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Sofronoff report damns Drumgold in Higgins/Lehrmann inquiry

Posted on August 3, 2023 by andrew

2/8/2023: The report that was delivered to the ACT government on Monday (31/7/2023) but withheld from public release seems to have fallen into the hands of The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rice. Their front page story reveals the damning … Continue reading →

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Sofronoff report ready but release delayed by ACT Chief Minister; why?

Posted on July 31, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban It is delivered today, July 31, 2023, but the ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr “currently intends” to release some or all of the Sofronoff inquiry report into the handling of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations against Bruce … Continue reading →

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Listen to Lynn, Attorney-General; the public is speaking

Posted on July 30, 2023 by andrew

This compelling and heartfelt letter from Hobart resident Lynn Giddings to Tasmania’s Attorney-General is representative of public demand for a Commission of Inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser. And below, Giddings witnessed how the jury had been left with … Continue reading →

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Excuses by Tasmania’s Attorney-General to avoid a Commission of Inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser are indefensible

Posted on July 21, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Book him now. He’s moving south. Queensland last year, ACT this year…Tasmania next year? Walter Sofronoff KC will be available to chair a Commission of Inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser. Excuses by the Attorney-General to … Continue reading →

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THE EXONERATION PAPERS – SUE NEILL-FRASER

Posted on July 19, 2023 by andrew

The new book by investigative journalist, Andrew L. Urban, THE EXONERATION PAPERS – SUE NEILL-FRASER, disputes the Tasmanian Attorney-General’s justification for refusing the many requests for an inquiry into the controversial 2010 murder conviction. Urban also cites lawyers who present … Continue reading →

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Is Victorian justice dependent on your politics?

Posted on July 1, 2023 by andrew

In the wake of ACT’s DPP Shane Drumgold’s public shaming for his handling of the Brittany Higgins rape allegation, Victoria’s DPP, Kerri Judd KC, is mauled for her refusal to lay charges in the (expensive) Lawyer X scandal. GERARD HENDERSON … Continue reading →

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Has ICAC found Gladys Berejiklian Clayton’s corrupt?

Posted on June 29, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. June 29, 2023: Investigating a third NSW Premier, the Independent Commission Against Corruption has found former Premier Gladys Berejiklian engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’. But not corrupt enough to recommend the matter to the Director of Public … Continue reading →

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A key piece of criminal justice infrastructure is missing

Posted on June 21, 2023 by andrew

Professor David Hamer and Dr Andrew Dyer from Sydney Law School explain why Kathleen Folbigg’s pardon points to the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Australia. 

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When pigs do fly: the Crown proved wrong in Folbigg case

Posted on June 18, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. At the murder trial of Kathleen Folbigg in 2003, prosecutor Mark Tedeschi compared the likelihood of four children in the same family dying of natural causes to pigs flying. It was the Crown’s alternative to relying on … Continue reading →

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Comment moderators in conflict with editorial at The Australian?

Posted on June 17, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Are the gatekeepers of reader comments on The Australian – the moderators –  in ideological conflict with the editors? 

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