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February 15, 2009

John Hartigan

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25050452-28737,00.html John Hartigan | February 14, 2009 Article from: The Australian IN Australia we cherish the freedom to tell it as it is. It's part of our heritage, and now ingrained in our culture: we like our facts unfettered so
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February 11, 2009

Let Customs whistleblower walk away a free man

6/10/2008 http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/letters/general/let-customs-whistleblower-walk-away-a-free-man/1325862.aspx Every Australian citizen should be concerned for the outcome of the court appeal by Customs whistleblower Allan Kessing (''Customs case back in Court'', October 3, p9). Kessing received a suspended jail sentence after being convicted of leaking confidential
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Judgement Dismissing Appeal

Dec 19th, 2008 Allan Robert Kessing v R Judgment 1 BELL JA: On 27 March 2007 the appellant was convicted in the District Court following a trial before Bennett DCJ and a jury on an indictment that charged him with
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APPEAL DISMISSED

from JUSTINIAN JUSTINIAN 20 January, 2009 The right to whistle for Rupert Allan Kessing maintains he didn’t tell, but a pre-ascension Justice V. Bell found a strong circumstantial case supported an “overwhelming inference” the former Customs official leaked juicy secrets
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