Charles Waterstreet

Charles Waterstreet may be a jack of some trades, but he is master of none. During daylight hours, he plies his trade as a working barrister in the courtrooms across Sydney; by night he works at many things that take his fancy. In this way, he has managed to publish two books of memoirs ('Precious Bodily Fluids' and 'Repeating the Leaving'), produce films (Blood Oath, Howling III), and write a column for the Sun Herald on Sunday. He plans to work day and night to improve.

Only Pistorius knows the whole truth

Charles Waterstreet Crime-scene experts and Hollywood agents are descending on Pretoria in droves, as the Pistorius murder case proves once again that a highly skilled cross-examiner and defence team can devastate even...

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Sport and the currency of celebrity

Charles Waterstreet A Sydney librarian has tackled the touchy matter of drugs in sport with more aplomb than the Australian Crime Commission's recent shrieking report.

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Chance upon a fortune at your fingertips

Charles Waterstreet A large number of the most revolutionary inventions have been discovered by accident. Charles Goodyear accidentally found the vulcanisation process for making a more stable rubber product.

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Weeding out the dogs from the puppies

Charles Waterstreet Seventeen years and eight days of sobriety went out the window when I got caught up and high in Snoop Dogg's secondary pot-smoke slipstream before and during his performance at the Box, a...

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A lonely verdict on a life in the law

Charles Waterstreet Lawyers are the modern-day witches, burning at stakes for telling truths.

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A strange way to show your appreciation

Charles Waterstreet They shoot judges, don't they? This week her honour Patricia June O'Shane, a NSW magistrate since 1986, faced the Conduct Division of the Judicial Commission of NSW.

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Good names burning with no fair trial

Charles Waterstreet Moses O'Beid owes me money. This spelling of Moses' surname is how my young PA put it into my mobile phone.

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The end of the world? Bring it on!

Charles Waterstreet My entire life, financial and superannuation plans are based on the veracity of the Long Count Mayan calendar that, hopefully, predicts the world will end on December 21.

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Maya the force be with us on marriage issue

Charles Waterstreet I thought Penny Wong was going to swallow young Maya Newell whole on Q&A last Monday.

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Dark skies as we farewell a ray of sunshine

Charles Waterstreet Some weeks are not funny. Inevitably, it begins with the weather.

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As a general rule, if you live by the sword ...

Charles Waterstreet The reasons we are fighting in Afghanistan became even further blurred by the events involving former CIA director General David Petraeus.

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No place like home to meet your maker

Charles Waterstreet My generation rejected death as a viable option, except for those who embraced it full frontal, by their own hand.

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A reasonable doubt is our best defence

Charles Waterstreet The murder of someone by their spouse is still the most common form of murder.

We all need a little help to live strong

Charles Waterstreet Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors, by Editors, is one of my favourite songs. My interns want to jump through the window on the ninth floor of chambers because, when I like something, I play it...