Bill Mason

  • Raul Macias tours Brisbane

    Raul Macias tours BrisbaneBRISBANE — Raul Macias, Asia-Pacific head of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, visited here from May 21 to 24, as part of a nationwide speaking tour. Macias addressed a public

  • Rally backs Newnham

    Rally backs NewnhamBRISBANE — Several hundred people, including many police, rallied in King George Square on May 1 in support of stood-down police commissioner Noel Newnham, recently found guilty of official misconduct and

  • Brisbane free speech campaign

    Brisbane free speech campaignBRISBANE — Supporters of free speech held a speak-out in the Queen Street Mall on May 1 to oppose city council plans to restrict activities in the area. ALP Lord Mayor Jim Soorley, under

  • Secret plan to hit free speech in Brisbane

    BRISBANE - "Cameras perched on poles monitor the movement of thousands of passers-by. "Speaking your mind here can cost you dearly, as much as a week's wage. "Only the select few can express themselves here, with the

  • Legal centres rally

    BRISBANE - State legal centres held a stop-work meeting on the steps of the government executive building on April 23 following notification to legal centres of cuts of $500,000 to funding statewide. Despite a Labor Party

  • Thiess loses bribery appeal

    Thiess loses bribery appealBRISBANE — Prominent developer Sir Leslie Thiess could face a legal bill of more than $2 million after the Full Court upheld a jury's findings that he bribed former Queensland Premier Sir Joh

  • Qld legal aid in danger

    Qld legal aid in dangerBRISBANE — Community centres providing free legal advice could be forced to close because of a Queensland government cut in funding, a legal organisation warned on April 2. Karen Fletcher, convener

  • Journalist jailed for protecting source

    Journalist jailed for protecting sourceBRISBANE — Former Courier-Mail journalist Joe Budd was released from Boggo Road Prison on March 26. He had served a week of a 14-day sentence for "contempt of court" after refusing to

  • Terror campaign against black leader

    Terror campaign against black leaderBRISBANE — Aboriginal community leader Don Davidson has accused police of racism over their refusal to provide his family with 24-hour protection, following three fire-bomb attacks on his

  • Another 'Whitrod case' hits Queensland police

    Another 'Whitrod case' hits Queensland policeBRISBANE — Queensland Police Commissioner Noel Newnham has been forced to stand down while allegations of misuse of travel expenses are investigated by an independent tribunal, as

  • Cops stole cars

    Cops stole carsBRISBANE — A storm has erupted here over revelations that police assisted in stealing cars, disposed of them and then even bought some of them for their own use at auction, during the controversial undercover

  • Jailed women suffer mental stress

    Jailed women suffer mental stressBRISBANE — Women in prison suffer levels of psychiatric problems 150 times greater than women "outside", a survey has found. More than half the 92 women prisoners surveyed suffered