Press Coverage of the Rindos Affair - 1966

NOTE: Only those documents marked with (+) are available online. If anyone can supply missing items, I would be most appreciative!

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January

(+) Australian, 10 Jan: Missing File Leaves Rindos in Limbo

February

(-) The Sunday Times [Perth] 18 Feb: New Inquiry In Uni Sex Rumpus
(-) The Sunday Times [Perth] 18 Feb: Parliament told of sex on campus
(-) The Sunday Times [Perth] 18 Feb: Academics rally behind casualty Rindos
(+) UWA Press Release, 20 Feb
(-) The Australian [Sydney], Feb 21: Uni faces inquiry on archaeology student row
(-) The Australian [Sydney], Feb 21: Rindos files return to haunt UWA
(+) B. Scott MLC, Press Release, 23 Feb
(-) West Australian, 24 Feb: Probe Rindos row: Liberal
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: Editorial, Sunday Times, Page 3
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: Query over Uni Scandal
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: UWA scandal goes global
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: Crucial vote in private
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: 'Secret file' on Rindos
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: An uneasy feeling of more to come
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: UWA response on Rindos case
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: Letters (2): "Sex scandal"
(-) Sunday Times [Perth] 25 Feb: Bennett's Beat: Deputy hires as gunslinger fires
(-) the Australian, 26 Feb: Letters: Bowdler inquiry not 'circumscribed'
(-) West Australian, 26 Feb: ABC checks job conflict report
(-) West Australian, 28 Feb: Rindos inquiry launched
(-) The Australian [Sydney], Feb 28: Inquiry into uni sex row reopens
(-) The Australian [Sydney], Feb 28: UWA curbed archaeology department inquiry
(-) The Australian [Sydney], Feb 28: Uni Re-opens Rindos file with a fresh senate review
(+) West Australian, 29 Feb: UWA Inquiry Must Be Credible, says Rindos

March

(-) UWA Press Release 1 Mar:
(-) West Australian, 2 Mar: UWA findings in Rindos probe to be public
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Editorial Rindos:UWA inquiry still falls short
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Academic win probe
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Comment: Parlt best for inquiry
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Gale admits she knew of sex case
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Chronology of campus dispute
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Rindos given supervisor job
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Mystery of missing file
(+) Sunday Times 3 Mar: Letters: "Unsavory practices at UWA"
(-) the Australian: 6 Mar: Rindos Documents biased: UWA
(+) Australian Broadcasting Company "Education Report" 9 Mar: Dispute at the University of Western Australia ( ABC Radio Program Transcript and local copy)
(-) The West Australian 9 Mar: Academic warned after sex inquiry
(-) The West Australian 9 Mar: Bowdler's colleagues offer her high praise
(-) The West Australian 9 Mar: Secret report backs the professor
(-) The West Australian 9 Mar: Facts fail to back Rindos' claims
(-) The West Australian 9 Mar: How the events unfolded
(-) Sunday Times 10 Mar: Secret file, claims Rindos
(-) Sunday Times 10 Mar: I acted correctly: Gale
(-) Sunday Times 10 Mar: Affair handled poorly: Bruce
(-) Sunday Times 10 Mar: Bennett's Beat: What's new pussycat?
(-) The West Australian 11 Mar: Mining interests a key to academic disupte
(-) The West Australian 11 Mar: Problems 'go back to 1991'
(-) The West Australian 11 Mar: Both should lose jobs: academic
(-) The West Australian 11 Mar: References solicited
(-) The West Australian 11 Mar: Training and research positions
(-) The West Australian 12 Mar: Failure to publish cost job
(-) The West Australian 12 Mar: Worry about attitude
(-) The West Australian 12 Mar: Air cleared on sex literature
(-) The West Australian 12 Mar: Nevill to explain
(-) The Australian, 13 Mar: Gale's UWA action 'minimal'
(-) The West Australian 13 Mar: Pair raised concerns
(-) The West Australian 13 Mar: Behaviour led to complaints by four colleagues
(-) The West Australian 13 Mar: Critics linked to centre's opponents
(-) The West Australian 13 Mar: Letter: Scrupulous report
(-) The West Australian 14 Mar: Centre was vital: Bropho
(-) The West Australian 14 Mar: Backers' inquiry bid hit a snag
(-) The West Australian 15 Mar: Claims tear at fabric of university
(-) The West Australian 15 Mar: Conflict countdown
(-) The West Australian 15 Mar: For and against
(-) The West Australian 15 Mar: Centre lost support after mine report
(-) The West Australian 15 Mar: Editorial: Many casualties in Rindos affair
(-) West Australian 16 Mar: Miner 'pressured UWA'
(-) Sunday Times 17 Mar: Uni sex abuse guide slammed
(-) Sunday Times 17 Mar: UWA reports slams Bowdler
(-) Sunday Times 17 Mar: Rindos says attack a hatchet job
(-) Sunday Times 17 Mar: Rindos case was suspect, say experts
(-) Sunday Times 17 Mar: Bennett's Beat: In for the dig
(+) The West Australian 18 Mar: Complaints typical of campus life: academic
(+) The West Australian 18 Mar: Bowdler not UWA report target
(+) The West Australian 18 Mar: Records fail to back Rindos' claims
(+) The West Australian 18 Mar: Professor's role in row questioned
(+) The West Australian 18 Mar: The Road to Vindication ["insert column"]
(+) The West Australian, 19 Mar: Letters: You pre-empted my findings
(+) The West Australian, 20 Mar: MP defends Rindos role
(+) The West Australian, 21 Mar: Nyoongars want royal commission
(+) The West Australian 22 Mar: Rindos 'overjoyed' by new probe move
(-) The West Australian 22 Mar: Letters: Setting Rindos record straight
(-) The West Australian, 23 Mar: Rindos probe boosted
(-) Sunday Times 24 Mar: Move to block UWA inquiry
(-) Sunday Times 24 Mar: Bennett's Beat: Red-letter day for disapproval
(-) The West Australian, 26 Mar: Letter to the Editor
(-) Campus Review, 26 Mar - 3 Apr: Parliament to probe Rindos case
(-) The Australian, 27 Mar: Archaeology Probe terms to be set
(-) The West Australian, 27 Mar: Campus dirt sheet attacked
(+) Press Release, 28 Mar: Western Australia Parliament
(-) The West Australian, 29 Mar: Secret Rindos Evidence Likely
(-) Sunday Times, 31 Mar: Students aid UWA inquiry

April

(-) The Whistle, Apr: "A whistleblower at the University of Western Australia: Dr David Rindos"
(-) Campus Review, 26 Mar - 3 Apr: "Parliament to Probe Rindos Case"
(-) The Australian [HES], 3 Apr: "Rindos inquiry to open for evidence"
(-) The West Australian 3 Apr: Ombudsman to visit inquiry
(-) The West Australian 3 Apr: Appeal queries keep UWA, Murdoch busy
(-) West Australian, 4 Apr: "Ombudsman sees Rindos duplications"
(-) Campus Review, 4-10 Apr: "Terms of reference for Rindos probe"
(-) The Australian, 9 Apr: "Uni offered sex claim academic cash to quit"
(+) Australian [HES], 10 Apr: "Rindos's tenure 'not the first to be refused'"
(+) West Australian, 10 Apr: "Eadie stops Rindos probe"
(+) 14/15 Apr: Call for submissions to Parliamentary Inquiry [Advertisement in The West Australian, The Australian, and The Sunday Times]
(-) The Australian [HES], 17 Apr: "VC's outraged by Rindos inquiry"
(-) West Australian, 18 Apr: "Campus bosses oppose MLC probe"
(-) The Sunday Times, 21 Apr: "Rindos, Gale for inquiry"
(-) The West Australian 23 Apr: UWA students made to pay, inquiry told
(-) The West Australian 23 Apr: MP threatened to expose me: Gale
(-) The Australian, 23 Apr: "Uni intimidation probe a threat to freedom: VC"
(+) West Australian, 24 Apr: "Rindos inquiry hurts uni's image": Barnett
(-) The Australian [HES], 24 Apr: "Union backs AVCC's Rindos stand"
(-) West Australian, 26 Apr: "Tertiary heads back Rindos probe criticism"
(+) West Australian, 27 Apr: "Rindos inquiry under fire"
(-) (27 Apr) PRESS RELEASE: "Swan Valley Nyungah Circle of Elders"
(-) The Sunday Times, 28 Apr: Swan Valley Aborigines back Rindos probe
(-) The Sunday Times, 28 Apr: Opening parries in Rindos contest

May

(+) West Australian, 8 May: "Rindos papers seized from Uni"
(+) Australian HES, 8 May [Letters]: "Uni must put their own houses in order"
* This contains links to an Australian web site on intellectual suppression and whistle-blowing.
* It also links to a letter from UWA's lawyer to the author claiming that this site is defamatory and that action has been taken by UWA against it.
(+) Campus Review 8-14 May: [Letters]: B Martin
(-) The West Australian, 9 May: Rindos raid angers UWA
(-) The West Australian, 9 May: Inside Cover by Roger Martin [extract]
(-) The West Australian, 10 May: "Academic queries seizure powers"
(-) The West Australian, 11 May: "Rindos pledge denied"
(+) The Sunday Times, 12 May: UWA in Web Site attack
(-) The Sunday Times, 12 May: Campus rumpus stirs plot [Bennett's Beat]
(-) Campus Review, 15-21 May 1996: "Rindos case continues"
(-) The West Australian, 15 May: "No difference in summonses" [Letter]
(-) The Australian [HES], 15 May: "Parliament subpoenas UWA over Rindos affair"
(-) The West Australian, 16 May: "Rindos files turn up in FOI office"
(+) The Sunday Times, 19 May 1996: "Rindos affair hits the Net" (See the Net menu)
(-) The Australian [HES], 22 May: "Missing Rindos files found in FOI office"
(-) The West Australian, 24 May: "Rindos inquiry to call academics"

June

(-) The West Australian 1 Jun: Nevill 'unfair' in Rindos speech
(-) The West Australian 1 Jun: Dispute was one against the rest: claim
(-) The Sunday Times, 1 Jun: "Friendship defended in Rindos inquiry"
(+) EFA Press Release, 4 Jun [Electronic Frontiers Australia]
(-) The Australian [HES], 5 Jun: "Academics defend Rindos denial"
(-) The West Australian, 5 Jun: "Longer Rindos sittings likely"
(+) The West Australian, 7 Jun: "UWA Rindos case writ threats spark storm"
(+) The Sunday Times, 9 Jun: "A web of trouble" [extract]

July

(+) The West Australian, 20 Jul: "Rindos output 'not enough'"

August

(+) The West Australian, 2 Aug: "Complaint Move on Rindos Secrecy"
(+) The Sunday Times, 18 Aug: "UWA Files a Lost Cause"
(-) The Sunday Times, 25 Aug: "Logic goes walkabout"

September

(-) The Sunday Times, 1 Sep: "Hard to know what you've lost"
(-) The West Australian, 7 Sep: "MPs call Gale"
(-) The West Australian, 10 Sep: "Rindos 'below standard'"
(-) The West Australian, 18 Sep: "Warning on UWA criteria"
(+) The West Australian, 8 Nov: "Rindos inquiry undecided"
(+) The Sunday Times, 10 Nov: "Uni fails to reveal report"
(+) The Sunday Times, 24 Nov: "Lost UWA report found, censored"

December

(+) The West Australian, 10 Dec: "UWA row academic dies" by M. Day and J. Cook
(+) The Australian, 11 Dec: "Rindos dies before verdict" by K. Legge
(+) The West Australian, 11 Dec: "Rindos death ends sorry era for UWA" by M. Day
and * (response by Sylvia Hallam)
(+) The Australian, 13 Dec: "Rindos probe must not be abandoned" by K. Legge
(+) The Sunday Times, 15 Dec: "Heart attack killed Rindos" by J. Poprzeczny
(+) The Sunday Times, 15 Dec: "David dies in Goliath fight for justice" by J. Poprzeczny
(+) The Australian, 18 Dec: "Rindos inquiry continues" by R. Storey
(-) The Sunday Times 22 Dec: "Sisters in uni row" by J. Poprzeczny
(-) The Sunday Times 29 Dec: "Book to Rindos Memory" by J. Poprzeczny
(-) The Sunday Times 29 Dec: Letter by Paige Porter: "Full marks"
(-) The Sunday Times 29 Dec: Bennet's Beat: "Student body, a seat of yearning"

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