Public service: The judge presiding over a case involving claims of unpaid superannuation described the turn of events following the introduction of surprise new laws as "quite unusual".
Vale: Dr Allan Hawke was a graduate of the ANU as well as its chancellor from 2006 to 2009. He was chief of staff to prime minister Paul Keating, and chairman of the Canberra Raiders.
Courts: A magistrate has told a young man who drunkenly attacked a convenience store worker to "put your head down and bum up" and stop "punching random people in the face".
Weather: Almost all of Australia is likely to experience warmer than average nights, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, while cooler days are likely for the mainland.
Courts: The recipients of a ranting former bikie boss's threatening and menacing phone calls may have reacted with "no more than a yawn", the seasoned ex-gangster's barrister has told a court.
Streaming: Not since Bill Murray married Richard Dreyfuss' sister in What About Bob? have the tables been turned so deliciously on the head-shrinking profession as what we find in The Patient.
