In 2009, in two articles published in the Herald Sun and the Herald and Weekly Times, columnist Andrew Bolt wrote that many light-skinned — that is, those who did not look Aboriginal — Australians had chosen to identify themselves as indigenous in order to gain material or professional advantage.
Because Bolt uses strong language to express his opinions, he courts controversy. The people named in those articles took him to court under section 18(c) of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act as amended in 1995.
On Sept. 28, Bolt was convicted in a federal court of highly personal, derogatory and offensive attacks.