▁independent ▁liberal ▁journal ▁the ▁Queensland ▁Patri ot ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁estimates ▁for ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁being ▁table d ▁in ▁the ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly . ▁The ▁move ▁was ▁d aring ▁but ▁ultimately ▁un success ful ▁although ▁it ▁triggered ▁a ▁parliament ary ▁debate ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁July ▁ 1 8 7 8 . ▁Yet ▁the ▁blue - print ▁for ▁this ▁small ▁campaign ▁was ▁then ▁re used , ▁commission ed ▁by ▁the ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁New sp aper ▁Company , ▁G res ley ▁L uk in ▁( 1 8 4 0 – 1 9 1 6 ), ▁on ▁a ▁much ▁larger ▁scale ▁in ▁the ▁leading ▁Queensland ▁journal ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁Cou rier ▁( now ▁The ▁Cou rier - Mail ) ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁In ▁the ▁nine ▁months ▁from ▁during ▁March ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁Fe il berg ▁util ised ▁its ▁week ly , ▁the ▁Queensland er , ▁as ▁a ▁platform ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁power fully ▁word ed ▁editor ial s ▁and ▁articles ▁demand ing ▁a ▁Royal ▁Commission ▁and ▁a ▁change ▁of ▁policy . ▁Yet ▁again ▁un success ful , ▁he ▁non eth eless ▁managed ▁to ▁trigger ▁two ▁large ▁parliament ary ▁deb ates ▁and ▁the ▁biggest ▁public ▁debate ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁ever ▁conducted ▁by ▁an ▁Australian ▁newspaper , ▁on ▁this ▁subject . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁debate ▁which ▁were ▁re iss ued ▁as ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁