Are we there yet? Crime and corruption proofing the Sunshine State
Walkley Award winning journalist Phil Dickie played a key role exposing the corruption leading to the 1987-89 Fitzgerald Inquiry and the downfall of the Bjelke-Petersen regime. Thirty-four years later, he casts a gimlet eye over the Sunshine State and finds we have...
First Nations families split by Child Safety called to register interest in class action
Bottoms English Lawyers are inviting First Nations children and parents to register interest in a class action against the Queensland Government for systemic failure to reunite children removed under child protection laws with their parents. Special Counsel Jerry...
SHORT STORY: Mum and the orange juice
My mother was not one to suffer fools gladly. She had a caustic sense of humour and when she uttered one of her frequent sharp comments, Dad would say, ‘Ah, there she goes again with that Irish sense of humour.’ Mum was an observer of people and though she was not...
