‘Bewildering’: Prosecutor turns to Fair Work for $1 raise

The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions was criticised for its “baffling and frustrating” lack of progression...

23 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Protégé: From police prosecutor to law student

Here, an ex-police prosecutor turned law student discusses why he has decided to swap ends of the bar

31 May 2023

By Robyn Tongol

ACT prosecutors changed process of sex assault trials, top cop claims

A senior police officer who investigated Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape in Parliament House told an inquiry...

25 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

ACT’s top prosecutor admits ‘mistake’ in sensational trial allegations

Just a day after explosive allegations of a political conspiracy to derail Bruce Lehrmann’s trial were aired in a...

12 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Top prosecutor accused of ‘double standard’ in Lehrmann trial

ACT’s top prosecutor told an inquiry he did not consider stepping away from Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial after he...

10 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

‘System failure’: Lawyers respond to abandoned 2nd Lehrmann trial

The decision by the ACT DPP to drop the sexual assault charge against former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann means...

02 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW appoints new senior Crown prosecutor

A prosecutor with more than 35 years of experience with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in NSW has...

28 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Meet the prosecutor pushing for better sex education

A limitation of the criminal justice system, ACT-based prosecutor and author Katrina Marson says, is that it is...

04 November 2022

By Robyn Tongol

State prosecutor appointed WA DPP

This week, Robert Owen began his five-year term as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a position that...

24 October 2022

By Keonia Swift

How prosecutors can retain top talent

The challenge facing prosecutorial employers, Aaron Guilfoyle says, is that once a prosecutor succeeds, they’re...

11 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Navigating the weight of responsibility as a prosecutor

Prosecutorial work involves not only the responsibility a practitioner has to clients, but sometimes also the...

08 July 2022

By Robyn Tongol

Police prosecutor avoids disciplinary hearing over ‘vile’ Facebook posts

An NSW police prosecutor has avoided a referral to the Legal Services Commissioner for vilifying his late father’s...

24 November 2021

By Naomi Neilson

New Liberals, ex-prosecutors assemble legal team to launch private criminal case against Christian Porter

The New Liberals leader and barrister Victor Kline has announced that members of the political party will work...

02 July 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Former prosecutor granted special leave to appeal after hitting ‘rock bottom’

A former Victorian prosecutor who developed post-traumatic stress disorder from her exposure to disturbing evidence...

09 June 2021

By Naomi Neilson

It’s a wide brown land for me: Meeting a police prosecutor from the Riverina

Lawyers who are considering moving to the country, but are worried that their legal careers may take a hit, should...

28 April 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy