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NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and attorney general discussed which barristers could review findings into her office, estimates hears

Dowling tells budget estimates that Michael Daley called to tell her he was appointing a senior counsel and ‘raised quite a number of names’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1

Top prosecutor wins appeal in bitter feud with judge

One of the country's top prosecutors has succeeded in getting a judge to recuse herself from three cases after they made comments to parliament criticising her.

AAP · Aug 21

Minns said he wouldn’t ‘gloat’ about Icac hearings into the Liberals. Instead, he’s quietly taking out the trash

Amid revelations that could damage the opposition’s state election hopes, the NSW government dropped key documents on three contentious issues

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6

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Scathing report against top prosecutor a 'stitch up'

A state government has hit back over suggestions it should examine whether its director of public prosecutions should be removed from office over a media leak.

AAP · Jul 7

NSW’s top prosecutor gave false evidence on media leak about young Indigenous offender, inquiry finds

Sally Dowling admits her office pitched the story but says it was not authorised by her, while her colleagues call her ‘a person of integrity’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7

‘Not a good look’: witnesses refuse to appear before NSW parliamentary hearings after court ruling

Chris Minns’ chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the same

The Guardian - AU · May 5

Media adviser busted leaking court material 'naive'

The leaking of privileged legal material by a media adviser amid a spat between a judge and a top prosecutor has been aired in a parliamentary inquiry.

AAP · Dec 17, 2025

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Conflict between judge and NSW prosecutors referred to powerful privileges committee amid ‘intimidation’ concern

Committee asked to consider if submission from judge Penelope Wass was wrongly used against her by ODDP

The Guardian - AU · Dec 12, 2025

'Risk-taking, drug-affected' bus driver loses appeal

A bus crash that killed 10 wedding guests and injured dozens more did not occur by chance, appeal judges said as they stood by the driver's mammoth jail term.

AAP · Nov 13, 2025

'Double counting' in 32-year bus sentence for 10 deaths

A 32-year jail sentence for a bus driver whose "risk-taking" conduct led to a horror crash that killed 10 wedding guests has been defended in court.

AAP · Oct 3, 2025

Review finds 97% of NSW sexual assault cases prosecuted fairly, despite judge’s concerns about ‘meritless’ cases

Review follows rare spat between top prosecutors and judges, the latter suggesting a lack of ‘rational interrogation’ over sexual assault allegations

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2025

Prosecutors now doubt imprisoned mother killed her children

Prosecutors have acknowledged that new scientific evidence leaves reasonable doubt that an imprisoned Australian mother deliberately killed her four children

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

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