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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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Indigenous meet the hollow man
26.07.2003
ON MAY 8, 1895, The Cairns Argus newspaper carried a report that read: ``A spectacle was witnessed on the first day of the present month -- a kind of government function that certainly was not creditable to the authorities and should bring a blush of... read more -
Freshly baked idea goes stale
19.07.2003
THREE years ago, a marvellous concept was born to provide business opportunities for indigenous people living in remote communities. This ``partnership'' deal was formed to include the Queensland Government, Aboriginal and Islander representatives and... read more -
WOMAN on a MISSION
16.12.2000
She was a little white girl who loved fishing, swimming and running with the Aboriginal children on the mission. She moved away, grew up and married the man who's now Queensland's premier. Thirty-eight years after leaving, Heather Beattie goes back to... read more -
Brothers up in arms
02.10.1999
TWO thoughts struck me when I met Cape York Land Council chairman, Richard Ahmat, in his Cairns office yesterday. Facially, he was not unlike the Gulf firebrand Murrandoo Yanner and, typical of his indigenous brother, he was angry. It's not a good... read more