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Consultation

Rex Wild: ‘John Howard is taking over the Territory’

Crikey / Friday, 14 September 2007

Thursday 21 June 2007 was an important day for me.It marked the final episode of a criminal trial in which I had been involved for over four years. I telephoned my wife to tell her the news. She asked, ‘Are you near a television?’ I assumed, with some surprise, that the news of this particular case’s conclusion in the High Court that day was being announced. ‘No,’ she said, ‘John Howard is taking over the Territory’, writes Rex Wild.

Failure to consult dooms NT intervention

Crikey / Thursday, 9 August 2007

When Pat Anderson and Rex Wild, QC, visited dozens of Aboriginal communities across the NT as part of their inquiry into child s-xual abuse, they were surprised that so many people were willing to share their stories.