Court no place for commentary: Chief Magistrate

Queensland Chief Magistrate Ray Rinaudo says the court is no place for political commentary after a magistrate made supportive remarks to three women charged over a political protest.

• Brisbane Times

Scarlett Squire, Kelly Purnell and Ellen Sargent pleaded guilty in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court last week and were each fined $100 for unregulated, high-risk activity and obstructing police.

The trio scaled Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s office in…

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