Frank Valentine – guilty by say-so: the book that cries ‘foul’

Posted on February 10, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

It is probably the worst possible time to publish another book arguing how a man was wrongfully convicted of historical sexual abuse of teenage girls. I am aware of this. FRANK VALENTINE GUILTY BY SAY SO As did my earlier book about Noel Greenaway (Presumption of Evil, 2024), challenging such a conviction flies in the face of popular public and media opinion, especially in the wake of peak #MeToo and the confronting mid-2025 revelations of extensive sexual abuse in some Australian child care facilities. But …  Continue reading →

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Mitch and Zisi – tragedy in Tamarama, but details lacking

Posted on February 5, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

In the dead of night, shortly after 4am on Sunday March 17, 2024, 28 year old lawyer Mitch East is found dead, with critical head and chest injuries, lying in the middle of Fletcher St in the Sydney suburb of Tamarama. Zisi Kokotatsios, 63, is Uber-driving his ex-girlfriend’s car on the same street around the same time.  Continue reading →

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Morrison’s men threw me under the Brittany bus – Brown

Posted on February 4, 2026 by andrew

In an extraordinary legal pleading, former Liberal staffer Fiona Brown has accused then-prime minister Scott Morrison and his most senior advisers of muzzling her and preventing her from responding to false allegations by Brittany Higgins that destroyed her life, according to an exclusive report by Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rise in The Australian (Feb. 4, 2026). The following are extracts from their report, republished here in the public interest. Continue reading →

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Big win for some victims of crime

Posted on February 2, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

 First and only-time child sex abuse offenders who are wrongfully convicted will lose the minor mitigating factor at sentencing if good character references are no longer accepted in the wake of the NSW government’s move to introduce new laws on Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026 to scrap the “good character” provision for all offences.  Continue reading →

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The Mean Girls – a reincarnation of Macbeth’s witches?

Posted on February 1, 2026 by andrew

Prompted by Janet Albrechtsen’s column in The Australian chastising Kristina Keneally and the other two Mean Girls, we might fantasise that perhaps the Mean Girls once lived in William Shakespeare’s mind…. in the personas of the three witches. The similarity is striking…  Continue reading →

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‘Rotten to its core’: No saying sorry in Tasmanian justice

Posted on January 30, 2026 by andrew

“A woman was convicted of murder on false evidence. She spent 13 years in prison. Her family has suffered. Both trial and appellate courts have been duped.” HUGH SELBY looks for contrition in the Tasmanian judicial system and finds none. (from CBR City News, Jan. 29, 2026) Continue reading →

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Men make false sex assault claims, too

Posted on January 29, 2026 by andrew

Reader Dieter Fischer posted a comment (on January 28, 2026) that prompted the research that underpins this post. He made the point that it is not only females that make false claims of sexual assault; men do too.  Continue reading →

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A supreme mis-judgement?

Posted on January 28, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban 

Phillip Boulten, a criminal barrister elevated to the NSW Supreme Court despite a history of criticism of Zionists and police, will primarily handle common law and murder cases, NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley says, in an effort to avoid any “apprehension of bias” in matters related to pro-Palestine protests or demonstration laws. That’s the flimsy defence for Boulten’s elevation. Continue reading →

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Safety in perjury for fake sex assault claims – why?

Posted on January 25, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

 Even some judges have called for reforms to laws shielding sex abuse claimants (see below) – why has the legal system done nothing about it?  Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser petition on its way to Tasmanian Governor and Premier

Posted on January 23, 2026 by andrew

With nearly 40,000 verifiable signatures, the petition calling for a judicial inquiry into the contested conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser for the murder of her partner Bob Chappell will be handed Tasmania’s MLC The Hon Meg Webb at the January 24, 2026 rally in Hobart’s Parliament Gardens, with the request to present it to Tasmanian Governor The Hon Barbara Baker AC and Premier Jeremy Rockcliff MP.  Continue reading →

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