News
Media coverage, October 2017
1st Oct 2017
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of October, 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 News (Sydney), 'Interview with Greg Barns, Lawyer, about the closure of the Manus Island Detention Centre in Papua New Guinea', 31 October 2017
Also broadcast on ABC (Adelaide), ABC (Brisbane), ABC (Canberra), ABC (Darwin), ABC (Hobart), ABC (Melbourne), ABC (Perth), ABC (Regional NSW), ABC (Regional Queensland), ABC (Regional Victoria), ABC (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)
hit101.3 Central Coast (Gosford), 'Lawyers are set to back 600 asylum seekers at Manus Island who will not leave the island ahead of it's closure today for breaching the asylum seeker's rights', 31 October 2017
Also broadcast on 2GO FM
6PR Perth, 'Lawyers are pursuing an urgent court order to ensure water and power aren't cut off to the Manus Island detention centre', 31 October 2017
Also broadcast on 6iX (Perth)
6PR Perth, 'Legal action is being launched over the closure of the Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island', 31 October 2017
Also broadcast on , 6iX (Perth), Curtin FM, MIX 94.5FM Perth, 1071 AM (Kingaroy), 4BU (Bundaberg), 4CRB FM (Gold Coast), 4LG (Longreach), Radio 4KZ (Innisfail), 4BC Brisbane, 5AA Adelaide, 5AU (Port Augusta), 5CS (Port Pirie), 5MU (Murray Bridge), 5RM (Berri), WAVE FM 9Wollongong)
The New Daily, 'Terror law to allow child detention denounced', 30 October 2017
Daily Telegraph, 'Community Legal Centres Tasmania calls for a "day fine" model to replace "broken system"', 30 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'State stays firm on fines', 30 October 2017
Canberra Times, 'Uniting Church redress scheme for sexual abuse survivors under fire', 29 October 2017
Sunday Canberra Times, 'Amends at the end of tunnel', 29 October 2017
Sun Herald, 'Church sex abuse redress scheme under fire', 29 October 2017
Canberra Times, 'Experts urge CTP insurance tweaks', 28 October 2017
WA Today, 'Canberra's CTP insurance scheme could be better with small changes: experts', 27 October 2017
My Sunshine Coast, 'Redress scheme legislation welcome, but must remain consistent with Royal Commission recommendations', 27 October 2017
Corowa Free Press, 'Calls for states to join redress scheme', 27 October 2017
Lawyers Weekly, 'Hope for over 15,000 people involved in Montara class action', 26 October 2017
9News, 'Manus Island to cost Australia millions after closure of refugee processing centre', 24 October 2017
Lawyers Weekly, '‘Right-to-die’ laws would be a relief for terminally ill: ALA', 24 October 2017
Canberra Times, 'Immigration boss blasts 'activists' for stand-off’, 24 October 2017
Sydney Morning Herald, 'Violence warning over Manus closure’, 24 October 2017
The Age, 'Manus Island unrest 'being stirred up by outsiders'’, 24 October 2017
Illawarra Mercury, 'Manus Island regime will cost Australia up to $250 million a year after closure’, 23 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Victory for freedom of speech’, 23 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Bid for human rights laws’, 23 October 2017
ABC Radio Hobart, 'It is extraordinary that a senior police officer would justify an absurd placing of taxpayer funds on decreasing the police presence’, 20 October 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston)
Lawyers Weekly, 'ALA welcomes ‘tough’ Qld manslaughter laws’, 19 October 2017
Northern Territory News, 'Lawyers meet for conference’, 18 October 2017
Ch9 A Current Affair (Melbourne), 'Brodie Donegan and Sarah Milosevic are both mothers who lost their unborn children in tragic road accidents, but their babies Zoe and Sophie were never recognised by the court as human beings’, 17 October 2017
Also broadcast on Channel 9 (Adelaide), Channel 9 (Brisbane), Channel 9 (Perth), Channel 9 (Sydney), Channel 9 Darwin (Darwin), Imparja Alice Springs (Alice Springs), Imparja Longreach (Longreach), Imparja Mt Isa (Mt Isa), 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)
IT Wire, 'Qld cops ran child porn site for 11 months to trap abusers’, 15 October 2017
Sunday Tasmanian, 'Rosie helps prison dads connect with kids’, 13 October 2017
Huffington Post, 'Border Force Put Two Men In Detention Despite Being Granted Bail’, 13 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'We won't budge on ban’, 13 October 2017
Ch9 A Current Affair (Melbourne), 'These days, the growth industry in the legal profession is defending people charged with terrorism offences’, 11 October 2017
Also broadcast on Channel 9 (Adelaide), Channel 9 (Brisbane), Channel 9 (Perth), Channel 9 (Sydney), Channel 9 Darwin (Darwin), Imparja Alice Springs (Alice Springs), Imparja Longreach (Longreach), Imparja Mt Isa (Mt Isa), 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, 'Archer's tough stand’, 11 October 2017
HerCanberra, 'Full compensation after a road accident currently on the line’, 10 October 2017
Adelaide Advertiser, 'Cannabis could become a gold mine’, 10 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Getting human rights so very wrong’, 9 October 2017
Lawyers Weekly, 'Law conference to discuss workplace ‘Uberfication’’, 6 October 2017
Crikey, 'The government are the most prolific perpetrators of ‘terrorism hoaxes’, 5 October 2017
The Wire, '14 day detention proposal defies human rights charter', 4 October 2017
Radio Adelaide, 'Interview with barrister Greg Barns on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's proposed anti-terror laws', 4 October 2017
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 Radio Hobart, 'Interview with Greg Barns about the new terrorism laws proposed by the Prime Minister and the Australian Federal Police', 4 October 2017
Sydney Morning Herald, 'Suspects can be held for 14 days before charge in federal plan', 2 October 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Disaster Drug wars a costly error', 2 October 2017
Canberra Times, '$770,000 for modelling of third-party citizen jury', 2 October 2017
Sunday Times, 'Time doesn't fit for young crime', 1 October 2017
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