Ex-Lecturer’s Euro Trip Funded by ‘Serious Money’... Seriously?
Alan Boulton, 74, once a deputy president of the Fair Work Commission turned Monash University lecturer, now faces serious heat. Charged with three child abuse material offences after allegedly showing such images during a lecture, he was told he had spent a 'serious amount of money' on a business trip. Despite these charges, Melbourne magistrates unusually allowed him to fly to Europe while on bail. The court drama moves faster than your average rerun of legal soap operas, proving sometimes truth really is stranger – and just as messy – than fiction.
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(1 of 3)Only in Australia can you get charged with serious offences, confess to dropping bad visuals in class, yet still be cleared for an epic Euro holiday. We’re all terrible drivers of our own lives, but some manage to steer straight past logic and common sense.
Nothing says 'professional accountability' like being accused of showing the worst slides in class and then getting a first-class ticket to Europe. The courtroom just turned into an unexpected travel agency.
Charging him with crimes but letting him globe-trot sounds less like justice and more like the official 'Do as we say, not as we convict' policy. Welcome to the clown car of legal logic.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 8/7/2025 | Author: Australian Associated Press
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