Press Coverage of the Rindos Affair - 1966
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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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