WGAR News: NT traditional land owners claim they were not consulted about mining deal

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 11/06/2011 - 9:03am

Newsletter date: 11 June 2011

Contents:
* NT Traditional Land Owners claim they were not consulted about mining deal
* Prime Minister faces protests on last day of NT visit
* New campaign to cut Aboriginal prisoner numbers
* Background to Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and incarceration rates
* Official Launch of the National Congress Meeting
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

NT TRADITIONAL LAND OWNERS CLAIM THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED ABOUT MINING DEAL:

- Media Statements

Indigenous Peoples: Northern Territory: Dhurli Nation Considers Court Action, While Prime Minister Celebrates Historic Agreement In Gove Peninsula, NT
http://www.indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view...
7 Jun 11: "The Dhurili Nation, comprising the Datiwuy, Golumala, Marrakulu and Marrangu clans have previously confirmed to the Northern Land Council and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs that they are lawful traditional owners of some areas of land that are affected by a new mining lease and agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan in the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
"We feel very sad because our rights under Madayin Law have been pushed aside and much pain and division has been created. This shows that colonisation is still happening today creating disharmony, by people ignoring due process. Again the failures of the Australian Government and the NLC to work with Yolngu people through a proper process of law has created division between the clans of Arnhem Land. We will not be celebrating along with others the signing of this agreement" said Dr Gondarra.
The Northern Land Council and the Minister have allowed a new lease to be signed, despite the Dhurili Nation raising its concerns about a lack of lawful consultation and a failure to seek the consent of its members in line with the requirements of traditional Madayin law and the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. ... "

Prime Minister of Australia: Transcript of joint press conference, Yirrkala
http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/transcript-joint-press-conference-yirr...
8 Jun 11: "PM: We’re here today for a day of remarkable celebrations, remarkable celebration as we see signed between the Indigenous people of this place and Rio Tinto an agreement that is going to shape for both of them a better future. This is really a symbol of what can be achieved when people sit around together, work with respect and focus on opportunity and responsibility. ...
CHIEF MINISTER HENDERSON: Thank you Prime Minister, and it is absolutely magnificent to be here today. It’s a very exciting day for the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, for Rio Tinto as a company, for the Northern Territory Government and the Commonwealth Government because this is all about the future. ...
JOURNALIST: (inaudible) One of the traditional owners groups is already considering a legal challenge (inaudible). If he’s not satisfied are you still satisfied with the process?
MINISTER MACKLIN: Well as I’ve just outlined the responsibility for the consultation with traditional owners rests with the Northern Land Council and I am satisfied that they’ve met their responsibilities."

Joint Media Release with Julia Gillard, Warren Snowdon and Paul Raymond Henderson
Historic Gove Agreement to Deliver Long Term Benefits for North-East Arnhem Land
http://www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/mediareleases/2011/pages/jm_m_gov...
8 Jun 11: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard today witnessed an historic agreement reached between Indigenous leaders in the Northern Territory’s Gove region and mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan. The agreement secures the future operations of the Gove mine while providing a range of economic and employment benefits for the traditional owners. Significantly, the Agreement ends years of historical grievances. It is the first negotiated agreement with traditional owners in relation to the Gove mining operations since exploration began in the 1960s."

- News

National Indigenous Radio Service: Gillard recognises Yolgny, Rio Tinto lease deal
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5852...
9 Jun 11: "Julia Gillard has signed the first lease agreement between a mining company and traditional owners. ... But the agreement is being disputed by other local groups who say they were locked out of negotiations."

Australian Mining: Rio didn’t consult us about mining: NT traditional land owners
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/rio-didnt-consult-us-about-mining...
8 Jun 11: "Mining giant Rio Tinto has been accused of failing to consult with several traditional land owners over a new lease agreement in the Northern Territory. ... They plan to boycott the official ceremonial signing of the agreement between Rio Tinto and the traditional owners, set to take place in Arnhem Land today. In a statement released yesterday, Aboriginal elder Reverend Djiniyini Gondarra said clan groups of the Dhurili nation had been previously recognised as traditional owners of parts of the affected area."

Azomining: Northern Territory Traditional Land Owners Unhappy with Gove Peninsula Deal
http://www.azomining.com/news.aspx?newsID=4221
8 Jun 11: "Traditional land owners are dissatisfied with a mining lease agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan in the Northern Territory. Several Aboriginal clan groups have claimed that they had not been consulted about the agreement that was signed between the Yolgnu people and the subsidiary of Rio Tinto."

Brisbane Times: Traditional owners cry foul on mining deal
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/traditional-owne...
7 Jun 11: "Four Aboriginal clan groups claim they were not consulted about a landmark mining lease agreement between the Yolgnu people and Rio Tinto Alcan. Dhurili nation - which includes the Datiwuy, Golumala, Marrakulu and Marrangu clans - is considering taking legal action against the Northern Land Council (NLC) and the federal government. Elcho Island elder and uniting church minister Djiniyini Gondarra said the Dhurili nation would boycott an official ceremonial signing of the agreement in Arnhem Land on Wednesday."

PRIME MINISTER FACES PROTESTS ON LAST DAY OF NT VISIT:

- Audio

ABC PM: PM convinced Aboriginal Intervention is working
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3240167.htm
9 Jun 11: "As the Federal Government's emergency intervention in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory approaches its fourth anniversary the Prime Minister says she thinks it is working. The intervention includes measures such as child-health checks and extra police. Julia Gillard has just completed a three-day tour of Central Australia and the Top End. Despite her positive assessment of the intervention the Prime Minister has been heckled by a handful of protesters in Darwin, calling for - among other things - an end to the intervention."
[Includes comments by Larrakia woman June Mills and PM Julia Gillard.]

- News

ABC: Gillard heckled on last day of NT visit
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/09/3240211.htm?section=justin
9 Jun 11: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been greeted by a handful of protesters on the final day of her visit to the Northern Territory. ... The Prime Minister also fended off protests about Federal Government plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station near Tennant Creek. "In the legislation, yes, Muckaty Station is identified and that is because it was volunteered by the traditional owners," she said. "I understand there is disputation about who the traditional owners are. ... "

BigPond News: Gillard visits NT university
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National-Regional/2011/06/09/Gillard_vis...
9 Jun 11: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ended her three-day tour of the Northern Territory with a visit to Charles Darwin University, fielding questions about live cattle exports, nuclear waste, and mining threats in Kakadu National Park. ... A handful of protesters, opposed to the construction of the nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in Central Australia, failed to interrupt official proceedings."

Koori Mail: PM opens medical facilities in NT
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
9 Jun 11: "PRIME Minister Julia Gillard ended her three-day tour of the Northern Territory with a visit to Charles Darwin University (CDU) where she opened the first stagea $27.8 million commonwealth-funded building to be used by medicine and pharmacy students. The purpose-designed facilities have been built to support the new Flinders University NT Medical Program, which accepted its first intake of students earlier this year."

- Video

9 News: Eco-activist lunges at Gillard
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8259088/gillard-ends-nt-tour-with-vi...
9 Jun 11: "One of Julia Gillard's security guards had to wrestle back a protester who lunged at the prime minster in Darwin today. The young man launched himself over a chair and came face-to-face with Ms Gillard before security pounced during the PM's tour of Charles Darwin University. He was one of a small band of protesters angry at plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the in the Northern Territory. The male and two females shouted "don't dump at Muckaty" and "It's not Canberra's waste dump" before the security scare."

news.com.au : Lunging protester sparks PM security scare
http://www.news.com.au/national/lunging-protester-sparks-pm-security-sca...
9 Jun 11: "A PROTESTER who was dragged away by security guards after lunging at PM Julia Gillard in Darwin said his protest "didn't go so well" but remained unrepentant. Anti-nuclear campaigner Matt Haubrick jumped off a chair as the Prime Minister toured the new medical training centre at Charles Darwin University. He was immediately grabbed by two men and pulled away - but he wasn't arrested."

Courier Mail: Protester detained after lunging at Prime Minister Julia Gillard
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/protester-detained-after-lun...
9 Jun 11: "A PROTESTER sparked a security scare for the Prime Minister today as Julia Gillard toured a Northern Territory university. Ms Gillard’s security guards were forced to wrestle back a man who launched himself at the Prime Minister at Charles Darwin University. He was detained, and Ms Gillard continued the tour, apparently unfazed."

NT News: Protester lunges at PM
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/06/09/239231_ntnews.html
9 Jun 11: "PRIME Minister Julia Gillard had a narrow escape today when a protester lunged at her during a visit to Charles Darwin University. University student Matthew John Haubrick launched himself at the PM during his daring protest against the proposed nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station."

- Media Release

STICS Media Release: Gillard can’t face gruesome Intervention facts - Sydney protest planned
STICS: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/gillard-cannot-face-...
Sydney Indymedia: http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/10/stics-media-release-gillard-can%E2%80...
10 Jun 11: "Closing off her recent trip to the Northern Territory, Prime Minister Julia Gillard cited "recent statistics" to support her claim that the Intervention is improving lives for Aboriginal people.
But statistics from the governments' latest ‘Closing the Gap in the NT Monitoring’ contradict every one of her claims and demonstrate the increasingly desperate conditions in Aboriginal communities.
The Stop the Intervention Collective in Sydney (STICS) is planning a major protest on Saturday June 25, as part of a national week of action to mark four years of Intervention.
"On her trip to the NT, Prime Minister Gillard was confronted by Aboriginal people demanding an end to racist Intervention laws. ... ", said Paddy Gibson from STICS ...
The Sydney launch of the 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' Statement will take place at a demonstration: 1pm Saturday 25th June, Town Hall Square marching to Belmore Park."

NEW CAMPAIGN TO CUT ABORIGINAL PRISONER NUMBERS:

- Audio

SBS Podcasts: Campaign to cut indigenous prisoner numbers
http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/171621/Campaig...
8 Jun 11: "A campaign to cut the vast over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people in Queensland prisons has been launched in Brisbane. ... A coalition of indigenous groups under the banner "Project 10 Percent" is behind the campaign. ... Queensland correspondent Stefan Armbruster spoke with the state president of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation Kitty Carra."

- News

National Indigenous Radio Service: New campaign to tackle indigenous incarceration
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5847...
9 Jun 11: "An ambitious campaign to cut the incarceration rates of Indigenous people in Queensland by 10 per cent each year for the next decade has been launched in Brisbane. ‘Project 10 percent ‘is incorporated by Murri Watch, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Women's Legal Service and is sponsored by law firm McCullogh Robertson."

- Related Media Release

VAL: Mandatory sentencing will bring harm, not community safety
http://enews.vaada.org.au/news/2011/06/06/media-release-val-mandatory-se...
6 Jun 11: "The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited (VALS) is urging the Victorian Government to rule out mandatory minimum sentences for juvenile offenders aged 16 and 17. ...
VALS is concerned that the introduction of mandatory sentencing practices will reverse the progress made since the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Mr Muir said mandatory sentencing is likely to dramatically increase the prison population which has been shown to be a significant contributor to deaths in custody. "It is a sorry day when years of solid evidence is ignored and our children are arbitrarily incarcerated in order to temper public opinion. What is worse is that it is done in the name of community safety. VALS supports evidence-based attempts to achieve community safety.""

- Related News

Crikey: Deaths in custody: sweeping changes, but coroners critical of inquiry
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/08/deaths-in-custody-sweeping-changes-b...
8 Jun 11: "Serious questions about the integrity, accountability and independence of death in custody investigations are still being raised by NSW coroners, despite the government’s claims to have made sweeping changes following the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody." Inga Ting

BACKGROUND TO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY AND INCARCERATION RATES:

WGAR News: Deaths in custody and Aboriginal incarceration rates (14 Apr 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/14/wgar-news-deaths-in-custody-and-abori...

WGAR News: Joint National Call to Action to reduce imprisonment of Indigenous people (16 Apr 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/16/wgar-news-joint-national-call-to-acti...

WGAR News: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (21 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/21/wgar-news-elders-speak-out-on-the-nor...

WGAR News: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (24 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/24/wgar-news-two-urgent-petitions-on-the...

WGAR News: Deaths in Custody: A Crikey Investigation (29 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/29/darwin-gathering-for-aboriginal-peopl...

WGAR News: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Aboriginal incarceration rates (3 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/03/wgar-news-indigenous-languages-forum-...

WGAR News: ANTaR: Reducing over-imprisonment of Aboriginal peoples (7 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/07/wgar-news-interviews-with-barb-shaw-a...

WGAR News: Renewed Call for a Joint Committee Senate Inquiry into Deaths in Custody
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/17/wgar-news-global-call-to-action-for-a...

OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS MEETING:

- Audio

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
CAAMA News 9-06-11
http://caama.com.au/caama-news-9-06-11
9 Jun 11: "The co chair of Australia’s new peak Aboriginal representative body has used its official opening to tell the Gillard Labor Government that it must drop the Northern Territory intervention and allow Aboriginal people to have a say in their own future."

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
8 Jun 11: "Official Launch of the National Congress Meeting 2011
Speakers: Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden member of the Gadigal Clan of the Eora Nation. Norma Ingram a member of the Wiradjuri nation. Sam Jeffries a proud Mooraworri man and Lowitja O'Donoghue of the Yankunjatjara tribe in the remote North-West Reserve of South Australia."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/audio/98fm-podcast-2011-06-08-93960.mp3

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
8 Jun 11: "Tiga Bayles spoke with Vanessa Curnow, Dennis Eggington and Wesley Enoch from The Nation Congress Meeting in Sydney."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/audio/98fm-podcast-2011-06-08-93972.mp3

- News

Australian: Give National Congress of Australia's First Peoples 'fair go': Lowitja O'Donoghue
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/give-national-congress-...
9 Jun 11: "ABORIGINAL leader Lowitja O'Donoghue has called on members of the new National Congress of Australia's First Peoples to rebuild unity among indigenous people and for "naysayers" to give the organisation a fair go. As the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony of the National Congress yesterday, Ms O'Donoghue said she was comfortable with it as a "working model" but that it should and would be improved over time."

Koori Mail: Historic vote instals Congress Board
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
8 Jun 11: "THE National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (NCAFP) has its first elected Board of Directors. Delegates at the representative body's inaugural national meeting, being held at Homebush in Sydney, voted to elect Brian Butler (SA), Venessa Curnow (Qld), Dennis Eggington (WA), Rodney Little (ACT), Tammy Solonec (WA) and Daphne Yarram (VIC). The six will join Co-Chairs Elect Les Malezer (Qld) and Jody Broun (WA) to take office next month and consider policy recommendations from this week's gathering."

Koori Mail: National gathering underway
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
7 Jun 11: "THE first full gathering of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has begun at Homebush in Sydney's west. About 120 delegates from throughout the country will meet over the next three days to determine the future direction of the new national representative body. Today, delegates heard from Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians Jacqueline Pata and voting got underway for six new National Congress directors to join Co-Chairs Elect Les Malezer and Jody Broun."

Koori Mail: Congress to hold first meeting
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
7 Jun 11: "DR Lowitja O'Donoghue will give the opening address at the first meeting of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples in Sydney on Wednesday. At the meeting, the delegates will select a board from 25 candidates, and will work to establish the policy platform for the board to take forward over the next year."

BACKGROUND TO NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST PEOPLES:

WGAR News: Proposed national Indigenous body (29 Aug 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/290809-un-expert-calls-nt-intervent...

WGAR News: More media responses to proposed national Indigenous body (31 Aug 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/310809-more-media-responses-to-un-e...

WGAR News: Still more media responses to proposed national Indigenous body (3 Sep 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/3-sep-2009-governments-review-of-ab...

WGAR News: Proposed National Indigenous Representative Body (22 Sep 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/22-sep-2009-ampilatwatja-anti-inter...

WGAR News: New Way Summit delegates unanimously reject government sponsored Rep body (31 Jan 10)
http://wgar.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/new-way-summit-delegates-unanimousl...

WGAR News: Proposed National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples (2 Feb 10)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/02022010-national-day-of-action-sat...

WGAR News: New National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (9 May 10)
http://www.indymedia.org.au/2010/05/08/wgar-news-new-national-congress-o...

WGAR News: Co-Chairs of National Congress of Australia's First Peoples elected (21 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/21/wgar-news-elders-speak-out-on-the-nor...

WGAR News: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (24 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/24/wgar-news-two-urgent-petitions-on-the...

WGAR News: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (29 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/29/darwin-gathering-for-aboriginal-peopl...

WGAR News: Les Malezer defends National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (30 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/30/wgar-news-keep-the-poison-out-of-muck...

WGAR News: Speech by Les Malezer, Co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (7 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/07/wgar-news-interviews-with-barb-shaw-a...

WGAR News: Interview with National Congress Co-Chair, Jody Broun (18 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/18/wgar-news-amnesty-international-repor...

OTHER NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION ARTICLES:

- Media Release

Greens call on Government to tackle NT alcohol supply
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/greens-call...
7 Jun 11: "The Australian Greens said today that if the Federal Government is serious about improving conditions in the Northern Territory it must tackle the supply of alcohol.
Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues said today that the time was right for the Government to implement harm-reduction strategies in the NT, including the introduction a price mechanism on alcohol.
"We need the Federal Government to bite the bullet when the NT Government has refused to do so," Senator Siewert said today. ...
"The words and actions from the Government and Coalition remain focused on a ‘new intervention’ which continues the mistakes of the past and serves only to marginalise people and communities alike." [Senator Siewert said]"

- News

National Indigenous Radio Service: CLC chief discusses Intervention with PM
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5850...
9 Jun 11: "Central Land Council (CLC) chief executive David Ross says one of the key areas of contention when the Federal Intervention ends will be the future of the Federal Government's leases over 73 Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory."

National Indigenous Radio Service: Alcohol floor price doesn't convince Chief Minister
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5857...
9 Jun 11: "The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Paul Henderson, says he is not convinced a floor price on alcohol will solve crime problems in Alice Springs."

ABC: Crime surge blamed on intervention urban drift
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/08/3239156.htm?site=indigenou...
8 Jun 11: "Northern Territory police say a rise in alcohol-related assaults last year was partly due to an urban drift by Indigenous people caused by the intervention. The latest crime statistics show a 12 per cent rise in alcohol-related assaults in the 12 months to September 2010. Assistant Commissioner Mark Payne says some of that can be explained by the number of people moving from remote communities to urban centres to avoid alcohol restrictions. "We have seen a great deal of people moving out of remote areas," he said."

- Analysis / Opinion

Treaty Republic: NT Intervention: Deterioration of social conditions still evident
http://treatyrepublic.net/content/nt-intervention-deterioration-social-c...
Jun 11: "There is a lot to be said about the latest Closing the Gap in the NT Monitoring report (July-December 2010). The evidence is still of deteriorating social conditions" Paddy Gibson

Prime Minister of Australia: Transcript of interview with Chris Uhlmann, The 7.30 Report
http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/transcript-interview-chris-uhlmann-730...
8 Jun 11: "HOST: One of the things that we’ve heard repeatedly in the Northern Territory is that there are no consequences for your actions if you don’t send your kids to school then welfare payments aren’t stopped and that’s something that you have threatened.
PM: Well we’ve been trialling in a limited number of schools a program where you can ultimately lose your welfare payment, have it suspended, if your child isn’t in school. ... "

ABC The Drum Opinion: Flight from reality on Indigenous issues
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2750750.html
8 Jun 11: "With the winter solstice, as in the three years just past, comes the anniversary [1] of the announcement of the Northern Territory Emergency Response [2], and thus also the ritual gatherings of the anti-Intervention Shushers [3] at street parades, and in other gatherings, endeavouring to defeat the NTER demons." Bob Durnan

- Video

ABC 7.30: Marion Scrymgour joins 7.30
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3238122.htm
7 Jun 11: "Look, I think there is more involvement by Aboriginal people. The leasing is happening now in a better way. You have to remember that prior to 2001 there was a culture, an ideology, of not entering into leases with Aboriginal people. Through the intervention and the process with Jenny Macklin, that has changed, ... Most of our remote Aboriginal communities are [alcohol] restricted areas and they were restricted areas prior to the intervention. ... But income management and the blanket income management has actually penalised the wrong people, ... "

BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

Creative Spirits: Northern Territory Emergence Response (NTER) - "The Intervention": http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/northern-terr...

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Northern Territory National Emergency Response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney): http://stoptheintervention.org/

CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) - NT Intervention: http://caama.com.au/?s=NT+Intervention

IRAG (Intervention Rollback Action Group): Mparntwe - Alice Springs: http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/

The Greens: Rachel Siewert: Northern Territory Intervention: http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/category/issues/indigenous-rights...

Treaty Republic - NT Intervention: http://treatyrepublic.net/search/node/NT%20Intervention

ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) - NT intervention: http://www.antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/nt_intervention

Crikey - NT Intervention: http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/nt-intervention/

Jobs with Justice: http://jobswithjustice.wordpress.com/

MAIC (Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective): http://maicollective.blogspot.com/

'concerned Australians': Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

New Matilda - northern territory intervention: http://newmatilda.com/tag/northern-territory-intervention

Amnesty International Australia: Looking back at the Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/24460/

Defending Indigenous Rights: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/

Intervention walk-off's Blog: http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/

Australian Human Rights Commission: Northern Territory ‘Emergency Response’ intervention: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/intervention/index.html

FAIRA; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; NACLC: Australia’s compliance with CERD - Fact Sheet 2: Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.hrlrc.org.au/files/Fact-Sheet-2-NT-Intervention.pdf

Green Left: Northern Territory intervention: myths and facts: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/39732

WGAR (Working Group for Aboriginal Rights): http://wgar.wordpress.com/