The Attorney General's satisfied with the way Crown Law handled the John Banks case.

He's satisfied Crown Law's supervision of the litigation was satisfactory and in line with prosecution guidelines.

Mr Finlayson says the Solicitor general has his full confidence.

This really is lame.

It just doesn't make sense. Crown Law decided to pursue the case even after police had investigated fully and decided there was no case to answer.

That was the first stuff-up.

The Crowns key witnesses lacked credibility. Testimony was found to be wrong. This was on oath but it was not fact. Once the evidence was found to be false they tried to change stories and dates.

The Crown topped it all that off by deliberately withholding evidence. They actually went to court knowing that the evidence they had cleared Banks but they carried on anyway.

That is why it was a serious miscarriage of justice.

And the Solicitor General oversaw the case and that is why he should be carrying the can.

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Labour's racial profiling gig won't work for them in the long run. It's designed to whip up xenophobia in the belief that there is a constituency who believe the Chinese are driving up house prices. There is much support for that view. Labour smells votes.

The problem for Labour is this : if its Chinese non-residents who are supporting the house prices as they claim, then banning them will have the reverse effect - it will crash house prices. Try telling voters your'e going to tank their house price by a few hundred thousand and see how you get on.

The remarkable thing is that Labour has thrown a few Asian names into a computer and concluded that because Lee, Wong and Lui bought a property they're non-resident investors from China.

Labour's on-the hoof policy to ban non-residents from buying here is irrational. Its tougher than Australia. It will block all nationalities not just their target group -the Chinese. Its draconian.

Here's another thing : if Labour bans the Chinese they also have to ban Australians.

Its all in the FTA with China that Labour signed under Article 139 (the most favoured nations clause).

You'd expect on that back of such a ludicrous policy Australia would be duty bound to ban Kiwis buying in Australia.

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The Greek government's tactics on the terms of a bailout by the Eurozone has backfired.

The far-left socialist government went to the polls encouraging the people to vote NO to the Eurozone austerity package. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thought the NO vote would give him leverage on refinancing the massive debt. He was going after a 30% haircut on its debt and a repayment holiday of 20 years. He got none of that. Quite the reverse.

What Greece got is a take it or leave it austerity package much more harsh than what Tsipras rejected just a few weeks ago.

Greece has to liberalise the Labour market, reform pensions, and increase in taxes. They have to park Euro 50 billion of state assets in an offshore trust. This is all non-negotiable because the Eurozone doesn't trust Greece.

The options are to either suck it up or Grexit.

Opinion is divided. A Grexit is a real possibility. Not only does the Greek Parliament have to approve but Germany, Dutch and Finnish legislators have to tick this off -and that is far from a given.

Strikes by the public service are already in motion.
That riot squads are now stationed around Parliament is an indication things are going to get rough.