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bwaha…Howard at his best – talking down from upon the highest!
Small point tho’ , as I didn’t know what robes the high courts wore, I found this; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_dress#High_Court_judges
to find the highest court in this land are wig-less! In fact, pretty poorly dressed up generally.
It was all changed! Why?
Cartoonists feed on recognizable symbols – why does nobody consider the needs of the cartoonist?
Geez! & Bugger!
Though the QC’s still don wigs when making representations to that highest bench.
“Australia
In Australia court dress varies according to the jurisdiction.
In the High Court of Australia, justices wear plain black robes with zippered fronts over normal attire. They do not wear wigs, collars, bands or jabots. The robes are similar in appearance to those worn by Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, although they are more elaborately tailored. These robes have been worn since 1988, when the High Court abandoned the previous court dress of black silk robes, bar jackets, jabots or bands and full-bottomed wigs and lace cuffs on formal occasions and bench wigs for ordinary business…/”
Peter Broelman 
bwaha…Howard at his best – talking down from upon the highest!
Small point tho’ , as I didn’t know what robes the high courts wore, I found this; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_dress#High_Court_judges
to find the highest court in this land are wig-less! In fact, pretty poorly dressed up generally.
It was all changed! Why?
Cartoonists feed on recognizable symbols – why does nobody consider the needs of the cartoonist?
Geez! & Bugger!
Though the QC’s still don wigs when making representations to that highest bench.
“Australia
In Australia court dress varies according to the jurisdiction.
In the High Court of Australia, justices wear plain black robes with zippered fronts over normal attire. They do not wear wigs, collars, bands or jabots. The robes are similar in appearance to those worn by Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, although they are more elaborately tailored. These robes have been worn since 1988, when the High Court abandoned the previous court dress of black silk robes, bar jackets, jabots or bands and full-bottomed wigs and lace cuffs on formal occasions and bench wigs for ordinary business…/”