‘McClintock also suggested Judge Jelas take into account the breach of trust with the public given “a person of her standing and her role has a certain standard expected of them-as a former lawyer and a member of Parliament”, and the “heightened understanding of the significance of their conduct”.’

But she's a promising young leader and a conviction would impact her futures prospects, really the publicity itself was punishment enough. Oh no wait, she's not a white sportsman, never mind, that doesn't apply

i appreciate that costello didn’t commit ‘a crime’ but the consequences of her breach of public trust (premature death of 100s…1000s) is significantly greater than that of ghahraman.