Death in custody
Death should have no colour. Both Mr Waterford ("Fact versus indignation" December 27, p17) and Paul Drury ("Deal with the facts" December 27, p16) continue to argue that a Queensland policeman should not be charged with any offenc…
Mr Waterford on this occasion is doubly wrong.
In the Palm Island case, the coroner found the fatal blow by a police officer probably occurred when the man was comatose. If police are permitted to assault an unconscious person, leading to death, without facing any legal charge whatsoever, then the co…
Matter of justice
It is surprising The Canberra Times chose to comment on a Queensland case, the death of Doomadgee (Editorial, December 18, p10. However, having elected to opine, it would have been preferable for a newspaper to have represented the interests of the pe…
Indigenous crises
The plight of indigenous Australians is well documented in Jack Waterford’s article ("Aboriginal Australia falls farther behind", November 8, p13) as he lists the disgraceful statistics of poor education, housing, health, community servic…