But I assume that what is intended by the expression is an examination, once again, of the attacks on the judges by the media. This is not simply a local development. Indeed, it is not a development confined to attacks on the authority of judges. It is not even a development without its positive side. But it is clearly one of considerable importance for the rule of law.
Today there is less hard copy in our news.
More mixed news and comment. This is probably a print media response to the necessities of television and to the magazine and pictorial approach to the presentation of news. Lawyers who hanker after serious debate, and judges who are used to it, are bound to be disappointed. In the course of an unremarkable judgment I drew attention to a perceived injustice in New South Wales workers' compensation legislation. A serious discussion of the perceived source of injustice in the law becomes impossible.