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• Ku Klux Klan jibe lands professor in jail
  22.12.2000
  AUSTRALIA'S most prominent Aboriginal health expert suffered spinal injuries when she was thrown into the back of a police wagon after telling six officers they were acting like the Ku Klux Klan. Professor Gracelyn Smallwood was taken to the Townsville... read more
• City police bungle `stereotype arrest'
  31.10.2000
  THE son of a senior State Government Aboriginal adviser was held at gunpoint, handcuffed and strip searched after police in Brisbane mistook his Walkman for a gun. Kargun Fogarty, 19, was ordered to lie on his stomach, handcuffed and marched to the... read more
• Smallwood arrest `shames' city
  23.02.2000
  By: Tony Koch, Ali Lawlor AN urgent ministerial investigation was needed into accusations of police mistreatment of respected Aboriginal leader Gracelyn Smallwood, Townsville MP Mike Reynolds said yesterday. Mr Reynolds, who is Premier... read more
• Ku Klux Klan jibe lands professor in jail
  22.02.2000
  By: Tony Koch, Ali Lawlor AUSTRALIA'S most prominent Aboriginal health expert suffered spinal injuries when she was thrown into the back of a police wagon after telling six officers they were acting like the Ku Klux Klan. Professor... read more
• Aboriginal violence soars out of control
  15.10.1999
  SHOCKING new evidence of spiralling domestic violence in indigenous communities has prompted Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Herron to order a nationwide check on hospital admissions. Senator Herron said last night he was horrified by one community... 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
• Forget the past, stop today's genocide
  21.03.1998
  AN Australian television organisation had the foresight and courage to properly research and produce a documentary on living conditions on Aboriginal communities, the condemnation would reverberate around the globe. As much as we are shocked by footage... read more