News
Media coverage, November 2015
1st Nov 2015
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of November 2015.
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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Drug-driving injustice must be addressed
Hobart Mercury, 30 November 2015
Queensland WorkCover eyes $90m cost blowout’
The Australian, 30 November 2015
The Saturday Paper, 28 November 2015
Victims of crime compensation
Channel 7 (Perth), 26 November 2015
Interview with Tony Kerin, ALA SA President, on allowing people to check a partner's history of criminal violence
Radio 5AA, 25 November 2015
Also broadcast on 5AU (Port Augusta), 5CS (Port Pirie), 5RM (Berri)
'Flawed forensics' trigger appeals
The Australian, 25 November 2015
What more evidence do we need for new legal provision?
Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2015
Discrimination can wreck lives
Launceston Examiner, 24 November 2015
ABC online, 24 November 2015
Also broadcast on ABC Radio Australia
The Catholic Church says its new guidelines for dealing with child sex complaints shows it now has a more compassionate approach to victims
ABC TV News (Perth), 23 November 2015
Also broadcast on ABC (Albany), ABC News (brisbane), ABC (Regional Queensland), ABC TV News (Canberra), ABC News 24 (Sydney), ABC News 24 (Adelaide), ABC News 24 (Brisbane), ABC News 24 (Canberra), ABC News 24 (Hobart), ABC News 24 (Melbourne), ABC News 24 (Perth), ABC News 24 (Regional NSW), ABC News 24 (Regional Queensland), ABC News 24 (Regional Victoria), ABC News 24 (Regional West Australia), ABC TV News (Adelaide), ABC TV News (Sydney), ABC (Regional NSW), ABC TV News (Melbourne), ABC (Regional Victoria), ABC TV News (Perth), ABC TV News (Hobart)
Catherine Birnie parole hearing: 'Some people do not deserve a second chance'
Brisbane Times, 23 November 2015
Australian pension funds criticise compensation lawyers
Global Legal Post, 20 November 2015
REO program is successful
ABC 936 Hobart, 20 November 2015
Parole housing outcry
Hobart Mercury, 20 November 2015
Committee reaches impasse on Qld partnerships bill as advocates warn of mental health consequences
Gay News Network, 19 November 2015
'Revenge' should not keep Catherine Birnie in prison: Perth QC Tom Percy
WA Today, 18 November 2015
Also published in the Brisbane Times
Legal Aid has been reduced to a shadow of itself and people are denied access to justice
Tasmanian Times, 18 November 2015
Tom Percy QC, Perth lawyer, is calling for judicial system reports about jailed serial killer Catherine Birnie to be made public
Radio 6PR, 17 November 2015
Also broadcast on 6iX (Perth)
Townsville death treated as suspicious
News.com.au, 16 November 2015
After spending almost 30 years in jail, serial killer Catherine Burnie could be freed
WIN Western Australia (Perth), 16 November 2015
Paris attacks: Using laws like a weapon is a poor strategy
ABC online, 16 November 2015
Tourism is the new forestry sucking on the public purse
Hobart Mercury, 16 November 2015
Injured police officers compensation laws spark row between John Rau and union
Adelaide Now, 15 November 2015
The Saturday Paper, 14 November 2015
Launceston Examiner, 12 November 2015
Riot at Australian Offshore Detention Center Ends in Clouds of Tear Gas
Hawaii Public Radio, 12 November 2015
Australia’s shame, and New Zealand’s silence
Newstalk ZB, 12 November 2015
We need a champion to rethink project
Hobart Mercury, 12 November 2015
Adelaide Advertiser, 11 November 2015
Christmas Island detainees fear repercussions from guards
3news.co.nz, 9 November 2015
Fire at Christmas Island Detention Center Follows Refugee’s Death
New York Times, 9 November 2015
User-pays’ model a threat to access to justice
Lawyers Weekly, 9 November 2015
Abuse limit abolished
Barrier Daily Truth, 9 November 2015
Christmas Island detainees fear repercussions from guards
3 News.co.nz, 9 November 2015
User-pays’ model a threat to access to justice
Lawyers Weekly, 9 November 2015
Fire at Christmas Island Detention Center Follows Refugee’s Death
New York Times, 8 November 2015
Muslim kids and prisoners the new enemy under Turnbull
Solidarity.net.au, 7 November 2015
Judge slams ‘user-pays’ justice
Hobart Mercury, 6 November 2015
Also published in the Daily Telegraph, Australasian Lawyer, Courier Mail
Unsolicited proposals lack the scrutiny that competition brings
Hobart Mercury, 2 November 2015
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