News
Media coverage, August 2017
1st Aug 2017
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of August, 2017.
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 Radio (Hobart), 'Students from the University of Tasmania are calling for convicted sex offender Nicolaas Bester to be banned from all campuses,' 31 August 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston)
Radio National (Canberra), 'More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers, led by Daniel Sanda, have joined a class action claiming their crops and livelihoods have been destroyed as a result of the 2009 Montara oil spill,' 30 August 2017
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)
West Digital Television (Albany), 'Speeding fines will go up in WA, with the Government believing that harsher penalties will deter hoons,' 30 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Being tough on crime sends the right message,' 29 August 2017
insurancenews.com.au, 'Rival insurers team up to challenge CTP scams,' 28 August 2017
104.9 Sunshine FM, 'In a bid to crack down on rampant rorting, RACQ and Suncorp have urged the State Government to reform the state's compulsory third party insurance scheme,' 28 August 2017
Also broadcast on 4TTT (Townsville), Rainbow FM (Warwick)
Channel 9 (Melbourne), 'Insurance giants, RACQ and Suncorp, claim there is rampant rorting of the compulsory third party insurance scheme and they are calling on the Qld Government to act', (Rod Hodgson interview), 28 August 2017
Also broadcast on Central GTS/BKN Port Pirie (Spencer Gulf), Channel 9 (Adelaide), Channel 9 (Brisbane), Channel 9 (Perth), Channel 9 (Sydney), Channel 9 Darwin (Darwin), Imparja Alice Springs (Alice Springs), NBN Central Coast (Gosford), NBN Coffs Harbour (Coffs Harbour), NBN Gold Coast (Gold Coast), NBN Lismore (Lismore), NBN Newcastle Hunter (Newcastle), NBN Tamworth (Tamworth), NBN Taree (Taree), Southern Cross ACT (Canberra), Southern Cross Albury (Albury), Southern Cross Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Southern Cross Cairns (Cairns), Southern Cross Mackay (Mackay), Southern Cross Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Southern Cross Shepparton (Shepparton), Southern Cross Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Southern Cross Townsville (Townsville), Southern Cross Victoria Ballarat (Ballarat), Southern Cross Victoria Bendigo (Bendigo), Southern Cross Victoria Gippsland (Sale), Southern Cross Victoria Swan Hill (Swan Hill), Southern Cross Victoria Warrnambool (Warrnambool), Southern Cross Wagga Wagga (Wagga Wagga), Southern Cross Wollongong (Wollongong), Tasmania Digital Television (Hobart), West Digital Television (Albany)
Hobart Mercury, 'When justice itself goes on trial', 28 August 2017
Channel 9 (Brisbane), 'Insurance giants, RACQ and Suncorp, claim there is rampant rorting of the compulsory third party insurance scheme and they are calling on the Qld Government to act', (Rod Hodgson interview), 27 August 2017
Also broadcast on Southern Cross Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Southern Cross Cairns (Cairns), Southern Cross Mackay (Mackay), Southern Cross Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Southern Cross Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Southern Cross Townsville (Townsville)
Channel 7 (Brisbane), 'Major insurers, RACQ and Suncorp, have warned Queensland drivers to expect a spike in insurance premiums if dodgy lawyers keep rorting the system', (Rod Hodgson interview), 27 August 2017
Also broadcast on Prime7 Gold Coast (Gold Coast), Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville), Southern Cross Central (Alice Springs), Southern Cross Darwin (Darwin)
Brisbane Times, 'Queensland insurance companies call for reform', 27 August 2017
Herald Sun, 'Qld insurance companies call for reform', 27 August 2017
Also published in Yahoo News
Sunraysia Daily, 'Abuse reporting reforms vital', 25 August 2017
The Australian, 'Witness denies conspiracy over yacht murder', 25 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Date set for freedom bid', 24 August 2017
ABC Online, 'Susan Neill-Fraser case: Date set for last-ditch appeal over Chappell murder verdict', 23 August 2017
ABC News (Sydney), 'Panel discussion with Dr Andrew Morrison, Australian Lawyers Alliance and Anna Talbot, Australian Lawyers Alliance', 23 August 2017
Also broadcast on ABC News (Adelaide), ABC News (Brisbane), ABC News (Canberra), ABC News (Hobart), ABC News (Melbourne), ABC News (Perth), ABC News (Regional NSW), ABC News (Regional Queensland), ABC News (Regional Victoria), ABC News (Regional West Australia)
Perth Now, 'Constitution conundrum puts spotlight on our history', 23 August 2017
Sydney Morning Herald, 'Death on the Derwent: Secret file could prove yacht killer's innocence', 22 August 2017
Also published in The Age
Hobart Mercury, 'From ridiculous to the sublime', 21 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Top silk pushes for case probe', 19 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Jail shortcut faces axe', 18 August 2017
MySunshineCoast, 'Criminal offence recommendations send strong message institutional abuse can no longer be ignored', 16 August 2017
Radio 2CC, 'The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse's push for clergymen to be legally bound to report instances of child abuse is receiving widespread support', (Dr Andrew Morrison SC interview), 16 August 2017
Also broadcast on 2CA (Canberra), Power FM Illawarra, Curtin FM, Wave FM, Radio 4BC (Brisbane), 1071 AM (Kingaroy), 4LG (Longreach), Radio 4KZ (Innisfail), HOT FM 91.1, Zinc FM Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Hot Tomato (Gold Coast), 4TO FM, hit100.7 Darling Downs (Toowoomba), hit103.5 Cairns (Cairns), hit104.9 Albury (Albury), hit91.9 Bendigo (Bendigo), hit93.5 Dubbo (Dubbo), hit96.1 Limestone Coast (Mt Gambier), hit96.9 Goulburn Valley (Shepparton), MIX 92.7 (Sunshine Coast), Triple M Bendigo (Bendigo), Triple M Cairns (Cairns), Triple M Central West (Orange), Triple M Coffs Coast (Coffs Harbour), Triple M Darling Downs (Toowoomba), Triple M Goulburn Valley (Shepparton), Triple M Limestone Coast (Mt Gambier), Triple M Mid North Coast (Port Macquarie), Triple M Riverina (Wagga Wagga), Triple M Sunraysia (Mildura), Triple M The Border (Albury)
Lawyers Weekly, 'Urgent criminal law reforms can prevent ‘unwarranted acquittals’', 16 August 2017
Lawyers Weekly, 'Manus machete attacks prompt lawyers’ call for action', 15 August 2017
Daily Telegraph, 'Curtains for confession', 15 August 2017
Also published in the Townsville Bulletin
Adelaide Advertiser, 'Confession 'sanctity' at risk', 15 August 2017
Guardian Australia, 'Manus Island detention centre demolition must stop – detainees' lawyers', 14 August 2017
Also published on Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Huffington Post, 'Priests Should Face Charges For Concealing Abuse Through Confessional: Royal Commission', 14 August 2017
Radio 3AW, 'Interview with Greg Barns, Australian Lawyers Alliance to discuss Neil Prakash', 14 August 2017
Also broadcast on 2AY (Albury), 3CS (Colac)
Herald Sun, 'Child abuse Royal Commission releases criminal justice report with 85 recommendations', 14 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Jail policy creating a criminal class', 14 August 2017
The Age, 'The 'no' campaign can win this one. Here's why', 14 August 2017
Radio National (Canberra), 'The embryonic yes campaign is already at risk of imploding', (Greg Barns interview), 12 August 2017
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), ABC Radio (Canberra), ABC Alice Springs (Alice Springs), 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 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 Northern Tasmania (Launceston), ABC Radio Adelaide (Adelaide), ABC Radio Brisbane (Brisbane), ABC Radio Darwin (Darwin), ABC Radio Hobart (Hobart), ABC Radio Melbourne (Melbourne), ABC Radio Perth (Perth), ABC Radio Sydney (Sydney), 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 Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook), ABC Western Plains NSW (Dubbo), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Western Victoria (Horsham), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg)
Australian Financial Review, 'Shorten rallies Yes vote for equality', 11 August 2017
Burnie Advocate, 'Warnings of Risdon Prison riot 'ignored'', 11 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Prison unrest sparks nicotine review', 11 August 2017
ABC Hobart, 'A stand-off between guards and prisoners at Hobart's Risdon Prison only ended last night when armed officers fired teargas', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on, ABC News (Sydney), ABC News (Adelaide), ABC News (Brisbane), ABC News (Canberra), ABC News (Hobart), ABC News (Melbourne), ABC News (Perth), ABC News (Regional NSW), ABC News (Regional Queensland), ABC News (Regional Victoria), ABC News (Regional West Australia)
ABC Radio Canberra (Canberra), 'A tactical response unit has brought an eight-hour standoff with inmates to an end at Hobart's Risdon Jail through the use of a tear gas type substance', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on 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 Radio Adelaide (Adelaide), ABC Radio Brisbane (Brisbane), ABC Radio Darwin (Darwin), ABC Radio Hobart (Hobart), ABC Radio Melbourne (Melbourne), ABC Radio Perth (Perth), ABC Radio Sydney (Sydney), 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)
Channel Ten The Project (melbourne), 'A Colombian judge has rejected Aussie woman Cassie Sainsbury's six-year plea deal', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on Channel 10 (Adelaide), Channel 10 (Perth), Channel 10 (Sydney), Southern Cross Cairns (Cairns), Ten Darwin (Darwin), Ten Gold Coast (Gold Coast), Ten Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), West Digital Television (Albany), WIN Albury (Albury), WIN Ballarat (Ballarat), WIN Bendigo (Bendigo), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Canberra (Canberra), WIN Coffs Harbour (Coffs Harbour), WIN Dubbo (Dubbo), WIN Gippsland (Sale), WIN Griffith (Griffith), WIN Hobart (Hobart), WIN Lismore (Lismore), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Mildura (Mildura), WIN Newcastle (Newcastle), WIN Orange (Orange), WIN Riverland (Berri), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Shepparton (Shepparton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Tamworth (Tamworth), WIN Taree (Port Macquarie), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wagga (Wagga Wagga), WIN Western Australia (Perth), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg), WIN Wollongong (Wollongong),
WIN (Hobart), 'A mother of an inmate at Risdon Prison has said the prison is understaffed and has expressed her worries about an influx of contraband', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Southern Cross Tasmania, 'Investigations are underway into last night's standoff at Risdon Prison', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Sky News Live (sydney), 'The Public Service Workers Union say that overcrowding, limited rehabilitation and staff shortage are creating a pressure cooker situation in the Tasmanian prison system', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on Sky News Live (Adelaide), Sky News Live (Brisbane), Sky News Live (Canberra), Sky News Live (Melbourne), Sky News Live (Perth), Sky News Live (Regional NSW), Sky News Live (Regional Queensland), Sky News Live (Regional Victoria), Sky News Live (Tasmania)
Radio 3AW, 'Children's Court president Amanda Chambers asking media organisations not to name alleged young offenders and not to allow victims to talk about what happened to them', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on 2AY (Albury), 3CS (Colac)
Sky News Live (Sydney), 'Prisoner advocates say overcrowding, staff shortages, and limited rehabilitation are creating a 'pressure cooker' situation within the Tasmanian prison system', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on Sky News Live (Adelaide), Sky News Live (Brisbane), Sky News Live (Canberra), Sky News Live (Melbourne), Sky News Live (Perth), Sky News Live (Regional NSW), Sky News Live (Regional Queensland), Sky News Live (Regional Victoria), Sky News Live (Tasmania)
ABC Radio (Hobart), 'Last night's Risdon Prison standoff is a symptom of bigger problems and the Government is to blame', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston), Radio National (Hobart)
Radio National (Canberra), 'The former director of Malcolm Turnbull's Republic campaign is waring Australians should not boycott the same-sex marriage postal vote', (Greg Barns interview), 10 August 2017
Also broadcast on 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 Radio Adelaide (Adelaide), ABC Radio Brisbane (Brisbane), ABC Radio Canberra (Canberra), ABC Radio Darwin (Darwin), ABC Radio Hobart (Hobart), ABC Radio Melbourne (Melbourne), ABC Radio Perth (Perth), ABC Radio Sydney (Sydney), 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), Radio National (Adelaide), Radio National (Brisbane), Radio National (Darwin), Radio National (Hobart), Radio National (Melbourne), Radio National (Perth), Radio National (Sydney)
Radio 6PR (Perth), 'Interview with Greg Barnes, Former campaign director, Australian Republican Movement, about the same-sex marriage plebiscite', 10 August 2017
Australian Financial Review, 'Disunity may torpedo pro-gay vote', 10 August 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'RISDON UNREST', 8 August 2017
Perth Now, 'The demise of the suburban pub', 8 August 2017
Radio 5AA, 'Why speed is not related to death toll', 8 August 2017
Crikey, 'The govt agency that could stop what is happening on Manus, yet chooses not to', 8 August 2017
Launceston Examiner, 'Push for codeine sales middle ground', 8 August 2017
Burnie Advocate, 'Pharmacists push for codeine compromise', 8 August 2017
ABC Radio Hobart, 'There are some people who will re-offend or self-sabotage in order to stay within the prison system', (Greg Barns interview), 7 August 2017
ABC Radio Hobart, 'Michael Ferguson and his government are hell bent on creating a more expensive justice system', (Greg Barns interview), 7 August 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston)
Hobart Mercury, 'Drug war is wasting money, lives', 7 August 2017
ABC Radio (Hobart), 'Tasmanias' legal community is warning the phasing out of suspended sentences will push unnecessary pressure on Tas' prison system', (Greg Barns interview), 5 August 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston), ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston)
ABC News (Hobart), 'The Tasmanian Government is pushing ahead with its plans to phase out suspended sentences for violent crimes, serious sex and drug offences', (Greg Barns interview), 5 August 2017
Southern Cross Tasmania, 'There are concerns tonight that the state's prison system will become dangerously overpopulated as the State Government continues to phase out suspended sentences', (Greg Barns interview), 5 August 2017
WIN (Hobart), 'The State Government has released details on its plan to remove suspended sentences in Tasmania', (Greg Barns interview), 5 August 2017
Women's Agenda, 'Universities appear to have collectively taken inappropriate and unreasonable response to reports of rape', 4 August 2017
ABC Radio (Adelaide), 'The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre's study shows that the number of deaths from methamphetamine use has doubled in the past six years, and that users are dying at younger ages', (Tony Kerin interview), 2 August 2017
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)
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