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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.

  • 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
  • Doctors flout sterilisation law
    08.02.1997
    SOME subjects concerning basic human rights, which for too long have been discussed only in whispered tones, need bringing into the open. A serious example is the issue concerning termination of pregnancies of intellectually impaired women and... read more
  • ABORIGINES OFFER CENTURY PEACE
    10.09.1996
    ABORIGINAL negotiators have put a proposal to the Queensland Government which, if accepted by CRA, would allow the $1.1 billion Century Zinc mine in the state's north to proceed. The plan will enable Century to construct a slurry pipeline from the mine... read more
  • NEEDY SHOULD NOT BE SCAPEGOATS
    17.08.1996
    THE unconscionable action of the Howard Federal Government in cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from the allocation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is as heartless as it is shortsighted. How will this assist in redressing the... read more
  • TALKS LIFT CENTURY MINE HOPES
    13.08.1996
    THERE were ""encouraging signs'' some of the opposition to the stalled $1.1 billion Century Zinc mining project might be lessening, Premier Rob Borbidge said yesterday. Mr Borbidge revealed yesterday that he secretly met ATSIC representative Ray... read more
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