The Latest Breaking News from Geoffrey Nettle

NACC investigation into Robodebt reveals public service corruption, but it will take much more to fix the system

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has released its much-anticipated investigation into the six people referred by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

The Conversation · Mar 11

Investigation into 'reprehensible' failure of police ends quietly with no charges – why we must learn from the Lawyer X scandal

For over 15 years, the Victoria police used criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informant against her own clients in what has become known as the Lawyer X scandal.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023

Derision over 'cowardly' Lawyer X investigator decision

The state government's decision to disband a probe into Victoria's Lawyer X scandal has been met with criticism from former judges and legal experts.

AAP · Jun 27, 2023

Informant’s plea deal behind decision not to lay charges over Lawyer X scandal, says Victorian DPP

After explosive criticism from special investigator, Kerri Judd says she had no confidence a key figure would give evidence against police

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023

Resignation threat as charges unlikely over Lawyer X

An investigator threatened to quit over a "waste of time" probe with charges unlikely over use of barrister Nicola Gobbo as a police source.

The New Daily · Jun 21, 2023

Lawyer X special investigator wants own office abolished over DPP’s refusal to lay charges

Geoffrey Nettle says Victoria’s director of public prosecutions rejected his call for several key figures to face criminal action

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023

'Waste of time': Lawyer X investigator's threat to quit

A special investigator says Victorian prosecutors have repeatedly shut down suggestions that criminal charges should be laid over the Nicola Gobbo affair.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023

Government to challenge High Court ruling that Indigenous people cannot be considered aliens

The federal government will use an appeal hearing to challenge an earlier High Court ruling that effectively put Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people beyond the reach of immigration laws, even if they were born overseas and did not have Australian citizenship.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022