David Jacobson's External Insights

Blawg Review goes international

I am delighted to announce that next Monday I will be hosting Blawg Review #66.

Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law ("blawgs" are weblogs about law). A blog carnival is a travelling post about a topic or theme. For example, there's Carnival of the Capitalists, concerning business and economics, while Grand Rounds is about medicine and healthcare. Blawg Review has topics discussed by lawyers, law students and law professors. The carnival has a different host on a different weblog each week.

Whilst I am the first non-US Blawg Review host, I am hoping that the attention I will give to law blogs of worldwide interest is not a special theme for one day. In fact this week's Blawg Review #65 started the international theme. And I will add my own special perspective! Please come back for Blawg Review 66.

In the meantime, if you are a non-Aussie visitor, you can get yourself in the mood by looking at the view east from Australia to US and listening to some samples of the Rolf Harris approach to music (with the didgeridoos) or some Midnight Oil (Peter Garrett is now a Member of Parliament) or  modern traditional Yothu Yindi.

Photocredit: Anna Jacobson

AWB Index

This is an index of my postings on AWB and the Oil for Food Inquiry conducted by Commissioner Cole ("the Cole Inquiry"):

Australian companies and Iraq Oil For Food Inquiry (19 Jan)

Reputation risk: the AWB experience  (31 Jan)

Oil-for-Food Inquiry: expansion of terms of reference (3 Feb)

AWB and Oil for Food Inquiry: Managing Director resigns and corporate governance to be reviewed (9 Feb)

AWB and Oil for Food Inquiry: who knows what and where is it kept? (16 Feb)

AWB: monopoly and governance issues (22 Feb)

Cole Inquiry: what did the AWB Board know and when and why is it important? (11 March)

Cole Inquiry terms of reference amended (3) (20 March)

Cole Inquiry: isn't there a summary of AWB facts and where are the missing emails?  (25 March)

Cole Inquiry: AWB risk management advice is not legally privileged (6 April)

AWB challenges Cole (6 April)

Cole Inquiry : AWB corporate secretaries resign (12 April)

Cole Inquiry: what the Government knew about AWB contracts (14 April)

Cole Inquiry and AWB: corporate culture and criminal responsibility (25 April)

What offences might AWB have committed? (27 April)

Cole: no action over political comments  (28 April)

AWB Inquiry update (12 May)

Federal Court decision on AWB apology (17 May)

Cole publishes AWB document (18 May)

Royal Commissions Act to be amended (24 May)

Cole Inquiry: AWB goes back to court (30 May)

Royal Commissions Act amended (13 June)

AWB obtains injunction against Cole (21 June)

AWB Oil for Food Inquiry reporting date extended (22 June)

US class action against AWB (11 July)

AWB v Cole update (19 July)

Cole Inquiry and AWB update (10 August)

AWB: case study in the difficulty of apologising (17 August)

Cole Inquiry hearings resume (24 August)

Federal Court decides on AWB's claim for privilege (18 September)

Cole Inquiry reporting date extended (22 September)

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