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 Now: Rann’s new attack on legal eagles
Premier Mike Rann has set his Government on another collision course with the legal profession, ordering an urgent review of Queen’s Counsel appointments and how much they are paid. Concerned about his Cabinet becoming “a virtual rubber stamp for the judiciary”, Mr Rann yesterday told The Advertiser [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

ABC Regional: Hit-run death laws toughened – 30 July, 2006
New laws come into effect today in South Australia that could see motorists jailed for life if they kill or seriously injure someone while driving. Before today, people who failed to stop at an accident after killing someone faced a maximum penalty of one year in [...]

Hit-and-run widow supports victims’ advocate proposal. 14/03/2006. ABC News Online
The widow of Eugene McGee’s hit-and-run victim says she still has not received justice, despite the South Australian Government’s intervention. Di Gilchrist, the widow of Ian Humphries, has spoken in favour of a proposal by Independent MP Nick Xenophon for a victims’ advocate. Last year the [...]

The Advertiser: Wife of victim hits out at DPP Nigel Hunt. 26feb06
THE wife of the man killed by lawyer Eugene McGee in a hit-run crash has accused Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras of being “insensitive and disrespectful” to victims of crime. Diana Gilcrist-Humphrey, whose husband Ian Humphrey was killed while cycling on Kapunda Rd, [...]

The Advertiser: Still work to do, says Pallaras [11feb06]
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras says his office’s strained relationship with the State Government is far from fixed. Mr Pallaras, since taking over last April, has clashed with the Government on such issues as the Paul Nemer case, the Kapunda Road Royal Commission and sentencing appeals. [...]

Elizabeth Wynhausen: Brazen displays of the unAustralian way
December 31, 2005
IT is a truth universally acknowledged that the reticence once prized by Australians no longer gets you anywhere. In light of such a historic shift, this columnist proposes to honour those whose brazen behaviour has succeeded beyond their wildest dreams – let alone ours.
The “unAustralian of [...]

Liberals consider establishing anti-corruption body: ABC News Online

The South Australian Opposition says it will consider establishing a permanent inquiry into corruption by public officials if it wins the next state election.

The Opposition Leader, Rob Kerin, says cases including the so-called stashed cash affair, the Ashbourne inquiry and the Eugene McGee hit and run case have [...]