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Stories by Chris Graham

Chris Graham is a Walkley Award and Human Rights award winning writer, the Managing Editor of Tracker, and a monthly columnist.

Homework is where the heart is at Coffs Harbour & District LALC

By Chris Graham, May 16, 2013

Brianna is momentarily distracted from her tutoring from Homework Centre volunteer Kamla Webb.

NEW SOUTH WALES: A unique partnership between a Local Aboriginal Land Council, a NSWALC zone office, a large Australian corporation, and a few local businesses and volunteers is helping young Aboriginal kids on the mid-north coast of NSW learn to dot their I’s, cross their t’s… with a lot of cultural education along the way.

Drunk, naked West Australian uni students hit the streets to sell racist hate-speech… all in the name of charity

By Chris Graham, April 18, 2013

Some of the team behind Prosh, directors Maitlyn Hansen and Raymond Maujean and Prosh editor Sam Bayford (2nd, 3rd and 4th from left) with Perth's Nova morning crew, Nathan (far left), Nat and Shawn (right).

MORE than 1,000 West Australian university students – many of them drunk and at least some of them naked – hit the streets of Perth early yesterday morning to help promote racist hate-speech which depicts Aboriginal people as lazy, alcoholic, petrol sniffers, and which attacks land rights, tent embassies and Aboriginal art.

Posted in General News, News, WA | Tagged Cameron Barnes, ICEA Foundation, Lockie Cooke, Maitlyn Hansen, Professor Paul Johnson, Prosh, Racism, Raymond Maujean, Sam Bayford, University of Western Australia | 198 Comments

Pre-Election Interview: Nigel Scullion, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs

By Chris Graham, April 8, 2013

Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson Nigel Scullion (FILE PHOTO)

Tracker Magazine Editor Amy McQuire sat down with Shadow Indigenous Affairs minister Nigel Scullion to discuss his first priorities in Indigenous Affairs if an Abbott-led Liberal Coalition wins government.

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ICAC finds Masons and Foster acted corruptly in Wagonga land deals

By Chris Graham, September 27, 2012

TOP L-R: Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari, Rod Medich, Vanessa Mason. BOTTOM L-R: Ken "KJ" Foster, Ron Mason Snr, Vivienne Mason.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Three former members of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council have been found to have corruptly accepted cash payments in exchange for trying to push through dodgy land deals in the NSW south coast town of Narooma.

Posted in Breaking News, National, News, NSW | Tagged ICAC, Ken 'KJ' Foster, Lucky Gattellari, Ron Mason Snr, Ron Medich, Vanessa Mason, Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council | Leave a comment

Aboriginal voters vent their fury… and change a government

By Chris Graham, August 25, 2012

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Since it was awarded self government in the late 1970s, the Northern Territory elections have always been decided by 10 key seats in the northern suburbs of Darwin.

Posted in Breaking News, General News, News | Tagged NT election | 1 Comment

CLP heading for victory in Territory elections

By Chris Graham, August 25, 2012

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Henderson Government is serious electoral trouble this evening, with the CLP polling strongly across the territory in a number of key seats.

Posted in Breaking News | Tagged NT election | Leave a comment

Schools focus on mental health issues

By Chris Graham, August 9, 2012

Former rugby league star and Torres Strait Islander man, Wendell Sailor.

NATIONAL: Retired football player Wendell Sailor says youth suicide can be prevented if men and young people learn to speak about their feelings.

Posted in Breaking News, National, News | Tagged Wendell Sailor | Leave a comment

Literacy poor for NSW Aboriginal students

By Chris Graham, August 9, 2012

NSW Auditor-General, Peter Achterstraat.

NEW SOUTH WALES: About half the young Aboriginal students in NSW are below the minimum reading standard, a figure that has not improved in the past decade, a report says.

Posted in Breaking News, News | Tagged Literacy rates, Peter Achterstraat | Leave a comment

Bringing back the Brough: 10 of the worst things Mad Mal did in office

By Chris Graham, August 7, 2012

Mal Brough has won Liberal National Party pre-selection for the seat of Fisher, virtually guaranteeing him a seat in federal parliament in 2013... unless voters find out about his past performance, of course.

NATIONAL: The best predictor of someone’s future behaviour is their past behaviour. Which means that with Mal Brough winning pre-selection for the federal seat of Fisher, parliament is in for a sideshow the likes of which it hasn’t seen since… well, the last time Brough was there. CHRIS GRAHAM reports.

Posted in General News, News | Tagged Aboriginals Benefit Account, Fisher, HOIL Program, Mal Brough | 4 Comments

Former Wagonga LALC chair interviewed hitman for McGurk job, court hears

By Chris Graham, August 2, 2012

Ron Mason Snr, the head of the large Mason family from the Far South Coast. He has denied allegations he received cash bribes worth around $38,000, including a $12,000 car. Mr Mason Snr also claimed cash he recieved was for work he completed for Lucky Gattellari, although he conceded he had a clear conflict of interest. He has since been named as someone who interviewed a potential hitman to murder Sydney businessman Michael McGurk in 2009.

NATIONAL: Ron Mason, the former chair of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council, helped interview a prospective hitman to murder wealthy businessman Michael McGurk, a Sydney court has heard.

Posted in General News, News | Tagged Christopher Estephan, Fortunato Lucky Gattellari, Haissam Safetli, ICAC, Michael McGurk, Ron Mason, Ron Medich, Senad Kaminic, Vanessa Mason, Wagonga | Leave a comment