Comments on: Reflections on the NT Intervention– one year on http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/reflections-on-the-nt-intervention-one-year-on/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:33:53 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/19/reflections-on-the-nt-intervention-one-year-on/#comment-11611 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-11611 I have read the above article twice and do not understand what message Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University is trying to deliver.<br />I grasp as a drowning man to one statement that did make sense: "Again crisis research theory suggests that independent expert review is the preferred way to assess what measures have worked and what measures need further adaptive management."<br />Then guessed fearfully that Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University is putting himself forward as a suitable independent arbiter? Some of his recent publications being:<br /><br />December 2007 — The Howard Government’s Northern Territory Intervention: Are Neo-Paternalism and Indigenous Development Compatible? Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) <br /><br />May 2008 — Closing the Gap rhetoric buys into Howard legacy Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR)<br /><br />I clutch even more tightly to another sentence I understood:<br /><br />"This is in no way to suggest that the status quo pre-June 2007 is acceptable; neglect of such magnitude in such a rich nation cannot be justified." <br /><br />At least Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University acknowledges that the situation as of June last year was unacceptable......<br /> I have read the above article twice and do not understand what message Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University is trying to deliver.
I grasp as a drowning man to one statement that did make sense: “Again crisis research theory suggests that independent expert review is the preferred way to assess what measures have worked and what measures need further adaptive management.”
Then guessed fearfully that Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University is putting himself forward as a suitable independent arbiter? Some of his recent publications being:

December 2007 — The Howard Government’s Northern Territory Intervention: Are Neo-Paternalism and Indigenous Development Compatible? Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR)

May 2008 — Closing the Gap rhetoric buys into Howard legacy Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR)

I clutch even more tightly to another sentence I understood:

“This is in no way to suggest that the status quo pre-June 2007 is acceptable; neglect of such magnitude in such a rich nation cannot be justified.”

At least Professor Jon Altman from the Australian National University acknowledges that the situation as of June last year was unacceptable……

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