Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Terry O'Gorman is the president of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties. He is also a lawyer. In 1979, O'Gorman was elected President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties and served as president up until 1985.He again held presidency from 1990 to 1994. He is currently the Vice President of the QCCL. O'Gorman specialises in criminal law, yet it was the area of Aboriginal Aid in which he first commenced his legal career. An influential member of the QCCL, "it was during the days as a university student and under the rule of Joh Bjelke-Petersen that he first became aware of the need to protect civil rights." In 2008 O'Gorman commented that "civil liberties on the streets have improved, but the battle has moved to a 'law and order auction' being played out in the media, which used to be centred around the political cycle but now appears to be a permanent fixture.""@en }
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- Q7704867 abstract "Terry O'Gorman is the president of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties. He is also a lawyer. In 1979, O'Gorman was elected President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties and served as president up until 1985.He again held presidency from 1990 to 1994. He is currently the Vice President of the QCCL. O'Gorman specialises in criminal law, yet it was the area of Aboriginal Aid in which he first commenced his legal career. An influential member of the QCCL, "it was during the days as a university student and under the rule of Joh Bjelke-Petersen that he first became aware of the need to protect civil rights." In 2008 O'Gorman commented that "civil liberties on the streets have improved, but the battle has moved to a 'law and order auction' being played out in the media, which used to be centred around the political cycle but now appears to be a permanent fixture."".