News
Media coverage, December 2015
1st Dec 2015
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of December 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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Hobart Mercury, 28 December 2015
Interview about liability of amusement parks for trampoline injuries
Radio 2UE, 28 December 2015
Keeping party, festival drugs safe the priority
Hobart Mercury, 28 December 2015
Many questions surround Macquarie Point contract to Mona
Hobart Mercury, 21 December 2015
What would Jesus be saying, Colin?
Sunday Times, 20 December 2015
Also published in the Daily Telegraph
Wealthy publishing houses’ self interest behind more costly books
Hobart Mercury, 14 December 2015
Interview with Greg Barnes about preventative detention for terror suspects
ABC Ballarat, 11 December 2015
Interview with Greg Barnes about Gerard Baden-Clay's charge being downgraded to manslaughter
Radio 2UE, 9 December 2015
Detained Kiwis signing away their rights, says lawyer
Australasian Lawyer, 9 December 2015
Form may stop NZ deportees appealing
News Telegraph, 9 December 2015
A review of the CTP scheme in SA’ (interview with ALA SA director Tony Kerin)
Radio 5AA, 9 December 2015
Also broadcast on 5AU (Port Augusta), 5CS (Port Pirie), 5RM (Berri)
Detainees signing forms that waive rights to guaranteed appeal – lawyer
Radio New Zealand, 8 December 2015
Yearning for alternative PM who will stand up to the hawks
Hobart Mercury, 7 December 2015
Sex offenders not as dangerous as the hysteria
Perth Times, 6 December 2015
Queensland allows civil partnerships again
Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Blog, 5 December 2015
Depression: music keeps the beast at bay
Brisbane Times, 4 December 2015
Also published in the Saturday Age
Tom Percy: retaliation and self-defence can prove costly
Sydney Morning Herald, 2 December 2015
Also published in the DonnyBrook Bridgetown Mail, Central Midland and Coastal Advocate, Esperance Express, Avon Valley Advocate, Wagin Argus, Augusta Margaret River Mail, Collie Mail, Bunbury Mail, Busselton Dunsborough Mail, Mandurah Mail
ABC 7:30 Report, 1 December 2015
Also broadcast on ABC (Adelaide), ABC (Albany), ABC (Brisbane), ABC (Canberra), ABC (Darwin), ABC (Hobart), ABC (Melbourne), ABC (Perth), ABC (Regional NSW), ABC (Regional Queensland), ABC (Regional Victoria)