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Monash University will receive almost $76 million in medical research support. (9News)<\/p>\nAn ex-Fair Work Commission deputy president accused of showing child abuse images during a university lecture has been permitted to fly to Europe while on bail.<\/p>\n
Former Monash University lecturer Alan Boulton, 74, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today after being charged with three child abuse material offences.<\/p>\n
Police allege he “inadvertently displayed” inappropriate images during a university lecture on February 5.<\/p>\n
Monash University will receive almost $76 million in medical research support. (9News)<\/p>\n
The incident was reported to police, who commenced an investigation and interviewed him at his Middle Park home a week later.<\/p>\n
Electronic devices were seized and police also travelled to NSW where they searched a second property in Sydney on February 13 and took more devices.<\/p>\n
Boulton was charged on July 31 with three counts of possessing child abuse material, including one commonwealth offence.<\/p>\n
He was placed on bail at the court today, where he appeared via video link wearing a dark-grey suit and tie.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors tried to impose a bail condition preventing Boulton from travelling overseas and surrender his passport.<\/p>\n
However, his lawyer Holly Baxter asked for him to be permitted to go to Europe on a “business trip”.<\/p>\n
She said Boulton had provided prosecutors with details on his flights and itinerary on July 23.<\/p>\n
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Boulton appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. (Fairfax Media via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
“No issue was taken with that, on that basis he booked the trip,” Baxter told the court<\/p>\n
“A serious amount of money has been spent on that trip.”<\/p>\n
The defence lawyer said Boulton had travelled overseas in May while under investigation and returned home, and he had no criminal history.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Brett Sonnet refused the prosecution’s attempt to impose travel restrictions, permitting Boulton to visit Europe.<\/p>\n
His bail conditions include that he cannot contact prosecution witnesses, is permitted to reside at two residential addresses, and must notify police within 24 hours of a change of address.<\/p>\n
Boulton will return to the court on November 7 for a committal mention.<\/p>\n
The 74-year-old man is a former Australian Council of Trade Unions lawyer and was appointed deputy president of the Fair Work Commission in 1989.<\/p>\n
He became the commission’s senior deputy president in 1993, where he served until 2015.<\/p>\n
A Monash University spokesperson said the allegations were “very serious” but declined to comment further while the matter was before the courts.<\/p>\n
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