The hardline Northern Territory Emergency Response was in place across the territory for 15 years. So, what was the policy that became better known as 'The Intervention'?
abc.net.au/news/what-was-the-northern-territory-emergency-response/101891110Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has introduced new alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs in response to rising crime levels in the Northern Territory town.will stop short of the hardline Northern Territory Emergency Response that was in place across the territory for 15 years.
That policy has been both hailed as a success and criticised as a racist, knee-jerk response that created new problems and risked demonising entire populations. National Voice for Our Children chief executive Catherine Liddle has said it is "impossible to police your way out of this", pointing to increased numbers of children in detention but a continuing rise in crime.The Little Children are Sacred report prompted the emergency response from the Howard government.
However, in 2006, a number of media stories reporting claims of sexual violence in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities — including two programs by
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