116 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Background: Consultations; Self-determination -- The Senate inquiry: The intervention -- Key areas of legislation: Alcohol; Food security; Land reform; Customary law; Income management; School attendance (SEAM) -- Evidence provided to the Committee at the Canberra Hearings -- The decision to discriminate: The committee; The report; The terms of reference; Review of the legislation; The parliamentary process -- Appendices
Summary
Important historical record that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows how the Government decision-making process chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory communities in much the same way as has happened since colonisation
Analysis
Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal reconciliation
Aborigines
Attitudes
Australian
Australian Aboriginal studies (Northern Territory)
Civil & human rights (Northern Territory)
Legislation
Members
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Emergency Response
Racial discrimination
Self determination
Senate committees
State government (Northern Territory)
Notes
"First published in 2012 by 'concerned Australians'"--t.p verso