OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth
Shirley Shackleton said that after her husband Greg was killed in Timor-Leste in October 1975, for seven weeks she became a campaigner for justice for the journalists murdered in Balibo, then after Indonesia invaded in December 1975 she became a campaigner for justice for all the East Timorese too....
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Shirley Shackleton said that after her husband Greg was killed in Timor-Leste in October 1975, for seven weeks she became a campaigner for justice for the journalists murdered in Balibo, then after Indonesia invaded in December 1975 she became a campaigner for justice for all the East Timorese too. Shackleton saw the Australian government treatment of the killings as a litmus test of Australian East Timor policy. She continued to pressure the government for a Federal Police investigation of those responsible for the deaths, culminating with Australian politicians and diplomats being put in the dock and scrutinised under oath in a Coronial Inquiry in 2007.
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb6e8747c6874320aa81239e5c22d2fd2023-08-01T04:36:41ZengAsia Pacific NetworkPacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352023-07-01291 & 210.24135/pjr.v29i1and2.1299OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truthPeter Cronau0Independent Journalist, Sydney Shirley Shackleton said that after her husband Greg was killed in Timor-Leste in October 1975, for seven weeks she became a campaigner for justice for the journalists murdered in Balibo, then after Indonesia invaded in December 1975 she became a campaigner for justice for all the East Timorese too. Shackleton saw the Australian government treatment of the killings as a litmus test of Australian East Timor policy. She continued to pressure the government for a Federal Police investigation of those responsible for the deaths, culminating with Australian politicians and diplomats being put in the dock and scrutinised under oath in a Coronial Inquiry in 2007. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1299AustraliaBaliboEast TimorIndonesiajournalist killingsjournalist safety |
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| title | OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth |
| title_full | OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth |
| title_fullStr | OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth |
| title_full_unstemmed | OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth |
| title_short | OBITUARY: Shirley Shackleton: A Timor-Leste hero's quest for truth |
| title_sort | obituary shirley shackleton a timor leste hero s quest for truth |
| topic | Australia Balibo East Timor Indonesia journalist killings journalist safety |
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