Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called on the federal government to intervene in the NT's Central Land Council after revelations about the criminal history of its chair Warren Williams.
At a rally in Alice Springs last year, Warren Williams admitted to previously hitting his wife, but says "everyone deserves a second chance".Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called on the federal government to intervene in the Central Land Council after revelations about the criminal history of its chair Warren Williams .
Central Land Council chairman Warren Williams, who was appointed to the role in September last year, opened up about his criminal past at Aboriginal men and boys led a march through Alice Springs in December in response to a landmark domestic violence coronial inquest.The CLC, which represents about 24,000 Aboriginal Territorians, responded on January 22 with police records for Mr Williams, saying it had "not sought a police history check for the deputy chair".
"He will drive all night to get to sessions because he knows that his lived experience is what those men need to see and hear.
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