White justice, black suffering

Extracting false confessions

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  • Published 20190806
  • ISBN: 9781925773798
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Finalist for the 2019 Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
Winner of the 2020 Clarion Award for Indigenous Issues Reporting


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Amy McQuire

Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander woman who has been working in Aboriginal media for the past thirteen years. She is...

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