user avatar
Shannon Deery
@s_deery
Dad | Journalist [email protected]
Melbourne, Australia
Joined October 2009
Posts
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    After just shy of a decade covering Victoria's courts, this is my last day on the round. I'm heading to the other end of town to join our state politics team. So I'll be swapping #auslaw for #springst. To say I've enjoyed covering this beat would be an understatement.
  • user avatar
    BREAKING:  The government’s pandemic Bill is in disarray with former minister Adem Somyurek revealing he will return to parliament to block it because it gives “too much power to the government”. As it stands, the government can't get the numbers to pass the Bill. #springst
  • user avatar
    I’ve got a sister about Eurydice’s age. She’s nailed it. #EurydiceDixon
  • user avatar
    76 years ago a woman with an uncanny resemblance to Eurydice Dixon was murdered by a stranger in a park across the road from where she was killed. Gladys Hosking was also on her way home, alone. How has nothing changed? #EurydiceDixon
  • user avatar
    BREAKING: in a minor win for lawyers challenging the Melbourne curfew: the Supreme Court has ruled the government must hand over all legal advice relied on to ensure the curfew complied with Human Rights charter. Fight re other data is ongoing. #springst #auslaw #auspol
  • user avatar
    BREAKING: Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela has sensationally crossed the floor to vote to have the Andrews Government's infamous "Red Shirts" rort re-investigated. More @theheraldsun soon. #springst
  • user avatar
    Imagine living in a world where you can kill your wife, bury her in the bush, pretend she’s missing, lie to police, then get found out...and serve just six years in prison. Is this why they call Australia the lucky country? Lucky for Borce maybe. #auslaw
  • user avatar
    Victorian Labor MPs are now demanding the resignation of Premier Daniel Andrews. More @theheraldsun soon via @alexwhitelive #springst #auspol
  • user avatar
    BREAKING: after two secret trials, it can finally be revealed Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys while Archbishop of Melbourne. A gag order was lifted today meaning the real story can be reported for the first time. More @theheraldsun
  • user avatar
    New Roy Morgan poll sees @DanielAndrewsMP approval jump 12% to 71% as Victoria opens up again. Victorian ALP now leading coalition, 58.5% 41.5%. #springst
  • user avatar
    Breaking: The Supreme Court challenge over the validity of Melbourne's curfew WILL proceed, lawyers say, despite the measure being scrapped. Single issue remains: did it breach human rights? Trial starts tomorrow. More @theheraldsun #springst #auspol #auslaw
  • user avatar
    New calls for @DanielAndrewsMP to stand down amid revelations he's been quizzed in a second IBAC probe. @MatthewGuyMP says: "Victoria cannot afford to have a Premier mired in a corruption crisis. He needs to stand down until this stench of corruption can be cleared up." #springst
  • user avatar
    BREAKING: George Pell has lost his appeal.
  • user avatar
    Ambulance Union boss Danny Hill, standing shoulder to shoulder with Daniel Andrews describes the Liberal Party as a virus. “I don’t ever want them near my members again”. #springst #VicVotes