ABC News : Indigenous

Scepticism, anger over Indigenous crackdown
Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Fred Cheney has welcomed the Federal Government's new plan to tackle child abuse in Northern Territory Indigenous communities.

Qld reluctant to help police NT Indigenous communities
Queensland Police Minister Judy Spence says she wants more details of a Commonwealth plan before she commits state officers to help patrol Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

Hurley ads won't achieve anything, Police Minister says
The Queensland Government says a police union campaign against the Government over the handling of the Palm Island death-in-custody case is politically foolish.

Govt using sledgehammer on Indigenous abuse: Miles Franklin winner
The winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin literary award says the Federal Government's planned intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities is a "sledgehammer" approach.

SA wary of federal plan on Indigenous child abuse
South Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Jay Weatherill is warning that, if the Federal Government simply imposes its new plan to end abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, it will probably fail.