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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rob Stary is an
Australian criminal defence lawyer, best known for defending Jack
Thomas, the first Australian to be convicted under anti-terrorism laws
introduced in Australia after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in
the United States. Stary has been a vocal critic of the legislation and
speaks out regularly against the issue. Stary has also appeared on an
advertisement authorised by the ACTU calling for employees in the
construction industry to be governed by the same laws as other workers.
More recently, he has appeared in court on behalf of those charged as a
result of certain incidents during the West Gate Bridge industrial
dispute. In those proceedings, he urged that Industrial Relations
Minister Julia Gillard be charged with contempt of court over
"inflammatory" and "calculated" remarks she made at an ACTU Congress in
Brisbane. Victorian magistrate Mr Muling found that he was not persuaded
to charge Ms Gillard with contempt, nor refer her to the DPP.
