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The Brough draft of the Intervention, from 2006

Crikey / Sophie Black / Thursday, 6 September 2007

The following leaked document reveals that Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough floated the idea of medical checks for children for signs of s-xual abuse over a year ago. And as the exchange of correspondence shows, his advisers dismissed it as a bad idea, writes Sophie Black.