Last Friday morning I witnessed the most powerful and affecting public event I’ve yet seen in my short stay in Alice Springs. Hundreds of men and boys chanting “Stop the violence!” as they marched shoulder-to-shoulder down the main street of town.
Stop the violence
Tom Calma: More questions than answers
My concern with the Federal Government’s proposal is that it doesn’t put in place the preventative measures that indigenous people need to stop the violence, and then prevent it from reoccurring, writes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma.
