Cathy spoke powerfully of her time working as a defence barrister in North Queensland. She related her time at the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service and spoke movingly of her defence of Aboriginal children. At times close to tears she described how the experience marked her. She was just 22 years old at the time.
She said her book did not provide answers to the problems of justice for Aboriginals, but rather was a book of questions. She expressed the hope that the book would generate debate that may lead to solutions.The book is a must read for anyone interested in this troubling area of justice.
Murdering Point published recently by Smashwords is a fictionalised account of a lawyer working for the same legal service. Unlike Saltwater, Murdering Point portrays an older and more jaded lawyer struggling with his defence of Indigenous Australians. This novel powerfully describes the helplessness of one defence counsel forced to work within a justice system ill-equipped to deliver justice to Aboriginal people. The story unfolds in Tully, Townsville and Palm Island and reaches it's thrilling climax at the place called Murdering Point.
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