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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.

Suburban cowboy

A warning from the mines of abstinence

Abstinence doesn't help Shane Budden's heart grow fonder of non-alcoholic drinks...

Shane Budden

Early career lawyers

Legal tech, non-traditional career pathways for lawyers and driving change for future leaders

Matthew Hollings recently stepped into his role as President of the QLS Future Leaders Committee.

Cayla Marchant

Suburban cowboy

Once more unto the breach, dear friends

It's starting to seem a lot like the ’80s. For a start, my gym has started playing decent music. The big way this feels like the ’80s, however, is that Tony Fitzgerald is back conducting an inquiry into corruption.

Shane Budden

Early career lawyers

QLS law graduates now lawyers

Yale Hudson-Flux, Irene Gallagher and Meagan Liu were admitted to the legal profession at Banco Court on Wednesday 15 December.

Cayla Marchant

Suburban cowboy

Did you have a happy hip hop Halloween, home brewers?

This is an article about Halloween, or home brewing, or possibly both.

Shane Budden

Early career lawyers

Future Leaders farewell 2021

The QLS Future Leaders Committee wraps up the year that was and looks forward to 2022.

Kate Pidgeon, Minnie Hannaford

Early career lawyers

An open letter to aspiring lawyers

A principal of a law firm has some words of advice for aspiring legal practitioners, having engaged in a number of recruitment processes over the last year.

Calvin Gnech