| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Four corners (Television program)
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| Summary |
"For years he’s warned that welfare payments sit down money - have encouraged irresponsibility and a hand out mentality in indigenous communities. Now Noel Pearson is trying to tackle the situation head on. In 2006 Pearson’s Cape York Institute began a trial project to rehabilitate several communities on the Cape. Coen, Aurukun, Mossman Gorge and Hopevale have all been ravaged by addiction and abuse. The most controversial aspect of the plan is to link behaviour to welfare payments. Over the past eight months Four Corners has had unique access to these communities as Pearson and his team have battled to get their vision accepted and implemented. The program tracks both the resistance to these reforms,as well as the enthusiasm and determination by others to turn their lives around. The program also shows Pearson’s pragmatic manoeuvring in an election year and his close contact with Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Mal Brough. Pearson talks candidly about the tough political choices he has to make. During the making of this program the Prime Minister declared Aboriginal child abuse in the Northern Territory a national emergency and announced "major measures" to take control of the Territory’s Aboriginal communities. Much of the Federal Government’s efforts reflect the Pearson plan. The hurdles thrown up by the Cape York reforms give an insight into the difficulties the Federal Government will face in the Northern Territory. Noel Pearson broadly supports the intervention but details his concerns to Four Corners."--website |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast July 16, 2006. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Producer: Michael Doyle |
| Performer |
Reporter: Matthew Carney |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
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No rating given |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Public welfare -- Northern Territory
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Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northern Territory
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Child abuse -- Australia -- Prevention
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| Author |
Carney, Matthew
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Doyle, Michael
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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