THE Northern Territory Police Force is proud of its Aboriginal Community Police Officers except, it seems, when they act like Aborigines. Gwen Brown, 53, one of the most awarded and senior ACPOs in the Territory, has been sacked for hitting her nephew with a stick, but she says she has the cultural right to do
Police get gongs, Wotten faces jail
POLICE forced to run for their lives as a mob – enraged by the 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee – burnt down the Palm Island watchhouse, barracks and court will receive bravery awards. On the other side of the card, the guy charged with inciting the riots has been found guilty; The conviction
Clear the remote communities
ABORIGINES in the Northern Territory should be encouraged to leave remote communities in the next phase of the federal Government’s intervention to normalise indigenous communities. Hoo-bloody-ray, someone finally agrees with me. I previously posted on this exact issue in March 2004; I don’t think anyone is talking about forcing them off their tribal lands, just
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Aborigines ‘don’t know rape is illegal’
According to Richard Trudgen, CEO of the Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) In a report titled An Absence of Mutual Respect, researchers spoke to Yolngu people from a cross-section of the community, including interpreters, locals and community leaders. They were quizzed on the 30 most commonly used English legal words such as bail, commit,
Inquiry into Stolen Generation compo
Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett today said the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee would hold an inquiry into his Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008. Under the bill, applicants – who could include living descendants of indigenous stolen generation members – would be paid out of a Stolen Generations Fund. Ex-gratia payments would be set at $20,000
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Anna Bligh furious
QUEENSLAND PREMIER Anna Bligh has labelled the National Party racist after the state opposition refused to support an apology to the stolen generations made by state parliament nine years ago. As the nation stopped for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s speech, Queensland Parliament descended into furious debate when Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said the state government
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Sorry’s not enough
Whenever someone had an occasion to apologise to me for some error I would always say” Don’t go on about being sorry for what you did, just tell me what you are going to do to ensure we don’t arrive at this set of circumstances again. When I had to apologise to Army superiors I
Mal Brough
I have included a link on the left bar to a speech Mal Brough gave to the Deakin Institute. It paints a terrible picture of the situation that exists in Aborigine settlements and outstations and you should go and read the piece. It has been our responsibility, as legislators over the last 30 years, starting
Sorry business is getting costly
A reader gives an insight into the political make up of the Public Service. She, and all other staff at a Brisbane office have received this email with a pdf attachment from Reconciliation Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will deliver an apology to the Stolen Generation in Parliament next Wednesday 13 February 2008. This is
Another victim of the Stolen Generations mantra
QUEENSLAND’S Child Safety Department knew that a 10-year-old girl had been gang-raped but did not report it to police, despite the girl also contracting a sexually transmitted disease from the encounter. The official report produced following the eight-month investigation states that a senior Child Safety officer was told on May 11 last year that the
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