The Federal Government will shortly announce the extension of income management Australia-wide as part of its reintroduction of the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory.
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Does the parliamentary process discriminate?Macklin advised not to consult Aboriginals over town camps
Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land, reports Chris Graham.
Is Macklin ignoring her own legal advice on town camps acquisition?
No other Australian is asked to surrender land rights to secure basic services, write Alison Vivian and Larissa Behrendt.
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.
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Howard signals the end of a distinct Aboriginal identity
Since federation there have been four major landmarks in Indigenous affairs. Howard has now reversed them all, writes Alan Austin.
Aboriginal assets to be seized, then rented back for profit
In moves seemingly impossible to reconcile with the protection of Aboriginal children on remote towns and communities in the Northern Territory, a document has come into the hands of Crikey that presages a federal government takeover of millions of dollars worth of assets owned by Aboriginal organisations.
The Content Makers: Graeme Samuel on quality, credibility, bias and conflict
In the third of five extracts from her new book The Content Makers, Crikey media commentator Margaret Simons meets Graeme Samuel and wonders at the ACCC’s role in media regulation.
Brough’s bills: a racist dog-whistle
The fact that the Howard Government’s new legislation is racist - that is, it breaches the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - is beyond doubt, writes Greens Senator Rachel Siewert.
