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A battle is emerging in the peak body for Victorian barristers over a push to endorse the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

In an era when powerful institutions demonize decent people and the mainstream media joins in, piling on the abuse legal proceedings have become another Kafka-esque weapon of coercion. Few cases are more troubling than the persecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as John Pilger describes.

Anti-lockdown 'rebels' arrested, locked-up and fined during one of Victoria's darkest periods in history are quietly being let off the hook in the run up to the next state election. 

Private prosecutions: the realm of the whacky or power abuse safeguard? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A recognisable name – Lisa Hannan – cropped up on the Melbourne Magistrates Court list last week as a defendant in case number M11276622. Known names do appear in the list from time to time – there are a few Scott Morrisons fronting court at the moment – but normally it’s not the famous persona. Surely then this was not the same Lisa Hannan who is the current Chief Magistrate of the court? Yes, co...