News
Media coverage, September 2017
1st Sep 2017
Just some of the media coverage generated by the Australian Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of September, 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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Crikey, 'Dutton, in cahoots with PNG authorities, blatantly disregards Supreme Court decision', 29 September 2017
The Advocate, 'Women's Legal Service welcomed family law system inquiry', 28 September 2017
Launceston Examiner, 'Program 'chock-a-block'', 28 September 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Moral compass points wrong way', 25 September 2017
Ballarat Courier, 'New terror laws are 'wide open' to abuse say lawyers', 21 September 2017
Also published in The Age, Warrnambool Standard
The Riot ACT, 'Legal profession on collision course with Government over CTP citizens’ jury', 20 September 2017
Canberra Times, 'Lawyers, CTP claimants barred from citizen jury', 19 September 2017
Also published in WAToday
Hobart Mercury, 'TasWater a pawn in political game', 18 September 2017
Courier Mail, 'Opinion: 'Scaremongering' call to scrap Queensland CTP insurance makes no sense, lawyers say', 15 September 2017
Burnie Advocate, 'EDITORIAL When the scales of justice don't seem even', 13 September 2017
7LA Launceston, 'The State Government is actively looking at constructing a prison in the north of Tasmania', 12 September 2017
Also broadcast on 7AD (Devonport), 7BU (Burnie), 7SD (Scottsdale)
Launceston Examiner, ''Futile' to liken separate offences', 12 September 2017
Also published in the Burnie Advocate
The Advocate, 'Police minister says criminals see suspended sentence 'as no punishment at all'', 11 September 2017
ABC Radio Adelaide, 'A Melbourne family fears their intellectually disabled son will be deported to Canada, despite moving to Australia when he was two', 11 September 2017
Also broadcast on ABC Radio Canberra, ABC Radio Melbourne, ABC Ballarat (Ballarat), ABC Central Victoria (Bendigo), ABC Gippsland (Sale), ABC Goulburn Murray (Wodonga), ABC Mildura - Swan Hill (Mildura), ABC Shepparton (Shepparton), ABC South Western Victoria (Warrnambool), ABC Western Victoria (Horsham), Radio National (Melbourne), Triple J (Sydney), Triple J (Adelaide), Triple J (Brisbane), Triple J (Canberra), Triple J (Darwin), Triple J (Hobart), Triple J (Melbourne), Triple J (Perth), ABC Radio (Adelaide), ABC Broken Hill (Broken Hill), ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast (Port Lincoln), ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie), ABC Riverland SA (Renmark), ABC South East SA (Mt Gambier), Radio National (Adelaide), BC Radio (Sydney), ABC Central Coast (Erina), ABC Central West NSW (Orange), ABC Coffs Coast (Coffs Harbour), ABC Illawarra (Wollongong), ABC New England North West (Tamworth), ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore), ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga), ABC South East NSW (Bega), ABC Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook), ABC Western Plains NSW (Dubbo), Radio National (Newcastle), Radio National (Sydney), ABC Radio (Darwin), ABC Alice Springs (Alice Springs), Radio National (Canberra), ABC Radio (Hobart), Radio National (Hobart)
ABC Radio Melbourne, 'Lawyers are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of deportations planned by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection', 11 September 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Age-old arguments in full swing', 11 September 2017
ABC News Darwin, 'Lawyers are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of deportations planned by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection', 10 September 2017
Also broadcast on ABC News (Albany), ABC (Regional Victoria), ABC News Melbourne, ABC News Perth
ABC Radio Hobart, 'Greg Barns from the Australian Lawyers Alliance, who has also previously represented Tasmania's most prominent bikie AJ Graham, has described the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton as a 'cowboy'', 7 September 2017
Also broadcast on Radio National (Hobart), ABC Radio Northern Tasmania
ABC Hobart, 'Notorious Tasmanian bikie AJ Graham has won a long-running High Court battle against the Australian Government's bid to deport him to his native country, New Zealand', 6 September 2017
ABC online, ''I won't take the money': Detainee speaks out against massive Manus payout', 6 September 2017
Triple J (Sydney), 'The 800 men still on Manus Island detention centre will still not be able to come to Australia, despite being paid a record $70m in compensation', 6 September 2017
Also broadcast on Triple J (Adelaide), Triple J (Brisbane), Triple J (Canberra), Triple J (Darwin), Triple J (Hobart), Triple J (Melbourne), Triple J (Perth)
Money Management, 'Lawyers warn on auto-consolidation and insurance within super', 6 September 2017
Launceston Examiner, 'Northern prison 'overdue'', 6 September 2017
Also published in the Burnie Advocate
ABC Online, 'Visa of Tasmanian bikie AJ Graham cancelled again, after High Court declares previous cancellation 'invalid'', 6 September 2017
ABC Online, 'Anglican church passes new rules to prevent child sexual abuse', 5 September 2017
Also broadcast on Radio National (Canberra), 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 Radio (Canberra), 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 Radio Adelaide (Adelaide), ABC Radio Brisbane (Brisbane), ABC Radio Darwin (Darwin), ABC Radio Hobart (Hobart), ABC Radio Melbourne (Melbourne), ABC Radio Perth (Perth), ABC Radio Sydney (Sydney), 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)
Super Review, 'Insurance code needs teeth', 5 September 2017
Money Management, 'Lawyers warn on auto-consolidation and insurance within super', 5 September 2017
ABC Radio Hobart (Hobart), 'The Prisoner's Legal Service says unrest at Risdon Prison will continue to grow unless overcrowding is reduced', 5 September 2017
Also broadcast on Radio National (Hobart)
ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston), 'Prisoner advocates have joined calls for the Tasmanian Government to immediately intervene in the crisis at Risdon Prison', 5 September 2017
Southern Cross Tasmania, 'Authorities are being warned about escalating tensions at Risdon Prison, following last month's riot at the facility', 4 September 2017
Hobart Mercury, 'Losers' only shame is poor attitude', 4 September 2017
Lawyers Weekly, 'Dutton's mega-ministry needs matching human rights protections: ALA', 1 September 2017
Mondaq, 'The Stolen Generations group action: an alternative model to redress a traumatic past', 1 September 2017
Lawyers Weekly, 'Lawyers criticise Dutton’s ‘total disregard’ for Aussie values', 1 September 2017
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