Cleaver Greene, the fictional cocaine-snorting, alcohol-swilling, lovable larrikin lawyer from TV’s Rake is hardly a conventional poster boy for Victoria’s courts. Nevertheless, Richard Roxburgh – who played Greene in the ABC series – will lead videos o...
Celebrity agent Max Markson tipped that Roxburgh could command between $80,000 and $100,000 for the week’s work, but the cost of the production was described as lean, with budding performers at the OPP used as extras rather than more paid actors.Despite the tight budget, the production has rankled some in the OPP still smarting over theThe Community and Public Sector Union, which has issued a dispute notification on behalf of its OPP members to the Fair Work Commission, is not pleased.
“The spend on PR doesn’t sit well when services are being wound back for sexual assault victims,” CPSU spokesperson Julian Kennelly said.The OPP said the change was about managing staff workload and wellbeing, and would not impact the expertise offered to complainants. It said specialist prosecutors from the unit were now embedded across its trial practice.
Mr Markson quipped the OPP could have approached the real lawyer Cleaver Greene was based on, former high-flying Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet, if it really wanted to save money.
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