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NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and state attorney general discussed which barristers could review her office, estimates hears

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The Guardian reports that Sally Dowling, the director of public prosecutions in New South Wales, told budget estimates she and Attorney General Michael Daley discussed a shortlist of senior counsel to lead an independent review of the controversial findings against her office. The review follows a parliamentary committee’s narrow vote that Dowling gave false evidence about a story concerning an Indigenous child’s acknowledgement of country at a sentencing hearing.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/ns...

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