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September 16th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
FORMER South Australian Supreme Court judge and champion for indigenous rights, Ted Mullighan QC, has died in Adelaide, aged 72.
Mullighan began practising law in 1962 and took silk in 1978.
He was appointed judge of the Supreme Court in 1989 and served as president of the South Australian Law Society for two years.
Acting South Australian Chief Justice Margaret Nyland said Mullighan had been a “greatly respected and much loved judge and exceptional legal advocate”.
“We will remember him as a good friend, a proud man, a distinguished humanitarian who was a compassionate and committed advocate for those whose voices struggled to be heard,” Justice Nyland said.
Mullighan was known for his commitment to helping young lawyers and as a promoter of Aboriginal reconciliation.
He was Counsel Assisting in six Royal Commissions, including acting as council for the victims of the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires in their compensation claims.
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Mullighan retired in 2004, but immediately accepted a brief to become the Commissioner of the Inquiry into Children in State Care.
The inquiry was expanded in 2007 to also include the sexual abuse of children on the Anangu Pitjatjantjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.
As result of both inquiries, more than 800 people came forward to tell their stories, and Mullighan reported 400 suspected abusers to police.
Premier Mike Rann yesterday paid tribute to Mullighan, particularly in his inquiries into the abuse of children in state care and on the APY lands.
“Both inquiries dealt with the abuse of young children in South Australia and both were very well served by Ted Mullighan’s qualities of clear-minded compassion and conscientious commitment to his difficult task,” Mr Rann said.
“It has been noted by others that he managed to gain the confidence of a section of the community who had never before been able to speak about their experiences.”
“For this and for his many other contributions the community owes him a great debt and he will be sadly missed by South Australians from many different walks of life.”
He is survived by his wife Jan and his five sons.
It is not yet known whether the family will be offered a state funeral.
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