1. Constructing disorder:policing, news and Aboriginal youth -- 2. Demagoguery over democracy:racism and talkback radio -- 3. Denizens to citizens:Aboriginal status and the press -- 4. Paupers in a first world nation -- 5. The making of mundane 'Privilege' -- 6. The 'Robespierre' of the air -- 7. Citizens foremost":towards a practical ethics of representation -- 8. Sovereignty as the right to be ordinary
Summary
The idea, and the myth of Aboriginal privilege. Examines the role of the media, particularly news reporting and talk back radio-in the creation of the idea. As a result, a march of 30,000 people on Parliament achieved the harshest penalties for juvenile crime in the country