Justice Nigel Sweeney summarised the evidence in the case and told the 12 jury members not to be swayed by emotion or the media. “Neither media nor internet nor speculation nor emotion of any type can have any part whatsoever to play in your deliberations,” he said. During the six-week trial, prosecutors told the court […]
The Duchess of Cambridge praises the work of staff looking after seriously ill children. The Princess made a secret visit to The Treehouse hospice in Suffolk to meet some of the residents and to learn more about the work of the staff and volunteers during Children’s Hospice Week. She said the service was “vital” after […]
The picture is taken at the 2014 Global Summit of Women and was tweeted by Québécois commentator Marie-Andrée Paquet. “A picture is worth a thousand words” she wrote, and has since attracted almost 1,000 retweets at the time of writing this article. The male CEOs who come from banking, energy and law are part of a […]
A Queensland father opposed to non-secular programs in public schools has won his High Court challenge against the Federal Government’s school chaplaincy program, throwing the scheme into uncertainty. In a judgment handed down today, six Justices of the High Court ruled the $244 million program is invalid because it is not supported by a head of constitutional power. […]