▁which ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁cent red ▁around ▁the ▁political ▁cycle ▁but ▁now ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁permanent ▁fi xture ." ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁R ais ed ▁in ▁Br is b ane , ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁children ▁raised ▁in ▁a ▁Catholic ▁family ▁which ▁included ▁two ▁police ▁officers , ▁another ▁lawyer , ▁and ▁three ▁n uns . ▁His ▁up br ing ing ▁could ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁right ▁wing . ▁As ▁a ▁university ▁student ▁during ▁the ▁B jel ke - P eters en ▁years , ▁O ' G orm an ▁became ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁fight ▁for ▁human ▁rights . ▁His ▁early ▁working ▁years ▁were ▁spent ▁with ▁Ab original ▁Leg al ▁A id . ▁It ▁was ▁there ▁that ▁he ▁noticed ▁the ▁brut al ▁treatment ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁Austral ians ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁police . ▁T aking ▁matters ▁into ▁their ▁own ▁hands , ▁O ' G orm an ▁and ▁colle agues ▁began ▁secret ly ▁tap ing ▁the ▁police . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁mis car riage ▁of ▁justice ▁cases ▁being ▁proved . ▁▁ ▁By ▁cross - ex am ining ▁Joh ▁B jel ke - P eters en ▁during ▁the ▁Fitz ger ald ▁In qu iry , ▁he ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁changing ▁the ▁thinking ▁and ▁mind set ▁of ▁jud ges ▁and ▁polit icians ▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁police ▁were ▁ab using ▁their ▁positions ▁of ▁power . ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁In ▁later ▁years ▁O ' G orm an ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Australian ▁Council ▁of ▁Civil