
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Connoisseur of fine puns. Legal Affairs reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.
Iāve been watching the 1986 Australian film Playing Beatie Bow. Was this playground equipment under the Harbour Bridge real or just used in the movie?! I donāt remember it. Bonus nerdery: the titular character lived in the Sirius building (with very different interiors).
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Angus Macinnis
9 months ago
The only problem with going on holidays is missing out on the great
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yarns
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runs, but luckily there's catch-up
add a skeleton here at some point
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S P Murray
9 months ago
It's summer in Sydney, and that means a walk down memory lane to an old style milk bar, the Olympia, with
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as she reports on the plans for zhuzhing it up
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A rare example of Aldi falling foul of Australian law in mimicking a rival brandās packaging. We explain the court decision here:
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How Aldi was caught out in āflagrantā copying of a Sydney brand
It is a rare example of Aldi falling foul of Australian law in executing its āLike Brands. Only Cheaperā strategy.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-aldi-was-caught-out-in-flagrant-copying-of-a-sydney-brand-20241223-p5l0cx.html
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AustLII
11 months ago
@austlii.edu.au
has joined the blue butterfly. We will maintain our Twitter feed for a while but will seek to increase our presence here.
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Did you know NSW has a free mediation service? Anybody can contact them. But the Minns government is about to close it and replace it with a service with a much narrower remit.
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The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session
Chloe found a clever solution to take the heat out of a noise dispute. But other Sydneysiders might not be so lucky.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-feuding-northern-beaches-neighbours-and-the-morning-yoga-session-20241031-p5kmvo.html
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How a dictionary derailed a criminal trial, and other tales of juror misconduct.
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How a dictionary derailed a Sydney criminal trial
The book was discovered by two court officers cleaning a jury room in Sydney. The response from the judge was swift.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-a-dictionary-derailed-a-sydney-criminal-trial-20241029-p5kmcd.html
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Dr Daya Sharma
11 months ago
Thank you. Work satisfaction is very high. Hereās a related post that I transferred across from the hellsite
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Small pup gazing skyward.
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I am very fond of my Hydrangeas this year and this seemed like a post befitting a platform with a hopeful, gentle kind of energy.
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