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NT Intervention
An infuriated Justice Kirby’s last day in court
Is it any wonder that Michael Kirby should excoriate the conservatism of his colleagues as he did yesterday in the NT Intervention case? Asks Greg Barns.
ACCC alert: Macklin decides where dollars go in Yuendumu
Kevin Rudd’s Christmas bonuses will flow right past the Big Shop, straight into the tills of Outback Stores or down the 300 kilometres of rough roads to Alice Springs, writes Bob Gosford.
Remember the 2020 summit? Whatever happened to those Big Ideas…?
The Rudd Government may have hit the ground reviewing but that hasn’t meant it was totally in tune with the collective mindset of a number of summit groups, write Bernard Keane and Eleri Harris.
Safe houses in the NT – a $21 million “massive stuff-up”
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has labelled the NT intervention safe house initiative a “massive stuff-up,” reports Bob Gosford.
Yuendumu video — “The Intervention is rubbish”
The controversy about the conduct of and reports by some members of the media that travelled to Yuendumu to cover the opening of the new local swimming pool continues, writes Bob Gosford.
Yuendumu: the pool, the press, protocols and permits
There are real local concerns about false links between the swimming pool and Macklin’s NT Intervention and whether journalists get and write their stories in a fair, balanced way, writes Bob Gosford.
‘My name was used telling lies’: the media come to Yuendumu
Minister Macklin made no connection between the Yuendumu Pool and the Intervention. But then, she didn’t have to. Others did that job for her, writes Bob Gosford.
Yuendumu to Macklin: ‘We don’t want this intervention’
Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin was yesterday given a statement signed by 236 members of the 914-strong Yuendumu community.
NT intervention: Aboriginal Australians take their case to the UN
It is not surprising that Aboriginal Australians who have been denied justice in Australia will now embark upon a complaint to the United Nations in order to achieve change, writes George Newhouse.
The NTER review board – an opportunity lost
Jenny Macklin asked for an independent review and, when she didn’t like the findings, the submissions and the mounting evidence, she rejected it out of hand, write Larissa Behrendt and Nicole Watson.
NT intervention: Macklin ignores review board in favour of anecdotes
Minister Macklin has responded very swiftly to reject the key recommendation of the NTER Review Board that she appointed, writes Jon Altman.
Intervention tension festers in the Territory
The postponement of the NTER Review Board report is characteristic of the whole unhappy intervention adventure, writes Graham Ring.
Real jobs at Yuendumu – blown away with the Yunparlara
It now looks that Kurdu-kurdu Child Care Centre will close its doors in two weeks – why? – well, it is a bit hard to tell at the moment, writes Bob Gosford.
Killing CDEP softly? Reforming workfare in remote Australia
The harsh reality masked by a complex proposed reform package of Indigenous employment programs is that from 31 March 2010 the CDEP program will disappear, writes John Altman.
A UN declaration: Did you hear the one about…
There’s a very real chance that Rudd addressing the UN might lead to the spawning of a cruel international joke, writes Chris Graham.
Why workshops are bad for Indigenous health
There is a lingering hope beating in many hearts that the government is the logical place to turn to for leadership and reform in indigenous health, writes Tess Lea.
Why the NT Intervention might be good news
In an ideal world we would not have workforce shortages anywhere in Australia. But we do. And just maybe the NT Intervention is an effective short term way of recruiting new blood, writes Dr Sue Page.
Rage, identity, class and the Aboriginal laboratory
Greer says it’s not the grief that kills you. You can live with grief and people do — it’s the RAGE that slowly does you in. It was like she lit a match and stuck it under “Sorry Day’” writes Wednesday Kennedy.
Indigenous doctors thumbs down for NT intervention
If this is an independent and transparent process, then I’m a monkey’s uncle, writes Melissa Sweet.
Questions for Jenny Macklin
Some questions concerning the proposed Federal law to fine parents of non-attending students.
A nurse’s perspective: Scrap the wasteful NT intervention
The NT Intervention threw money in the wrong direction.
NT Intervention: Let’s inject some science to the debate
I am seriously concerned that the push to shut down remote indigenous communities deemed to be economically unviable seems to be gathering momentum, writes Professor Kerin O’Dea.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
It looks as though the parenting in remote Aboriginal communities might have something going for it after all.
