News
Media coverage, June 2016
1st Jun 2016
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of June 2016.
Please note that some of the hotlinks listed below lead to subscriber-only content. ALA members who wish to know more about a particular article and who do not have subscriptions to those publications should contact Media Manager Nick Buchan at nick@lawyersalliance.com.au for a summary of that article.
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ABC The Drum, 'The Manus asylum seeker case awaits our next government', 27 June 2016
Hobart Mercury, 'Off you trot, thanks for your time', 27 June 2016
Saturday Paper, 'Criminal charges possible regarding detention', 25 June 2016
Independent Australia, 'Why isn't the erosion of our democracy an election issue?', 24 June 2016
Adelaide Advertiser, 'If you drink, drive and kill someone, should you lose your licence forever?', 21 June 2016
Also published in the Courier Mail
Hobart Mercury, 'Major parties fall short on critical policies’', 20 June 2016
Herald Sun, 'Orphan Annabelle Maggs will lose large slice of compensation due to legal ', 19 June 2016
Sunday Telegraph, 'Insurer finds way to rip off orphan’', 19 June 2016
Courier Mail, 'Opinion: Little orphan Annie needs state’s help to reverse an injustice’', 17 June 2016
The Guardian, 'Manus refugee allegedly assaulted by guards while having breakdown needs help, friends say', 17 June 2016
Radio Adelaide, 'Interview with Claire O'Connor about a proposal by SA Police to allow them to stop and fingerprint people on demand', 17 June 2016
ABC NewsRadio (Sydney), 'A bill before the SA Parliament, could give police the ability to fingerprint people int he street.', 14 June 2016
Also broadcast on ABC NewsRadio (Adelaide), ABC NewsRadio (Brisbane), ABC NewsRadio (Canberra), ABC NewsRadio (Gold Coast), ABC NewsRadio (Melbourne), ABC NewsRadio (Newcastle), ABC NewsRadio (Perth)
The Saturday Paper, 'Women on Nauru report documents abuse', 11 June 2016
InDaily, 'Call for urgent review of "unfair" workers' compo law', 10 June 2016
New Mathilda, 'Backing The Whistleblowers: Politics, Australia’s Secrecy Laws And Our Criminal Justice System', 7 June 2016
Canberra Times, 'Immigration staff 'could be charged over death'', 7 June 2016
Also published in Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, Sydney News
Canberra Times, 'Comcare accused of vast neglect of detainees', 6 June 2016
Also published in Newcastle herald, Launceston Examiner, Border Mail, Daily Advertiser, Warrnambool Standard
Illawarra Mercury, 'Safety issues missing out', 6 June 2016
Also published in the Burnie Advocate
Advertiser Lake Times, 'Hundreds of detention centre abuses go unreported', 5 June 2016
Also published in Daily Advertiser, Hobart Mercury, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald
ABC PM, 'Abuse victims of former Melbourne principal angry Israeli court rules against extradition', 3 June 2016
666 ABC (Canberra), 'Report on an Israeli court's decision not to extradite former Melbourne Jewish school principal Malka Leifer, who is wanted by Victoria Police on 74 counts of sexual abuse', 3 June 2016
Also broadcast on 105.7 ABC Darwin (Darwin), 612 ABC Brisbane (Brisbane), 702 ABC Sydney (Sydney), 720 ABC Perth (Perth), 774 ABC Melbourne (Melbourne), 891 ABC Adelaide (Adelaide), 936 ABC Hobart (Hobart), ABC Alice Springs (Alice Springs), ABC Ballarat (Ballarat), ABC Broken Hill (Broken Hill), ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Central Coast (Erina), ABC Central Victoria (Bendigo), ABC Central West NSW (Orange), ABC Coffs Coast (Coffs Harbour), ABC Esperance (Esperance), ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast (Port Lincoln), ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC Gippsland (Sale), ABC Gold Coast (Gold Coast), ABC Goldfields WA (Kalgoorlie), ABC Goulburn Murray (Wodonga), ABC Great Southern (Albany), ABC Great Southern WA (Wagin), ABC Illawarra (Wollongong), ABC Kimberley (Broome), ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt (Geraldton), ABC Mildura - Swan Hill (Mildura), ABC New England North West (Tamworth), ABC Newcastle (Newcastle), ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie), ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC North West WA (Karratha), ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston), ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga), ABC Riverland SA (Renmark), ABC Shepparton (Shepparton), ABC South East NSW (Bega), ABC South East SA (Mt Gambier), ABC South West WA (Bunbury), ABC South Western Victoria (Warrnambool), ABC Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), ABC Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook), ABC Western Plains NSW (Dubbo), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Western Victoria (Horsham), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg)
891 ABC (Adelaide), 'Alleged victims of former Melbourne Principal Malka Leifer are disappointed', 3 June 2016
Also broadcast on ABC Broken Hill (Broken Hill), ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast (Port Lincoln), ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie), ABC Riverland SA (Renmark), ABC South East SA (Mt Gambier), Radio National (Adelaide), 936 ABC Hobart (Hobart), Radio National (Hobart)
Radio National (Canberra), 'An Israeli court's decision not to extradite former Melbourne Jewish school principal Malka Leifer, who is wanted by Victoria Police on 74 counts of sexual abuse', 3 June 2016
Also broadcast on Radio National (Adelaide), Radio National (Brisbane), Radio National (Darwin), Radio National (Hobart), Radio National (Melbourne), Radio National (Newcastle), Radio National (Perth), Radio National (Sydney)
The Age, 'La Trobe University could face legal action over suspension of Safe Schools co-founder Roz Ward', 2 June 2016
Also published in Brisbane Times, Border Mail, Ballarat Courier
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