In 1965 For Aboriginal people all these rights were allowed in NSW; Voting rights Marry freely Control own children Move freely Own property freely Receive award wages. IN QUEENSLAND NONE OF THEM WERE!!! AND ALSO WESTERN AUSTRALIA! No wonder NSW is called the premier state Qld is still in the dark ages of civil rights and liberties as a legacy of one of the states patriarchs - Premier Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen On the 16 November 1976 Police Commissioner Ray Whitrod said Queensland showed signs of becoming a police state! He compared the growing political interference in law enforcement to the rise of the German Nazi state. Police secure in the knowledge that they had the Premiers backing, continued to act provocatively, most notably in a military-style raid on a hippie commune at the Cedar Bay commune in Far North Queensland late the following month. The police, who had been looking for marijuana, set fire to the residents houses and destroyed their properties. Bjelke-Petersen rejected calls for an inquiry into the raid, declaring the government would believe the police and claiming the public clamour was all part of an orchestrated campaign to legalise marijuana and denigrate the police. In defiance of the premier, Police Commissioner Ray Whitrod went ahead with an inquiry anyway and on 16 November ordered summonses be issued against four police officers on more than 25 charges, including arson. He chose the same day to announce that he was quitting his post. Whitrod claimed his resignation marked a victory for the forces of corruption, but said he had decided to quit rather than tolerate further political interference by the Premier Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen and new Police Minister Tom Newbery. Whitrod was replaced by Assistant Commissioner Terry Lewis, despite Whitrods warning to the Police Minister Tom Newbery; that he was corrupt. https://youtube/watch?v=w1dc5uo17rY
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:33:07 +0000