The Advertiser: Police inquiry `ad hoc’ [30jun05] by Nigel Hunt
THE family of cyclist Ian Humphrey believes the police investigation into his death was conducted in an ad hoc manner with a lack of direction and urgency, the Kapunda Road Royal Commission has been told. In his closing submission, barrister Michael Birchall, who represents the Humphrey […]

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TIME’S UP! :: Press Release: Simultaneous Memorials for Four Cyclist Deaths
Silent Memorials in 4 Separate Locations Where Cyclists Were Killed Within the Last 2 Months
NEW YORK, New York — At 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 29th, cyclists and volunteers with TIME’S UP! Environmental and Bicycle Advocacy group will initiate four separate […]

Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Important note: Written submissions for Terms of Reference 9 and 9A must be received by Commission staff no later than c.o.b Friday 1 July, 2005.
Commission Premises
Level 1, 26 Flinders Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8463 7971
Fax: (08) 8463 7988
Email: krrc@saugov.sa.gov.au
Extract from Terms of Reference:
9. You may include in your report recommendations arising from […]

The Advertiser: McGee and brother may face charges [29jun05]
KAPUNDA Road Royal Commissioner Greg James, QC, is almost certain to recommend that lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig face criminal charges for hindering a police investigation. Mr James said McGee had put himself “outside the law and evaded justice” and those who assisted him helped […]

Hit-run lawyer ‘evaded justice’ but it’s not over The Nation Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (29-06-2005) By Tom Richardson
THE vice is tightening on hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee, with royal commissioner Greg James QC declaring that the former police officer “put himself outside the law and evaded justice”.
As the Kapunda Road royal commission heard final submissions […]

Letter Writing Guide by Keith Thomas
Here is my Australian version of the Sierra Club guide. Please let me know (to keith@evfit.com) what you think of it If there is a significant number of useful suggestions, I’ll consolidate them and post the revised version on [bike-oz] over this coming weekend.
Write a powerful letter (based on the […]

Doubt cast over blood testing considerations at McGee inquiry. 28/06/2005. ABC News Online
The Kapunda Road royal commissioner has been told he should reject a major crash investigator’s statement that he never turned his mind to the issue of blood testing lawyer Eugene McGee after a fatal hit-run in 2003.
Major crash investigator Sgt Dan Hassell has […]

Sydney article: Response to the Daily Telegraph article

I was both interested and distressed at reading that The Daily Telegraph has written a negative story about cyclists (Cyclingnews 22/6/05). I was interested because this is not the first time that this publication has attacked cyclists (I can recall, in the not too distant past, Piers Ackerman […]

Stateline South Australia: Four years on - the pain of a hit-run accident lingers.Broadcast: 24/06/2005 Reporter: Paul McCarthy
PAUL MCCARTHY: The flowers should have been for Carolyn Watkins’ wedding anniversary. They were still for an anniversary, but instead of June 22nd marking the happiest day of Carolyn’s life, it’s now the most tragic.
CAROLYN WATKINS: I baked […]

The Advertiser: Officer’s calls to McGees `most unwise’ [24jun05] By NIGEL HUNT
THE actions of a senior police officer who rang lawyer Eugene McGee and his wife Barbara after McGee fled the accident that killed cyclist Ian Humphrey, were described yesterday as “unfortunate” in the Kapunda Road Royal Commission. While accident reconstructionist Sergeant Brian Mills did […]

Policeman tells inquiry he quarantined McGee file. 23/06/2005. ABC News Online
The major crash investigator in the Eugene McGee hit-run case says he kept a close guard on the case files to prevent other police from reading them. Sergeant Dan Hassell has told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission he took the files home so rumours and […]

McGee had no ‘pre-existing conditions’ SA Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (23-06-2005)
LAWYER Eugene McGee told police in the city watchhouse the night he was charged with killing cyclist Ian Humphrey that he did not suffer from any pre-existing psychological or psychiatric conditions, the Kapunda Road Royal Commission has heard. The watchhouse charge […]

Hit and run on cyclists - Australia’s new blood sport? Opinion by John Stevenson
A cyclist was killed yesterday in Western Sydney and another is in hospital in a serious condition after a hit and run incident on Richmond Road at Londonderry, near Penrith. According to news.com.au, a police spokesman said the two men in their […]

Lawyer’s brother dodges questions The Nation Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (22-06-2005) By Tom Richardson
THE man who helped hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee evade police after he fled the scene of a fatal accident has been released from the Kapunda Road royal commission without answering a single question. McGee’s brother Craig exercised his right - […]

The Advertiser: McGee case handled badly, says investigator [22jun05] By NIGEL HUNT
LAWYER Eugene McGee could have been apprehended earlier than he was after killing cyclist Ian Humphrey if the investigation had been handled with more urgency, a senior police officer has conceded at the Kapunda Road Royal Commission. Former traffic operations and investigations Inspector Jim […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Advertiser: Quick action on new laws to stop trial ambushes [22jun05] By GREG KELTON
NEW laws to prevent defence teams “ambushing” prosecution cases by not disclosing expert witnesses will be rushed into State Parliament after the winter break next month.Legislation is being drafted by parliamentary counsel, even though the issue is still being investigated […]

McGee’s brother refuses to testify at hit-run commission. 21/06/2005. ABC News Online
Craig McGee, the brother of hit-run lawyer, Eugene McGee, has left the witness box at the Kapunda Road Royal Commission, without being asked a single question.
It followed last week’s South Australia Supreme Court ruling that he should not have to answer questions about his […]

No questions for hit-run brother By Lauren Ahwan
THE brother of convicted hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee today appeared before a royal commission but was released from the witness stand without being asked a single question. The SA Supreme Court last week ruled Craig McGee would not have to answer questions from the commission that may incriminate […]

Hit-run inquiry rocked by DPP deal SA Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (18-06-2005) By Tom Richardson
THE disclosure of an edict from South Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions that police should not arrest suspects in major crash investigations threatens to derail the Eugene McGee hit-run inquiry.
Commissioner Greg James warned his inquiry might have been […]

The Advertiser: Secret policy not to arrest suspects [18jun05] by Nigel Hunt
THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and police have been accused of misleading the Kapunda Road Royal Commission by failing to reveal an unwritten policy not to arrest suspects in certain serious crimes. The bombshell accusation, made by counsel assisting Grant Niemann, […]