On Gladys Berejiklian’s failed corruption appeal
Jackson Harding writes: Why on earth should Gladys lose her pension? She has not yet been convicted of anything. She’s found to have been corruptly flinging largesse towards her undoubtedly dodgy boyfriend, but until she is tried and convicted in a criminal court the law says she keeps her pension. Removing her pension — which is for service — for a non-offence, even if her conduct was below that expected, sets a very dangerous precedent.
This smacks of trial-by-media. Convict her first, then she should lose everything.
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