John Tognolini

  • Early release likely for Denning

    Early release likely for DenningSYDNEY — NSW prison authorities are presently considering an appeal for release by Raymond Denning, a former prison activist who turned informer against Tim Anderson in the police attempt

  • The story not told on ANZAC Day

    The story not told on ANZAC DayAnother ANZAC Day is past, but it's worth considering these words of one veteran who never marched on April 25: "I never went one step. My son has never forgotten or forgiven me for not taking

  • Brewarrina convictions quashed

    Brewarrina convictions quashedSYDNEY — Arthur Murray and Sonny Bates walked out of the NSW appeal court on April 6 with their convictions quashed from last year's Bathurst trial over the Brewarrina "riot" of August 15,

  • Sack racist cops, says Boney family

    Sack racist cops, says Boney familySYDNEY — Priscilla Boney, mother of Lloyd Boney, who died in a Brewarrina police cell in 1987, is demanding the dismissal of two police who mocked her son's death and that of David Gundy

  • 'I wasn't going to give in'

    Leila Murray knows more than most people about police racism. Her son Eddie died in a police cell in Wee Waa in 1983. Her husband Arthur is currently on bail, appealing against his conviction and 18-month sentence arising from

  • Arthur Murray confident of Brewarrina appeal

    SYDNEY — "We're confident", NSW Aboriginal leader Arthur Murray told Green Left Weekly following a February 26 appeal in the NSW Supreme Court over charges of assault and riotous assembly arising from the 1987

  • 'On a smoggy day, I can't let him outside'

    'On a smoggy day, I can't let him outside'SYDNEY — She's struggling to breathe, her lungs are contracting, it's another asthma attack, and it can kill her. She's 10 years old and a friend of mine. Her family has no

  • Who shot the lifer without a victim?

    SYDNEY — On February 12, within 24 hours of being paroled from prison after serving almost 15 years, 49 year-old Jimmy Smith was shot five times outside his wife's Bondi flat. He is presently fighting for his life in St

  • Police-coroner collaboration on Hilton revealed

    SYDNEY — In evidence before the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption, it has emerged that state coroner Kevin Waller advised Detective-Inspector Aarne Tees, investigator of the Hilton

  • Showbags filled with death

    CANBERRA — "This exhibition is one which has attracted controversy and I stress once again that this event is not the 'arms bazaar' its opponents claim it to be", claimed defence minister Robert Ray in the magazine distributed

  • Residents concerned for Lucas Heights safety

    SYDNEY — Lucas Heights, on the southern edge of Sydney, has become a national dumping ground for radioactive waste. More than 10,000 drums of radioactive soil were transported there from Victoria, and there is a proposal for

  • An interview with Tim Anderson

    Not long after his June 6 acquittal by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal of all charges related to the Hilton bombing of 1978, TIM ANDERSON spoke to JOHN TOGNOLINI about the case, conditions in prison and what is still wrong with