{"id":790626,"date":"2026-07-10T04:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/790626\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:19:07","slug":"as-scrutiny-mounts-on-dowling-legal-elite-circles-the-wagons-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/790626\/","title":{"rendered":"As scrutiny mounts on Dowling, legal elite circles the wagons &#8211; The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQVXp3Q0tvNFZ4SE9ZQTB6ZXl3RHlVcHYteGQyaWVUQzVpWld5VHBwZ2tzVFp4OVRwdFRPUUZkMzhrTmpyNFRDbGxNVHBQYk9pMkVZUDFUTk1CYkNBX19pWE1pWEFSQktycHZ1TlJPVklsemZPVXIyMEgtZG5YZ2tBNU9xMElfRWh6bUxSTmZvUElkb2NiMXhiTW9XQmJjenFSUEtHVm1rOXA5Q2NmdnpFZUo2NjNKZVRXejVTZUc2Sm9XZW83ZEN2MDRLMmJBaGhBZThSSXpFYmFGZlZUanZxSGtGd1dDM1pzTV90cTlCNkVrdFRYWWR1MnRWd2lHWnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As scrutiny mounts on Dowling, legal elite circles the wagons<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQMk1RNE1HYnlYSW02aE0wVnZLaFJ1dzBCQ1hCOHVoek9GY2psSGRKSFFyaXlXemNmeWRKY0NHTWZYb2dGTXItaGY4czdGbnUtZ2tBdnpuWXNaNUFMWEx3dHZ0RS1CREFUaUk1dTdDNUdRS0dZeHI3T2pTdV94MnRCNEJ1TkdnZi15NUViRldsdGtFTHdlbmZZSEFsUFR0WXE5Q1dmZ0xIbkdpX0RJRmZYbUNxc0trVXcxR0xOMg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Serious finding\u2019 about DPP must be considered carefully: top silk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxOMHNxYXZyMGV2NmFpdTc1VlJrdElqRmMyNG91MlpQLWZDd1N6dHBmZXppR1AtdUJYZWpYT1RCZVBTcHVGc3k0RFJvSGhodjJzMGFreWRuSFNsWWJHcXZBNGdOb2tvaklFdDhsemNISXd2dWl1M25pYm5UQkNqM1FPa2JJUmlYZERZcW9vdkRuNnlMeE4zT1VsV1k5cnJFbTBrT0t2bHhtMWxWUjRmakRXdEZPTC1mczlTYzd2czF2V3EwOFhp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Labor MP at loggerheads with the Minns government again<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Brisbane Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOclFReTBRd2JyVkFaVFRBMXY2Z19JcFREeGZKaEhWZmlnMFlFb2c5Sm8wanhRQVFTYnRJZVRKalJodGNmM0ticHBXV0E4VzBLTkROS0k5a2JTYUhQTDNoc3dQbWtuTGd1UFc5TmJhTURGa1c0Y2FOdFlsTWpKWHZfdUxDVUVONWxmYWtvVHN3NDRmaVg3S1pkT1p3RW1maTlQczBxS1RHRHV4RjlsSmswRTZqcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crown prosecutors issue rare statement after controversial DPP report<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQNk9UUGVFV3JYX2kxZEZHaEtEaWpGYXlIMEoxelFnTlRxTkRacWVnLWZMOWxFVlF5Y0ZYV1h5Q3lhTFNPSURPaTl2R0wxQjVDeTJfMkxLdUFtSjA0TXp4RnhjQ1NSZjkxbU9HcjAwWVJBVDR3WE9COHpwZ2xsdjJ1N0FaMTdZRUtoTzRHcXFJZ2JkZHdVa0xLOVBNeHFEaHNfZndYeC1tLV9pUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keep politics separate from the justice system<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As scrutiny mounts on Dowling, legal elite circles the wagons&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian\u2018Serious finding\u2019 about DPP must be considered carefully:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-790626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}