POLICE CHARGES – VICTORIA

Long fight looms after Pell pleads not guilty in abuse cases

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Original article by Tessa Akerman
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 2-May-18

The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has committed Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on several charges of historic sex offences. They include alleged sexual assaults at a swimming pool in Ballarat in the 1970s and at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in the 1990s. However, Magistrate Belinda Wallington struck out many of the charges against Cardinal Pell. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and has been released on bail. The barrister representing Cardinal Pell will seek to have each charge dealt with by a separate trial.

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MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT, CATHOLIC CHURCH

Accused had links to radical Islamists, police allege

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The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 29-Nov-17

Ali Khalif Shire Ali appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 28 November to face terrorism-related charges, having been arrested on the previous day. Police allege that he was trying to secure an automatic weapon with the intention of carrying out a terrorist attack in Melbourne’s Federation Square on New Year’s Eve 2017. It is understood Ali has been under surveillance by counter-terrorism officers for two years, while he has claimed ASIO tried to recruit him as an informant. Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan says police are looking to see if Ali has links to other radicals.

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MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT

Bombshell charges for Pell but Pope ‘on side’

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Original article by John Ferguson, Jacquelin Magnay
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 30-Jun-17

Catholic Church officials say Cardinal George Pell’s career in the Vatican is almost certainly over, even if he is cleared of historical sexual abuse offences. Cardinal Pell has stood aside as Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Holy See and will return to Melbourne to defend the charges in court. He has been summonsed to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 26 July, and he has told a press conference in Rome that the allegations are false and being formally charged will give him the opportunity to clear his name.

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CATHOLIC CHURCH, MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT, VICTORIA POLICE

Show of force as CFMEU fights back against blackmail charges

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Original article by Lucille Keen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 9-Dec-15

Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union officials John Setka and Shaun Reardon will return to court on 15 March 2016, after being granted bail on blackmail charges. Several thousand CFMEU members convened in the Melbourne CBD to express their support for Setka and Reardon, who are accused of attempting to blackmail building materials group Boral. They have pleaded not guilty.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT, BORAL LIMITED – ASX BLD, GROCON PTY LTD, ACTU, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO TRADE UNION GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

CFMEU officials charged with blackmail against Boral

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 7-Dec-15

Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union officials John Setka and Shaun Reardon will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 8 December 2015. They face potential jail sentences of up to 15 years after Victorian police charged them with blackmail. The charges relate to an industrial dispute with Grocon, which resulted in building materials group Boral being subject to black bans. It will be alleged that Setka threatened to escalate the bans on Boral unless it ceased supplying cement to Grocon.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, GROCON PTY LTD, BORAL LIMITED – ASX BLD, AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO TRADE UNION GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION, ACTU, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING UNIONS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND, NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS, MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT

Daughter of prominent Melbourne legal family on drug traffic counts

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Original article by Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago
The Age – Page: 2 : 17-Oct-14

Victoria Police has acknowledged reports that four charges of trafficking cocaine have been laid against a woman following a raid on her residential premises in mid-August 2014. The accused, who will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 6 November, is the daughter of ex-Supreme Court of Victoria judge George Hampel QC, and the step-daughter of current County Court judge Felicity Hampel SC

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VICTORIA POLICE, COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, LIBERTY VICTORIA, VICTORIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION, MELBOURNE MAGISTRATES’ COURT, CORONER’S COURT (VICTORIA)

One in 270 people charged with crimes are bikies

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Original article by Nino Bucci
The Age – Page: 4 : 14-Oct-14

Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark has reaffirmed the State Government’s determination to pursue outlaw motorcycle gangs, after recently enacting special legislation to deal with them. This is despite official data showing that just 0.36% of all suspects charged by Victoria Police during 2013 were "bikies", and for violent crimes the ratio was only 0.34%. The Opposition claims that the expensive focus on this small minority of offenders means crime rates overall are rising

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VICTORIA POLICE, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CORPORATION, COMANCHERO MC AUSTRALIA, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA