One of Australia’s fanciest documents – our 1297 edition of the Magna Carta – will soon be back on display in Parliament House. Brushing up on our Latin, the ‘Great Charter’ is the founding document of England’s system of laws, and it formalised the principles of things like trial by jury, freedom from arbitrary detention, and the need for leaders to follow the same rule as citizens. According to parliamentary librarian Dianne Heriot, it will be back on display in late 2024 once it’s housed in “a suitable display case that will surround it with appropriate inert gas to ensure it doesn’t deteriorate”, which sounds tricky… Australia’s copy is one of 4, and it was found in an English school desk in 1936. It became the first to leave England when it was bought by the Menzies Government in 1952 for £12,500. Experts reckon it’s now worth over $35 million. Good one, Bob…