- Victim of crime compensation -

Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

  • Barmaid gets $74,000 after assault, robbery
    21.02.1998
    By: OBERHARDT M Source: QNP A FEMALE bar attendant, sexually assaulted during an armed robbery, was awarded the maximum $74,000 in criminal compensation yesterday. The case was watched closely because it again highlighted whether a victim of... read more
  • Inmates to pay their victims
    17.02.1998
    KOCH A Source: QNP PRISONERS with money in bank accounts could be forced to pay it to their victims. They also could be made to pay 90 percent of their earnings in prison _ up to $64 a week _ to victims. Brisbane solicitor Tony Bailey, who... read more
  • Bash victim's fight for award
    15.11.1997
    By: KOCH A Source: QNP MT Isa Mines electrician Peter Gowlett joined his mates in a drinking session at the popular Irish Club. It was approaching Christmas, 1994 and they were on strike. He is a single man, so he stayed with his mates from... read more
  • ATSIC spurns pay-out help for crime victims
    15.11.1997
    By: KOCH A Source: QNP ATSIC has refused a lawyer's application for advance funds to allow them to fight to get compensation for indigenous victims of crime. Brisbane solicitor Tony Bailey was told by an ATSIC official that no funds were... read more
  • Victims' aid pledge a hollow farce
    15.11.1997
    By: KOCH A Source: QNP THE QUEENSLAND Government's handling of court-awarded payments to citizens who suffer at the hands of criminals is appalling. In outlining examples which seem incredible in the telling, it is educational to first... read more
  • Victims' aid pledge a hollow farce
    15.11.1997
    By: KOCH A Source: QNP THE QUEENSLAND Government's handling of court-awarded payments to citizens who suffer at the hands of criminals is appalling. In outlining examples which seem incredible in the telling, it is educational to first... read more
  • Victims told state has final say on payouts
    08.11.1997
    By: KOCH A Source: QNP QUEENSLAND victims of crime granted court awards are being told that the State Government has ``an unfettered discretion'' to reduce or reject the awards. Attorney-General Denver Beanland has exercised that... read more
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