News
Media coverage, December 2016
1st Dec 2016
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of December 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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Herald Sun, Insider tells of teen crime, 27 December 2016
936 ABC Hobart, The Australian Lawyers Alliance has raised concerns over the Tasmanian Police's use BearCat, a counter-terrorism vehicle to raid an outlaws premises in Glenorchy on Thursday (Henry Pill interview), 24 December 2016
Hobart Mercury, Police to probe possible liquor law breach at Outlaws’ Glenorchy clubhouse, 22 December 2016
ABC Radio National (Canberra), The Child Sex Abuse Royal Commission has released draft law changes that could make it easier for evidence about an accused person's past to be allowed into the court room, 22 December 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), ABC NewsRadio (Adelaide), ABC NewsRadio (Brisbane), ABC NewsRadio (Canberra), ABC NewsRadio (Gold Coast), ABC NewsRadio (Newcastle), ABC NewsRadio (Perth), ABC NewsRadio (Sydney), 936 ABC Hobart, Radio National (Hobart)
Yahoo7, Teens to spend Xmas in jail despite win, 21 December 2016
Also published on news.com.au
Channel 9 News, The first section of WestConnex has opened, easing Sydney traffic congestion, 18 December 2016
Also broadcast on Southern Cross ACT (Canberra), Southern Cross Wagga Wagga (Wagga Wagga), Southern Cross Wollongong (Wollongong)
Hobart Mercury, Visitors owe $4.1m in fines, 18 December 2016
Sydney Morning Herald, Push to have juries hear past offences 'dangerous', 17 December 2016
Canberra Times, Australian Lawyers Alliance challenges sex abuse royal commission on proposed bills, 14 December 2016
Also published in Stawell-Times News
7LA Launceston, Carlton says should he be charged with a criminal offence in Tas it will cost him $53.90 for a copy of the brief of evidence against him (Henry Pill interview), 14 December 2016
Also broadcast on 7AD (Devonport), 7BU (Burnie)
7SD (Scottsdale)
Courier Mail, Insurance Council of Australia cries ‘claims farmers’ eyeing north, as Qld CTP scheme reviews insurer profits, 14 December 2016
ABC Newsradio (Melbourne), Interview with Greg Barnes, barrister, to talk about Malcolm Turnbull agreeing to speak at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Australian Republican Movement on Saturday, 13 December 2016
Also broadcast on, ABC NewsRadio (Adelaide), ABC NewsRadio (Brisbane), ABC NewsRadio (Canberra), ABC NewsRadio (Gold Coast), ABC NewsRadio (Newcastle), ABC NewsRadio (Perth), ABC NewsRadio (Sydney)
Mercury Hobart, Police fees may be axed, 13 December 2016
Hobart Mercury, Council shack attack just red tape, 12 December 2016
Hobart Mercury, Money trumps excellence in Aussie cricket, 5 December 2016
612 ABC Brisbane (Brisbane), 'Self-serving' culture in Catholic Church (Dr Andrew Morrison SC interview), 1 December 2016
Also broadcast on 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)
Radio National (Canberra), Interview with Thomas Oriti, journalist, ABC, on the Child Abuse Royal Commission (Dr Andrew Morrison SC interview), 1 December 2016
Also broadcast on 105.7 ABC Darwin (Darwin), 612 ABC Brisbane (Brisbane), 666 ABC Canberra (Canberra), 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), Radio National (Adelaide), Radio National (Brisbane), Radio National (Darwin), Radio National (Hobart), Radio National (Melbourne), Radio National (Perth), Radio National (Sydney), 666 ABC (Canberra), 105.7 ABC Darwin (Darwin)
SBS News, Abuse reported against sex victim's wishes, 1 December 2016
Also published in the West Australian
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