A life dedicated to the law and justice,without fear or favour

A life dedicated to the law and justice,without fear or favour

Nicholas Cowdery,QC,the longest-serving director of public prosecutions in Australian history,spent the best part of two decades up close to some of the nation’s most complex legal cases.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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'It was terrible work':20 years on,horses'cull still a bitter political issue

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  • byNick O'Malley
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'Ruining lives without improving safety':former AG takes aim at imprisonment rates

The former NSW attorney-general and corrections minister,Bob Debus,said imprisonment rates have increased while crime rates have done'exactly the opposite'.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn