Zoe Daniel (Goldstein, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I also rise in support of the member for Clark's motion. Boyle and McBride are paying an immense price for telling the truth. Their reward for acting in the public interest is harassment by prosecution. This suspension motion is valid and urgent because these men face jail for helping reporters tell the truth about matters of public and national interest. They face jail for telling the truth. Time and again we've seen the consequences faced by whistleblowers. While I respect the Attorney-General's commitment to the separation of powers, there is an urgency to this as a potential miscarriage of justice. It's high time that the Attorney intervened to drop these cases. There is no public interest served by seeing McBride or Boyle convicted and serving time in jail.

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