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Maurice Blackburn media team

Our media team advises and supports Maurice Blackburn lawyers and clients during all forms of media engagement, including video and television appearances, radio, online and print media.

Please direct media inquiries to media@mauriceblackburn.com.au, or contact team members directly via the phone numbers below.

Chee Chee Leung
Media Manager
(03) 9045 6941
0412 560 584

Paddy Murphy
Media Manager
(03) 8102 2003
0490 297 391

Jade Knight
National Manager, Public Affairs
(07) 3016 0396
0417 969 438

Michael Cooney
General Manager, Public Affairs

 

Thursday 23 December 2021
Maurice Blackburn Media Statements
Maurice Blackburn announces legal promotions for 2022 Leading social justice law firm Maurice Blackburn has announced that 31 lawyers from its offices across the country will be promoted from January 1, 2022.
Monday 20 December 2021
Maurice Blackburn Media Statements
Record $1.1m compensation for survivor of abuse at Warminda Hostel Leading abuse law firm Maurice Blackburn has secured a $1.1 million settlement for a survivor of sexual abuse at the notorious Warminda Hostel.
Practice Area: Abuse law
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Maurice Blackburn Media Statements
“Malicious prosecution”: Court rules police misconduct involved in prosecution of an innocent Indigenous man jailed for five years Townsville man Terry Irving’s 28-year battle for justice is almost over after Queensland’s Court of Appeal today ruled he was maliciously prosecuted by police in a notorious case which saw him wrongly jailed for 1671 days over a north Queensland bank robbery he did not commit.
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Maurice Blackburn Media Statements
Final hearings as Federal Government fights to keep Robodebt information secret The Federal Government’s long-running effort to block access to documents underpinning its botched Robodebt scheme will be heard before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on Thursday 2 December and Thursday 23 December 2021.
Practice Area: Social justice
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Maurice Blackburn Media Statements
Survivors, lawyers welcome end of legal loophole in SA child abuse claims Leading abuse law firm Maurice Blackburn has welcomed the Parliament’s passage of new South Australian laws that will help institutional child abuse survivors seek justice.
Practice Area: Abuse law