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disadvantages of their citizens in education, health and basic services. It was made worse by general incompetence in Darwin: the public service, non-government sector (including some Aboriginal organisations) and the dead hand of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) all presided over increasingly horrible conditions in Aboriginal communities.
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It was the inevitable outcome of the many failures of policy and the flawed federal-state division of responsibilities for Aboriginal Australians. It was a product of the failure of Northern Territory governments for a quarter of a century to adequately invest the funds they received to eliminate the
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Special Rapporteur, found the Emergency Response to be racially discriminating and infringe on the human rights of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. Anaya acknowledged that emergency action was needed but said that measures like banning alcohol and pornography and quarantining a percentage
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Prime Minister Gillard toured Northern Territory communities in June 2011 and told media "I believe the Intervention has made a difference", citing the provision of meals to children, and better child health and welfare outcomes and a reduction in aggravated assaults, but she said more needed to be
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An analysis into the speeches and arguments made by the then Prime Minister and Minister for Indigenous Affairs found that the rhetoric used justified the government's extensive and contentious Intervention into the remote Indigenous communities. The speech acts implied that the Ministers were the
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The policy was initially insulated from criticism because of the sensitive nature of the issue and the fact that the national parliament faced (as, in 2023, it still faces) no constitutional barriers to overruling the Northern Territory government. This is in clear contrast to the situation with
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claims that the total number of people convicted for child sexual assaults in Intervention communities was 45, compared to 25 people in the 5 years before the Act was implemented though these reports were not made available at the time, leading some to doubt the authenticity of the Department's
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in Australia, in particular the proper extent of federal power into areas of government traditionally managed by the states and territories. It was one of a number of federal interventions enacted in 2007. Other state responsibilities targeted by the Australian Government at the time included
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I'm in agreement with the emphasis on grog and policing. I'm in agreement with attaching conditions to welfare payments. But the difference between the proposals that we've put forward to the Government and the proposals announced by Minister Brough, there is a difference in that we would be
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in prescribed Aboriginal communities. The measures also included increased policing with assistance from other jurisdictions; calling in the army for logistics and surveillance; appointing managers to all government business in designated communities; and improving housing, but establishing
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The combined effect of the righteous media campaign for action and the Emergency Intervention has been a metaphorical dagger, sunk deep into the heart of the powerful, wrong-headed Aboriginal male ideology that has prevailed in Indigenous affairs policies and practices for decades.
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I am for the Intervention because I've seen progress. I've seen women who now have voices. They can speak for themselves and they are standing up for their rights. Children are being fed and young people more or less know how to manage their lives. That's what's happened since the
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in the Northern territory be designated as an issue of urgent national significance by both the Australian and Northern Territory Governments". However, only two of 97 recommendations in the report were implemented. The Emergency Response was criticised, but it also received
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What is detrimental about the protecting of children, the protecting of women against sexual assault, physical assault? When Aboriginal women or Indigenous women I should say, are being raped then we need to have policies in place that deal with the rape of those
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said that, despite the likelihood of under-reporting, the 2005–2006 ABS statistics for confirmed child abuse did not appear to support the "allegations of endemic child abuse in NT remote communities that was the rationale for the NTER".
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There is a cynical view afoot that the Intervention was a political ploy – to grab land, support mining companies and kick black heads, dressed up as concern for children. Conspiracy theories abounded; most were ridiculous.
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report. The second was the failure to sufficiently detail the links between the Intervention and the measures combating child sexual abuse. The third was the failure to recognise Aboriginal agency and need for consultation.
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More generally, a lack of consultation with Aboriginal community leaders is often cited by critics of the response, alongside the fact that the action addresses very few of the specific recommendations contained in the
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opposition and some Aboriginal leaders. Analysis of the political arguments in support of the Intervention identified three key factors which allowed easy passage of ensuing legislation. The first was the use of the
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concerned that those people who are acting responsibly in relation to the payments they receive, should continue to exercise their freedoms and their decisions, we should only target cases of responsibility failure.
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and therefore exempt from Part II of the Act. While the main elements of the Intervention were otherwise kept in place, this exemption from provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act was brought to an end in 2010.
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An inter-governmental summit on violence and child abuse was held in 2006. This pointed to the cost and blame shifting that characterised federal-territory and state relations, but no further action was
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and coercive in nature. The rhetoric implied that the communities were helpless and incapable of responding to their own issues. By doing so, the Ministers justified ignoring the recommendations of the
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heroes of the situation. However, it has since been documented by several sources that some of the verifying sources that instigated the events of the Intervention were fabricated by then-minister
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My hope is that, as the evidence mounts of the need for a radical new approach, the shibboleths of the old Left – who need perpetual victims for their analysis to work – will also be dismantled.
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Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Legislation
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Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Legislation
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in 2008 said that statistics for confirmed child abuse did not appear to support the "allegations of endemic child abuse in NT remote communities that was the rationale for the NTER".
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Australia's state governments, all of which have constitutionally preserved areas of legislative power, against which the federal government is largely powerless to intervene.
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Quarantining of a proportion of welfare benefits to all recipients in the designated communities and of all benefits of those who are judged to have neglected their children
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criticised the UN for not sending a female reporter and said that Anaya had been led around by opponents of the intervention to meet with opponents of the intervention.
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reported that the income management scheme introduced as part of the Response was found to have a negative impact on children, with reduced school attendance and lower
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rejected arguments that the Intervention had been a "political ploy" and argued that the policy in fact marked the death of a "wrong-headed male Aboriginal ideology":
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Firstly, they said there's been an intervention and it started off badly without them being consulted, and secondly, there is insufficient respect for their land,
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007
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and by several Aboriginal leaders and community spokespeople. The plan was also given strong support by other community groups and Aboriginal leaders.
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Lovell, Melissa (3 September 2014), "Languages of neoliberal critique: The production of coercive government in the Northern Territory intervention",
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The Intervention in the Northern Territory came under fire by a variety of groups. Claims made by critics of the Intervention are as follows:
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The Intervention was brought about by the enactment of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 and several associated new
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she said. The delegation said Aboriginal people were under pressure from the Gillard government to sign leases over land they already own.
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Though the plan achieved broad bi-partisan support in the Parliament, it was criticised by the Northern Territory Labor government, the
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initially supported the response, but by 2010 had lost faith in it. Following the announcement of the Intervention plan by the
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Removal of customary law and cultural practice considerations from bail applications and sentencing within criminal proceedings
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The use of sexual abuse as the catalyst for the Intervention has been subject to debate. One view is that sexual abuse is a
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queried whether Anaya had adequately consulted with people who had lived through the Intervention; Indigenous activist
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report published in June 2007, being the findings of an inquiry into child sexual abuse in the NT commissioned by the
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According to Brough's media release, the implementation of the Taskforce reflected the government response to
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Evans, Brendon W. (24 May 2012). "Northern Territory Emergency Response: Criticism, support and redesign".
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of welfare income for the purchase of essential goods represented a limitation on "individual autonomy".
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done in the provision of housing, and listening to Indigenous voices as input to shaping future policy.
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School of Economics at the University of Sydney; tMenzies School of Health Research (8 December 2017).
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The measures proved controversial, being criticised by the Northern Territory Labor government, the
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expressed concern over the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act, writing to Prime Minister
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The measures of the response which have attracted most criticism comprise the exemption from the
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The Northern Territory Emergency Response: Why Australia Will Not Recover from The Intervention
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In 2011, after more than three years of the Intervention, Central Australian Indigenous leader
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in May 2011. The delegation stated that the situation had deteriorated under the Intervention.
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in March 2009 following a complaint made to the UN by a collective of Aboriginal communities.
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wrote that the policy was poll-driven, although it gained the broad support of the Rudd
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Compulsory acquisition of townships currently held under the title provisions of the
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Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007–2008
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Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 1) 2007–2008
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over a bipartisan Federal Government intervention in Northern Territory towns like
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Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007
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As well, the Intervention came at a time of increasing debate over the future of
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stated that the provisions of it are classified as "special measures" under the
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was repealed on 16 July 2012 by the Gillard government who replaced it with the
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Coercive reconciliation : stabilise, normalise, exit aboriginal Australia
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The 'National Emergency' and Land Rights Reform: Separating fact from fiction
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Re-imagining the Australian state: political structures and policy strategies
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in August 2007. The justification given for introducing the measures was the
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said the report should be "binned" and Central Australian Aboriginal leader
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for other purposes such as regaining government control over disputed land.
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Suspension of the permit system controlling access to Aboriginal communities
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Australian government intervention within indigenous Australian communities
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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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In the five years the legislation was in place before being repealed, the
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Alcohol and Pornography Ban Warning sign at an Aboriginal community near
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Coercive reconciliation; stabilise, normalise, exit Aboriginal Australia
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Those who did not see the Intervention coming were deluding themselves.
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Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (No. 129, 2007)
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Report, while introducing many measures not suggested in the Report.
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in August 2007. The nine measures contained therein were as follows:
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A delegation of Northern Territory Aboriginal leaders met with the
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Culture Crisis: Anthropology and Politics in Aboriginal Australia
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Rex Stephen Leslie Wild QC and Patricia Anderson (21 June 2007).
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through five-year leases with compensation on a basis other than
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Aboriginal leader and former Australian Labor Party president,
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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spoke against critics of the Intervention in 2010, saying:
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The Intervention was introduced during the lead-up to the
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While finding some support among organisations like the
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Commonwealth funding for provision of community services
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Deployment of additional police to affected communities.
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Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007
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Intervention guide at the Northern Territory Library
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Some Aboriginal commentators and activists, such as
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Australian Government Department of Social Services
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Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012
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Index


Alice Springs
Northern Territory
Indigenous Australians
Northern Territory
pornography
welfare payments
Acts of Parliament
federal government of Australia
Howard government
Little Children are Sacred
Northern Territory Government
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Aboriginal
Australian Human Rights Commission
Rudd
Gillard
Gillard government
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012
2007 federal election
Coalition
John Howard
1996
The Bulletin
Labor
Little Children are Sacred
federalism
Murray-Darling river system
Mal Brough
Minister for Indigenous Affairs

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