News
Media coverage, February 2016
1st Feb 2016
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of February 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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Sunday Times, 'No body, no parole' just doesn't work', 28 February 2016
Also published in the Herald Sun
Hobart Mercury, 'Controversial Senator standing firm’, 27 February 2016
ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt, '‘Interview with Greg Barns, Australian Lawyers Alliance, to talk about drug driving laws.', 26 February 2016
Busselton Mail, 'Northam Police arrest would-be car thief after he tries to steal 'bait car', 25 February 2016
Also published in WA TODAY, Mandurah Mail
The Australian, 'SENATE VOTE REFORM IS JUSTIFIED BUT RISKY', 24 February 2016
The Guardian, '“Calculated cruelty”', 24 February 2016
Courier Mail, 'Figures reveal WA is home invasion and car theft capital of Australia', 24 February 2016
Radio National (Canberra), 'Refugee lawyers are about to throw down the gauntlet to Comcare', 23 February 2016
Also published 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)
Radio 6PR, 'At what point do the wicked acts of the victim justify his murder and the charge be reduced to murder?', 23 February 2016
Adelaide Advertiser, 'Vow to stamp out marriages forced on girls', 23 February 2016
Hobart Mercury, 'Justice delayed in Tasmania is justice denied', 22 February 2016
ABC NewsRadio (Sydney), 'Would Aust Govt be able to get Apple's secrets in court?', 19 February 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)
Lawyers Weekly, 'Abolishing time limit on child abuse redress a ‘major step’ for NSW', 19 February 2016
Moree Champion, 'Fight for justice in child abuse cases', 18 February 2016
Internationalaffairs.org, 'AUSTRALIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BID SHOULD START AT HOME', 17 February 2016
774 ABC Melbourne, 'Interview with Greg Barns about the circumstances in which a citizen's arrest is appropriate', 15 February 2016
Also broadcast on ABC Ballarat
Hobart Mercury, 'Expanding high schools can help rural communities, students', 15 February 2016
Sydney Morning Herald, 'Mystery' laws: drug-driving push picks up medical marijuana user', 14 February 2016
Perth Now, 'Why pint-sized drinking is no small thing', 14 February 2016
WA Today, 'Mystery' laws: drug-driving push picks up medical marijuana user', 13 February 2016
Radio 5AA (Adelaide), 'Unpaid fines have hit a record high in SA, prompting calls for new measures to collect them. ', 12 February 2016
Also broadcast on 5CS (Port Pirie)
Radio 5AA (Adelaide), 'Interview with Tony Kerin, Maurice Blackburn. Kerin says driving without a licence is a serious manner ', 12 February 2016
Also broadcast on 5AU (Port Augusta), 5CS (Port Pirie), 5RM (Berri)
ABC's The Drum, 'Four Australians with better human rights credentials than Philip Ruddock', 9 February 2016
Hobart Mercury, 'Child abuse is child abuse ... here or offshore', 8 February 2016
Sunday Times, 'Boy, 11, on kill charge', 7 February 2016
Channel 7 (Perth), 'WA Police have charged an 11yo boy over the murder of a 26yo man', 6 February 2016
Also broadcast on GWN 7
Sky News Live (Sydney), 'The United Nations working group on arbitrary detention has ruled in favour of Julian Assange ', 6 February 2016
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)
Sky News Live (Sydney), 'Teachers will soon undergo specialist training to deal with the rise of young terrorists. ', 6 February 2016
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)
AAP, 'Assange offered consular help by Bishop', 6 February 2016
Radio Adelaide, 'Pre-recorded report on a UN panel finding Julian Assange faced 'arbitrary detention', 5 February 2016
Also broadcast on 2SER FM (Sydney), 2XX FM (Canberra), 3MGB (Mallacoota), 3REG (Bairnsdale), 4BCB (Blackwater), 4EB (Brisbane), 4GEM (Bowen), 4MIG (Mt Isa), 4TOF (Cunnamulla), 4US (Rockhampton), 5RRR (Woomera), 8CCC (Alice Springs), BLU FM 89.1 (Katoomba), Gove FM (Nhulunbuy), Hobart FM (Hobart), KIX FM (Kingscote), MOB FM (Mt Isa), Radio Goolarri (Broome), Tank Radio (Kempsey)
ABC NewsRadio (Sydney), 'Interview with Dr Andrew Morrison, SC, Australian Lawyers Alliance, about Cardinal George Pell giving evidence to the Royal Commission', 5 February 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)
ABC News24 (Sydney), 'Interview with Greg Barnes, Campaign Manager, WikiLeaks. Barnes discusses the UN ruling on Julian Assange', 5 February 2016
Also broadcast on 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)
5AA Adelaide, 'Interview with Greg Barns, on Julian Assange', 5 February 2016
Also broadcast on 5AU (Port Augusta), 5CS (Port Pirie), 5RM (Berri)
OHS Alert, 'Could asylum-seeker ruling lead to WHS breaches?', 3 February 2016
2CCC Canberra, 'Lawyers say while a ruling which could send more than 260 asylum seekers back to Nauru is within the bounds of the constitution it doesn't make it morally correct.', 3 February 2016
Also broadcast on 2CA (Canberra), 5AA (adelaide)
The New Daily, 'Offshore detention is ‘government-sanctioned cruelty', 3 February 2016
HOT FM 91.1, 'Lawyers say while a ruling which could send more than 260 asylum seekers back to Nauru is within the bounds of the constitution it doesn't make it morally correct.', 3 February 2016
Also broadcast on Zinc 101.9 (Mackay), Zinc Central Queensland (Rockhampton), Zinc FM Cairns (Cairns), Zinc FM Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Zinc FM Townsville (Townsville), 6PR (Perth), 6iX (Perth)
ABC NewsRadio, 'Interview with Greg Barns, refugee advocate and former President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, about asylum seekers about to be brought back to Nauru', 3 February 2016
Radio 4BC, 'The High Court has ruled the detention of asylum seekers at the offshore processing centre on Nauru is lawful', 3 February 2016
Also broadcast on 1071 AM (Kingaroy), 4BU (Bundaberg), 4CRB FM (Gold Coast), 4LG (Longreach), Magic 882 (Brisbane), Radio 4KZ (Innisfail)
PerthNow, 'Bali charm gone as modern rush takes hold', 2 February 2016
Also published in the Daily Telegraph
Hobart Mercury, 'Hapless Harriss's hateful war on the greens harming Tassie', 1 February 2016
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