Gillian Sneddon told the police about child sex allegations involving former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos in late 2006. This led to her being ostracised by her party and the NSW Government. She was fired by the NSW Parliament on same day she took the stand in Orkopoulos’s trial and is…
Stolen photos from laptop tell a tawdry tale
What started out as a cautionary tale about storing lurid digital photos of past lovers on the computer has become one of Asia’s biggest internet celebrity sex scandals and a focal point for censorship in Hong Kong. Read more.
Ad agency cribbed my lecture notes: professor
An Australian ad company accused by an American professor of plagiarising his lecture on quantum mechanics for a television advertisement has settled the matter for $5000 – but admitted no wrong-doing. Read more. December 20, 2007: Ad company settles plagiarism complaint An Australian ad company accused by an American professor…
Kevin’s above, he’s even big in Hong Kong
With an inscrutable expression, a giant Kevin Rudd looks out over Cameron Road in Hong Kong, silently urging overseas Australians to vote in the election. Read more… My first, and only, picture byline. I took the snap while on holiday in Hong Kong.
NSW Police, a big group of teenagers and the ensuing riot
Catalogue of police blunders at party that was broken up Police tried to suppress details of their baton-wielding reaction to a teen dance event, but freedom-of-information laws have exposed the embarrassing details. Read more… I’ve had mixed results with freedom-of-information laws. On this ocassion I was able to get a…