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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.

• Notes on bent cop confirmed as missing
  01.01.2007
  By: Tony Koch IN his 1989 report on police corruption in Queensland, Tony Fitzgerald wrote one poignant sentence on page 46: ``The only missing cabinet notes over a period of many years relate to the cabinet meeting dealing with (Terence)... read more
• Arrogant Beattie takes the Joh path
  21.10.2006
  Tony Koch THERE is something greatly worrying about a government that actively participates in the denigration of its own institutions, particularly when one of those institutions is the justice system. But this is the course the Beattie Government... read more
• Police accused over island `terror tactics'
  29.11.2004
  By: Tony Koch Click here to search for full page image in PDF format Click here for image(Library Terminal Only) POLICE on Queensland's riot-torn Palm Island have been accused of using the Aboriginal population as terrorism guinea... read more
• Injustice that sparked inquiry
  28.07.2001
  By: Peter Hansen '... he was questioned on a number of occasions by a relay of detectives who said they brought no pressure to bear on him; yet, about 8.30pm, he began to confess and continued to do so, going into considerable detail, for... read more
• 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