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 […]

The Advertiser: It’s like McGee all over again
THE brother of cyclist Ian Humphrey – killed by lawyer Eugene McGee in the well-publicised Kapunda Rd hit-run incident – has lashed out at the police’s failure to breath-test Adelaide Crows player Graham Johncock. Graham Humphrey has demanded to know why Johncock did not undergo a blood-alcohol […]

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 […]

The Advertiser: Give me answers, says angry Kerin [24may05]
OPPOSITION Leader Rob Kerin has accused the Government of “absolute arrogance” for refusing to answer questions in State Parliament.
“What we saw today was an absolute disgrace,” a frustrated Mr Kerin said after asking a series of questions of Attorney-General Michael Atkinson about the Kapunda Road Royal Commission […]

The Advertiser: Your views on the news April 18-April 24 [18apr05]
Item: What about us?; wife’s plea on hit-run penalties :17apr05
From: Roberto Markham, Gawler
What is so wrong with failing to stop, going home to sober up, then reporting to police? It is surely the best thing to do as so many have proven! Perhaps the law […]

The Advertiser: Ombudsman for crime victims [14may05] By Political Reporter Laura Anderson
VICTIMS of crime who feel “disempowered” by the justice system would have a victims’ ombudsman under a proposal by Independent MLC Nick Xenophon. Mr Xenophon is drafting a Bill to create a specific ombudsman for victims of serious crime, which he will circulate for […]

The Advertiser: Police files provided for McGee inquiry [14may05] by Nigel Hunt
POLICE will provide the Kapunda Road Royal Commission with documents relating to their original investigation into Eugene McGee’s fatal hit-run accident and their current internal investigation into aspects of it early next week. The material has been formally requested by commissioner Greg James, QC, […]

DPP explains reasons for not appealing in hit-run case. 09/05/2005. ABC News Online
South Australia’s new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has explained why he did not appeal against the fine handed to lawyer, Eugene McGee over the hit-and-run death of cyclist Ian Humphrey. Stephen Pallaras says prosecutors did not ask the judge to impose a […]

The Advertiser: Your views on the news May 2-May 8 [02may05]
Item: McGEE CASE ISN’T OVER: Retired NSW judge to head royal commission :04may05
From: Anthony Holmes, Kilburn
Never before do I remember a premier who doesn’t mind flexing his political muscle when it comes to these matters. Thank you to Mr Mike Rann for caring for the […]

The Advertiser: Apology and 4000 cyclists stun family [08may05]
THE family of cyclist Ian Humphrey, killed in a hit-run in November, 2003, received an apology yesterday from Attorney-General Michael Atkinson in front of 4000 protesting cyclists outside Parliament House.
“As Attorney-General, I would like to apologise to Di Gilchrist and the Humphrey family for the outcome of […]

Cyclists sick of hit and run carnage: Melbourne Indymedia
by Takver Sunday May 08, 2005 at 01:42 AM
On Saturday 7th May some 3,300 cyclists in four states protested the hit and run murder of cyclist, Ian Humphrey, in the Barossa Valley in 2003. A prominent Adelaide lawyer, Eugene McGee, was acquitted of causing death by […]

Rann says DPP was consulted over McGee probe. 07/05/2005. ABC News Online
South Australian Premier Mike Rann says the State’s new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Stephen Pallaras, was consulted over the Government’s royal commission into the McGee case. The Kapunda Road royal commission will look at the way the office of the DPP handled the […]