WGAR News: 4th anniversary of NT Intervention; Website - ‘An Alternative to the NT Intervention’

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 22/06/2011 - 12:37pm

Newsletter date: 22 June 2011

Contents:
* A 'national crisis': Aboriginal youth imprisonment
* Background to Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and incarceration rates
* Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Barbara Shaw & Richard Downs speak about UN trip
* Fourth anniversary of the NT Intervention
* Website exploring 'An Alternative to the NT Intervention' program
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

A 'NATIONAL CRISIS': ABORIGINAL YOUTH IMPRISONMENT:

- Media Release

ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:
Time for action on Aboriginal youth imprisonment
http://www.antar.org.au/time_for_action_on_aboriginal_youth_imprisonment
20 Jun 11: "ANTaR National Director, Ms Jacqueline Phillips, says a Parliamentary Committee report released today on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and the criminal justice system is a call to action to governments.
"ANTaR particularly welcomes recommendations for the Federal Government to urgently include justice targets in the COAG Closing the Gap strategy and develop a new inter-governmental agreement to build safer communities," Ms Phillips said.
The report from the House of Representatives Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues contains forty recommendations across a broad range of issues, and follows a prolonged inquiry with 130 submissions and many public hearings.
"The high level of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our criminal justice system has long been recognised as a serious injustice. It is also a key factor in poorer levels of health, employment, education and life opportunity. ... "

See:
ANTaR: Reducing Imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - A National Call to Action
http://antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/reducing_indigenous_incarceration

- Audio

ABC AM: Report claims 'national crisis' with young Aboriginal prisoners
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3249025.htm
21 Jun 11: "A Federal Parliamentary Committee looking into Indigenous justice has come up with observations and recommendations that won't come as too much of a surprise to a lot of Australians. It describes the over-representation of Indigenous youth in Australia's criminal justice system as a "national crisis", finding that Aboriginal youth are 28 times more likely to be detained than non-Indigenous youth. Like other inquiries before it, this committee has made a long list of recommendations."
[Includes comments by chair of the committee Labor MP Shayne Neumann, Western Australia's chief justice Wayne Martin, Liberal committee member Sharman Stone and Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland.]

- News

ABC: Indigenous youth crime rates a 'national crisis'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/21/3249189.htm
21 Jun 11: "A federal parliamentary committee has described the over-representation of Indigenous youth in Australia's criminal justice system as a "national crisis", finding that Aboriginal youth are 28 times more likely to be detained than non-Indigenous youth. Twenty years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody, the new parliamentary committee report describes incarceration rates for young Indigenous people as "shameful". ... Labor MP Shayne Neumann chaired the committee and says the statistics are "damning"."

Australian: 20 years on, black kids still fill jails parliamentary committee finds
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/years-on-black-kids-still-fi...
21 Jun 11: "THERE are more indigenous young people in jail than at any time since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody 20 years ago. A parliamentary committee has labelled the situation a "national disgrace" and a failure of all governments. ... The committee found the detention rate for indigenous juveniles was 397 per 100,000, which is 28 times higher than the rate for non-indigenous juveniles at 14 per 100,000. Indigenous juveniles account for 59 per cent of the total juvenile population in jail."

West Australian: Chief Justice despair at Indigenous jail rates
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9677825/chief-justice-desp...
21 Jun 11: "WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin has described as “depressing” a new report which found Aboriginal juveniles and young adults were 28 times more likely than their non-indigenous counterparts to be locked up in detention. The Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs report, Doing Time - Time for Doing, tabled in Canberra last night, found Aboriginal youths today were more over-represented in the criminal justice system than when the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report was released 20 years ago."

National Indigenous Radio Service: ANTaR calls for action on Aboriginal youth crime report
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5872...
21 Jun 11: "Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, ANTaR National Director, Jacqueline Phillips, says a Parliamentary Committee report released yesterday on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and the criminal justice system is a call to action to governments."

Mail (UK): Young Aboriginal prisoners are a 'national crisis' Australian government warned as it emerges they're 28 times more likely to be jailed
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005799/Young-Aboriginal-prisone...
20 Jun 11: "The number of young Aborigines in prison has become a 'national crisis', the Australian government has been told. Aboriginal children are 28 times more likely to be sent to a juvenile facility than other Australian children, a parliamentary report on indigenous youth in the criminal justice system found. It has urged wide-ranging reforms, as campaigners warn another generation of Australia's indigenous youth could be 'lost' to the criminal justice system."

Age: Indigenous youth crime rates 'a disgrace'
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/indigenous-youth-crime-...
20 Jun 11: "The prevalence of indigenous youth in Australia's criminal justice system is a national tragedy and disgrace, a new parliamentary report has concluded. A lower house committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs released its report on the issue on Monday. It has been more than 20 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody but the committee said life was just as tough for young indigenous Australians."

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 (17 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/17/wgar-news-global-call-to-action-for-a...

WGAR News: New campaign to cut Aboriginal prisoner numbers (11 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/11062011-nt-traditional-land-owners...

NGARLA KUNOTH-MONKS, BARBARA SHAW & RICHARD DOWNS SPEAK ABOUT UN TRIP:

- Audio

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Narla Kunoth Monks, Barbara Shaw & Richard Downs speak about UN trip
http://caama.com.au/narla-kunoth-monks-barbara-shaw-richard-downs-speak-...
21 Jun 11: "Utopia community member Narla Kunoth Monks, a first time visitor to the UN, says she was shocked to hear the Australian Governments FACSIA report to UNICEF which appeared to depict Aboriginal mothers as bad parents. Ms Kunoth Monks told CAAMA Radio that within Aboriginal society there are systems in place that look after old people young women coming into adulthood and children. Alice springs town camp resident and vocal opponent of the Northern Territory Intervention Barbara Shaw says a series of workshops will allow Aboriginal people to gain a better understanding of their rights."

See:

WGAR News: UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, 16 to 27 May 2011
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/21/wgar-news-un-human-rights-high-commis...

WGAR News: Interview with Richard Downs on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues / Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (28 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/28/wgar-news-canberra-rally-june-14-2011...

WGAR News: Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Richard Downs and Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (2 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/02/wgar-news-global-call-to-action-petit...

WGAR News: Central Australian delegates return from United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (7 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/07062011-aboriginal-rights-upcoming...

See more about Barbara Shaw:

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

WGAR News: Darwin gathering for Aboriginal people living in prescribed areas under the NT Intervention, June 19-21, 2011
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/29/darwin-gathering-for-aboriginal-peopl...

WGAR News: Interview with Barbara Shaw, of the Intervention Rollback Action Group, on the NT Intervention (7 May 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/07/wgar-news-interviews-with-barb-shaw-a...

WGAR News: Speech by Aboriginal activist Barbara Shaw on the NT Intervention (10 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/10/wgar-news-nt-nuclear-waste-dump-plans...

See more about Richard Downs:

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

Six Videos by Eleanor Gilbert of Enlightning Productions:
Opening Protest House Ampilatwatja Walk-off NT:
http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/video/

WGAR News: Protest House at the Alyawarr people’s walk-off camp (16 Feb 10)
http://indymedia.org.au/2010/02/16/wgar-news-protest-house-at-the-alyawa...

WGAR News: Speeches from National call out by John Pilger & Richard Downs (3 May 10)
http://indymedia.org.au/2010/05/04/wgar-news-speeches-from-national-call...

Frequency: Richard Downs & Harry Nelson Speaking at Melbourne University Ampilatwatja Walkoff & NT Intervention (14-16 Oct 10)
http://www.frequency.com/video/richard-downs-harry-nelson-speaking-at/47...

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NT INTERVENTION:

- Media Releases

Greens: Rachel Siewert: NT Intervention is Australia’s shame
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/nt-interven...
21 Jun 11: "The Australian Greens say the Northern Territory Intervention continues to be a blight on the nation’s human rights record, four years after it was implemented by the Howard Government and should be scrapped.
"Aboriginal communities have now suffered four years of the intervention in the Northern Territory," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues said today.
"This is a discriminatory, paternalistic scheme which has not improved the lives of Aboriginal people- despite the $1.5billion price tag.
"It is Australia’s shame that the Howard, Rudd and Gillard Governments have persisted with these measures for four long years. ...
"The time has come for a new approach, not a new intervention. [said Senator Siewert]"

ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:
4 years on – Time to shift focus from intervention to partnership
http://www.antar.org.au/4_years_on_time_to_shift_focus_from_intervention...
20 Jun 11: "ANTaR says the fourth anniversary of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) is an opportunity to reflect on the lessons of the last four years and shift from intervention to partnership in planning for the future.
"ANTaR calls on the Federal and Northern Territory Governments to partner with Aboriginal people in developing a post-intervention plan to ensure remote communities have a safe and healthy future," said ANTaR National Director, Jacqueline Phillips.
"With many of the original NTER measures only having one year left to run, it is time to focus the debate on the evidence about what works and what doesn't, informed by a broad range of community voices," Ms Jacqueline Phillips said."

NT Intervention has failed on jobs - petition presented today
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/intervention-has-fai...
20 Jun 11: "A petition against lost jobs and exploitative working conditions under the NT Intervention is being presented to the Federal Senate today by Greens Senator Rachel Siewert. It is being sponsored by Unions NT, the CFMEU and anti-Intervention campaign groups across the country.
Four years into an Intervention that promised “real jobs”, many Aboriginal people are working for Centrelink payments “quarantined” onto a BasicsCard due to cuts to Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
The petition is demanding back pay for Aboriginal people paid on the BasicsCard while doing renovations for the NT Intervention’s $672 million Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP), and investment in Aboriginal employment across all communities.
Marie Elena Ellis, President of the Amoonguna Community Council, is traveling to Sydney to address a protest rally marking four years of Intervention this Saturday.
Ms Ellis said: "When SIHIP came to town we were told there would be fulltime jobs with good wages, but instead we were ripped off and left unemployed. It is another slap in the face from the government.""

- Audio

ABC AM: Four years of NT Emergency Response
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3248964.htm
21 Jun 11: "Today marks the fourth anniversary of the day John Howard's government announced it was going to send the army into Aboriginal communities as part of its Northern Territory Emergency Response. Since coming to power Labor has kept elements of the policy. Opponents of what has become known as the Federal Intervention have gathered in Darwin today to urge the Gillard Government to dump the Emergency Response altogether."
[Includes comments by John Leemans representing Kalkaringi, Jimmy Wavehill, Reverend Djinniyinni Gondarra from Eastern Arnhem Land and Rex Wild QC.]

- News

SBS World News Australia: Darwin rally calls for end to intervention
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1562301/Darwin-rally-calls-for-end-to...
21 Jun 11: "High profile Aboriginal leaders from across the Northern Territory gathered in Darwin calling loudly for "human rights for all and an end to the intervention". After two days of meetings to mark the four-year anniversary of the Howard government's intervention into remote Aboriginal communities, about 100 people marched down the Smith Street Mall on Tuesday to hand an alternative plan of action to NT government backbencher Marion Scrymgour at parliament house."

ABC Darwin: Aboriginal communities rally for alternative to NT Intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/06/21/3249608.htm
21 Jun 11: "Four years after the Federal Government launched the NT intervention, Aboriginal community leaders have launched another desperate call for an alternative. ... After arriving at Parliament house, the rally's leaders read out a list of suggested protective measures - alternatives to the Intervention - which was compiled over the past two days with the endorsement of Aboriginal community leaders, the Intervention Rollback Action Group and Concerned Australians."

ABC: Marchers condemn federal intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/21/3249816.htm?section=justin
21 Jun 11: "About 200 people opposing the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities have marched through the centre of Darwin. The rally marked four years today since the start of the emergency response. A group including Aboriginal leaders from the Top End and Central Australia marched down the mall to Parliament House calling for the intervention to end. They have come up with an 11-point plan they want to see adopted, including winding back all leases signed under the emergency response, increasing investment in Aboriginal teachers and recognising customary law in sentencing."

Koori Mail: Few happy returns for NT Intervention
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
21 Jun 11: "AN ongoing campaign against the NT Intervention will be stepped up today, the four-year anniversary of the controversial strategy. The Australian Greens yesterday introduced to the Federal Senate a petition against 'lost jobs and exploitative working conditions' under the Intervention, which has another year to run. Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and ANTaR say governments need to listen more to Aboriginal people and organisations in devising programs to address disadvantage."

National Indigenous Radio Service: Report author calls for end to Intervention
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5873...
21 Jun 11: "The intervention into Aboriginal communities began four years ago in response to the Little Children are Sacred report, co-written by lawyer Rex Wild, QC. He says he does not agree with the government response but concedes it has had some benefits. However, Mr Wild says it is time for the intervention to be dismantled. He says the Federal Government should go back to the drawing board."

ABC: Indigenous leaders call for end to intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/20/3248187.htm?section=justin
20 Jun 11: "Aboriginal people from prescribed communities across the Northern Territory are meeting in Darwin today to call for an end to the federal intervention. ... The Prescribed Area People's Alliance is holding a two-day conference, which continues today. Audrey McCormack has travelled from Alice Springs to attend the meeting. ... Valerie Martin, an elder from Yuendemu who wants to see the intervention scrapped, is arguing that the intervention has made no difference. ... Dr Djiniyini Gondarra from East Arnhem Land is a representative of his people at the conference."

ABC: Time to end NT intervention, says Wild
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/20/3248718.htm
20 Jun 11: "The co-author of a report which triggered the Federal Government intervention in the Northern Territory says some good has come out of the emergency response. The intervention into Aboriginal communities began four years ago in response to the Little Children are Sacred report, co-written by lawyer Rex Wild, QC. ... However, Mr Wild says it is time for the emergency response to be dismantled."

WEBSITE EXPLORING 'AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NT INTERVENTION' PROGRAM:

- The Website

Jumbunna: http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/researchareas/alternatives.html
[Includes overviews, extra references and videos that are useful for further research.]

- Related research

STICS: http://stoptheintervention.org/alternatives-to-the-intervention/rebuildi...
[After the document on the STICS website, there is a list of extra references that are also useful for further research.]

- Related info

Rollback the Intervention: Alternative to the Intervention
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/alternative-to-the-interven...
"The statement ‘Rebuilding from the Ground Up: An Alternative to the NT Intervention’ will be launched at a rally Darwin on June 21, four years since the announcement of the Intervention.
The launch will follow ratification by a meeting of the Prescribed Area People’s Alliance on June 19-20. ...
Research for the document is being supported by Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning (Research) at UTS.
A website where you can explore background information, video and supporting research is now online at http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/researchareas/alternatives.html "

SBS World News Australia: Darwin rally calls for end to intervention
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1562301/Darwin-rally-calls-for-end-to...
21 Jun 11: "After two days of meetings to mark the four-year anniversary of the Howard government's intervention into remote Aboriginal communities, about 100 people marched down the Smith Street Mall on Tuesday to hand an alternative plan of action to NT government backbencher Marion Scrymgour at parliament house. The 11-point proposed alternative to the NT Emergency Response (NTER) calls for the restoration of community governance, housing for all, job creation, better education, respect of Aboriginal customary law and the abolition of compulsory income management."

OTHER NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION ARTICLES:

- Media Release

Income Management under spotlight in Bankstown
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/income-management-un...
20 Jun 11: "The national expansion of the controversial Income Management system will be the subject of a public forum today in Bankstown in South-West Sydney.
Bankstown is one of five new trial sites where Income Management is scheduled for introduction in 2012.
Paddy Gibson, a researcher with the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS has recently returned from Alice Springs and will discuss experiences of hardship and discrimination in Aboriginal communities living with Income Management since the NT Intervention in 2007.
Katie Wrigley from the National Welfare Rights Network will provide a briefing for community members on the policy planned for Bankstown, explain how this fits in with the national roll out of Income Management and and discuss her concerns about the punitive nature of the system. ...
Aunty Carol Carter, a respected Aboriginal Elder from Bankstown said, "Income Management would take away my self worth, integrity, independence and freedom of choice. It is about control and will do nothing to close the Gap for Aboriginal health", said Aunty Carol."

- Audio

20 Jun 2011 Bankstown Forum on Income Management: Photos and Audio
Interview recorded before the event: Aunty Carol
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-jun-2011-bankstown-forum-o...

ABC AM: Conditions unchanged in Darwin's town camps
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3248968.htm
21 Jun 11: "Reporter Michael Coggan and this morning he is at one of Darwin's town camps. Bagot is squeezed into Darwin's suburbs not far from the end of the main runway at the city airport. It's home to a varying population of Aborigines. At peak times there could be up to 500 people living in a variety of conditions. Michael, good morning, what affect has the intervention had on the Bagot community where you are? MICHAEL COGGAN: Well Tony over the recent months when I've been talking to people who live and administer the small town camp here at Bagot, they've been saying that the intervention has done very little for them apart from erecting a large blue and white sign that I'm standing next to at the moment. ... "
[Includes comments by reporter Michael Coggan at the town camp of Bagot in Darwin.]

ABC AM: Intervention helps women and children: Aboriginal leader
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3248971.htm
21 Jun 11: "One staunch supporter of the intervention is Bess Price who's the chairwoman of the Northern Territory's Indigenous Affairs Advisory Council. Ms Price comes from Yuendumu and now lives in Alice Springs. Reporter David Mark asked her what had improved as a result of the Federal Intervention. BESS PRICE: What's worked is that the women and children are being looked after. They have said to me that intervention has done a lot of good for them and their families and some people have said we don't want the management to be taken away, we're happy with that."
[Includes comments by Bess Price.]

See: Town camp leader outraged by Bess Price claims on Q and A
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/media/

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
CAAMA Radio News 20-06-2011
http://caama.com.au/caama-radio-news-20-06-2011
20 Jun 11: "Concerns from the Northern Territory Police Association about where funding for police in remote communities will come from, when funding for the intervention runs out in the 2011-2012 financial year."

- News

Koori Mail: SIHIP report deadline looms
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
21 Jun 11: "Senator Scullion says he wants to know how $672 million in SIHIP program monies is being spent. FEDERAL Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says a report due on Friday on housing rebuilds at Wadeye, south-west of Darwin, should reveal where millions of dollars have been spent under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP). Three weeks ago, Senator Scullion showed a Senate Estimates committee photos of shoddy workmanship on one rebuild at the remote community. He says it's virtually impossible that $200,000 has been spent fixing up the house, as claimed, and there are others like it."

Sky News: Booze Battle For Australia's Aborigines
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Video-Alcohol-Blights-Life-F...
19 Jun 11: "Australia’s Prime Minister has been urged to raise the minimum price of alcohol to curb addiction among aborigines. Cheap booze is blamed for fuelling a crime wave in the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs, which is a popular tourism destination in Australia. But it’s even more of a draw for indigenous people because it’s one of the few places where they can buy alcohol legally."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

Students For Indigenous Rights - UQ: The Northern Territory Intervention: http://uqsir.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/stir-uq-intervention-intro-fact...

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/