For a failed former opposition leader with no executive power, a limited budget and a minority on his own council, Melbourne’s talkaholic Lord Mayor Robert Doyle might seem a curious inclusion on a list of movers and shapers. Sure, he carries off the usual city hall duties, like ribbon cutting and sound biting, with aplomb. […]
Robert Richter
Lacey brothers jailed for shooting: now the post mortem
The Lacey affair has placed Queensland’s criminal justice system under a considerable strain. But somehow the Courier-Mail has taken only a passing interest.
Wheatley resists temptation to roll the dice
Glenn Wheatley will stay in jail for another eleven months after his legal team pulled the plug on his appeal yesterday in the Victorian Court of Appeal. Wheatley’s barrister Robert Richter QC stormed past waiting media outside the court and refused to comment on the decision. However, legal sources have told Crikey that Justice Chernov should not have sat on the appeal, reports Chris Seage.
Wheatley dudded by bureaucratic leaks and zealots
While Gaynor Wheatley sits at home hoping that her husband Glenn will return soon from jail, the entertainment guru’s legal team is putting together a case they believe will have him back to the matrimonial home in three months’ time, writes Chris Seage.
