Decision by new government to abandon prosecution prompts widespread relief from lawyers and supporters in Australia and Timor-Leste Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Whenever young law clerk Chloe Preston was under pressure, her boss, Bernard
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Defence barrister says Dawson acknowledged his extramarital affair had been hurtful to Lynette, but that he had already paid a heavy price for it Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Christopher Michael Dawson could love two women at
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It was hard to watch the bureaucratic machine perpetrating injustice – Mark Dreyfus must now intervene in the other two cases It was easy to feel hopeless, watching from the sidelines as a brave whistleblower went through hell. For four years now,
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Exclusive: Timor-Leste president welcomes decision to end prosecution of ‘good man’ who helped expose Australian bugging operation Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Timor-Leste’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has welcomed the “wisdom and fairness” of the decision
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Dawson was an honest man who gave truthful answers and cooperated with police, former teacher’s barrister tells court Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Evidence used against Christopher Michael Dawson in his murder trial had been tailored by
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Mark Dreyfus’s announcement will mend relations with Timor-Leste but whistleblower protection reforms still sorely needed On the last day of summer, 2013, lawyer Bernard Collaery sat down to pen a missive to a client known only as Witness K. The client, a
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Budgetary independence for corruption commission and wider ability to investigate also sought amid crossbench concern at omitted reforms Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The attorney general,
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Former attorney general, who discontinued his own defamation action against the ABC last year, among underworld figure’s legal representation Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The former attorney general, Christian Porter, is acting for underworld figure
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Prosecution tells court husband tried four different ways to leave wife after becoming besotted with former high school student Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast A cunning
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Lawyers say the ‘preventive policing’ suspect target management plan, which disproportionately focuses on Indigenous youth, uses potentially unlawful tactics Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The New South Wales police have been accused of using “oppressive”
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