Tag Archives: Stronger Futures

THE WAY AHEAD: The new land grab

By Jeff McMullen, June 18, 2013
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NATIONAL: Neo-liberalism is a hungry beast and this 21st Century strain of capitalism is shaping the agenda for control of Aboriginal lands, writes JEFF MCMULLEN.

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EVIDENTLY: Rudd’s quiet revolution gets noisier

By Jon Altman, November 26, 2012
In December 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to targets to close the gap in Indigenous life expectancy. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (centre) addresses a press conference at the COAG meeting as state Premiers (L-R:) Morris Iemma (NSW), John Brumby (Victoria) and Anna Bligh (Queensland) look on at Government House in Melbourne. Today, the intergovernmental consensus has broken down as conservative governments have been elected in the states and territories. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)

NATIONAL: Intergovernmental consensus on Indigenous affairs is breaking down after the election of conservative state and territory governments, writes PROF JON ALTMAN*.

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Bid to kill off income managment fails

By Tracker, October 30, 2012
The BasicsCard, used to manage quarantined welfare payments for those living under the NT intervention. Compulsory income management will be rolled out into five disadvantaged centres around Australia from next year.

NATIONAL: Income management is a failed social experiment and should be killed off, the Senate has been told.

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Editorial Opinion: October 2012

By Amy McQuire, October 28, 2012

NATIONAL: Recently I was reading a story published by the Australian Associated Press. It was about the controversial Stronger Futures laws, the Gillard government’s 10-year extension of the NT intervention.

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BasicsCard placed on 96 people: Senate hearing

By Tracker, October 19, 2012
The BasicsCard, used to manage quarantined welfare payments for those living under the NT intervention. Compulsory income management will be rolled out into five disadvantaged centres around Australia from next year.

NATIONAL: Less than 100 people have been put on income management across five trial sites in Australia since the system was expanded in July, a Senate hearing has been told.

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NT leaders raise concerns with Mills

By Tracker, October 17, 2012
NT Chief Minister Terry Mills.

NATIONAL: Aboriginal leaders from Arnhem Land want the new Northern Territory chief minister to lobby the federal government to scrap the NT intervention program.

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Govt failing in remote areas: report

By Tracker, September 11, 2012
The town camp at Tennant Creek, five hours north of Alice Springs.

NATIONAL: Australia must reset its relationship with disempowered remote communities who feel left out of the national story because of dysfunctional governance, a report recommends.

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Govt dismissed UN concerns on Stronger Futures

By Tracker, September 6, 2012
The UN building in New York.

NATIONAL: The federal government did not formally respond to United Nations concerns about its plans to extend a Northern Territory intervention program until the legislation had passed parliament, new documents show.

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UN warns Aust govt against Stronger Futures… again

By Tracker, August 30, 2012
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya.

NATIONAL: Discrimination and stigmatisation of Aboriginal people could be exacerbated under the continuation the Northern Territory intervention program, United Nations experts have warned.

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We’ll be sorry for NT intervention: teen

By Tracker, August 24, 2012
A file shot of a protest against the NT intervention.

NATIONAL: By the time the federal government’s Northern Territory “intervention” expires in 10 years, Amelia Kunoth-Monks will have lived half her life under controls that she says are making her people feel scared and ashamed.

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