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31/08/2010 | BROADBAND LINKS VITAL FOR WORK Broadband technology could decide which party the rural independent MPs will support to form the next government. For Taree professionals like Stacks/The Law Firm commercial lawyer Megan Grainger, the broadband issue is vital...

6/08/2010 | 2010 ICON AWARDS A young lawyer from Allens Arthur Robinson took home the 2010 Michael Page Young Gun Award. Highly commended in this category was Stacks/Goudkamp director Jnana Gumbert, for her successful handing of numerous and prominent cases...

4/08/2010 | FAMILY MARKS MATRIARCH'S CENTENARY July 21 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of a significant Wingham identity, Hazel Olive Stack (nee O’Brien). Hazel was one of nine children of Thomas and Emily O’Brien and grew up on the family wheat and sheep property...

23/07/2010 | $7.5M FOR HIT-RUN TEEN GEORGINA WOODS She hates school, dreams of being a veterinarian & loves her family pets. Georgina Woods' mum Julie describes her 13-year-old as a typical teenager, except every day is a struggle since a cowardly hit-&-run driver left Georgina for dead...

16/07/2010 | FEES POLICY NO WINNER FOR CLIENTS, SAYS JUDGE Lawyers acting on a ''no win, no charge'' basis are compromised in their ability to provide the best objective advice to their clients, a senior NSW judge has warned...

1/07/2010 | NEW DIRECTOR FOR STACKS GOUDKAMP Compensation Law firm Stacks Goudkamp has appointed senior associate Kasarne Robinson as director, effective 1 July

30/06/2010 | WOMEN STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE PARTNER Males are four times more likely than females to be appointed to partnership positions, according to the annual Lawyers Weekly partnership survey...

28/04/2010 | Program introduces kids to water Sailing for local Great Lakes kids has gotten off to a flyer at the Great Lakes Sailing Club with a second series almost complete...

28/03/2010 | Australian victims of nuclear testing sue U.K. Aborigines and servicemen join class action, represented by Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister...

5/03/2010 | Hunter, Central Coast vets file for legal action The names of 23 Hunter and Central Coast nuclear veterans will appear on a landmark class action to be filed against the British Government in May by Cherie Blair, the human rights lawyer and wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair...

3/03/2010 | Maralinga blast survivors sue MORE than 300 Australians are joining a class action against the British Government for damage from nuclear tests that could cost Australian taxpayers tens of millions of dollars...

3/03/2010 | Victims of 2003 wary of fire trial Plaintiffs in the Canberra bushfires court case have lost a last-minute bid to delay the start of the historic trial which is due to begin next month...

3/03/2010 | Tom Goudkamp interviewed on WSFM Tom Goudkamp from STACKS/GOUDKAMP was interviewed on WSFM discussing the Maralinga Class Action...

2/03/2010 | Aborigines to sue British Government over tests Australian aborigines and former servicemen are to sue the British Ministry of Defence over diseases and disabilities that they claim were caused by nuclear testing in the Outback more than 50 years ago.

1/03/2010 | The day the black and red cloud came for us MAUREEN Williams was just a baby in her mother's arms the day the "black mist" changed her people forever...

1/03/2010 | 100 South Australians join class action SECRET records detailing the fate of dozens of babies born in the shadow of Maralinga's nuclear testing hold the key to a case building as the state's largest class action...

24/02/2010 | Sailing launched The YMCA has just launched [pun intended] its first ever junior sailing program in partnership with the Great Lakes Sailing Club...

11/02/2010 | Nuclear veterans want better compo deal RAAF veteran Geoff Gates drove back and forth through the South Australian bush wearing just shorts, shirt and boots, occasionally wondering why British scientists wore overalls and showered at the end of each day.

7/02/2010 | After the Fallout Australian soldiers who cleaned up after the British atomic tests at Maralinga have never received compensation...

4/02/2010 | Alan Jones on 2GB talks to Ric Johnstone Alan Jones on 2GB talks to Ric Johnstone, president of the Australian Nuclear Veterans Association, about the class action Stacks is taking to the UK courts on behalf of the Australian veterans.

31/01/2010 | Sydney Firm to take on British Government Sydney Law firm Stacks will represent the Australian Nuclear Veterans Association (ANVA) in England's High Court, in a class action for Australian servicemen and UK veterans who were exposed to British nuclear testing between 1952 and 1958.

23/01/2010 | Nuclear test veterans take claim to UK courts They say they have suffered effects including cancer, and genetic mutations in their children...

22/01/2010 | Tom Goudkamp spoke on ABC Central Coast Stacks/Goudkamp lawyer Tom Goudkamp spoke on ABC Central Coast about the class action involving the Australian nuclear veterans along with veteran Alan Batchelor.

16/01/2010 | Firestorm survivors’ daily lessons in courage Niki van Buuren is tall and stylish, still with that bone-dry sense of humour as well as a new love of teaching and, like most women, an enduring appreciation of a beautiful shoe...

16/01/2010 | Veterans clear to chase compo over Brit N-tests Australian veterans exposed to British nuclear testing will not be dissuaded from pursuing legal action against the British government, Veterans Affairs Minister Alan Griffin says...

12/01/2010 | Push for Aboriginal cultural centre GREATER Taree City Council has thrown its support behind the establishment of an Aboriginal cultural and environmental heritage centre at Cattai Wetlands...

27/12/2009 | Blind man sues after fall on to tracks NIGHT was closing in when legally blind man Mark Bartley extended his cane to step on to a train from the platform at Strathfield station, then fell into a gap between carriages and landed on the tracks...

27/12/2009 | Rail passenger injuries soar THE number of commuters injured on trains, stations and in railway car parks has risen by more than two-thirds, figures show...

16/12/2009 | Nuke test survivors to take battle to UK The fallout continues for Australian veterans exposed to British nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s, as they take their legal battle for compensation to London...

24/11/2009 | Leg-up to law career ST CLARE’S High School graduate Murray Taylor has won the 2009 Stacks/The Law Firm university scholarship program...

18/11/2009 | Decade of Growth STACKS Finance celebrates its 10th anniversary this week, knowing it beat the global financial crisis by sticking with good old fashioned country common sense...

11/11/2009 | Scholarship winner joins Taree law firm A $2000 annual scholarship scheme begun by Taree law firm Stacks to promising local school leavers has had its first success with law student James Heath graduating last week and getting his first job...

30/10/2009 | Residents stave off damaging development LOCAL residents of Manning Waters have successfully negotiated for the department of housing to pull out of building medium-high density housing at the Taree West estate...

14/10/2009 | Campaign to save street TAREE residents are rallying together to object to a proposed double-storey, NSW Department of Housing development at 17-21 Plummer Street.

2/10/2009 | Deaths and assaults in private prisons... "The Australian Lawyers Alliance holds grave fears for the future of the NSW prison system, following a NSW Government decision to appoint a private security company to run Parklea Prison," Alliance NSW president, Jnana Gumbert, said today.

22/09/2009 | Protesters will pay MAYOR Warren Polglase has slammed Hastings Point protesters who took Tweed Shire Council's approval of the over-50s resort-style village, The Point, to court and has warned that the council will chase them for legal costs.

6/09/2009 | Damages denied to train crash rescuers IN THE 6½ years since the Waterfall train disaster, David Wicks has had recurring nightmares about arriving at the scene too late to help the victims.

2/09/2009 | ALA takes a hit at Della Bosca The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has lashed out at former NSW premier Bob Carr praising John Della Bosca's role in the NSW Government, claiming Della Bosca's changes to personal injury laws were not the success Carr suggests.

9/08/2009 | Lawyers oppose jail system privatisation The NSW prison system is poised for peril unless the NSW Government abandons plans for prison privatisation according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance NSW president Jnana Gumbert.

2/06/2009 | New Australian Lawyers Alliance NSW president... Stage presence is not something that newly-elected Australian Lawyers Alliance NSW president, Jnana Gumbert, shies away from; theatre and public speaking have long coursed in her veins.

25/02/2009 | Rankin inquest breaks until July The inquest into the death of 11-year-old drowning victim Shannon Rankin in a Forster resort spa has been adjourned until July, with the conclusion expected to rock the pool and spa industry.

8/09/2010 | POKIE LAWS Poker machine law in NSW has long been a contentious issue. Poker machines make a lot of money for clubs and hotels, so they’re understandably resistant to legislative changes that would affect their profits...

1/09/2010 | GETTING KIDS EDUCATED Education has received a fair bit of attention in recent months. The government’s school building program has regularly featured in the media, as has their promise to deliver computers to secondary schools...

31/08/2010 | BROADBAND LINKS VITAL FOR WORK Broadband technology could decide which party the rural independent MPs will support to form the next government. For Taree professionals like Stacks/The Law Firm commercial lawyer Megan Grainger, the broadband issue is vital...

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