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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.

  • After a life of loss, a housing legacy of shame
    15.08.2009
    By: TONY KOCH A TINY, black-skinned woman on remote Groote Eylandt, off east Arnhem Land, her shoulders slumped from decades of pain and unimaginable hurt, looks shyly down as she speaks in a whisper of ``blame and shame''. Yet the battle... read more
  • Pearson quits institute to fight wild rivers battle
    08.04.2009
    By: Tony Koch, Sarah Elks ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson has resigned as director of the Cape York Institute -- a think tank that has led the national debate on welfare reform and provided educational programs for young people -- to focus on a... read more
  • Our writer takes out top News Award
    01.11.2008
    THE Australian's Tony Koch was last night awarded the major prize at the 4th annual News Awards, capping off an evening of success for the newspaper in a number of categories. Koch was awarded the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Excellence in Journalism... read more
  • Our writers honoured
    15.09.2008
    THE Australian has scooped the Queensland Media Awards, with Tony Koch named as Queensland journalist of the year. Koch, The Australian's chief reporter in Queensland, took out Saturday night's top prize after winning three other major awards. He and... read more
  • Twilight of old radicals INDIGENOUS FUTURE
    09.08.2008
    By: Peter Sutton The vested interests in indigenous policy are those who still support the old rights campaigns that began in the 1970s, writes Peter Sutton IN the colonial era and soon after, progressives had pushed for the protection of... read more
  • Aussie breeder takes on Dubai sheik over Arab
    02.08.2008
    KNOCKABOUT Tenterfield horse breeder with centuries-old connections to the thoroughbred industry has accused one of the world's richest men of galloping away with his family's legendary name. Kev Darley, an archetypal Aussie battler, has accused... read more
  • Packs to give indigenous infants a good start
    21.07.2008
    EVERY child born in a Queensland indigenous community would receive food, clothing and basic pharmaceuticals -- either free or at token cost -- until the age of four under a scheme beingconsidered by the state Government. The proposal of ``baby... read more
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