NSW’s top prosecutor gave false evidence on media leak about young Indigenous offender, inquiry finds

According to The Guardian, a New South Wales parliamentary committee has accused the state's top prosecutor of giving false evidence under oath. The upper house inquiry voted four to three to find that the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Sally Dowling, authorised pitching a story to Sydney radio station 2GB about a sentencing hearing involving a young Indigenous person, and then falsely denied having done so when she testified. The committee recommended the attorney general investigate whether there are grounds to remove her from office. Dowling acknowledges her office pitched the story but maintains she did not authorise it, and colleagues have described her as a person of integrity.

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