Andrew L. Urban
Australian PM Anthony Albanese is not the first political leader to make phony excuses to avoid an inquiry – and for similar self serving reasons: to avoid accountability. Regular readers will remember how back in July 2023, Tasmania’s Attorney-General Elise Archer made some pompous and erroneous excuses to avoid an inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser, who was convicted (wrongfully, we maintain*) of murdering her partner Bob Chappell. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
A bit harsh, that headline? Well, sure, there are judges and prosecutors who do not generally use those tools, but in the world of wrongful convictions, it is not uncommon. In trials and in appeals, these nasties often turn up, no doubt making their more ethical, professional colleagues squirm. In our unrelenting campaign arguing for the establishment of a national framework for a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), we publish the following examples. Continue reading
Former detective and author GRAEME CROWLEY provides a confronting list of facts that continue to haunt this murder – an unsolved crime whose 12 year old victim continues to be insulted by a process that shames the relevant administrators of the law in Queensland, notably the police. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
It must have been quietly heartbreaking for Rowena Greenaway to come across this document on the eve of Christmas 2025, written on 9 August 1962, attesting to her now husband Noel Greenaway’s “integrity and high personal standards”. A couple of years or so after that document was written, Noel is alleged to have committed scores of hideous crimes of sexual and physical abuse on teenagers at an institution. Rowena couldn’t show it to Noel – he is in prison serving a 20 year sentence. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
A Melbourne magistrate has ruled prosecutors must prove former Burgertory boss Hash Tayeh had intent to “insult or offend” when he chanted “all Zionists are terrorists” in public. Well, blow me down, Magistrate Malcolm Thomas, obviously wanted to prove the substance of my recent post about common sense (Dec 10, 2025) … So I guess I could get away with yelling “All Magistrates are fools…” as long as I claimed it wasn’t meant to be insulting? Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
There is a straight line between the Albanese leadership’s response to the Bondi Beach massacre on Sunday December 14, 2025 and its behaviour towards former Senator Linda Reynolds. That straight line points to a lack of integrity. Actually, it’s not just the response to the latest massacre of Jews, it’s the history of their behaviour towards Israel since that earlier massacre of Jews on October 7, 2023. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
The costumed theatre of our law courts take us back to the mindset of the 1800s when there was no such thing as a pesky appellate process. But the courts are still hanging on to a sense of infallibility – or at least a determined reluctance to correct mistakes. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
In upholding the Greg Lynn appeal, justices Karin Emerton, Phillip Priest and Peter Kidd said: “Unhappily, we have concluded that the conduct of prosecuting counsel so compromised the fairness of the applicant’s trial that a substantial miscarriage of justice resulted.” Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
The ACT Integrity Commission had found that Walter Sofronoff providing his report on the inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann to two journalists (under embargo) was corrupt. He appealed and in dismissing his appeal, the Commission probably boosted his appeal, if you’ll excuse the word-play. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
Common sense would tell you that a migrant with imperfect English accused of murdering a whole family but claiming to be innocent would not make a confession to negate his alibi to a stranger in jail, even if he didn’t know the stranger was a police snitch? Yet even appeal judges bought the prosecution’s assertion. When gullibility – or bias – negates common sense …. Continue reading