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Apr 21, 2021
4 min

Together, our favourite place to be!

All humans make mistakes, that is a fact of life. Some mistakes are made from inaccuracies, others from oversights, miscalculations, misunderstanding, underestimations, or misjudgments. But, sure as the sun rises and sets, humans make mistakes. Children learn by having their mistakes pointed out and corrected. It is the role of the child’s guardians and teachers to impart what their misconduct is, so that in adulthood they conduct themselves appropriately in society, as law-a

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Serene Teffaha

Mar 24, 2021
2 min

Musings of an Advocate

We have take off!

We have successfully filed the Detention Towers Class Action in the Supreme Court of Victoria. We are so proud of our efforts and your patience in getting us here. The 3000 residents at the Estate Towers now have a vehicle to be heard. Their issues impact us all. The VGSO has been served and we need to wait for them to file an appearance and the Court will then share the filed Writ and Statement of Claim on the Court’s website. This will hopefully be available soon. Unfortuna

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Sandy Barrett

Mar 23, 2021
3 min

It's splat to the Cat in the Hat

"You have to be odd to be number one" is just one of many memorable and famous lines quoted from the immensely popular children’s books of Dr Seuss. These humorous writings and illustrations are etched in the minds of many, because children love to use their imaginations, and Dr Seuss was filled with nonsensical rhymes and strange kooky characters. What a fun way it is to learn how to read. Its initial purpose was to increase vocabulary to 220 words. As rhyming helps develop

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Sandy Barrett

Mar 17, 2021
2 min

They're going to play a game with you!

Any child of the 70s and 80s would have memories of Romper Room. This children’s television program was filled with juvenile songs that have endured into adulthood, such as “Reach for the stars”, “Mr Do Bee how do you do” and “Punch the ball”. Perhaps the creepiest, and in hindsight, most disturbing part was the Magic Mirror. Of course, all the kids loved it because we waited with bated breath to hear if the host could see and call us by name. She would hold the Magic Mirror,

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Sandy Barrett

Mar 15, 2021
3 min

The fly and the cannon

When our Health Minister, Greg Hunt, was famously hospitalised after receiving his AstraZeneca vaccine, with cellulitis announced as the cause, in spite of cellulitis being named as a known and fatal reaction, officials claim there is no causal link. After spending $24 million taxpayer dollars to convince us to take the jab, how this is unfolding is really becoming quite the fly in their ointment with their attempts to overcome vaccine hesitancy. Apart from the understandable

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Sandy Barrett

Jan 4, 2021
3 min

The Goose and the Gander

When China is questioning our human rights record, you feel the irony of their statement.

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Sandy Barrett

Nov 29, 2020
3 min

You're the Voice

You're the Voice, recorded by Aussie legend John Farnham in 1986, has become an anthem for people who want to make themselves heard. The song encapsulates what it means to be Australian for many of us. Its sentiments were never more appropriate than in this moment in time. This year, 2020 the global pandemic seems to have somewhat eroded the Australian spirit that Farnham's classic encapsulates. The severe restrictions on the very freedoms our forefathers fought for, and the

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Sandy Barrett

Nov 26, 2020
3 min

Crossing the Lines of Defence

This year has been a year of great transformation. And often transformation can bring about a degree of discomfort; I don't know anybody who can say they have been immune to that this year. But like inconvenient roadworks, when the end is accomplished the disarray is transformed, leaving us enriched, with a smoother road ahead. This is the definition of evolution and perhaps this is the affliction of humankind; to evolve. One transformation we have been witness to is an awake

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Sandy Barrett

Oct 31, 2020
3 min

May the Force be with you

As we watch on with fear as Europe's flu season begins, covid-19 cases spike and governments start implementing even more harsh lockdowns. It's difficult to feel positive as we bear witness to what appears to be a cycle we are likely to encounter again. The questionable tactics employed in the name of public health interests, must be reviewed thoroughly to ensure proper process is adhered to preserve our health, while also upholding our sovereignty and basic human rights. It

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Prisoner Island: Our forsaken stranded Australians

Sandy Barrett

Oct 26, 2020
4 min

Prisoner Island: Our forsaken stranded Australians

This is not a new film by George Miller, it's the reality for an Australian couple - the 2020 version of what it means to be Australian. We are an advanced country held up by the prosperity of our innovation, science and agriculture. But, when it comes to bringing their citizens home, our institutions, with all their bureaucracy and procedures, have forgotten about humanity. At least 30,000 individuals are stuck somewhere in the mad scramble of a journey back to Australia. Ad

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The illusion of choice - Our Political Dilemma

Sandy Barrett

Oct 23, 2020
5 min

The illusion of choice - Our Political Dilemma

There is one thing that everyone has got in 2020 and it is not covid-19, it is an opinion. Everyone has one about this pandemic and how it has been handled. To say nobody is immune to COVID-19 is probably the understatement of the century. What is clear is that most people’s opinions tend to fall into two groups, those who concur and those who do not. Yet while we might fall into collective groups, how we each arrive there is individualistic, but we are all where we are becau

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Sandy Barrett

Oct 12, 2020
2 min

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels

With the response to the pandemic seeming more like a game of thugs, gangsters and debt collectors, it’s not surprising to see more people joining the class action or creating their own legal challenges. And with many other legal challenges arising, especially in Victoria, some of you are wondering why these are finding themselves in the Court before ours. Many of these other actions are challenging restriction of movement and the effects on business and using the Victorian h

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Sandy Barrett

Oct 4, 2020
4 min

2020 Vision

In January we heard news of a new 'novel' virus coming out of China that was sweeping through the population of Wuhan. When the Attorney General Declared a State of Emergency, we knew it was serious. The Biosecurity Act was implemented, giving the government certain powers to impose restrictions on us and the country held its breath as reports of significant numbers of infections and deaths came in. Fear took hold and the World Health Organisation took the reins and dictated

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Sandy Barrett

Sep 20, 2020
3 min

CrossFit Geelong join our Class Action

Melbourne Law Firm Advocate Me speaks with its client CrossFit Geelong about why they joined our National class action. "Business closure will have impacted us for almost six months." Fitness is an integral part of the community. On the surface it exists for physical wellbeing, but its benefits go way beyond this. People go for support and being part of the community, a collective, an outlet and opportunity to better their health in a safe and harmonious way. For us in Geelon

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Sandy Barrett

Sep 17, 2020
1 min

We are mobilising the masses!

We are set to make history, in more ways than one. History by becoming the largest class action in the nation’s history, (only behind the bank fees class action which was all about money) and history by forcing our governments to finally listen to its people. Despite our cries for help, our governments continue to deny us our basic human rights while they persist with their mismanagement of this pandemic. Their sledgehammer approach continues to do more harm than good. We hop

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Serene discusses our class action on The Informer

Sandy Barrett

Sep 17, 2020
1 min

Serene discusses our class action on The Informer

Here time-honoured journalist George Donikian interviews Serene about the class action. We love a good challenge and George certainly did his best to put our arguments to the test, in good old-fashioned journalistic style. "In the past month there has been an acceleration in terms of the compromise that people are feeling about their rights." Today more than ever, it seems there is a real divide among us. A division caused by fear and this fear is being driven by daily televi

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