Australian Story: Road To Nowhere – 6th February 2012
This week’s season opener is about a woman taking on some of the most powerful institutions in her home state – and changing the way things are done.
It started when her husband went out for a bike ride and never returned.
Since then, Di Gilcrist has helped instigate [...]

Adelaide Advertiser: Laws on hold – for two years
Major laws on child sex crimes, suppression orders and criminal justice reform are yet to come into effect up to two years after they were passed by Parliament. (Want to post a comment on this story? AdelaideNow would like to hear what you have to say. [...]

Adelaide Advertiser: Hit-run widow in law plea – 31 July, 2006
The widow of cyclist Ian Humphrey has welcomed tough new penalties for dangerous drivers, but says it highlights the need for a law reform commission. Di Gilcrist-Humphrey, whose husband was killed after being hit by lawyer Eugene McGee, says the new laws are “a case [...]

News: SA’s most dangerous drivers to face “life” – 30 July, 2006
Hon Michael Atkinson MP, Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Multicultural Affairs: New laws come into force today that could see some of South Australia’s most dangerous drivers facing life in prison for dangerous driving and hit-run offences. The Rann [...]

Adelaide Advertiser: Dangerous drivers face life in jail – 30 July 30, 2006
Drivers who kill or seriously injure a person could face life behind bars under new laws in South Australia. And they could also be disqualified from driving for ten years after completing any jail term. Motorists who kill or seriously [...]

Police accused of ‘abandoning’ widow – June 9, 2006

South Australian police are being accused of abandoning the widow of an employee by refusing to apologise for bungles during the investigation of his death. A royal commission into the death of Ian Humphrey, a civilian police employee, criticised police for their handling of the case, finding [...]

Cyclist’s widow seeks apology for police conduct
The wife of the cyclist whose death prompted the Kapunda Road Royal Commission wants the South Australian Police Commissioner to apologise for the way officers handled the incident. Di Gilchrist’s husband was killed riding his bicycle in late 2003 when he was struck by a car driven by Eugene [...]

Police implement Kapunda Rd recommendations
The South Australian Police Service has undergone a number of internal changes in line with recommendations from the Kapunda Road Royal Commission. The commission was sparked by the the death of cyclist Ian Humphrey, who was hit by a car driven by lawyer Eugene McGee in 2003.
Commissioner Greg James [...]

News: Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Hon PAUL HOLLOWAY MLC Minister for Police Minister for Mineral Resources Development Minister for Urban Development and Planning Contact details, June 5, 2006
Police Minister Paul Holloway says South Australia Police has responded to the recommendations of the Kapunda Road Royal Commission with a range of significant policy and operational changes. [...]

Deej Eszenyi: Investigators with wide-ranging powers 15may06
DOWN at West Lakes recently, I found myself gazing up the lights of the football arena, thinking about Royal Commissions. Many South Australians will remember that we held a Royal Commission into the Football Park lights back in 1979.
More recently, in South Australia, we have had the Kapunda [...]