Margaret Cunneen's father was a civil engineer who became chief of the NSW Water Resources Commission.
17 Facts About Margaret Cunneen
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Margaret Cunneen joined the Attorney General's Department in 1977, working in the Ministerial office.
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Margaret Cunneen was an Industrial Officer at the Public Service Board of NSW from 1981 to 1986, when she transferred to what is the New South Wales Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions where her immediate manager was Megan Latham.
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Margaret Cunneen was a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor in the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and has held a commission as a Crown Prosecutor since 1990.
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In October 2007, Margaret Cunneen was appointed as Senior Counsel and her peers at the Bar elected her as one of 21 members of the Bar Council of New South Wales.
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Margaret Cunneen is a Bar Councillor, having received the second highest number of votes in the 2014 Bar Council elections.
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Between 1995 and 2009, Margaret Cunneen was a lecturer in child abuse and neglect, focusing on the court system, at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of New South Wales.
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Margaret Cunneen's lecture was described by Justice David Levine as "the most articulate commentary on the criminal justice system, in my opinion".
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Margaret Cunneen was accused of advising Sophia Tilley to fake chest pains to avoid a breath test after the car accident.
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Margaret Cunneen submitted that the failure of ICAC to clearly illustrate the reasons for their decision to investigate Margaret Cunneen's alleged conduct was to commission an investigation, thereby acting beyond their powers.
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Margaret Cunneen successfully appealed to the New South Wales Court of Appeal, and ICAC was granted leave for the matter to be heard before the High Court of Australia.
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The Court ruled that Margaret Cunneen's alleged conduct, had it occurred, might have affected an official's choice of action, but would not have affected the official's probity in making that choice.
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The Court accepted that the alleged conduct of Margaret Cunneen, had it occurred, would have been in a private and not an official capacity, and found that the alleged conduct could not have amounted to corruption.
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Commissioner Margaret Cunneen reported to the NSW Governor Marie Bashir on 30 May 2014.
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On 18 December 2018, Margaret Cunneen was appointed to the panel of experts who will advise Government on the development of the legislation for the Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
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Margaret Cunneen has three sons, born in 1988,1990 and 1992.
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Margaret Cunneen is married to Grandmaster Gregory Wyllie, 9th Dan, who runs a taekwondo school, Wyllie Martial Arts.