Pat anderson


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

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.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 7 August, 2007

Two quotes to consider as the House of Representatives today casts a hasty eye over the 500-plus pages of legislative framework for the government’s Northern Territory intervention…

John Howard: The transcript

This afternoon, John Howard called a news conference to respond to Little Children are Sacred, the report into s-xual abuse of indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Here is the full transcript…