The Rape Of Maleny
Written by Tommy Leonard 2005 (more info)

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Have you heard what happened in Maleny?
It's enough to break your heart.
Maleny was raped in broad daylight.
And the police held her legs apart.

Some people blame the developers.
Some blame a supermarket chain.
Some people blame the police and the state
But we must never let it happen again.

Now I don't understand the politics.
And I don't understand the law.
I don't understand the corruption and lies
But I do know what I saw.

One hundred and twenty or more police
In this quiet little country town.
Stopping the people from protecting the creek,
The trees and the platypus under the ground..

Just one more shameful misuse of the Queensland Police,
Policewomen and policemen,
Holding the people of Maleny down
While the gang-rapists took their turns.

The police were just acting on orders from above.
They were doing as they were told.
Some people were arrested who could not stand by
And see their mother stripped, bleeding and cold.

Now perhaps I can begin to understand
How indigenous Australians feel.
Their country has been ravaged by a man with a gun.
For two hundred and thirty-five years.

He trespassed on their land without permission,
With his gun and noose ignored their laws.
First he took the gold, today it's uranium,
And it's been two hundred and thirty-five years.

Now as a general rule I am a peaceful man.
I try to keep within the law of the land.
But when the law is ass I will raise my voice
So the lawmakers understand.

Yes when the law is an ass I will question it.
When the law is an ass I will challenge it.
When the law is an ass I will change it
To protect democracy in this land.

Have you heard what happened in Maleny?
It's enough to break your heart.
Maleny was raped in broad daylight.
And the police held her legs apart.