Monthly Archives: December 2014

“We want Tim Ellis fired” – Tasmania’s anger at DPP

Posted on December 27, 2014 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban It took just one hour for the first 600 people to register a ‘Like’ on the newly launched facebook page titled ‘We want Tim Ellis fired’ on December 23, 2014, immediately after Ellis was given a … Continue reading →

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Henry Keogh wins appeal – bad science and 20 years later

Posted on December 23, 2014 by andrew

Until 4pm in Adelaide on Friday December 19, 2014, Henry Keogh was a convicted murderer, as he had been for almost 20 years, since his 1995 trial for the murder of his 29 year old fiancée Anna-Jane Cheney. They were … Continue reading →

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Sony hacking & The Interview – ridicule not fear in reply

Posted on December 20, 2014 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Faux-horror comedy film studio Troma was the first to respond – correctly – with ridicule to the ghastly attempt at terrorist blackmail by North Korea, after Sony’s new comedy, The Interview, was refused bookings at all … Continue reading →

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Man Haron Monis: the un-bail-iveable happens

Posted on December 18, 2014 by andrew

A lone gunman later identified as Man Haron Monis held 17 hostages at gunpoint in the Lindt café in central Sydney on December 16, 2014; in the end he shot dead two of the hostages before police shot him. Among … Continue reading →

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David Szach: a dying man’s legal rights denied

Posted on December 10, 2014 by andrew

“Bureaucratic madness” is denying a dying man his legal rights to an appeal so he can clear his name of a murder conviction. By Andrew L. Urban. On December 19, 2014, it’ll be 35 years since the day David Szach … Continue reading →

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