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In August 2007, the Australian Government, citing rising levels of child sex abuse, drug and alcohol addiction and domestic violence, launched an 'emergency intervention' into some Northern Territory Indigenous communities. Parliament passed controversial legislation assuming a five-year lease over Indigenous settlements in order to provide additional welfare, health and schooling services.

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A basis for scepticism

Matt Golding — The Age, 26 July 2007

Cartoon showing caricatures of Indigenous leaders commenting on reports of abuse of Indigenous children from 2003, with John Howard reading a pre-election poll and saying in 2007, 'This is a national emergency'.




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