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Breaking: High-profile married man's name to remain suppressed in Cairns extortion case

Breaking: High-profile married man's name to remain suppressed in Cairns extortion case
ABC Australia Friday 28 August 2026, 04:32 UTC By Christopher Testa 1 min read
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High-profile married man's name to remain suppressed in Cairns alleged extortion threat Posted A judge has dismissed an application to overturn a suppression order preventing the identity of a high-profile married man at the centre of an alleged extortion threat from being revealed. Media organisations, including the ABC, applied to the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the non-publication order originally made in the Cairns Magistrates Court in late May. Justice James Henry today...

High-profile married man's name to remain suppressed in Cairns alleged extortion threat Posted A judge has dismissed an application to overturn a suppression order preventing the identity of a high-profile married man at the centre of an alleged extortion threat from being revealed. Media organisations, including the ABC, applied to the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the non-publication order originally made in the Cairns Magistrates Court in late May. Justice James Henry today dismissed the media’s application, four weeks after the judicial review was heard in Cairns. Loading [Image text:] CAIRNS COURTHOUSE
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