People

Suburban cowboy

Stealth required for car purchase

What I really need when car shopping is one of those camouflage suits the aliens in the Predator movies have.

Shane Budden

People

Game Changers: Rizwana McDonald

Game Changers is a short series of conversations with innovators in Queensland legal practice. It is an initiative of the Queensland Law Society Innovation Committee.

Jemima Harris

Suburban cowboy

Patient loses patience with procedures

So my doctor has gone through his list and decided there are a number of unpleasant tests I had to endure before we part company.

Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

Mordor request out of scope for ChatGPT

The battle for Mordor thwarted by ChatGPT.

Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

A trivial reason for going to law school

Back before the development of the internet, smartphones, and the practice of combining them to cheat at trivia nights, I was a useful person to have on your trivia team.

Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

Fearless (clueless) predictions for 2023

Personal solicitors, war with the US, broken modems and a Butlerian Jihad – just when will 2023 be over!?

Shane Budden

In memoriam

An Approximal view of work-related travel

Work-related travel can take many forms. This one isn't recommended.

Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

Comics catastrophe – was it in the stars?

Shane Budden laments the demise of comic strips in The Courier-Mail.

Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

Another inquiry? Don’t ask!

You may have noticed that it's inquiry season in Australia.

Shane Budden

In memoriam

John Stephen Rees

1 August 1955 – 8 July 2022

Kelvin Schmidt & Chris Meibusch

In memoriam

Robert Maurice South

29 June 1933 – 10 June 2022

Vicki Jackson

Suburban cowboy

New York cab drivers and asynchronous inclusive teaching Piaget pedagogy

Shane Budden

In memoriam

Stephanie Ann Hicks

2 August 1952 – 27 March 2022

Claire Wrigley

In memoriam

Saxons v gladiators: The drones cometh

As regular readers are aware, I tend to stay away from outright political discussion in my column, because I think it is important that we serious columnists should maintain a professional impartiality. Also, I don’t want to get shot.

Shane Budden

Early career lawyers

Young lawyers in focus

Meet Princess Avia, the first interviewee for a special series on 'The Hub', an online resource for early career lawyers launched by the QLS Future Leaders Committee.