News
Media coverage, July 2014
1st Jul 2014
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of July 2014.
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Compensation 'won't be enough'
Simon King, The Australian, July 29 2014
Nigel Hunt, Sheradyn Holderhead, Lauren Novak, The Adelaide Advertiser, July 28 2014
Also mentioned on www.news.com.au
Father not guilty of murdering daughter with cake knife at South Fremantle unit
Prime 7, July 28 2014
High court to hear asylum seeker case next month
SBS Ethnic Radio, July 25 2014
Child sexual abuse charges: Reports Adelaide carer previously investigated
Yahoo News Australia, July 25 2014
Also mentioned on Prime 7
People held in 'torturous conditions' on customs boat
Whitsunday Times, July 24 2014
Also mentioned on Sunshine Coast Daily, Gladstone Observer, Toowoomba Chronicle, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Daily Mercury, Fraser Coast Chronicle, Daily Examiner, Northern Star and Byron Shire News
Australian legislation to see whistleblowing on intel ops punishable by up to 10 years jail
The Stringer, July 24 2014
Cruel and inhuman treatment of asylum seekers
702 ABC Sydney, July 24 2014
Also mentioned on 720 ABC Perth, Triple J, 612 ABC Brisbane, 891 ABC Adelaide, 666 ABC Canberra, 774 ABC Melbourne, ABC Goldfields WA, ABC Great Southern, ABC Kimberley, ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt, ABC North West WA, ABC South West WA, Triple J (Perth), Triple J (Melbourne), Triple J (Canberra), Triple J (Brisbane), Triple J (Adelaide), Triple J (Hobart), Triple J (Darwin), ABC Capricornia, ABC Far North, ABC Gold Coast, ABC North Queensland, ABC North West Qld, ABC Southern Queensland, ABC Sunshine Coast, ABC Tropical North, ABC Western Queensland, ABC Wide Bay, ABC Broken Hill, ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast, ABC North and West SA, ABC Riverland SA, ABC South East SA, ABC Central Coast, ABC Central West NSW, ABC Coffs Coast, ABC Illawarra, ABC New England North West, ABC North Coast NSW, ABC Riverina, ABC South East NSW, ABC Upper Hunter, ABC Western Plains NSW, ABC Ballarat, ABC Central Victoria, ABC Gippsland, ABC Goulburn Murray, ABC Mildura - Swan Hill, ABC Shepparton, ABC South Western Victoria, ABC Western Victoria and Radio National.
Calls for allegations by a Families SA carer to be referred to the National Royal Commission investigating institutional abuse
Patrick Boylen interview, Channel Nine 6pm News Adelaide, 24 July 2014
Patrick Boylen interview, ABC TV 7pm News bulletin Adelaide, 24 July 2014
Adelaide Advertiser, July 24 2014
Also mentioned in www.news.com.au and www.perthnow.com.au
WA Government moves to permanently confiscate hoon vehicles
720 ABC Perth, July 23 2014
Brandis legislates to trample on our freedoms
Canberra Times, July 22 2014
Man accused of murdering daughter unaware he stabbed her, court hears
Yahoo7, July 21 2014
Also mentioned in The Australian
Tom Percy, Sunday Times, July 20, 2014
Government in fight over refugee injury claims
Chris Vedelago, WAToday, July 19 2014
Also mentioned in The Sunday Age
NSW Workers Compensation changes restrict workers' rights
Joshua Dale, Independent Australia, 18 July 2014
Journalists will face jail over spy leaks under new security laws
Paul Farrell and Daniel Hurst, The Guardian, July 17, 2014
Also mentioned in Engadget
Calls for new investigation into Montara Oil spill
Felicity James and Matt Brann, ABC Online, July 15, 2014
Also featured on ABC1 and ABC Radio
Greg Barns, Hobart Mercury, July 14, 2014
Lawyers want states to legislate on racial discrimination
The Daily Examiner, 11 July 2014
Also featured in the Whitsunday Times, The Daily Examiner, the Byron Shire News, the Queensland Times, the Gladstone Observer, the News Mail, the Fraser Coast Chronicle, the Northern Star, the Toowoomba Chronicle, the Daily Mercury, and the Daily Examiner.
Coffee run compensation crackdown
Dan Harrison, Canberra Times, July 10, 2014
Also featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday, Thompson Reuters Workers Compensation Report newsletter
Justin Bianchini, Inmycommunity.com.au, 8 July 2014
Effects of funding cuts on community legal centres
ALA spokesperson Tony Kerin, Radio Adelaide, 7 July 2014
Vatican cites confidentiality for Royal Commission document refusal
ALA spokesperson Dr Andrew Morrison SC, 774 ABC Melbourne, 5 July 2014
Also featured on 936 ABC Hobart, 612 ABC Brisbane, 666 ABC Canberra, 702 ABC Sydney, 891 ABC Adelaide, and 720 ABC Perth.
David Killick, Hobart Mercury, 5 June 2014
Residents at risk of toxic contamination
ALA spokesperson Tony Kerin, 5AA Adelaide, 4 July 2014
Felicity Nelson, Lawyers Weekly, 2 July 2014
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