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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.

• Tracking a hunter's last steps
  08.02.2005
  As a coronial inquiry into the death of Cameron Doomadgee gets under way, Tony Koch finds Palm Islanders less than confident about whether the whole truth will ever be told IT's 9pm on Palm Island. The canteen, which opened at 4pm, is closing and... read more
• Minister accused of ticket `cover-up'
  18.12.2004
  QUEENSLAND'S Indigenous Policy Minister Liddy Clark has been accused of attempting to coerce two Aboriginal leaders to lie about receiving free air tickets, in order to save her from political embarrassment. Ms Clark, an actor and former presenter on... read more
• Storm at Yanner flight with minister
  17.12.2004
  ABORIGINAL activist Murrandoo Yanner, accused of inciting violence against police after last month's Palm Island riots, will fly at taxpayers' expense to the troubled community today with Queensland Indigenous Policy Minister Liddy Clark. However, Ms... read more
• Injuries left Palm body unrecognisable: Yanner
  13.12.2004
  CAMERON Doomadgee, the Aboriginal man whose death in custody sparked riots on Palm Island, suffered head injuries so severe he was unrecognisable, Aboriginal activist Murrandoo Yanner said yesterday. Mr Yanner said he and other relatives of Doomadgee... read more
• Yanner's bitter dilemma
  11.12.2004
  SINCE the death in police custody of his blood brother Cameron Doomadgee, Aboriginal firebrand Murrandoo Yanner has outraged white Australia with Malcolm X-style calls for ``racist cops'' to be bashed and police stations to be burned. Doomadgee, 36,... read more
• BITTER PARADISE
  04.12.2004
  PALM ISLANDERS ARE CAUGHT IN A TRAP OF STATE CONTROL WHERE INITIATIVE IS STIFLED. IT’S A PLACE CRYING OUT FOR A RADICAL SOLUTION, WRITES TONY KOCH PALM Island is the most breathtakingly beautiful place on the Great Barrier Reef, a slice of... read more
• Police aide `in peril' for backing officers
  03.12.2004
  COMMUNITY leaders are warning that an Aboriginal police liaison officer could be in danger when he returns to Palm Island for publicly backing two white police sergeants embroiled in controversy over the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee. Palm... read more