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Barbieri jailed 26 years for killing police inspector

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Original article by Paul Bibby
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 8 : 19-Dec-14

Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSW) judge Robert Allan Hulme has sentenced Mitchell Barbieri to 35 years’ imprisonment, with eligibility for parole after 26 years. Barbieri was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter after initially having been charged with murder over the stabbing death of NSW police officer Bryson Anderson in late 2012. The perpetrator’s mother, Fiona Barbieri, has also received a jail term of 10 years with a minimum of seven years and six months for her role in the attack

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NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

Drunk? Intoxicated? Police seek clarity

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Original article by Nino Bucci
The Age – Page: 9 : 19-Dec-14

Victorian police want to bring the state in line with New South Wales on laws regarding drunkenness. At present Victoria’s Liquor Control Reform Act makes a distinction between drunkenness and intoxication, while there is no such distinction in NSW. The Act includes a definition of intoxication but does not define what constitutes drunkenness. Victoria is the only state in which public drunkenness is still a criminal office

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Pie Face hit with third New York lawsuit

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Original article by Eli Greenblat
The Australian – Page: 19 : 18-Dec-14

The landlord of a retail outlet in New York for collapsed Australian fast food chain Pie Face has launched a Supreme Court case to recover $US620,000 ($A760,000), after the company allegedly caused structural damage to the building. This is the third law suit against Pie Face in New York, with another property owner also seeking $US50,000 in outstanding rent charges and a building firm demanding to be paid close to $US120,000 for work at one of the stores

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Bail decision probably same in WA: lawyers

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Original article by Amanda Banks, Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 18-Dec-14

The New South Wales criminal justice system is under scrutiny after revelations that Muslim extremist Man Haron Monis had been released on bail despite being charged with being an accessory to murder. He was subsequently given bail after being charged with sex offences. Anthony Eyers, the president of the Criminal Lawyers Association of Western Australia, concedes that the Sydney siege gunman could have been granted bail on similar charges in the state

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CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JUSTICE

Accused Myer fraud ‘left CV at home’

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Original article by Pia Akerman
The Australian – Page: 22 : 17-Dec-14

Melbourne Magistrates Court was on 16 December 2014 told of the deceptions allegedly perpetrated by Andrew Jeffery Flanagan. He was made group GM strategy and business development at department stores chain Myer in mid-2014, but lasted just one day in the role before it emerged that he had faked the qualifications and experience on his resume. Flanagan has been granted bail ahead of a directions hearing on 17 December, and has been committed to stand trial on seven counts of fraud and theft. He had also duped the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bendigo Health and Specialty Fashion Group

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Psychiatrist sexually abused his patient

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Original article by Julia Medew
The Age – Page: 8 : 17-Dec-14

Supreme Court of Victoria judge Melissa Lee Daly has ruled that deregistered psychiatrist Francis Tudor Bostock must pay compensation of $A384,029 to a former patient. The woman had been sexually abused by the practitioner, who also claimed $A16,000 from Medicare for the sessions with her. Anne Shortall, principal at law firm Slater & Gordon, says the victim will seek the payment to be made in 2016, when Bostock’s self-declared bankruptcy ends

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SLATER AND GORDON LIMITED – ASX SGH, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES. MEDICARE AUSTRALIA, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, MEDICAL BOARD OF AUSTRALIA

Accused man wins costs

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Original article by Paul Bibby
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 7 : 16-Dec-14

The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew a murder charge due to there being "no reasonable prospect of conviction". The trial of Brian Thomas Bradbury over the death of his wife in 2011 had been due to start in the Supreme Court. On 15 December 2014, a ruling was handed down that the state should compensate the accused for his legal costs. Acting Justice Jane Matthews noted the weak case of the Crown, which was based on circumstantial evidence

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Fears prompt thinning of the blue line

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Original article by Rania Spooner
The Age – Page: 4 : 15-Dec-14

A series of assaults have occurred in Victorian courts against police prosecutors, who in response have begun to appear in plain clothes rather than in uniform. The staff are not armed, and Police Association secretary Ron Iddles notes that the state’s WorkSafe authority has recommended boosting security at the Moorabbin Justice Centre. Victoria Police may soon deploy protective services officers, as the existing employees of private contractor Wilson Security at the facility lack arrest powers

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Violent nurse suspended after assaults

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Original article by Elle Farcic
The West Australian – Page: 7 : 15-Dec-14

Western Australia’s State Administration Tribunal has suspended Michael Cummins’ registration as a nurse for 16 months. He pleaded guilty to charges of professional misconduct arising from incidents at two nursing homes. He had been accused of assaulting a dementia patient and a patient care assistant, as well as falsifying medical records and failing to give medication to patients. Cummins had previously been given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of assault

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Court dismisses Palmer’s attempts to thwart Citic

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 20 : 12-Dec-14

Supreme Court of Western Australia (WA) judge James Edelman has ruled in a matter that forms part of the wider and drawn-out legal battle between Chinese state enterprise Citic Pacific and the Mineralogy vehicle of federal MP Clive Palmer. The latter had sought to have declared invalid two environmental permits held by Citic for the Sino Iron joint venture in WA. This was rejected by the court, and Edelman also criticised Mineralogy for attempting to drag out the proceedings even further

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MINERALOGY PTY LTD, CITIC PACIFIC LIMITED, SINO IRON PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT REGULATION