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Cheryl Anne Saunders is an Australian legal academic. She is a Laureate Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne.

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by Cheryl Saunders

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Don’t be like that!
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 6d
If you think Professors are absent minded wait until you meet an Emeritus Professor.
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by Jonathan Wolff — Reposted by Cheryl Saunders, Jonathan Wolff

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If you think Professors are absent minded wait until you meet an Emeritus Professor.
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by Cheryl Saunders

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´Works’ being judged at what point in time?
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 9d
Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
The former Australian PM describes the plan as an ‘absolute gamechanger’ as US officials arrive in Egypt for talks * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scott Morrison has praised Donald Trump for his 20-point peace plan for Gaza, adding that if it succeeds he could think of no recipient “more worthy” than the US president for the Nobel peace prize. US officials landed in Egypt on Sunday ahead of discussion between Israel and Hamas to finalise details of a hostage release, prisoner swap and a lasting ceasefire deal. Continue reading...
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Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
The former Australian PM describes the plan as an ‘absolute gamechanger’ as US officials arrive in Egypt for talks * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scott Morrison has praised Donald Trump for his 20-point peace plan for Gaza, adding that if it succeeds he could think of no recipient “more worthy” than the US president for the Nobel peace prize. US officials landed in Egypt on Sunday ahead of discussion between Israel and Hamas to finalise details of a hostage release, prisoner swap and a lasting ceasefire deal. Continue reading...
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Vale Jane Goodall.
What a wonderful life.
I was excited to take the kids to hear her speak on tour just last year.
She fought for our planet right to the end.
Thank you

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Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall dies aged 91
The conservationist was renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy.
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@ronnisalt.bsky.social everyone must watch "People V Robodebt", free on SBS on demand. If Campbell & every LNP politician involved don't face charges, along with NACC Chief Commissioner, Paul Brereton no one will ever trust politicians again. @albomp.bsky.social Replace Brereton with Watson NOW !
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Amidst all the misery, some really great news.
Nations Ratify High Seas Treaty, Setting Stage for Greater Ocean Protection | Oceana
Oceana’s Chief Scientist Dr. Katie Matthews says, “For the first time, we have the legal foundation to safeguard marine diversity in waters that belong to everyone and no one at the same time. What ma...
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Cheryl Saunders, Timothy G. Ash, Laurent Pech , and 1 more

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"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US."

This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.
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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 29d
400 days to save US democracy. My latest, based on a long summer in the US. How Trump is exploiting structural weaknesses of the American system & why all democrats must want Democrats to win November 2026 midterms.
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Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash
I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhere, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Fair enough.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 29d
"The university will stop sharing the data required to be included in the ranking as of 2026. As a result, Sorbonne University will no longer feature in future rankings produced by THE, which include the World University Rankings, the Rankings by Subject or the Impact Rankings."

Excellent!
Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...
www.sorbonne-universite.fr
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"The university will stop sharing the data required to be included in the ranking as of 2026. As a result, Sorbonne University will no longer feature in future rankings produced by THE, which include the World University Rankings, the Rankings by Subject or the Impact Rankings."

Excellent!
Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...
www.sorbonne-universite.fr
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by Cheryl Saunders

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That is terrible. So very sorry to hear it.
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Chris McCorkindale @chrismccork.bsky.social · Sep 12
Really sad to read about this. An impressive figure but also a supportive academic colleague, interesting, nice and always fun company. Will be sorely missed.
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Sep 12
Huge, huge loss for the UK legal and political community

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Really sad to read about this. An impressive figure but also a supportive academic colleague, interesting, nice and always fun company. Will be sorely missed.
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Sep 12
Huge, huge loss for the UK legal and political community

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#conorgearty #humanrights #ruleoflaw #justice #academia #lse #inmemoriam | Cherie Blair CBE KC
💔 I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of my dear friend and colleague, Professor Conor Gearty. Conor was a man of remarkable intellect—brilliant, principled, endlessly curious, and always gene...
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Coming out in Constitutional Studies early next year, @glexareen.bsky.social. I very much enjoyed reading and thinking about it.
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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · Sep 26
Shameless self-promotion: I'm looking for people interested in reviewing my first monograph (international law, details below). Send me a DM or something. www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Statehood as Political Community
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Statehood as Political Community
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by Holger Hestermeyer — Reposted by Cheryl Saunders

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Scotus grants cert in tariff cases.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 9
Breaking News: The Supreme Court agreed to review the legality of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs, saying it would hear arguments in early November in a case that tests the limits of executive power and the president’s signature economic initiative.
Trump Live Updates: Epstein’s Birthday Book, Tariffs and Israel-Qatar Strike
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Reposted by Cheryl Saunders, Melissa Sweet, Karen O’Leary

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A bill is being presented to the Victorian Parliament … an in-principle agreement for a treaty with First Nations peoples here.
Is there bigger news in the country today?
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Look on the bright side. It’s the beginning of spring in Oz.
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Australia
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by Cheryl Saunders

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More strength to your arm! But how does disallowance come into this? Is a legislative instrument involved?
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · Aug 27
Yesterday, I put forward my parliamentary disallowance motion on the Morrison Government’s multibillion dollar secret deal with Moderna.

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Yesterday, I put forward my parliamentary disallowance motion on the Morrison Government’s multibillion dollar secret deal with Moderna.
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Thé practice is outrageous. I hope this works.
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Southern Africa Litigation Centre @salitigationcentre.bsky.social · Aug 25
SALC comments in @theguardian.com, “This litigation signals to the continent and the world that African nations cannot serve as dumping grounds for unresolved issues.” #NoToUSdeportationPlanesToSADC
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Eswatini government faces court challenge over men deported by US
Group of NGOs claim deal was unconstitutional and violated the imprisoned men’s human rights
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SALC comments in @theguardian.com, “This litigation signals to the continent and the world that African nations cannot serve as dumping grounds for unresolved issues.” #NoToUSdeportationPlanesToSADC
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Eswatini government faces court challenge over men deported by US
Group of NGOs claim deal was unconstitutional and violated the imprisoned men’s human rights
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Hmm. Whats going on?

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The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
If you go to Paris, many will advise you, you must go to the Louvre; but then, if you go to Paris, as nearly as many will advise you, you must not go to the Louvre.
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Here is my response to being struck off from the roll of Hong Kong Solicitors, which was made public today in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.

(Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)
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by Cheryl Saunders

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A win, but not exonerated.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · Aug 13
Andrew Laming has won his High Court appeal against a $40k AEC fine over 3 2019 election Facebook posts. In a separate case he recently pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to Qld council election breaches & was fined $5262. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Former MP Andrew Laming wins High Court appeal over Facebook post fines
Andrew Laming was the LNP member for Bowman in Queensland when the Australian Electoral Commission took issue with his Facebook posts.
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by Cheryl Saunders

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An important debate to which this is a very useful contribution, needing more and broader, similarly frank and clear-sighted contributions, responding to experience.
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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Aug 11
What an excellent piece! Decolonization is often premised on a Manichean view of the “colonizer” and the “colonized”. Tarun Khaitan, once again, reveals a key intellectual flaw in decolonial thought from within, reminding us to think more deeply about improving conditions in postcolonial societies.
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Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social · Aug 11
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Andrew Laming has won his High Court appeal against a $40k AEC fine over 3 2019 election Facebook posts. In a separate case he recently pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to Qld council election breaches & was fined $5262. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Former MP Andrew Laming wins High Court appeal over Facebook post fines
Andrew Laming was the LNP member for Bowman in Queensland when the Australian Electoral Commission took issue with his Facebook posts.
www.abc.net.au
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What an excellent piece! Decolonization is often premised on a Manichean view of the “colonizer” and the “colonized”. Tarun Khaitan, once again, reveals a key intellectual flaw in decolonial thought from within, reminding us to think more deeply about improving conditions in postcolonial societies.
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Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social · Aug 11
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Civilising the Hindu ‘Rashtra’: Decoloniality’s Tryst with Nativist Palingenesis - South Asia@LSE
As the Constitution marks 75 years as the founding text of independent India, some have argued for it to be repudiated because of its ‘foreign’ influences. Tarun Khaitan discusses why such arguments d...
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Civilising the Hindu ‘Rashtra’: Decoloniality’s Tryst with Nativist Palingenesis - South Asia@LSE
As the Constitution marks 75 years as the founding text of independent India, some have argued for it to be repudiated because of its ‘foreign’ influences. Tarun Khaitan discusses why such arguments d...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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by Cheryl Saunders

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Bizarre, on the face of it.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · Aug 9
I've got no problem with banning foreign political extremists from coming here, but how likely is it that bat researchers are going to take time out from their conference to disrupt our social cohesion? #auspol

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Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
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