Commentary In Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, we find the oft-quoted phrase: the law is an ass. In his view, the law no longer served the purpose of promoting justice and fairness but became corrupted by arbitrariness so that it served the interests of the few and not the many. In other words, what is deemed legal may not always be lawful. Indeed, it may be immoral. I could list many instances over the last year and a half where some of us have been more equal than others or where laws have been arbitrarily applied, leading to unjust and tragic outcomes. Take, for example Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton travelling to Canberra for the annual dinner of the National Health and Medical Research Council—while Melburnians were prohibited from travelling more than 25km from home and couldn’t leave the state other than for work reasons. What about Mark and …