Sep 25, 2006

Federal judge retires to save the planet

Australian: THE nation's longest-serving Federal Court judge - who this week capped off his career by handing down a controversial native title ruling - wants to dedicate the rest of his life to saving the planet by addressing climate change. Murray Wilcox, 69, yesterday used his farewell speech to his professional colleagues to highlight the crisis, which he considers more serious than terrorism. His last case was this week's landmark native title ruling that awarded the Noongar people ...Link