Media and Events

Interviewed on the nature of parliamentary referrals to ICAC regarding NSW Premier Chris Minns: Daanyal Saeed, "Why is Chris Minns being referred to ICAC? Is this a big deal? How does an ICAC referral work?", Crikey (05 December 2024).

Interviewed about the Murdoch family trust case and the nature of restructuring trusts: Daanyal Saeed, "The Murdoch succession drama kicks off this week. Here's everything you need to know", Crikey (16 September 2024).

Interviewed on Rupert Murdoch's attempts to restructure his family trust: Jenna Price, "How to ruin a family trust with one quick court case", Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WA Today (25 July 2024). 

Interviewed on the $450 million penalty imposed on Crown Casino for breaching its anti-money laundering obligations: Julia Schmidt, "Crown's $450 million money laundering penalty", The Wire (30 May 2023) (https://www.thewire.org.au/story/crowns-450-million-money-laundering-penalty/).

Interviewed on the issues surrounding money laundering and high-end luxury goods: Tansy Harcourt, "Calls to close loopholes to stop money launderers cashing in", The Australian (21 March 2023).

Quoted on the continuing issues of the Optus data breach and how it relates to customer verification requirements: David Swan and David Ross, "Hacked Optus data goes back five years", The Australian (24 September 2022).Interviewed on the issues concerning the Optus data breach and how customers could be vulnerable to identity theft: David Swan and David Ross, "What Optus customers should do now to protect security after data breach", The Australian (23 September 2022).

 Extensively quoted on Australian money laundering issues and what the newly elected Australian government should and may do to address them: Barbara Barkhausen, "Professional negligence - Australia", Money Laundering Bulletin (11 August 2022).

Interviewed and quoted on money laundering issues facing Australia and the means to address them: Anne Hyland, "From casinos to houses: Why Australia remains a money laundering haven", The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Bribane Times, WA Today (24 June 2022).

Quoted on NAB giving an Enforceable Undertaking to Austrac regarding its anti-money laundering compliance program: David Ross, "NAB avoids Austrac fine; must fix money laundering weaknesses", The Australian, NT News, The Mercury (2 May 2022).

Interviewed and quoted on Austrac's appointment of an external auditor to investigate potential breaches of Australia's anti-money laundering regime by Bell Financial Group: David Ross, "Financial crimes regulator Austrac probes Bell Financial Group", The Australian (17 February 2022).

Quoted nationally on GoFundMe campaigns and COVID-19 misinformation issues: Andrew Taylor, "'Real dog's breakfast': COVID-19 sceptics turn to online crowdfunding sites to raise money" Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today, Brisbane Times, The Age (5 February 2022).

Interviewed on The West Live about Andrew Forrest's criminal legal action against Facebook: Ben O'Shea, "Twiggy Forrest sues Facebook - but can he win?" The West Live (3 February 2022).

Interviewed on 6PR Breakfast with Gareth Parker about the legal and reputational implications of Andrew Forrest's criminal case against Facebook: Gareth Parker, "Why Twiggy Forrest is taking on Facebook in court" 6PR Breakfast with Gareth Parker (3 February 2022).

Interviewed on ABC's AM radio program regarding Andrew Forrest's criminal case against Facebook for breaches of anti-money laudnering laws: Katherine Gregory, "Facebook faces criminal charges" ABC AM (3 February 2022).

Interviewed by the Canberra Times on politicians accepting donations from blind trusts: Jenna Price, "What Christian Porter's lottery win means for us" The Canberra Times (online, 16 September 2021).

Quoted in the Australian Financial Review on issues surrounding a lack of regulatory attention on money laundering activities in the horse racing industry: Aaron Patrick, "Drug dealer paid $1.45m for a racehorse that's now worthless" Australian Financial Review (online, 21 April 2021).

Quoted in the Australian Financial Review on money laundering in the horse racing industry: Aaron Patrick, "Billionaire racehorse owner learnt of prizemoney freeze from AFR" Australian Financial Review (online, 20 April 2021).

Quoted in the News Limited press regarding money laundering issues in the regulation of Alipay and WeChat Pay: David Ross, "How WeChat and Alipay slip Austrac's net" The Australian; The Herald Sun; news.com.au; NT News; The Chronicle; Townsville Bulletin (online, 13 April 2021).

Interviewed and extensively quoted by the Daily Telegraph concerning money laundering issues that arise in international cash transfers: Natalie O'Brien, "Billion dollar bags of cash could mask crime gang activity" The Daily Telegraph (online, 12 December 2020).

Interviewed by the Guardian regarding the potential pitfalls in making donations to unincorporated associations: Naaman Zhou, "Sydney university meeting in 'chaos' after student makes personal donation of $50,000" The Guardian (online, 12 November 2020).

Qutoed in the Daily Telegraph and the West Australian as part of the Parliamentary Inquiry held into legislation seeking to amend the Rural Fires Act 1997 in order to allow moneys raised to be used for broader purposes: James O'Doherty, 'Hot debate on RFS Cash', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, 17 July 2020) 23; 'Snub on $51m fire cash bid', The West Australian (Perth, 17 July 2020).

Featured discussing whether legislation to amend the Rural Fires Act 1997 will result in frustrating the wishes of donors to the RFS Trust: Sydney Pead, 'Fire Fight', 10 News First (Sydney, 16 July 2020).

Quoted in the Daily Telegraph, the Geelong Advertiser and Herald-Sun on the NSW Rural Fire Service Trust approaching the NSW Supreme Court for directions on how it can spend millions of dollars raised through an online fundraiser: Matthew Benns, 'Barber’s bushfire fund feud flares', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, 21 February 2020) 2; 'Celeste Barber and RFS go to Supreme Court over donation case', The Daily Telegraph (online, 20 February 2020); 'Comedian Celeste Barber heads to the Supreme Court', The Geelong Advertiser (online, 20 February 2020); 'Comedian Celeste Barber heads to the Supreme Court', Herald-Sun (online, 20 February 2020).

Quoted in the Daily Telegraph and Hobart Mercury on the NSW Rural Fire Service Trust's efforts to spend millions raised online on broader bushfire relief purposes: Matthew Benns, 'Meet fails to end fire cash war', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney,19 February 2020) 17; 'Long wait tipped for fire donors', Hobart Mercury (Hobart, 19 February 2020) 6.

Quoted nationally in the Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, The Courier Mail and the Advertiser on the nature of cy-près schemes in the context of money donated to NSW Rural Fire Service Trust: Matthew Benns, 'Comedian’s bid for charity funds could be up in smoke', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, 17 February 2020) 7; 'Barber’s donations in limbo', The Courier Mail (Brisbane, 17 February 2020) 5; 'Barber’s $52m donation could be locked in lengthy legal fight', The Advertiser (Adelaide, 17 February 2020) 11; 'COURT MAY RULE WHO GETS $52M', Herald-Sun (Melbourne, 17 February 2020) 4.

Quoted in the The Daily Telegraph regarding the Australian Red Cross' handling of charitable donations raised through its Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund for the Australian Bushfires, the challenges facing modern charities in terms of accountability to the public and transparency, and the changing nature of charity with the advent of online fundraising and crowdsourcing platforms, such as GoFundMe: Matthew Benns, 'Where's all the money gone?', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, 1 February 2020) 34 and 55.

Quoted in the Guardian on the legal and practical problems surrounding online charitable fundraisers for the NSW Rural Fire Service Trust: Naaman Zhou, 'Legal questions complicate how Rural Fire Service can spend donated millions', The Guardian (online, 14 January 2020).