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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Queensland s veteran human rights warrior on miscarriages of justice past and present - Caught on Camera

Terry O'Gorman
Terry O'Gorman, criminal lawyer and civil libertarian, was one of the key figures in the inquiry that brought down Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

Framed on the wall of Terry O’Gorman’s office in inner-city Brisbane is a white vest and a cartoon.

The criminal lawyer wore the legal observer’s vest as a law student with an Art Garfunkel-esque mop of curls during the brutal crackdown on those protesting against the now infamous tour of the apartheid-era South African rugby team in the early days of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen regime.

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