NSW’s top prosecutor gave false evidence on media leak about young Indigenous offender, inquiry finds
by Penry Buckley from World news | The Guardian on (#76TAX)
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'
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A New South Wales parliamentary committee report has made findings accusing the state's top prosecutor of giving false evidence under oath to an inquiry and recommended the attorney general investigate whether there are grounds to remove her from office.
The upper house inquiry voted 4-3 to find that the NSW director of public prosecutions, Sally Dowling, authorised pitching a story to radio station 2GB about a sentencing hearing involving a young person, and falsely denied having done so in her evidence to the committee".
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