The Circle of Silence

July 28, 2010

Shirley Shackleton
Widow of Greg Shackleton, Balibó Five victim.

SIX days after my estranged husband had left for Portuguese Timor to make a television news report for Channel Seven, I came downstairs early to make coffee. When an Australian Broadcasting Commission announcer mentioned missing journalists I ran to the phone. My call went straight through to the newsroom. The man who had just made the announcement refused to tell me what I wante

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