It’s official, Somalia is an emergencyEscalating armed clashes in Mogadishu have prompted Somalia’s interim president to declare a state of emergency in the war-torn nation.
National emergency
The NT intervention is unravelling: Altman
Fortunately, the full intervention fiasco has only been rolled out to a handful of communities. This was because of incompetence resulting from lack of adequate consultation and reluctance to collaborate with effective community-based Indigenous organizations. So calling an immediate moratorium on the intervention and urgently reviewing its workability and sustainability would make good policy sense, writes Jon Altman.
If Pearson had the guts he’d turn against the Intervention too
Judging by the numerous reports and excerpts of Noel Pearson’s speech at the Melbourne Writers Festival, it would seem that Pearson is already preparing his excuses for the failure of the “national emergency,” writes Guy Rundle.
More questions from the state of national emergency
More questions from the state of national emergency – beginning with a quick one for Justice Minister David Johnston and the media-friendly AFP Commissioner, Mick Keelty: Have you cancelled annual leave and recalled officers to deal with this national emergency?
