Peggy Dwyer
AustralialawyerFemale5.7Global Dominance: 0.02%Peggy Dwyer is a Senior Counsel who is known for her expertise in legal matters and her role in high-profile inquests in Australia. Recently, she has been in the news as the counsel assisting the inquest into the tragic Westfield Bondi Junction attack, where she presented the opening address and is tasked with examining the events surrounding the case.
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Counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, SC, asked Greenwood if the arrangement was in fact a way to pay a 'mate' rather than for the actual introduction to Catholic Schools NSW.
Jeremy Greenwood evidence to continue; NSW Reformers’ plan to discredit David Elliott revealedAustralia· 2026-08-12
Peggy Dwyer is assisting the commission in questioning the lobbyists about their actions.
Christian Ellis sent invoices under fake staffer’s name, Operation Rosny toldAustralia· 2026-08-11
Counsel assisting Dr Peggy Dwyer, SC, told the commission in her opening statement about Ellis declining to give oral evidence.
Liberal Party figure urged NSW Reformers to ‘quit’, Operation Rosny toldAustralia· 2026-08-10
Peggy Dwyer, SC, has called the arrangements sham in the context of the investigation.
Jeremy Greenwood says Christian Ellis wants to give evidenceAustralia· 2026-08-10
Dr Peggy Dwyer, SC, is counsel assisting the commission and addressed the inquiry about Mr Nassif's predictions.
NSW Liberal Party frontbencher called to give evidence at Operation RosnyAustralia· 2026-08-07
Counsel assisting Dr Peggy Dwyer read out a text to Ellis during the commission hearing.
Operation Rosny uncovers Catholic Schools NSW paid $135k salary for Liberal factional workAustralia· 2026-08-03
Peggy Dwyer alleged three NSW Liberal apparatchiks struck a deal with fugitive Sydney developer Jean Nassif.
Angus Taylor’s donations, Dominic Perrottet ‘too woke’ and moreAustralia· 2026-08-01
Dr Peggy Dwyer, SC, is counsel assisting at the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Operation Rosny inquiry.
Liberal Party corruption inquiry hears Reformers members didn’t know the rulesAustralia· 2026-07-30
Dr Peggy Dwyer is the ICAC counsel assisting in outlining the inquiry's findings.
Kellie Sloane’s response to ICAC’s Operation Rosny is puzzling when NSW Liberal Party is strugglingAustralia· 2026-07-29
Peggy Dwyer is the counsel assisting the ICAC in its Operation Rosny inquiry.
ICAC barrister Peggy Dwyer is about to become a household nameAustralia· 2026-07-28
Dr Peggy Dwyer is the counsel assisting the commission, warning about the serious implications of the alleged wrongdoing.
How Michael O’Hara funded a NSW Liberal Party takeover from the ReformersAustralia· 2026-07-27Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer has told the inquiry about Michael O’Hara's payments.
Michael O’Hara, Dylan Whitelaw and Robert Assaf first witnesses as investigation begins into NSW Liberal Party’s association with Jean NassifAustralia· 2026-07-27Dr Peggy Dwyer SC provided expert psychiatric evidence about Cauchi's mental state during the inquest.
Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t | Bondi Junction stabbings
United Kingdom· 2025-05-17
Counsel assisting the inquiry Peggy Dwyer highlighted Cauchi's long history of mental illness.
Why we must not look away from this moment of horrorAustralia· 2025-05-04
Dr Peggy Dwyer SC is the senior counsel assisting in the inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbings.
A Sydney police officer confronted a mass murderer. Her backup was a carpenter and construction worker wielding bollards | Bondi Junction stabbingsUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-01
Peggy Dwyer provided insights into Cauchi's mental health during the inquest.
Attacker sought access to guns, searched for serial killers onlineAustralia· 2025-04-28
The opening address of counsel assisting the inquest, Peggy Dwyer, SC, begins at 10am.
Hero cop Amy Scott among witnesses to give evidence week oneAustralia· 2025-04-28
