Justice Gaudron’s ferocious intellect was matched by her equally ferocious commitment to social justice, something she acknowledged was shaped by her working-class upbringing in regional Australia—not that she thought her background was or should be remarkable on the High Court, because to her it was self-evident that the judiciary should reflect the whole of Australian society.

I don’t think anyone disagrees that we need to invest more in aged care, but the government should not be going cap in hand to pensioners to fund it

It’s been more than two years since the International Court of Justice confirmed that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal under international law.