[1] In 1994 Finnane and husband Erwin Chlanda founded the Alice Springs News, and it soon became the largest circulation independent newspaper in the Northern Territory.
[2] Finnane has been a regular contributor to other publications around Australia, including Art Monthly Australasia, Artlink, Griffith Review, Inside Story, and The Saturday Paper.
The book attempts to dispassionately present the horrors of crimes committed in Central Australia, and is particularly focused on the violence of Aboriginal men under the influence of alcohol, towards their wives, brothers and cousins and others.
It looks at the closely-guarded and secretive military facility called Pine Gap, close to Alice Springs, with a particular focus on the arrest of the Peace Pilgrims, non-violent activists.
[11] These include:[12] Finnane won Watch This Space's annual Lofty Award[a] in 2013 for her contribution to arts writing and criticism in Central Australia.