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NSW Law Soc's College of Law building sold for approximately $25 Million; in its place a proposed development worth billions in sales and rental: Could NSW Law Society done a lot better?

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COMMENT            This could well be what replaces the College Of Law building     by Ganesh Sahathevan  The extracts above are from the College Of Law Ltd's 2016 Annual Report . They concern the sale of the College's. building in 2015. In the  charity’s  governor's report (page 7)  it is  quot ed :   During the year the  college  established an endowment fund, utilising cash reserves from the sale of the St Leonards building and operational surpluses. The fund professionally managed and has been established to generate investment returns overs the long term. The initial investment in May 2016 was $45.5 million, with the closing balance being $45.9 million, reflection the fair value gain of $0.4 million.    Note 12 (page 37) details the sale of  the charity’s  St Leonards building originally cost $15M and was sold on 12 Nov ember  2015. A net gain on the disposal of $8.8M was r...

AG NSW Mark Speakman perplexed why other jurisdictions are not simply copying & pasting his defamation law amendments : Speakman's amendments have weakened protection provided journalists & whistleblowers, and tainted by a desire to protect parochial NSW interests; other AGs are right to not follow his lead

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan  Speakman has shown that he is not afraid to use his power an influence to obstruct investigation by journalists into the conduct of his officers. The LSJ reported, quoting NSW AG Mark Speakman :  Attorney-General Mark Speakman has committed to pushing forward with amendments to defamation law in NSW, despite other jurisdictions so far dragging their feet on the changes. “A number of jurisdictions said they have busy legislative programs and they don’t know when they can fit this in. I have difficulty understanding that because … all they need to do is copy and paste [the amendments] into their bills.” A copy and paste of Speakman's amendments would be dangerous for it would entrench his errors. As reported, Speakman and his officers seem intent on destroying, extra-judicially (to begin with), the protection provided journalists and whistleblowers in the landmark NSW Supreme Court decision in Carlovers Carwash v Sahathevan, which was later applied in...

Anwar Ibrahim's latest coup: Tracking Vinod Shekar's plane suggests that coup might be have been hatched in Singapore, if not Langkawi

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan  As reported : PM in waiting Anwar Ibrahim's Sabah campaign funding : Private jet from Vinod Shekar requires explanation Vinod Sekhar with Anwar Ibrahim in a pic he posted on his Facebook It appears that Shekar took delivery of the plane sometime in May 2020.  The activity log suggests a significant amount of time spent in Langkawi. Trips  to Singapore stand out not for frequency but timing ie in and around trips to Sabah, presumably to campaign  for Warisan.  Activity Log PAST FLIGHTS Date Departure Arrival Aircraft Duration Monday 21-Sep-2020 03:56PM +08 Kota Kinabalu Int'l -  BKI 06:05PM +08 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah -  SZB - 2h 09m Monday 21-Sep-2020 12:06AM +08 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah -  SZB 02:15AM +08 Kota Kinabalu Int'l -  BKI - 2h 09m Sunday 20-Sep-2020 09:01PM +08 Kota Kinabalu Int'l -  BKI Last seen at  11:12PM +08 near Subang Jaya, Malaysia - 2h 11m Saturday 19-Sep-202...