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Alan Jones, a 85-year-old former radio broadcaster, is on trial for 22 indecent assault charges. A complainant testified he did not report the alleged abuse due to fear of losing financial support from Jones. The trial is expected to last four months with 76 witnesses.

A New South Wales parliamentary committee found that the state’s top prosecutor, Sally Dowling, authorized pitching a story to a radio station about a sentencing hearing involving a young person and falsely denied doing so under oath. The inquiry recommended the attorney general investigate whether there are grounds to remove Dowling from office, despite her admission that her office pitched the story and colleagues defending her integrity.