Category Archives: Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser

Tasmanian Parole Board humiliated as court asserts Sue Neill-Fraser right to speak freely

Posted on September 15, 2026 by andrew

On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15, 2026), it took the Supreme Court’s Justice Estcourt less than an hour (a millisecond in law time) to extinguish the Tasmanian Parole Board’s restrictive parole condition that would have prevented Sue Neill-Fraser from proclaiming her … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser challenge to Parole Board free speech restriction rescheduled

Posted on September 5, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. “Parole should be a pathway to reintegration, not a way of continuing to impose punishment. When parole conditions silence people or limit their freedom of expression, they violate basic human rights and increase the risk of re-incarceration,” … Continue reading →

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Justice Estcourt not in court, Sue Neill-Fraser v Parole Board hearing cancelled

Posted on September 1, 2026 by andrew

The judge who dissented at her appeal and would have quashed her conviction, Justice Estcourt AM, fell ill and was unable to attend court this morning, resulting in the cancellation of the hearing where the Melbourne based Human Rights Law … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Parole Board caves on Sue Neill-Fraser “improper” bail restriction

Posted on August 25, 2026 by andrew

Just days before the August 31 Supreme Court hearing a challenge by the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) to an extra bail restriction imposed on Sue Neill-Fraser in April 2025 preventing her claiming her innocence, the Tasmanian Parole Board has … Continue reading →

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Open Sore: anniversary of Sue Neill-Fraser arrest

Posted on August 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  Sixteen years ago on August 20 Sue Neill-Fraser was arrested at her home in Hobart for the murder of her partner, Bob Chappell, supposedly on their yacht Four Winds. A year later in 2010 Sue was tried, … Continue reading →

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Parole right or wrong in our imperfect justice system? e.g: Sue Neill-Fraser, Derek Bromley

Posted on July 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban As regular readers know, Sue Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009. In 2010, she was sentenced to 23 years in jail, released on parole* in October 2022. She is widely … Continue reading →

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Absent murderers – victims of the system

Posted on June 23, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Sue Neill-Fraser, Henry Keogh, Robert Xie, Marco Rusterholz, Steven Fennell, Stephen ‘Shorty’ Jamieson, Gordon Wood – they are the ‘absent murderers’ whose cases we have reported, convicted of murder despite being absent from the crime scene at … Continue reading →

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From the archives: Justice cast to the Four Winds

Posted on April 26, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban* The Australian featured this extensive article in the March 25, 2015, edition.  It was  the first detailed mainstream media analysis of the Sue Neill-Fraser case and serves to inform those new to the subject – and a … Continue reading →

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Meaghan Vass was on the yacht, Sue Neill-Fraser was not. OK?

Posted on April 21, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban  I just have to share this with readers who may have missed it. In recent weeks, a number of comments have turned up on previous stories about the Sue Neill-Fraser case. It’s been 16 years since the … Continue reading →

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Special Forces Operator Scott Jones: The Truth About Ben Roberts-Smith – the transcript

Posted on April 17, 2026 by andrew

Hosted by Sam Bamford, a former Australian Army infantry paratrooper and combat veteran with a deployment to Afghanistan in 2012, the 2 Worlds Collide Podcast has evolved into one of Australia’s most outspoken independent platforms. In this must-see episode, Special Forces … Continue reading →

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