Australian MPs to Biden: Free Julian Assange, 30 June 2021, Consortium News
Blake Foden, Greg Stretton SC slams ‘shameful apathy’ of fellow lawyers over case of Bernard Collaery, Canberra Times, 29 June 2021
Sarah Basford Canales, Govt accused of sitting on crucial whistleblowing reforms, Canberra Times, 28 June 2021.
Amy Goodman, Attorney: U.S. Case Against Julian Assange Falls Apart, as Key Witness Says He Lied to Get Immunity, Democracy Now, 28 June 2021
Assoc Prof Murray Hunter, Under cover of National Security – Whistle-blowers become scapegoats for mismanagement, misdeeds, and vested interests, eurasiareview, 24 June, 2021
Gareth Evans, Australia only digging deeper hole by pursuing East Timor spying case, SMH, 23 June 2021.
Clinton Fernandes, The secrecy around Witness K is not for national security. It’s for face-saving. Crikey, 23 June 2021
Paul Gregoire, As Long Warned, Terrorism Laws Are Being Turned on Citizens, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 23 June 2021
Associated Press, Australia accused of ‘excessive’ secrecy, Texakarna Gazette, 22 June 2021. Texakarna is a small town crossing the Texas-Kansas border.
The Australia Institute, Open Letter: 59 Eminent Australians & Legal Fraternity call on PM to Fulfil Election Promise and Legislate National Integrity Commission, Media Release, 22 June 2021
Paul Gregoire, Witness K Sentenced for Exposing Crimes of Australian Government, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 22 June 2021
ABC RN, Witness K and the flaws in Australia’s whistleblower laws: Law Report with Kieran Pender, senior lawyer, Human Rights Law Centre, June 22, 2021
Bernard Keane, A nation — and those employed to uphold its democracy — failed Witness K to the very end, Crikey, 21 June, 2021.
Christopher Knaus, José Ramos-Horta calls on Timor-Leste to award Australia’s Witness K top honour, Guardian, 21 June 2021
Sister Susan Connelly, Adventures in incompetence: Witness K Sentenced, Pearls and Irritations, 21 June 2021
Alexandra Back, Witness K spared jail for role in exposing spy scandal, Canberra Times, 19 June 2021
Christopher Knaus, Witness K spared jail after breaching secrecy laws over Timor-Leste bugging, Guardian, 18 June 2021
Kieran Pender, Australia has prosecuted a brave individual. People who speak up keep getting arrested, Guardian, 18 June 2021.
David Estcourt and Anthony Galloway, Former Australian spy Witness K spared jail, The Age, 18 June 2021
Christopher Knaus, ‘Scapegoating’: protesters to gather at Australian parliament before Witness K sentencing, the Guardian, 17 June, 2021.
Have a listen to the Saturday Extra, RN, Interview by Geraldine Doogue with Ian Cunliffe explaining more re the Bernard, Witness K bugging and helium matters, 12 June 2021.
John Lyons, Australia is at war with journalists, The Washington Post, 11 June 2021
Samantha Croempvoets says she won’t be bullied in relation to her report on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, Anthony Galloway, The Age, 11 June 2021. But no mention of David McBride in the article – I can’t understand why David is so often ignored in relation to the disclosures of war crimes in Afghanistan.
Paul Gregoire, Drop the Whistleblower Prosecutions: An Interview With AAPP’s Kathryn Kelly, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 9 June 2021
Sarah Basford Canales, ‘No reason’ most Witness J case details couldn’t be made public earlier: Grant Donaldson, Canberra Times, 9 June 2021
Ian Cunliffe, Stalinist-style prosecutions of Witness K and Bernard Collaery, Pearls and Irritations, 7 June 2021. Explores the role of ‘public interest’ in the prosecutions.
Ian Cunliffe, eminent lawyer, former CEO of the Law Reform Commission, writes ‘Who just gives away billions? ‘ Pearls and Irritations, 4 June 2021. Explores the major implications of the omission of Helium from the negotiations over the Timor Sea resources. It has significant political implications and makes clear the urgent need for a strong federal ICAC.