The Wire

Two men thought they were doing nothing wrong when they decided they wanted to build apartments in Tasmania’s northern coastal town of Penguin…that is, until the hate campaign against them started. Stephen Roche and Keith Westerby have opened their door to a skinned wallaby, hate graffiti and death threats…leading some groups to tag this a blatantly homophobic attack. Rodney Croome from the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group explains the history of the town’s dispute.