News
Media coverage, May 2015
1st May 2015
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of May 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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Detention centre doctors risk jail if they speak out
6minutes.com.au, 29 May 2015
Doctors face jail for reporting asylum seeker abuse
Australian Doctor, 29 May 2015
Feds ‘Iron Curtain of Secrecy’ Around Detention Centres
Pro Bono News, 28 May 2015
‘Paperless’ death in custody shows lack of police accountability
Alice Springs News, 28 May 2015
Border Force Act: detention secrecy just got worse
ABC's The Drum, 28 May 2015
The Mandarin, 25 May 2015
Lawyers warn NIIS threatens legal rights
insurancenews.com.au, 25 May 2015
Prisoner may go to mother's funeral
Hobart Mercury, 25 May 2015
Class action planned over Montara oil spill
Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2015
Also published in the Sunday Age, WA Today, St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
The Saturday Newspaper, 23 May 2015
Safety inspectorate expanding with licensing changes
OHS Alert, 22 May 2015
Dear Mrs Petrusma: This decision is short-sighted
Tasmanian Times, 22 May 2015
Comcare widening plans raise fears
Canberra Times, 21 May 2015
Expansion of Comcare will threaten workers' safety, says Australian Lawyers Alliance
Sydney Morning Herald, 20 May 2015
ALA extremely concerned by reports the Federal Government is considering stripping Australian citizenship from people accused of involvement in alleged terrorism
SBS Ethnic Radio, 20 May 2015
Hobart Mercury, 20 May 2015
Australia's duty of care to detainees on Nauru can't be outsourced
The Guardian, 20 May 2015
Baby Gammy's biological father has been accused of trying to access donations
Ten West WA (Albany), 19 May 2015
Also broadcast on 29 other television channels
The biological father of baby Gammy, has been accused of trying to access donations raised for the Thai Down syndrome baby
Channel 10 (Perth), 19 May 2015
Also broadcast on 28 other television channels
Lawyers doubt viability of govt scheme
Lawyers Weekly, 18 May 2015
Public sector managers fear Comcare stress claims
Insurancenews.com.au, 18 May 2015
Government must get out of the way of bold new market
Hobart Mercury, 18 May 2015
PNG denies mission talk
Newcastle Herald, 15 May 2015
New Nauru law 'disturbing'
Illawarra Mercury, 15 May 2015
Code 'undemocratic'
Northern Territory News, 15 May 2015
Eric Abetz snubs Comcare cover for special parliamentarians' scheme
Canberra Times, 14 May 2015
Also published in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Today
Pressure Nauru on new laws, Aust urged
Daily Mail Australia, 14 May 2015
Also published on AAP newswire, 9news.com.au
Interview about the situation surrounding Wikileaks' Julian Assange
ABC Radio Gold Coast, 13 May 2015
Nauru asylum seekers could face jail for protesting conditions under new law
The Guardian, 13 May 2015
Now is the time for Australia to finally stick up for Julian Assange
ABC's The Drum, 13 May 2015
In pursuit of civility and the lost art of political moderation
Hobart Mercury, 11 May 2015
Lloyd Rayney pays price for innocence
Sunday Times (Perth), 10 May 2015
'Clarity' in psych compo changes
The Australian, 6 May 2015
Australia Trashes Free Speech – SBS Sacks Journalist Scott McIntyre Over Anti-War Tweets
Countercurrents.org, 4 May 2015
AFP response to the Bali Nine executions
Radio Adelaide, 4 May 2015
Also broadcast on 104.7 Gippsland FM (Morwell), 2ARM (Armidale), 2BOB (Taree), 2HOT (Cobar), 2MCE (Orange), 2MCR (Campbelltown), 2MIA (Griffith), 2NCR (Lismore), 2NUR (Newcastle), 2SER FM (Sydney), 2TLC (Maclean), 2VM (Moree), 2XX FM (Canberra), 2YOU FM (Tamworth), 3MGB (Mallacoota), 3REG (Bairnsdale), 4BCB (Blackwater), 4CRM (Mackay), 4GEM (Bowen), 4K1G (Townsville), 4MIG (Mt Isa), 4RRR (Roma), 4TOF (Cunnamulla), 4US (Rockhampton), 5GTR (Mt Gambier), 5RRR (Woomera), 5THE (Millicent), 98.9FM (Brisbane), BAY FM (Byron Bay), BLU FM 89.1 (Katoomba), CAAMA Radio (Alice Springs), CUZ FM (Bourke), EM FM (Echuca), Eurbodalla Radio (Moruya), FBi Radio (Sydney), Gove FM (Nhulunbuy), Hobart FM (Hobart), KIX FM (Kingscote), MOB FM (Mt Isa), NineFourOne (Wollongong), North West FM (Richmond), Oak FM (Wangaratta), Radio Goolarri (Broome), Radio Larrakia (Darwin), Radio Nag (Yeppoon), Stereo 974 (Sunshine), Tank Radio (Kempsey), TEN73 Border FM (Albury), Triple C FM (Bendigo), Triple U (Nowra), UG FM (Alexandra)
WA government is committed to the no-fault insurance scenario
Radio 6PR Perth, 4 May 2015
State should get out of the forest industry
Hobart Mercury, 4 May 2015
ALA calling on government to retain lump sum payment in no fault insurance scheme
ABC Kimberley WA, 3 May 2015
Also broadcast on 720 ABC Perth, Radio National (Perth)
Insurance system is not broken: ALA
ABC South West WA, 3 May 2015
Also broadcast on ABC Northwest WA, ABC Mid West WA
WA Government urged to release no fault insurance detail
ABC Goldfields WA, 3 May 2015
Footage of ‘suicide by cops’ freely available online as police seek transparency
Herald Sun, 1 May 2015
Also published on news.com.au
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