The shooting of five Australian journalists in the East Timorese border town of Balibo in 1975 has for the first time come under the scrutiny of a NSW court. Deputy State Coroner Dorelle Pinch this week began hearing evidence in the death of Nine network cameraman Brian Peters, who was fatally shot alongside four other newsmen during a firefight. Counsel Assisting the inquest Mark Tedeschi QC said it was the first time in Australia there had been an “open, public and complete independent inquiry into these deaths”. The Alliance has been campaigning for an inquiry for some years, and is seeking to make representations to the inquest. A summary of Mr Tedeschi’s address is available here...