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Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.
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White power, black rage
08.11.1997
By: KOCH A Source: QNP When those blokes had me down and I saw the brick coming, I thought I was dead MT ISA rodeo star Lyman Craigie didn't know what had hit him. Even for a little man who had gained a big reputation for staring down some... read more -
State accused of bastardry after horrific rapes
07.11.1997
By: KOCH A Source: QNP A WOMAN raped by several men when she was drunk and asleep had her victims-of-crime compensation wiped out because she was deemed to have ``provoked'' the incident. In another case, a three-year-old Mornington Island... read more -
A matter of justice
07.11.1997
A Queensland Justice Department ruling this week that rape is not recognised as an assault because of an anomaly in law sparked community protest. Sue Monk reports DESPITE decades of campaigning Queensland rape victims still are suffering from poor... read more -
Raped woman told it's not an assault
06.11.1997
By: KOCH A Source: QNP A RAPE victim has had a $60,000 compensation award more than halved because the Queensland Justice Department has ruled that rape is not recognised as an assault. The Justice Department also insisted that the woman... read more -
Govt faces flood of unpaid claims
09.10.1997
THE State Government is facing claims for millions of dollars from Aborigines in remote parts of northern Queensland seeking unpaid ex-gratia criminal compensation payments. Ex-gratia payments are made out of a State Government fund to victims... read more
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