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Aug 23, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Here’s something I missed on my first pass of #Pell judgment: Defence tried to argue Court of Appeal should not see video of J’s evidence (that is, what jury saw). I think that’s extraordinarily telling: The defence didn’t want them to see what jury had: that he was believable.
And of course, this came from a pricey defence team whose client exercised his (legal) right not to give evidence at trial.
So yes, jury’s instructed not to read anything into him remaining schtum while his counsel tries to demolish witness who alleges was raped as a child. But in light of that decision, attempt to deprive their Honours of seeing how complainant presented to jury is Quite. Something.
Oh and for the doubters:

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Jun 5
THREAD: Today this incredible woman was laid to rest. Eileen Piper was one of the most inspiring people I've ever met. When I met her 8 years ago to interview her for 7.30, she was 92 and trying to get justice for her daughter Stephanie, who was abused by a paedophile priest...
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...in the 1970s & suicided in 1994 after going to police. The Church didn't believe Stephanie, accusing her of making it up. Her abuser was convicted of other offences. Eileen fought to be heard for decades, finally getting an apology from Archbishop Comensoli in 2020..
Eileen thought they were just waiting for her to die. They underestimated her quiet, charming bloody mindedness. I remember Eileen saying "it's a wound that won't heal until I can get justice for Stephanie. I hope I can live long enough to do that". She sure did...
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May 28, 2023
BREAKING our @4corners: Matt wants every parent of a Scout to hear his story. Matt’s convicted abuser is alive, in jail, will give evidence to say Scouts NSW should have done more to stop him. Scouts had Matt’s case shut down. Matt ordered to pay costs. 1

abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2…
2/ Five years on from the historic child abuse Royal Commission, we investigate legal tactics institutions employ. In Miimi’s case, 40 Aboriginal complainants had priest charged with abusing them. He died before trial. Now diocese attempting to shut down Miimi’s civil case.
3/ In Josh’s case, his abuser - a priest - was convicted. Diocese of Lismore counter-claimed against Josh’s beloved auntie Joanne. Because, it should’ve been “reasonably forseeable” it wasn’t safe to leave them alone. Incredibly, the church knew about his abuser 15 years before.
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Feb 1, 2023
THREAD: 1. Reminded today of another requiem mass back in 1996: the funeral of serial paedophile priest Nazareno Fasciale, attended by the late George #Pell six weeks after Fasciale was charged by police for multiple counts of gross indecency & indecent assault of four children.
2. #Pell was soon to become Archbishop of Melbourne. 3 years before, he was on the church’s Personnel Advisory Board which, knowing Fasciale’s crimes, allowed him to retire for “ill heath & stress”. The child abuse Royal Commission found Pell knew real reason Fasciale retired.
3. When #Pell became archbishop, he made a big thing of introducing the Melbourne Response, supposedly to help victims, but really silenced them, forced them to sign deeds of release & gave them paltry compensation. He said he was the first church leader to tackle this crisis.
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Nov 21, 2022
This offensive garbage was sent to federal parliamentarians. Please let me know, MPs/Senators, if you have received same.
1. I’ve never had an abortion.
2. It no one’s business if I had.
3. I’m not writing a book about abortion.
4. Whoever did this is truly vile. 😞
The Australian recently printed lies about me (& has many times, over 6 years). A Senator repeated those lies in parliament. The bullying of women by so-called “legitimate” media platforms encourages psychopaths like this person. It has to stop.
Other journalists who haven’t yet been subjected to this for doing your job, don’t kid yourself that it won’t happen. Call it out, publicly, when you see it happening.
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Nov 6, 2022
More inaccurate misinformation by The Australian. The ACT Bar Association President quoted approached me, introduced herself as “Bec”, thanked me for my speech, was very friendly, spoke for ages and asked me to contact her about story collaboration. This situation is chilling.
2. She showed no sign of concern about “insensitivity”, wanted to work together. The Australian misquotes me as saying “all barristers who acted for defendants in sexual ­assault matters are ‘part of the problem’.” I did NOT say that & told The Australian. They didn’t run denial.
3. I won’t link to story because it’s factually incorrect. I’ll publish in full what I did say to The Australian in the morning. But right now I am just gobsmacked & frankly, hurt, by what I took, at face value, to be a decent, professional person who seemed grateful for my work.
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Nov 2, 2022
THREAD on (typical) misinformation by The Australian: 1. Recently, I delivered a speech to Women Lawyers ACT on my book, Witness. I was publicly congratulated by ACT Supreme Court Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson, the Women Lawyers ACT President & the Victims of Crime Commissioner
2. Afterwards, other women (& men) thanked me profusely for the speech. @erosenman - CEO of ACT Women’s Legal Centre, wrote: “It was such an important and timely address and I know a lot of the women felt really seen by the WLA’s choice of speaker and Louise Milligan’s comments.”
3. I was contacted by a pundit at The Australian who didn’t attend & didn’t have the speech. She put to me multiple inaccuracies about the speech, including phrases I never used. I replied they were demonstrably untrue. She ran inaccuracies anyway, without my individual denials.
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