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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.

• Urgent alcohol inquiry demand
  02.12.1999
  THE roles and responsibilities of government agencies, Aboriginal organisations and individuals should be clearly spelt out in a memorandum of understanding, the women's task force has recommended. The report reserves its strongest language for issues... read more
• Ruthless' accountant jailed for 5-year fraud
  17.11.1999
  AN accountant who ``ruthlessly'' defrauded friends and clients of $2.6 million was jailed for the maximum 10 years yesterday. The Brisbane District Court heard Nicholas Webster Ripper used the money to help fund an ``exorbitant and lavish... read more
• Hands-on vow by Beattie
  01.11.1999
  PREMIER Peter Beattie yesterday promised Aboriginal and Islander people that he would personally take charge of a radical reform programme which aims to rescue them from welfare dependency and hopelessness. Mr Beattie spent Saturday afternoon with more... read more
• Legal win puts indigenous people in the hunt
  08.10.1999
  MURRANDOO Yanner yesterday celebrated the High Court's confirmation of indigenous people's hunting and fishing rights by going out and spearing a young crocodile for dinner. The High Court decision handed down yesterday _ acknowledging hunting,... read more
• THE OLYMPIC FLAME AND A SCORCHED SOUL
  27.03.1999
  Tony Koch BENJAMIN Berrigan at the memorial service for his father and 17 others who died in the Black Hawk crash. AUSTRALIANS, including many who live in remote regions of this vast nation, will have the opportunity to see the Olympic flame... read more
• THE QUIET COURAGE OF FIGHTER FOR HER PEOPLE
  19.12.1998
  COURAGE'' is one of those indefinable, oft misused terms that covers a myriad of circumstances. For journalists, it is a wonderful emotion about which to write, because people take inspiration from examples of courage displayed by others. But courage... read more
• Violence bill to hit $60m
  12.04.1998
  QUEENSLAND taxpayers face compensation bills estimated at more than $60 million over the next few years to recompense victims of violence on remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Violence among ATSI people is so endemic that lawyers... read more