http://www.starobserver.com.au/soap-box/2008/08/06/new-high-court-chief-justice-announced/1050 Australia's leading gay and lesbian news source Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:28:30 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.starobserver.com.au/soap-box/2008/08/06/new-high-court-chief-justice-announced/1050/comment-page-1#comment-13772 Andrew Sheldon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:24:26 +0000 http://www.starobserver.com.au/?p=1050#comment-13772 The notion that no interpretative exercise can be entirely -œobjective is like saying 'no science can be entirely objective'. Is his job not to ensure it is. Is not policy supposed to be consonant with the facts of reality, and in so doing, be be internally consistent? Is the judge saying reality has contradictions or that he reserves the right to retain contradictions. Or is policy supposed to be somebody's wet dream. The notion that no interpretative exercise can be entirely -œobjective is like saying ‘no science can be entirely objective’. Is his job not to ensure it is. Is not policy supposed to be consonant with the facts of reality, and in so doing, be be internally consistent?
Is the judge saying reality has contradictions or that he reserves the right to retain contradictions. Or is policy supposed to be somebody’s wet dream.

]]> http://www.starobserver.com.au/soap-box/2008/08/06/new-high-court-chief-justice-announced/1050/comment-page-1#comment-10377 Paul Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:23:16 +0000 http://www.starobserver.com.au/?p=1050#comment-10377 She is fantastic for Australia and us! She is fantastic for Australia and us!

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