Kyle McDonald

Criminal lawyer: barrister at the Victorian Bar; tweeter; blogger; tech-head. Interested in technology in the law and crime. @[email protected]

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

@ryanjaycowan @Tesla @elonmusk Absolutely! Family member recently in a collision; I was alerted by Apple crash detection. And, car called emerg services, because eCall's mandatory in EU cars since 2014. EU & UK Tesla have eCall https://t.co/rN5TGPlN0M. Not required in AU till 2025 😡https://t.co/eMryr5HFN1

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Another reminder @telegram isn’t “encrypted” out of the box, and might not be even in “secret chats”. (Use @signalapp.)

https://t.co/z7u73PXZms

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Repeal of de novo appeals deferred to 2025? https://t.co/ykvuiJZ8E5

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Farewell Brendan Murphy https://t.co/itAZSEAAm1 https://t.co/F6QpivJgZP

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

This is a fine piece of writing, an absolute scorcher from Malcolm Knox, a visceral denunciation of the crime that was Robodebt. https://t.co/yCIKYgBK6T

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

@ActivistLegal I noticed that. It really is past its use-by.

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Looking at the Unlawful Assemblies and Processions Act 1958 (as you do).

When is the Parliament going to update the notice of dispersal to be given to unlawful assemblers?

#TheQueenIsDead #archaic #VicLaw

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

The collective noun for barristers? An “eloquence”. An eloquence of barristers!

Onya @NSWBar

[NSW Bar President @NSWBarPresident]

A snapshot of the NSW bar in 2022. @NSWBar

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Automation and apps for advocates https://t.co/RRdVeOCwO5

[Felix Ralph @fchralph]

@NyadolNyuon Trying to “get” my client. Typo soz.

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Wow! Some strong judicial language there!

[Australian Criminal Law @CriminalLawAus]

NSWSC (Fagan J) today critical of Cth A-G's Dept re impecunious Cth D (not eligible for Legal Aid) after Court certified for Cth legal assistance.
R v Bryers (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1285
https://t.co/To9BqGE4sP
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[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

I remember taking Arie Freiberg's criminology class around 1991 at Melbourne Uni, doing what became the SAC "You be the judge" sessions. I've feared his retirement for a few years. Who's gonna write Fox & Freiberg now? #farewell #goodluck

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

As of Friday 26 August 2022, criminal barristers will be walking out of court. Indefinitely.

And we won’t be going back until this government fixes the justice system that it has broken.

Your move, @DominicRaab.

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[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Firefox now automatically removes tracking parameters from URLs to enhance privacy

Another good reason to use FF (as well as it allows for tab syncing across devices and platforms, and IMO is more reliable than iCloud). https://t.co/OweNw00nMP

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

@discoball2000 @profsarahj Not sure why anyone pays him any heed. He and the other NewsCorp xenophobic misanthropes are just as irrelevant as their party is.

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

@markdreyfusQCMP as soon as you are sworn in as our Attorney General can you please intervene to instruct the CDPP to drop the outrageous prosecution of Timor L’Este lawyer @BernardCollaery. We need to restore integrity (no dirty tricks) in our security agencies. No cover-ups.

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Just leaving this here for no reason at all on a glorious post-election morning...

#AusVotes2022

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

https://t.co/44TU3D6qU8

[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

That was just pure luck!

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[Kyle McDonald @kyleemcd]

Not too shabby.

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