Marcia Langton / Griffith Review
The very public debate about child abuse is like Baudrillard's 'war porn'. It has parodied the horrible suffering of Aboriginal people. The crisis in Aboriginal society is now a public spectacle, played out in a vast 'reality show' through the media, parliaments, public service and the Aboriginal world. This obscene and pornographic spectacle shifts attention away from everyday lived crisis that many Aboriginal people endure – or do not, dying as they do at excessive rates. Posted 12-02-2008
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Child protection Australia 2006-07
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report provides comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services. The report contains data for 2006-07, as well as trend data on child protection. Posted 24-01-2008
This report provides comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services. The report contains data for 2006-07, as well as trend data on child protection. Posted 24-01-2008
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
NIT - Additional News - Oct 22-29
Obesity epidemic among children "overstated"
SYDNEY, October 22, 2007: A study has revealed that the obesity epidemic among children has been grossly overstated, and that the problem is concentrated among poorer families and some ethnic groups.
$1.7 billion needed for Aboriginal education in NT
DARWIN, October 23, 2007: Almost $2 billion is needed to ensure that Aboriginal students in the Northern Territory have the same opportunities as all Australian students, a new report has found.
Indigenous babies death rates still poor despite improvement
SYDNEY, October 24, 2007: The death rate for babies born to Indigenous mothers has declined, but is still almost double the death rate of those born to non-Indigenous mothers, a new report has revealed.
Aboriginal people sign first mining agreement
DARWIN, October 26, 2007: The first mining agreement between a group of Aboriginal people and a mining company in central Australia has been signed.
Maningrida residents launch legal action against fed govt
DARWIN, October 26, 2007: A remote Aboriginal community has launched a legal challenge against the federal government's intervention in the Northern Territory.
Extra police sent into Wadeye after riot
DARWIN, October 29, 2007: Northern Territory police may send in further reinforcements after days of violence in the troubled Aboriginal township of Wadeye.
SYDNEY, October 22, 2007: A study has revealed that the obesity epidemic among children has been grossly overstated, and that the problem is concentrated among poorer families and some ethnic groups.
$1.7 billion needed for Aboriginal education in NT
DARWIN, October 23, 2007: Almost $2 billion is needed to ensure that Aboriginal students in the Northern Territory have the same opportunities as all Australian students, a new report has found.
Indigenous babies death rates still poor despite improvement
SYDNEY, October 24, 2007: The death rate for babies born to Indigenous mothers has declined, but is still almost double the death rate of those born to non-Indigenous mothers, a new report has revealed.
Aboriginal people sign first mining agreement
DARWIN, October 26, 2007: The first mining agreement between a group of Aboriginal people and a mining company in central Australia has been signed.
Maningrida residents launch legal action against fed govt
DARWIN, October 26, 2007: A remote Aboriginal community has launched a legal challenge against the federal government's intervention in the Northern Territory.
Extra police sent into Wadeye after riot
DARWIN, October 29, 2007: Northern Territory police may send in further reinforcements after days of violence in the troubled Aboriginal township of Wadeye.
National Indigenous Times - Issue 140 19 Oct 07
cCMC hears evidence over Qld policing
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: At the time of press, a public hearing into policing in Queensland's Indigenous communities was scheduled in Cairns, in the state's far north, on Tuesday.
Fitzroy on the brink of disintegration: inquest
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The alcohol-ravaged Fitzroy Valley community is on the fast track to disintegration, a West Australian Indigenous leader told an inquest last Thursday.
Opening up eyes for art
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Artists like Millie Kelly and her granddaughter Hayley Atkins can continue creating their paintings with good eyesight thanks to the Pilbara Aboriginal Eye Health Program.
Money talks in Burrup
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE federal government has given approval for Woodside's Pluto gas development in Western Australia to proceed despite the existence of culturally important Aboriginal rock-art in the vicinity.
Blue Lake levels will suffer greatly
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE Queensland government says it is likely to scrap a key water project designed to help drought-proof the state's south-east after studies raised environmental concerns for a sacred lake.
Child-friendly DVOs under new legislation
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Children will be able to apply for Domestic Violence Orders (DVO) on their own behalf under legislation to be introduced by the Northern Territory government.
Kava ban may not work: study
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A federal government ban on kava is unlikely to help Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities unless education, housing, health and job opportunities are all improved, a new study has found.
Cwealth considers using ABA funds for Indigenous camel cull program
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The federal government is considering a plan which would see central Australian Aboriginal people funded to cull feral camels.
QLD's housing crisis hits hip pocket
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: QUEENSLAND'S housing affordability crisis has plunged almost 350,000 residents into poverty, with some people living on as little as $10 a day, a report has found.
Year's top GP fears for health
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: An Alice Springs' doctor who was named GP of the Year on recently says the Commonwealth Government's intervention into remote communities could lead to worse health outcomes for Indigenous people.
Palm signs on
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: INDIGENOUS families on north Queensland's troubled Palm Island have been promised housing upgrades in exchange for better school attendance and money management.
Indigenous life expectancy stalling record death rate
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Australia could surpass Japan and achieve the world's lowest death rate if it tackled the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and other Australians, health researchers say.
A good news story and the media stays away
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A group of first-time Aboriginal authors and illustrators decided they were fed up with Aboriginal kids being statistics at the bottom of the literacy ladder in Australia.
Who is caring for the carers?
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Many Indigenous carers are not accessing the available services designed to assist them.
Mungalla station tours explore history, culture
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Mungalla Aboriginal Business Corporation has commenced tours of historic Mungalla Station, a 2,000 acre cattle property outside of Ingham that was first established by pastoralist James Cassady in 1882.
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: At the time of press, a public hearing into policing in Queensland's Indigenous communities was scheduled in Cairns, in the state's far north, on Tuesday.
Fitzroy on the brink of disintegration: inquest
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The alcohol-ravaged Fitzroy Valley community is on the fast track to disintegration, a West Australian Indigenous leader told an inquest last Thursday.
Opening up eyes for art
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Artists like Millie Kelly and her granddaughter Hayley Atkins can continue creating their paintings with good eyesight thanks to the Pilbara Aboriginal Eye Health Program.
Money talks in Burrup
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE federal government has given approval for Woodside's Pluto gas development in Western Australia to proceed despite the existence of culturally important Aboriginal rock-art in the vicinity.
Blue Lake levels will suffer greatly
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE Queensland government says it is likely to scrap a key water project designed to help drought-proof the state's south-east after studies raised environmental concerns for a sacred lake.
Child-friendly DVOs under new legislation
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Children will be able to apply for Domestic Violence Orders (DVO) on their own behalf under legislation to be introduced by the Northern Territory government.
Kava ban may not work: study
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A federal government ban on kava is unlikely to help Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities unless education, housing, health and job opportunities are all improved, a new study has found.
Cwealth considers using ABA funds for Indigenous camel cull program
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The federal government is considering a plan which would see central Australian Aboriginal people funded to cull feral camels.
QLD's housing crisis hits hip pocket
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: QUEENSLAND'S housing affordability crisis has plunged almost 350,000 residents into poverty, with some people living on as little as $10 a day, a report has found.
Year's top GP fears for health
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: An Alice Springs' doctor who was named GP of the Year on recently says the Commonwealth Government's intervention into remote communities could lead to worse health outcomes for Indigenous people.
Palm signs on
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: INDIGENOUS families on north Queensland's troubled Palm Island have been promised housing upgrades in exchange for better school attendance and money management.
Indigenous life expectancy stalling record death rate
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Australia could surpass Japan and achieve the world's lowest death rate if it tackled the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and other Australians, health researchers say.
A good news story and the media stays away
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A group of first-time Aboriginal authors and illustrators decided they were fed up with Aboriginal kids being statistics at the bottom of the literacy ladder in Australia.
Who is caring for the carers?
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Many Indigenous carers are not accessing the available services designed to assist them.
Mungalla station tours explore history, culture
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Mungalla Aboriginal Business Corporation has commenced tours of historic Mungalla Station, a 2,000 acre cattle property outside of Ingham that was first established by pastoralist James Cassady in 1882.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
National Indigenous Times Issue 139 04 Oct 2007
How do you miss 73,000 Aboriginal people in a Census count?
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous Australians have been included in the national population count since 1971. But as it turns out, we missed a few. CHRIS GRAHAM reports on yet another fiddle in the fraud-filled world of Indigenous affairs.
EDITORIAL: When ‘whoops’ just won’t do
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor’s work in uncovering the massive undercounting of the Aboriginal population by the Australian Bureau of Statistics should be applauded.
INVISIBLE ABORIGINAL: Out of sight, out of mind, out of pocket
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor, the author of the now infamous Taylor report which revealed massive government underspending in the remote NT community of Wadeye, is a demographer with the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Officer could face charges over Wadeye teen death
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal teenager during rioting at a remote Top End community could face fresh charges, an inquest heard on Monday.
Fed govt offers to fund fees
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government offered a group of Aboriginal people legal funding to appear before a coronial inquest into Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia’s north after the state government refused.
Australia named as top ‘hot spot’ for vanishing languages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Linguists alarmed at the unceasing extinction of many Indigenous languages have identified five global “hot spots” where the problem is worst, led by northern Australia and a region of South America.
Outback travel subsidy not good enough: report
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Sick people in regional and remote areas are not getting the medical attention they need because government travel subsidies are too stingy, a new report has found.
Spoken crossroad
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s NT Indigenous intervention will spell the end for many Indigenous languages, Adelaide linguistics expert Rob Amery says.
Potential nuke dump site to be assessed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A fourth potential site for a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory will be assessed for its suitability, Science Minister Julie Bishop said last week.
More child sex charges laid in WA community of Kalumburu
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Charges have been laid in the wake of fresh child sex abuse allegations in the remote and troubled West Australian Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, police say.
Light beer expected to escape ban
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: All but light beer sales are likely to be banned in an alcohol-ravaged Kimberley town after the local pub said it would not oppose plans for Western Australia’s strictest liquor licensing conditions.
Compensation for Stolen Generation urgent: Calma
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice commissioner Tom Calma has called for a national scheme to properly compensate all victims of the Stolen Generation.
Child care plan welcomed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s Indigenous Child Care Services Plan, designed to offer culturally appropriate early childhood services to Indigenous children, has been welcomed by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).
Siewert calls on WA, fed govt to repay stolen wages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tens of millions of dollars stolen from Aboriginal workers must be repaid by the West Australian and Commonwealth governments, Senator Rachel Siewert says.
Aboriginal art: the French connection
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris’ Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.
31 charged in Aurukun riot
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Thirty-one people have been charged after a riot in the remote Queensland Aboriginal community of Aurukun in mid September.
‘Don’t give us Disneyland’: tourists
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists visiting Indigenous communities don’t want a “Disneyland experience”, according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia.
Cairns hearing into policing
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Crime and Misconduct Commission will hold a one day public hearing in Cairns as part of its inquiry into policing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Researchers look to bush medicine for answers
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: NT research could lead to Aboriginal bush medicine being used to combat disease in agricultural crops.
Tiwi islands under threat : Greens
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Tiwi islands, off Darwin, are in danger of becoming a wasteland because of excessive land clearing, the Australian Greens say.
Building blocks for business
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A new style of small business training designed especially for the needs and learning styles of Indigenous entrepreneurs has been successfully piloted on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Melbourne standard for Aboriginal art
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Australia’s first Code of Practice for galleries and retailers on Indigenous art has been launched by the City of Melbourne.
Education the key to empowerment
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Education leading to real jobs is the key to addressing the challenges faced by Aboriginal people in Australia today, according to a speaker at the recent Charles Darwin Symposium.
Trainees woo Gorge visitors
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists are learning about the Mossman Gorge and Aboriginal culture from two formerly unemployed Indigenous locals, thanks to funded traineeships.
Rangers protecting our borders
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous ranger groups in Northeast Arnhem Land have recently received a welcome boost from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education with the introduction of on-the-job training by specialists in natural and cultural resource management.
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous Australians have been included in the national population count since 1971. But as it turns out, we missed a few. CHRIS GRAHAM reports on yet another fiddle in the fraud-filled world of Indigenous affairs.
EDITORIAL: When ‘whoops’ just won’t do
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor’s work in uncovering the massive undercounting of the Aboriginal population by the Australian Bureau of Statistics should be applauded.
INVISIBLE ABORIGINAL: Out of sight, out of mind, out of pocket
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor, the author of the now infamous Taylor report which revealed massive government underspending in the remote NT community of Wadeye, is a demographer with the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Officer could face charges over Wadeye teen death
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal teenager during rioting at a remote Top End community could face fresh charges, an inquest heard on Monday.
Fed govt offers to fund fees
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government offered a group of Aboriginal people legal funding to appear before a coronial inquest into Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia’s north after the state government refused.
Australia named as top ‘hot spot’ for vanishing languages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Linguists alarmed at the unceasing extinction of many Indigenous languages have identified five global “hot spots” where the problem is worst, led by northern Australia and a region of South America.
Outback travel subsidy not good enough: report
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Sick people in regional and remote areas are not getting the medical attention they need because government travel subsidies are too stingy, a new report has found.
Spoken crossroad
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s NT Indigenous intervention will spell the end for many Indigenous languages, Adelaide linguistics expert Rob Amery says.
Potential nuke dump site to be assessed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A fourth potential site for a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory will be assessed for its suitability, Science Minister Julie Bishop said last week.
More child sex charges laid in WA community of Kalumburu
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Charges have been laid in the wake of fresh child sex abuse allegations in the remote and troubled West Australian Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, police say.
Light beer expected to escape ban
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: All but light beer sales are likely to be banned in an alcohol-ravaged Kimberley town after the local pub said it would not oppose plans for Western Australia’s strictest liquor licensing conditions.
Compensation for Stolen Generation urgent: Calma
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice commissioner Tom Calma has called for a national scheme to properly compensate all victims of the Stolen Generation.
Child care plan welcomed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s Indigenous Child Care Services Plan, designed to offer culturally appropriate early childhood services to Indigenous children, has been welcomed by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).
Siewert calls on WA, fed govt to repay stolen wages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tens of millions of dollars stolen from Aboriginal workers must be repaid by the West Australian and Commonwealth governments, Senator Rachel Siewert says.
Aboriginal art: the French connection
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris’ Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.
31 charged in Aurukun riot
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Thirty-one people have been charged after a riot in the remote Queensland Aboriginal community of Aurukun in mid September.
‘Don’t give us Disneyland’: tourists
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists visiting Indigenous communities don’t want a “Disneyland experience”, according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia.
Cairns hearing into policing
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Crime and Misconduct Commission will hold a one day public hearing in Cairns as part of its inquiry into policing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Researchers look to bush medicine for answers
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: NT research could lead to Aboriginal bush medicine being used to combat disease in agricultural crops.
Tiwi islands under threat : Greens
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Tiwi islands, off Darwin, are in danger of becoming a wasteland because of excessive land clearing, the Australian Greens say.
Building blocks for business
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A new style of small business training designed especially for the needs and learning styles of Indigenous entrepreneurs has been successfully piloted on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Melbourne standard for Aboriginal art
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Australia’s first Code of Practice for galleries and retailers on Indigenous art has been launched by the City of Melbourne.
Education the key to empowerment
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Education leading to real jobs is the key to addressing the challenges faced by Aboriginal people in Australia today, according to a speaker at the recent Charles Darwin Symposium.
Trainees woo Gorge visitors
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists are learning about the Mossman Gorge and Aboriginal culture from two formerly unemployed Indigenous locals, thanks to funded traineeships.
Rangers protecting our borders
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous ranger groups in Northeast Arnhem Land have recently received a welcome boost from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education with the introduction of on-the-job training by specialists in natural and cultural resource management.
Friday, 5 October 2007
National Indigenous Times Issue 138, September 20, 2007
Brough announces extra $700m for NT intervention
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government will spend more than $700 million on a new range of measures in its takeover of Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
AMSANT slams intervention child health checks
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's health checks of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory have been labelled inefficient, ineffective and potentially unethical by a lobby group representing NT Aboriginal health services.
$100m to go to follow-up health care
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A $100 million fund has been set aside by the federal government to provide follow-up care for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory with dental, stomach, ear, nose and throat problems.
Labor questions "new" money
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Labor says the outlay of half a billion dollars committed on Tuesday to fix and build the homes of Northern Territory Indigenous people is not new money.
Mobile teams 'doomed to failure'
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Mobile teams of health professionals visiting remote Aboriginal communities must be integrated with existing health services, the Fred Hollows Foundation says.
Indigenous health campaign kicks off
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The nation's leaders have been challenged to take concrete steps to boost the health and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians on the first National Close the Gap Day.
NSWALC welcomes state govt inquiry into life expectancy gap
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has welcomed a state government inquiry to investigate the difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Brough "a bit confused" over SBS "porn" in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough has accidentally admitted he hasn't read at least one key section of the Little Children Are Sacred report, despite claiming it was the catalyst for the federal government's half billion dollar fight against child abuse in remote Aboriginal communities.
Welfare latest move in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal people from four central Australian communities had half of their welfare payments quarantined from Monday in a federal government bid to stop the money being spent on alcohol, drugs and pornography.
Porn bans hit the Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's pornography bans started in the Northern Territory this week.
Review called over CDEP alternatives
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government needs to review its alternatives to Community Development Employment Programs (CDEP), a group of remote Aboriginal service providers says.
Care for country under threat: NLC
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Canberra needs to ensure jobs and wages for Aboriginal rangers or risk programs that protect the Northern Territory's unique environment, the Northern Land Council (NLC) says.
Thousands of tourists face alcohol bans in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Under new restrictions that began on the weekend, thousands of tourists will be banned from having a beer while fishing on river banks or camping in many Northern Territory national parks.
NT alcohol changes will spark backlash: Crossin
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Federal government changes to its Northern Territory alcohol restrictions will spark an enormous backlash but won't stop Indigenous people getting drunk, a Labor senator says.
Alcohol ban for Fitzroy Crossing
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The strictest liquor licensing conditions in Western Australia could soon be slapped on the troubled Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing.
New national Aboriginal body to counter govt policy
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leaders have formed a national representative body to counter what they say is government dominance of the Indigenous policy agenda in the wake of Canberra's intervention in the Northern Territory.
NT intervention supporters 'naive': Dodson
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson has described the Howard government's intervention in the Northern Territory as a sinister attempt to extinguish Indigenous culture.
Qld ministry reshuffle puts women in hot seats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: For the first time in Australian political history - at either a state or federal level - two women will assume ultimate responsibility for Indigenous affairs in Queensland, following the swearing in last week of the new Queensland government's ministry.
A Major call on Bligh to give hope to Cape folk
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Premier Anna Bligh must shape a new future for Queensland's Indigenous people by decreasing the welfare dependency that is crippling Cape York communities, Young Australian of the Year Tania Major says.
NITV viewing numbers to rise on Foxtel, Austar
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A note to Eddie McGuire. Increasing the potential audience share of a television channel by about 25-fold is not only do-able, it's actually being done.
Stolen Gen bill introduced by Democrats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A bill to set up a compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation has been introduced into the Senate by the Australian Democrats.
Police start work in Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eleven police officers from Queensland started work in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities last Wednesday as part of the federal government's 'emergency intervention'.
Third world eye programs needed here
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eye services similar to those available in third world countries are needed to help fight rising rates of blindness in Aboriginal communities, experts say.
New centre for health studies
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A new Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland is uniquely placed to attract Indigenous students to health professions and generate real health benefits for communities, according to Centre Director, Professor Cindy Shannon.
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government will spend more than $700 million on a new range of measures in its takeover of Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
AMSANT slams intervention child health checks
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's health checks of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory have been labelled inefficient, ineffective and potentially unethical by a lobby group representing NT Aboriginal health services.
$100m to go to follow-up health care
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A $100 million fund has been set aside by the federal government to provide follow-up care for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory with dental, stomach, ear, nose and throat problems.
Labor questions "new" money
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Labor says the outlay of half a billion dollars committed on Tuesday to fix and build the homes of Northern Territory Indigenous people is not new money.
Mobile teams 'doomed to failure'
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Mobile teams of health professionals visiting remote Aboriginal communities must be integrated with existing health services, the Fred Hollows Foundation says.
Indigenous health campaign kicks off
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The nation's leaders have been challenged to take concrete steps to boost the health and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians on the first National Close the Gap Day.
NSWALC welcomes state govt inquiry into life expectancy gap
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has welcomed a state government inquiry to investigate the difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Brough "a bit confused" over SBS "porn" in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough has accidentally admitted he hasn't read at least one key section of the Little Children Are Sacred report, despite claiming it was the catalyst for the federal government's half billion dollar fight against child abuse in remote Aboriginal communities.
Welfare latest move in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal people from four central Australian communities had half of their welfare payments quarantined from Monday in a federal government bid to stop the money being spent on alcohol, drugs and pornography.
Porn bans hit the Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's pornography bans started in the Northern Territory this week.
Review called over CDEP alternatives
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government needs to review its alternatives to Community Development Employment Programs (CDEP), a group of remote Aboriginal service providers says.
Care for country under threat: NLC
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Canberra needs to ensure jobs and wages for Aboriginal rangers or risk programs that protect the Northern Territory's unique environment, the Northern Land Council (NLC) says.
Thousands of tourists face alcohol bans in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Under new restrictions that began on the weekend, thousands of tourists will be banned from having a beer while fishing on river banks or camping in many Northern Territory national parks.
NT alcohol changes will spark backlash: Crossin
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Federal government changes to its Northern Territory alcohol restrictions will spark an enormous backlash but won't stop Indigenous people getting drunk, a Labor senator says.
Alcohol ban for Fitzroy Crossing
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The strictest liquor licensing conditions in Western Australia could soon be slapped on the troubled Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing.
New national Aboriginal body to counter govt policy
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leaders have formed a national representative body to counter what they say is government dominance of the Indigenous policy agenda in the wake of Canberra's intervention in the Northern Territory.
NT intervention supporters 'naive': Dodson
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson has described the Howard government's intervention in the Northern Territory as a sinister attempt to extinguish Indigenous culture.
Qld ministry reshuffle puts women in hot seats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: For the first time in Australian political history - at either a state or federal level - two women will assume ultimate responsibility for Indigenous affairs in Queensland, following the swearing in last week of the new Queensland government's ministry.
A Major call on Bligh to give hope to Cape folk
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Premier Anna Bligh must shape a new future for Queensland's Indigenous people by decreasing the welfare dependency that is crippling Cape York communities, Young Australian of the Year Tania Major says.
NITV viewing numbers to rise on Foxtel, Austar
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A note to Eddie McGuire. Increasing the potential audience share of a television channel by about 25-fold is not only do-able, it's actually being done.
Stolen Gen bill introduced by Democrats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A bill to set up a compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation has been introduced into the Senate by the Australian Democrats.
Police start work in Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eleven police officers from Queensland started work in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities last Wednesday as part of the federal government's 'emergency intervention'.
Third world eye programs needed here
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eye services similar to those available in third world countries are needed to help fight rising rates of blindness in Aboriginal communities, experts say.
New centre for health studies
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A new Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland is uniquely placed to attract Indigenous students to health professions and generate real health benefits for communities, according to Centre Director, Professor Cindy Shannon.
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Getting Indigenous kids to school
Life Matters ABC Radio National (Streaming audio, MP3)
From the beginning of the 2009 school year, as part of the federal government's controversial intervention policy in the Northern Territory's Indigenous communities, Centrelink will be able to 'manage' the welfare payments of Indigenous parents whose children are repeatedly absent from school.
It's a plan prominent Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson has long been advocating to encourage responsible parenting.
And it's a simple concept, if your children don't go to school, Centrelink will step in and manage your money for you. But is that a fair trade-off? Is it reasonable to expect Indigenous parents to be held solely responsible for chronic absenteeism? And, most importantly, will it get kids to school?
From the beginning of the 2009 school year, as part of the federal government's controversial intervention policy in the Northern Territory's Indigenous communities, Centrelink will be able to 'manage' the welfare payments of Indigenous parents whose children are repeatedly absent from school.
It's a plan prominent Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson has long been advocating to encourage responsible parenting.
And it's a simple concept, if your children don't go to school, Centrelink will step in and manage your money for you. But is that a fair trade-off? Is it reasonable to expect Indigenous parents to be held solely responsible for chronic absenteeism? And, most importantly, will it get kids to school?
NT Intervention: Sue Gordon
Life Matters ABC Radio National August 29, 2007 (Streaming Audio, MP3)
Yesterday the Prime Minister was in Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs, on his first visit to an Aboriginal community since the announcement of the Commonwealth's intervention in the Northern Territory.
By his side was Sue Gordon, the Chair of the Northern Territory emergency response task force, set up to tackle child sexual abuse in aboriginal communities. Sue Gordon has visited many communities since that announcement, and she is still going in by invitation only, to talk about the aims of the task force. This week she's speaking at a conference in Canberra on the integration of early childhood services -from an indigenous perspective.
Yesterday the Prime Minister was in Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs, on his first visit to an Aboriginal community since the announcement of the Commonwealth's intervention in the Northern Territory.
By his side was Sue Gordon, the Chair of the Northern Territory emergency response task force, set up to tackle child sexual abuse in aboriginal communities. Sue Gordon has visited many communities since that announcement, and she is still going in by invitation only, to talk about the aims of the task force. This week she's speaking at a conference in Canberra on the integration of early childhood services -from an indigenous perspective.
The transformation of Aboriginal communities in crisis; what does it entail?
CAEPR Seminar Series August 22, 2007 (Streaming audio, MP3)
—David Martin (Visiting Fellow, CAEPR)
Abstract: This seminar is set against the background of the Federal government's 'National emergency' response to the Children are Sacred report into child abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. It is based as much on my personal experience of living and working in a remote community, and raising an Aboriginal son within and outside that community, as it is on my anthropological research.
There are understandable reasons why many commentators have expressed cynicism about the response, given that the matters canvassed by the report have been placed before governments for decades now. Nonetheless, the available evidence demonstrates that in many Aboriginal communities, and not just those in the Northern Territory, there is indeed a deep crisis around a cluster of factors such as extremely high levels of interpersonal violence, abuse including that of children, and severe alcohol and drug abuse.
The government's response as announced thus far involves a curious mix of short and longer-term initiatives. The seminar argues that the restoration of social order in severely dysfunctional communities is a defensible intervention to establish the conditions for change—if the long-term goal is the transformation of Aboriginal societies to more sustainable forms, as it must be. However, in the absence of a very substantial commitment by governments to redress the well documented historic deficits in such areas as health, housing, and education, such change cannot and will not take place. In particular, without these essential precursors, the reliance on Aboriginal personal responsibility leveraged through market-based incentives simply avoids government responsibility, and will fail as an instrument of sustainable change. .....
—David Martin (Visiting Fellow, CAEPR)
Abstract: This seminar is set against the background of the Federal government's 'National emergency' response to the Children are Sacred report into child abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. It is based as much on my personal experience of living and working in a remote community, and raising an Aboriginal son within and outside that community, as it is on my anthropological research.
There are understandable reasons why many commentators have expressed cynicism about the response, given that the matters canvassed by the report have been placed before governments for decades now. Nonetheless, the available evidence demonstrates that in many Aboriginal communities, and not just those in the Northern Territory, there is indeed a deep crisis around a cluster of factors such as extremely high levels of interpersonal violence, abuse including that of children, and severe alcohol and drug abuse.
The government's response as announced thus far involves a curious mix of short and longer-term initiatives. The seminar argues that the restoration of social order in severely dysfunctional communities is a defensible intervention to establish the conditions for change—if the long-term goal is the transformation of Aboriginal societies to more sustainable forms, as it must be. However, in the absence of a very substantial commitment by governments to redress the well documented historic deficits in such areas as health, housing, and education, such change cannot and will not take place. In particular, without these essential precursors, the reliance on Aboriginal personal responsibility leveraged through market-based incentives simply avoids government responsibility, and will fail as an instrument of sustainable change. .....
Educational outcomes of children on guardianship or custody orders
Nicole Hunter and Sushma Mathur / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This paper highlights key findings from a pilot study comparing the academic performance of children on orders with that of all children sitting the tests, and examines the influence of factors such as Indigenous status, sex, living arrangements (for example, foster care) and length of time on orders
This paper highlights key findings from a pilot study comparing the academic performance of children on orders with that of all children sitting the tests, and examines the influence of factors such as Indigenous status, sex, living arrangements (for example, foster care) and length of time on orders
National Indigenous Times
Issue 136 23 August 2007
BLACK FRIDAY: Turner devastated by racist laws
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: It's the blackest Friday ever in modern Australian history.” That's how Pat Turner - formerly the nation's most senior Indigenous bureaucrat - described the passage of the federal government's NT intervention legislation.
NT govt announces $286m abuse plan
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government has announced a $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage, in its official response to the child abuse report that prompted federal intervention.
Mutitjulu divided under permit scrap
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Tourists will be able to wander the Central Australian community of Mutitjulu while rangers' accommodation only a few metres away is off limits to the public, says the Central Land Council (CLC).
Brough labels NT 'Closing the Gap' campaign as “underwhelming”Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough has labelled the Northern Territory government's response to the Little Children Are Sacred report as “underwhelming”, adding that it fails to address the needs of the current generation of Aboriginal children.
NT plan “good and practical”: Macklin
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government's $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage is a “good and practical start”, says federal Labor's Indigenous affairs spokeswoman Jenny Macklin.
Internet system to help with Aboriginal child health: Abbott Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The federal government says a new internet-based health system for remote areas will ensure health issues identified in Aboriginal children are properly followed up.
CDEP cuts put age and disability services at riskIssue 136, August 23, 2007: Care of the elderly and disabled in the town camps of Alice Springs is under threat because of a $98,0000 shortfall following the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
CDEP scraps hurt artists: ANKAAA
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Thousands of Aboriginal artists will have their livelihoods threatened by the abolition of the permit system and the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) , says their representative body.
Indigenous population continues healthy growth: ABSIssue 126, August 23, 2007: The Indigenous Australian population continues to record healthy growth, according to new figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Library's Indig work wins award
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A program teaching Aboriginal people in remote communities to read, use technology and preserve their culture has won the Northern Territory Library (NTL) a high-profile international award.
THE BIG READ: Heartbreak HillIssue 136, August 23, 2007: This month, the federal government rushed its NT emergency intervention legislation through parliament. The haste was indecent, to say nothing of the actual laws. In the end, after feigning moral indignation about some aspects of the laws, the Labor Party gave the legislation its full support. Both major parties passed the measures in the face of massive opposition from Indigenous leaders. Here are just some of the black voices that the Labor and Liberal parties ignored.
Nura Gili $1m richerIssue 136, August 13, 2007: Global financial services firm UBS has committed to a major investment in support of Indigenous programs at the University of New South Wales.
Priority Schools for a fair go
Issue 136, August 13, 2007: Education and Training Director-General, Michael Coutts-Trotter has praised the schools working through the Priority Schools Program as a living example of the Australian value of a “fair go for all”.
Bush business course takes off
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A course in the Northern Territory is showing Aboriginal people how to build successful enterprises based on local natural resources.
BLACK FRIDAY: Turner devastated by racist laws
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: It's the blackest Friday ever in modern Australian history.” That's how Pat Turner - formerly the nation's most senior Indigenous bureaucrat - described the passage of the federal government's NT intervention legislation.
NT govt announces $286m abuse plan
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government has announced a $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage, in its official response to the child abuse report that prompted federal intervention.
Mutitjulu divided under permit scrap
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Tourists will be able to wander the Central Australian community of Mutitjulu while rangers' accommodation only a few metres away is off limits to the public, says the Central Land Council (CLC).
Brough labels NT 'Closing the Gap' campaign as “underwhelming”Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough has labelled the Northern Territory government's response to the Little Children Are Sacred report as “underwhelming”, adding that it fails to address the needs of the current generation of Aboriginal children.
NT plan “good and practical”: Macklin
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government's $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage is a “good and practical start”, says federal Labor's Indigenous affairs spokeswoman Jenny Macklin.
Internet system to help with Aboriginal child health: Abbott Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The federal government says a new internet-based health system for remote areas will ensure health issues identified in Aboriginal children are properly followed up.
CDEP cuts put age and disability services at riskIssue 136, August 23, 2007: Care of the elderly and disabled in the town camps of Alice Springs is under threat because of a $98,0000 shortfall following the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
CDEP scraps hurt artists: ANKAAA
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Thousands of Aboriginal artists will have their livelihoods threatened by the abolition of the permit system and the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) , says their representative body.
Indigenous population continues healthy growth: ABSIssue 126, August 23, 2007: The Indigenous Australian population continues to record healthy growth, according to new figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Library's Indig work wins award
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A program teaching Aboriginal people in remote communities to read, use technology and preserve their culture has won the Northern Territory Library (NTL) a high-profile international award.
THE BIG READ: Heartbreak HillIssue 136, August 23, 2007: This month, the federal government rushed its NT emergency intervention legislation through parliament. The haste was indecent, to say nothing of the actual laws. In the end, after feigning moral indignation about some aspects of the laws, the Labor Party gave the legislation its full support. Both major parties passed the measures in the face of massive opposition from Indigenous leaders. Here are just some of the black voices that the Labor and Liberal parties ignored.
Nura Gili $1m richerIssue 136, August 13, 2007: Global financial services firm UBS has committed to a major investment in support of Indigenous programs at the University of New South Wales.
Priority Schools for a fair go
Issue 136, August 13, 2007: Education and Training Director-General, Michael Coutts-Trotter has praised the schools working through the Priority Schools Program as a living example of the Australian value of a “fair go for all”.
Bush business course takes off
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A course in the Northern Territory is showing Aboriginal people how to build successful enterprises based on local natural resources.
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
NT Indigenous intervention legislation
The Law Report. ABC Radio
21 August 2007
Last week the Senate passed 500 pages-worth of legislation aimed at tackling abuse of children in Aboriginal communities. Supporters say drastic action is required to protect kids. Opponents say the legislation will destroy Top End Indigenous communities.
21 August 2007
Last week the Senate passed 500 pages-worth of legislation aimed at tackling abuse of children in Aboriginal communities. Supporters say drastic action is required to protect kids. Opponents say the legislation will destroy Top End Indigenous communities.
Friday, 10 August 2007
NT national emergency response Bills 2007—interim Bills Digest
Information and Research Service, Parliamentary Library
The provisions in the present legislative package flow from measures announced by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on 21 June, in response to the Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, 2007, Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little Children are Sacred"- authored by Pat Anderson and Rex Wild (Anderson/Wild report). Many commentators have noted, however, that there appears to be very little overlap between the 97 recommendations of the NT report and the measures which the Federal Government announced and to which it now seeks to give effect
The provisions in the present legislative package flow from measures announced by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on 21 June, in response to the Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, 2007, Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little Children are Sacred"- authored by Pat Anderson and Rex Wild (Anderson/Wild report). Many commentators have noted, however, that there appears to be very little overlap between the 97 recommendations of the NT report and the measures which the Federal Government announced and to which it now seeks to give effect
Monday, 23 July 2007
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
Vol 7 No 3 in progress July 2007 - September 2007: ISSN 1445-7253
A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Contents
Original articles (peer-reviewed)
Reviews (peer-reviewed)
Brief reports (peer-reviewed)
Current topics
* Responses to the report: Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: little children are sacred added 11 July 2007
Journal articles
* Acute rheumatic fever: Adherence to secondary prophylaxis and follow up of * Indigenous patients in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory added 11 July 2007
* Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the "U Mob Yarn Up" project added 11 July 2007
*Rising to the health challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: what will it take? added 11 July 2007
* Treatment of long-standing, poor-healing diabetic foot ulcers with topical negative pressure in the Torres Strait added 11 July 2007
Reports and publications
* Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: little children are sacred added 11 July 2007
* Evaluation of the Bringing Them Home and Indigenous Mental Health Programs, final report added 11 July 2007
* Social justice report 2006 added 11 July 2007
* Native title report 2006 added 11 July 2007
Resources
* Safe Homes Safe Kids: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child home safety guide added 11 July 2007
Conference abstracts and papers
* Child and Maternal Health Promotion Forum added 11 July 2007
Theses
* Regional variation of end stage renal disease in Indigenous Australians added 11 July 2007
Websites
* Black Words - an initiative of AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature added 11 July 2007
A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Contents
Original articles (peer-reviewed)
Reviews (peer-reviewed)
Brief reports (peer-reviewed)
Current topics
* Responses to the report: Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: little children are sacred added 11 July 2007
Journal articles
* Acute rheumatic fever: Adherence to secondary prophylaxis and follow up of * Indigenous patients in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory added 11 July 2007
* Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the "U Mob Yarn Up" project added 11 July 2007
*Rising to the health challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: what will it take? added 11 July 2007
* Treatment of long-standing, poor-healing diabetic foot ulcers with topical negative pressure in the Torres Strait added 11 July 2007
Reports and publications
* Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: little children are sacred added 11 July 2007
* Evaluation of the Bringing Them Home and Indigenous Mental Health Programs, final report added 11 July 2007
* Social justice report 2006 added 11 July 2007
* Native title report 2006 added 11 July 2007
Resources
* Safe Homes Safe Kids: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child home safety guide added 11 July 2007
Conference abstracts and papers
* Child and Maternal Health Promotion Forum added 11 July 2007
Theses
* Regional variation of end stage renal disease in Indigenous Australians added 11 July 2007
Websites
* Black Words - an initiative of AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature added 11 July 2007
CAEPR Topical Issue: Costing the NT Intervention
'Stabilise, normalise and exit = $4 billion: Cheap at the price?' by Jon
Altman [29 June 2007]
Altman [29 June 2007]
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Beyond Indigenous Child Health Checks
Life Matters on ABC Radio National
Thursday July 5th 2007 (repeated 9pm)
9am - 10am live with Richard Aedy
Representatives of the Indigenous Doctors Association are meeting the Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott in Sydney this morning, to put their prescription for rolling out the child health checks in the Northern Territory.
The association's president, Dr Mark Wenitong, will tell the minister that regional indigenous health units should do the co-ordinating, and should orientate any health teams who come in.
He will also argue that the health checks will be meaningless without sustained back-up services for the longer term.
Thursday July 5th 2007 (repeated 9pm)
9am - 10am live with Richard Aedy
Representatives of the Indigenous Doctors Association are meeting the Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott in Sydney this morning, to put their prescription for rolling out the child health checks in the Northern Territory.
The association's president, Dr Mark Wenitong, will tell the minister that regional indigenous health units should do the co-ordinating, and should orientate any health teams who come in.
He will also argue that the health checks will be meaningless without sustained back-up services for the longer term.
Monday, 2 July 2007
SNAICC News
SNAICC's response to the Federal Government's 'Emergency repsonse to protect Aboriginal children in NT
SNAICC continues to respond to the Federal government's announced emergency measures to respond to child abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Find out more about SNAICC's response here.
SNAICC continues to respond to the Federal government's announced emergency measures to respond to child abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Find out more about SNAICC's response here.
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse - Summary
The following is a summary of the Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse 2007.
Purpose of the Board of Inquiry
The Board of Inquiry was created by the Northern Territory Government in August 2006 to research and report on allegations of sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. The Chief Minister asked the Inquiry to investigate concerns about serious child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities. The Inquiry was established to find better ways to protect Aboriginal children from sexual abuse.
Purpose of the Board of Inquiry
The Board of Inquiry was created by the Northern Territory Government in August 2006 to research and report on allegations of sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. The Chief Minister asked the Inquiry to investigate concerns about serious child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities. The Inquiry was established to find better ways to protect Aboriginal children from sexual abuse.
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