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“Australia’s Paedophile Protection Racket” – New book by journalist Shane Dowling

My new book “Australia’s Paedophile Protection Racket”, which is my second book, was released for sale on Monday the 28th of September 2020. It deals with true crime, political corruption and judicial corruption.

You can order now at Amazon.com.au, Fishpond.com.au or BookDepository. It is also available online on US websites Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com and other online bookshops. The front and back covers are below with more information.  

The back cover:

Update 10/12/20

Below is the latest book review by Phillip Taylor who is a barrister in the UK. He has done hundreds of book reviews mostly on legal books. (Click here to see on Phillip Taylor’s Flickr page)

“SAILING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE WIND”:

A COURAGEOUS STATEMENT WHICH ILLUSTRATES WHY WE NEED FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN AN ERA OF CORRUPTION ACROSS THE WORLD

An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Richmond Green Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”, and Mediator

Sides are not being taken in the quest by author Shane Dowling who seeks to uncover points of view about what he calls “Australia’s Paedophile Protection Racket”.  This is a paperback book published by Shane which should be viewed in both its historic and its jurisdictional perspectives by both Australian and Commonwealth lawyers.

For those readers unfamiliar with what Dowling submits, these are his main points from his book:

“Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on the 3rd September 2019 that 28% of paedophiles convicted of federal laws do not go to jail so the government is introducing mandatory sentencing laws. By June 2020 when the new laws were passed by the government it had risen to 39%. The minimum inference that can be drawn is that Australian judges and magistrates are running a paedophile protection racket otherwise they would be doing their jobs and jailing the convicted paedophiles.”

This is strong stuff with substantial implications for the law of defamation should the allegations be untrue.  It must be for the individual to draw his or her own conclusions on what is a clear political policy.

Dowling offers two disturbing examples:

  1. Judge John North gave a confessed paedophile who abused two young girls a suspended sentence due to the paedophile suffering high cholesterol, sleeping problems, having had no sex education and then protected his identity with a suppression order in November 2017; and
  2. Convicted paedophile Robert Crick who sexually abused his 5-year-old grandson avoided jail in May 2020 after the Court of Appeal in NSW felt sorry for him because of his claimed health issues and they were worried he might catch the Coronavirus in jail.

The book follows campaigning journalist Dowling, who specialises in judicial and government corruption, as he submits names: 15 judges, 2 registrars and 1 magistrate as either known paedophiles or suspected paedophiles in an email sent to all the judges of the Supreme Court of NSW and relevant authorities.  In this review I am intending throughout to be extremely careful to avoid any form of defamation, intentional or implied.

The documented evidence, Dowling concludes, “shows Chief Justice Tom Bathurst abusing his position and ordering court staff to stitch Shane Dowling up for 2 jail sentences”.  Dowling continues stating that “there is an attempt for a third sentence”, writing “but they still can’t stop Shane Dowling exercising his right to political communication and free speech which is the real danger to the likes of Bathurst and Co”.  In an era where freedom of speech is under attack across the world, I formed the view that Shane’s book should be read and evaluated by those who know more about this issue than I do.

Dowling makes further allegations, stating that there was a $2.2 million mafia bribe to NSW judges reported by the ABC and Fairfax Media in 2015 which Justice David Davies confirmed was true.  The evidence for this point is given by a discussion with Dowling in the Supreme Court of NSW on the 30th November 2015. Dowling reported:

“Justice Davies said the bribe took place “30 or 40 years ago” in a clear attempt to downplay it as old news. I responded with words to the effect “it didn’t happen that long ago as one of the judges has only recently retired and there are other judges still on the bench”. Justice Davies then sat there like a stunned mullet and said nothing.”  Whether this allegation is correct I do not know.

At the beginning of the review, I said I would not take sides as I do not know enough about the arguments put forward.  However, I read the book with great interest for two reasons of jurisprudence: one, that we have freedom of expression as long as the defamation laws are not broken; and two, that if anything is correct in the book it highlights what many members of the judiciary know- there is massive corruption on a worldwide basis yet common law jurisdictions have always attempted to stamp out such corruption for it is a bad day for the world if such overt corruption is allowed to flourish.  We need more books to try to set the record straight, but I just wonder how many are actually taking any notice today of what is being written: only time will tell.

End of the book review. (Click here to see on Phillip Taylor’s Flickr page)

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40 replies »

  1. Hello Shane, have my order in at Amazon as well.
    Thank you for all the hard “yakka” you always put into your work.
    Jo Hendrikx

    • Evil TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING. Thank you Shane Dowling for your courage and conviction to expose the disgusting individuals who actually believe that they are above the law. I salute you for blowing the whistle on CORRUPTION in high places in the land of Australia where in so many cases POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY.

  2. be looking for a copy and spreading the word . pedophilia is horrific combined with political and legal cover up only makes it that much worse , a must read for parents and anyone concerned about our children.

  3. Well done Shane. You’ve been through a great deal and haven’t given up. I hope we all soon see the fruit of your efforts with the exposure and accountability of these filthy rockspiders and judicial, political and corporate criminals. It’s long overdue.

  4. Thank you Shane for your amazing work and perseverance in exposing this unsavory history of pedosexual abuse within our judiciary and elsewhere – have ordered your book and looking forward to reading it and will share the information with others.

  5. I will be buying your book. Another excellent way to circulate books as valuable as these is to get your local library to order it. If everyone did this in their local community we would be well versed and Shane supported for his meticulous body of research into the predatory bastards and their enablers.

    • The library would be a good idea, definitely for the environment and for those who live on a tight budget, but still want to know what’s happening in our country that once used to be a democracy!

  6. Did not know you had a previous book, Shane — “Love Letters from the Bar Table.” Have just ordered it from abebooks.com for $31.80 USD. It says “Sure to spark a Royal Commission”. Oh noooo. “The Shane Dowling Royal Commission.”

  7. Now hell pell we have a convicted priest exonerated by the court. Where there is smoke there is usually fire and it was rampant thick smoke in this case. The court branded the victims and witnesses liars Shame Shame

    • Pell was NOT exonerated. The TV channels keep alluding to this error. Pell’s conviction was QUASHED on a clever legal technicality. His lawyers know that the passage of time will do the rest. As at now Pell could be retried if further evidence could be found.

  8. Is there a chapter on Pell’s activities and the Catholics’ in-house paedophile protection system with links to Judicature? May have to add a bit now Pell has sent his Jesuit emmissary Abbott ahead on Australian Government expenses to word up the Pope on what he wants.

  9. Had my money on Christian Porter the whole time … this government is so crooked and despicable that it beggars belief there are not crowds of people throwing shit at them from the public gallery in Parliament House…. If Mr Porter survives there is something seriously wrong with our system of government and the population who are woke, know it …

  10. Hi Shane
    I have ordered your book and shared it as well, I can’t wait to read it.
    I am dealing with a Child Safety Government Dept and have uncovered dubious facts on the workers and now living through the ramifications of my findings not an easy task but highly motivating to continue the fight against corruption.
    If you have any suggestions or readings to help I would greatly appreciate it.
    Love your work.
    Jacqui

  11. Thank you Shane I’ve ordered your book & shared on FB and Twitter having been targeted in 2016 by the Darwin DPP for speaking out. Now I realise the political judicial system is networked and corrupted as they also bring the media and police into their ring of confidence, it is very scary and these people negatively impact family life as they work to destroy yours.

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