Vale Charles Cooper

I was deeply saddened today to hear of the death of friend and colleague Charles Cooper after a long illness.

Charles was a big bloke with a big personality.

Hard working, intelligent and courageous, Charles was a fierce advocate for his clients who along with his opponents, all knew they had a fighter when they engaged him.

Charles loved a chat and always had a quick-witted (often sarcastic) comment or word of advice ready to share along with his inimitable smile or laugh.

Charles was fun to be around and when not talking about his children (of whom he was clearly very proud), talked about his cases with relish and passion.

Our thoughts and love are with Di and the family who all shared his fight to the end.

I will miss you mate !!!

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Welcome news on Domestic Violence

Great to see that Malcolm Turnbull will make disturbingly high rates of violence against women his first order of business, declaring that the scourge had been overlooked for too long (SMH 24/9).

According to reports,duty lawyers will be employed at hospitals in domestic violence "hotspots"as part of a $40 million plus package fighting domestic violence.

$13.5 million will be spent over three years on "DV-alert"training for police,social workers,emergency department staff and community workers.

These are just some of the changes to be announced which would be welcomed by all concerned to halt the spread of domestic violence in the community.