Judge Penelope Wass and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling,SC.

‘Clear attack on my independence’:Judge at centre of DPP controversy speaks

The office of the state’s top prosecutor asked District Court Judge Penelope Wass to recuse herself from a series of cases amid a long-running dispute with the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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Premier Chris Minns and Labor MP Stephen Lawrence have not seen eye to eye on some issues.

The Labor MP at loggerheads with the Minns government again

Sydney barrister Stephen Lawrence was the lone government MP to back a report that made serious findings about the state’s top prosecutor.

  • Michaela Whitbourn andJessica McSweeney
A 4-3 majority of a NSW upper house committee found DPP Sally Dowling,SC,lied in her evidence in parliament.

‘Outrageous’:Legal heavyweights back Dowling after controversial report

A former DPP and a former judge swung their support behind Sally Dowling,SC,after an explosive upper house inquiry accused her of giving false evidence in parliament.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW DPP Sally Dowling SC’s state and territory counterparts wrote a letter of support for her to Attorney-General Michael Daley.

‘Stitch-up’:A-G blasts damning report that found top prosecutor gave false evidence

A NSW upper house committee has released a damaging report about Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling,SC. But MPs are divided.

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The NSW police officer was found guilty by a jury of a series of domestic violence offences.

NSW police officer found guilty of sexually assaulting,choking ex-wife

The officer stood trial on 19 domestic violence-related charges in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court.

  • Michaela Whitbourn,Riley Walter andAmber Schultz
The eSafety Commissioner,Julie Inman Grant,outside the royal commission on Thursday.

Elon Musk’s X fought to keep Bondi massacre content online:eSafety commissioner

Julie Inman Grant told the antisemitism royal commission that X said it was “not any worse than you would see in a gore movie”.

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Former financial adviser Gavin Fineff,pictured in 2020.

He stole $3m to feed his gambling addiction. He wants betting agencies to repay his victims

Former financial adviser Gavin Fineff,jailed for defrauding clients,is attempting to sue the betting agencies,accusing some of predatory behaviour.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The NSW Supreme Court heard the mother said she was motivated by “spite or resentment” when she cut her children out of her will.

A Sydney mother cut her kids out of a $2 million inheritance. They fought back

In a handwritten note,she said that “spite or resentment” had motivated her. A judge said the mother’s rejection of her children continued beyond the grave.

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The property in Glebe was sold in 2022 for more than $3 million after it was renovated.

The Glebe home,squatter’s rights and the fraud trial

A Sydney lawyer,his wife and son stood trial for fraud over an alleged joint criminal enterprise involving an inner west home they later sold for $3.6 million.

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Teal MPs including Zali Steggall have called for a royal commission into domestic and family violence.

Domestic violence royal commission ‘should examine family law system’

Teal MPs are calling for action amid warnings that perpetrators are weaponising the family court system and “deliberately driving up the other side’s legal costs”.

  • Michaela Whitbourn