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MediaChase 'put road users in danger'BEN SCHNEIDERS, The Age, September 9, 2009During the chase, on April 1, workers sacked from a labour hire firm used on the West Gate project pursued workers who had been employed by a separate labour hire firm and had been dubbed ''scabs''....
Terror bail fight heads to top courtADRIAN LOWE, The Age, August 28, 2009Saney Aweys, 26, Yacqub Khayre, 22, and Nayef El Sayed, 25, have each been charged with one count of plotting a suicide attack on Holsworthy army base in NSW. Aweys' lawyer, Rob Stary, slammed the case against the men, saying the men were being held in conditions at Barwon Prison, near Geelong, which he claimed were akin to the notorious US military prison at Guantanamo Bay....
Police quizzed if agent spied on terror suspectsADRIAN LOWE, The Age, August 26, 2009THE Australian Federal Police has come under pressure to reveal whether a covert operative was planted in a group of five Melbourne men charged with terrorism offences....
Charges dropped against workers in West Gate caseBEN SCHNEIDERS, The Age, August 18, 2009Lawyer Rob Stary, whose firm represented those charged, and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union yesterday demanded an apology from Ms Gillard for those charged. Last night the Deputy Prime Minister said she stood by her comments....
US challenges killer husband wrist-slapEAMONN DUFF AND MICHAEL BACHELARD, The Age, June 7, 2009But Australian criminal law specialists give Mr King little hope of forcing a harsher sentence on Watson. Legal expert Rob Stary said that although the sentence was light, Watson could not be tried for a crime outside the jurisdiction. "There is no prospect that he'd be retried," Mr Stary said....
Deputy PM Gillard won't face contempt chargesADRIAN LOWE, The Age, June 5, 2009Lawyer Rob Stary, who is representing at least 10 men charged as part of the West Gate dispute, received a special mention hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates Court today to deal with Ms Gillard's comments, which he said risked a fair trial for his clients....
Barristers threaten law chaosNorrie Ross, Herald Sun, November 28, 2008Mr Stary said lawyers often appeared without payment for defendants, at remand hearings, credit bail hearings and bail variations....
Hicks has had a 'difficult' year: lawyerAuthor Unknown, The Age, November 21, 2008Meanwhile lawyer Rob Stary says, the "pendulum has swung" towards the need for a review of Australia's terrorism laws. Mr Stary has renewed his call for a review after convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks broke his silence on Thursday by releasing a recorded statement....
It is time to think again on anti-terror lawsEDITORIAL, The Age, October 27, 2008....The conduct of enforcement agencies is as much a part of the regime as the laws themselves. Rather than offering self-justifying submissions to public inquiries, they should heed Mr Stary's comments on prosecutions destined to fail.
More calls to review terror lawsDANIEL FOGARTY, The Age, October 24, 2008Lawyer Rob Stary, whose firm has represented Thomas, said a three person, bipartisan committee, should review the laws. Mr Stary also called for a bill of rights, to protect citizens' rights. "We are the only democratic country that does not have a bill of rights," Mr Stary said....
Man accused in terror cell trial walks free on bailKATE HAGAN, The Age, October 21, 2008Justice Bernard Bongiorno threatened to halt the trial of Kent and his 11 co-accused in March unless the men were moved from Barwon Prison and released from high security, describing their treatment as "intolerable"....
Death penalty stand limited to our ownKAREN KISSANE, The Age, October 4, 2008Mr Stary told The Age: "When Mr Rudd says he will lose no sleep...over the execution of the Bali bombers, in fact he puts in jeopardy the three members of the Bali nine who are subject to the death penalty....
Terror case lawyers call for apologyPETER GREGORY, DEWI COOKE AND ADRIAN LOWE, The Age, September 18, 2008Speaking at a media conference in Melbourne, defence solicitor Rob Stary said the four men acquitted in the Supreme Court trial had been held in custody for almost three years in an oppressive and harsh regime. He called on the Federal Government and Australian Federal Police to apologise to the men, and said the Government should make an ex-gratia payment to them as a gesture of goodwill....
The big blueDavid Marr, The Age, March 25, 2008What's setting records, they say, is the determination of police to track down and prosecute the demonstrators. Rob Stary is representing a bunch of the G20 accused and has long experience in the courts cleaning up after Melbourne demonstrations. "I've never seen anything like this," he says. "It's unprecedented.".... |
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