Pat Anderson co-wrote a landmark report on Aboriginal child abuse. She says years of neglect has led to the current crisis and the Voice to parliament is the way forward.
, used by the Howard government to justify the federal intervention in the Northern Territory – said anti-social behaviour and crime had been caused by 20 years of mistreatment of Indigenous Australians.Alex Ellinghausen
She said the federal intervention and the removal of shire councils had left communities and families powerless, without access to badly needed services. The Prime Minister and Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles announced a new ban on takeaway alcohol sales on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays for the next three months this week.
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