TIME TO END 10 YEARS OF INTERVENTION
IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY:
EMINENT AUSTRALIANS STATEMENT LAUNCH
Eminent Australians Statement: please click here
Eminent Australians statement also at
Melbourne Catholic
http://melbournecatholic.org.au/News/eminent-australians-join-voices-to-call-for-an-end-to-the-nt-intervention
St Vincent de Paul Society
The CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Dr John Falzon, has joined over 200 eminent Australians calling for an immediate end to the Federal Government’s disastrous Intervention in the remote communities.
https://www.vinnies.org.au/page/News/National/National_News_Items_2017/Statement_of_Eminent_Australians/
The Statement of Eminent Australians was launched in Melbourne on Monday, 28 August 2017 by 'concerned Australians'
A significant group of eminent Australians are calling for an end to ongoing racism and injustice and an end to the ongoing destructive Intervention in the Northern Territory. Their statement was released at the Melbourne Law School on Monday, 28 August 2017.
First Nations' people from the Northern Territory - Dr D. Gondarra OAM, Helen Nyomba Gandangu (Convener for Yolngu Nations Assembly), Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM and her granddaughter Amelia Pangarte - had travelled down from the Northern Territory to speak.
Signatories Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Jeff McMullen AM and Professor Jon Altman AM - who have been joined by a large group of eminent supporters across the fields of law, health, academia and the arts in a new statement of support - were in discussion with the visitors about the calls from NT Elders and Leaders of June 2017 to be found here*
*Calls of NT Elders and Leaders of those impacted by the NT Intervention, June 2017 at http://www.respectandlisten.or g/uploads/downloads/Misc/Elder s-Statement-10yrs-NTER-29-6-17 .pdf
Monday 28th August, 2017 - 5.15pm - 7.15pm at the Melbourne Law School, G08 Theatre, 185 Pelham Street, For the Map, please click here
For the flyer: please click here
Media Release of 27 Aug 17: please click here
also at: http://melbournecatholic.org.au/Melbourne-News/time-to-end-10-years-of-intervention-in-the-northern-territory-statement-from-eminent-australians
Media Release of 25 Aug 17: please click here
Professor Gillian Triggs, the immediate outgoing President of the AHRC and supporter of the statement, provided opening remarks.
3CR Community Radio - Solidarity Breakfast - 9 Sept 17
Eminent Australians' against NT Intervention - Gillian Triggs & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks II This is the Week that Was II Bruce Pascoe & Dark Emu
To download: http://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/solidarity-breakfast/2017/09/09/0730/201709090730_solidarity-breakfast_64.mp3
'concerned Australians' organised the launch of the Eminent Australians' statement calling for an end to the failed NT Intervention on 28 August at the Melbourne University Law School. Over 200 Eminent Australians have put their name to this important statement here. ...
http://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast/episode-201709090730/eminent-australians-against-nt-intervention-gillian-triggs
1:29 mins - Annie McLoughlin, Presenter - talks about the Melbourne Forum of 28 Aug 17
5:30 mins - Professor Gillian Triggs, Vice Chancellor's Fellow Melbourne University, immediate Past President of the Australian Human
Rights Commission - speech
14:26 mins - Annie McLoughlin about Intervention
15:22 mins - Prof. Gillian Triggs - speech continued
25:16 mins - Annie McLoughlin
25:53 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM announcing Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM
26:20 mins - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM - speech
http://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast
CAAMA - It's not rocket science...whitefella's don't know what's best for blackfella's... - 8 Sept 17
Hundreds of eminent Australians who gathered at the Melbourne Law School have called for an immediate end to Northern Territory Intervention and the special measures which have now been in place for 10 years.
The meeting supported calls by Aboriginal Elders for an end to government control of community living areas and the return of community control of housing, employment and local governance. ...
http://caama.com.au/news/2017/its-not-rocket-science-whitefellas-dont-know-whats-best-for-blackfellas
3CR Community Radio - 4 Sept 17
3CR - Racism and the NT Intervention - Monday, 4 September 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Jeff McMullen and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks both talked about a statement that was launched at Melbourne University Law School on the 28th of August. Ten years of Federal Government's Intervention in the Northern Territory, illustrates the continuing discrimination, racism and lack of justice towards Indigenous people. 'concerned Australians' organised this launch. Rosalie also spoke about her experiences on country and her childhood.
To download: http://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/doin-time/2017/09/04/1600/201709041600_doin-time_64.mp3
http://www.3cr.org.au/dointime/episode-201709041600/racism-and-nt-intervention
http://www.3cr.org.au/dointime
CAAMA News 30-08-2017
http://caama.com.au/news/2017/caama-news-30-08-2017
3CR Commnity Radio - 29 Aug 17
A Breakfast Current Affairs Selection
- interview with Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu about 8 mins into programme
... We’ll hear Ayaan speak with Lara Watson about the First Nations Workers Alliance, and then interview Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu from the Yolnju Nations Assembly about the impact of more than ten years of the Northern Territory Emergency response. ...
To download audio: please click here
http://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode-201709040830/breakfast-current-affairs-selection
About Tuesday Breakfast - Tuesday 29 August 2017
7:15am Ayaan speaks with Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu from the Yolnju Nations Assembly, and the YNA Convener and cultural adviser. She speaks about the impact of the National Territory Emergency Response on her community and the importance of community consultation and self-determination.
7:30am Ayaan and Ruby speak with Lara Watson about the First Nations Workers Alliance and why the Community Development program unfairly targets First Nations workers.
http://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast
cA - Full Audio of launch - 1h 56 mins - 28 Aug 17
0:00 Professor Jennifer Morgan Interim Dean Melbourne Law School
1:12 Rev Glenn Loughrey, Wiradjuri man, Anglican Priest and Artist
3:02 The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Chair Children’s Rights International, human rights advocate
7:00 Professor Gillian Triggs, Vice Chancellor's Fellow Melbourne University, immediate Past President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
26:03 Dr Jeff McMullen AM, Journalist, author, film maker
31:50 Rev Dr D. Gondarra OAM, Senior Elder of the Dhurili Clan Nation and Djirrikaymirr Spokesperson of the Yolngu Nations Assembly
56:07 Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM, NAIDOC Person of the Year 2015, Northern Territory Australian of the Year 2015, Dr Yunupingu Human Rights Award 2014
1:12 Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:14 Nyomba Gandangu, Gong-ganmirr - Convenor for Yolngu Nations Assembly
1:27 Amelia Pangarte Kunoth-Monks, Eastern Arrernte
1:32 Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:33:27 Professor Jon Altman, AM, FASSA, HFRSNZ Emeritus Professor, the Australian National University and research professor Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Melbourne
1:48 Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:49 The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
1:52 Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:54 Rev Glen Loughrey
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/mp3/Launch_Eminent_Persons_Statement_Aug_2017.mp3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4bk03jf02nem1a/cA%20Intervention%20Statement%20August%202017.mp3?dl=0
SBS-NITV radio - 30th August 17
COMMENCES AT 15 MINUTES 25 SECS:
Listen to NT Elders who travelled down from the NT calling for an end of the NT INTERVENTION -
OVER 200 EMINENT AUSTRALIANS SUPPORT THEIR CALLS
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/aboriginal
SBS Radio Living Black - 28 Aug 17
Professor Gillian Triggs 'Time to end 10 years of Intervention in the Northern Territory' Statement from Eminent Australians. Melbourne Law School.
https://www.facebook.com/SBSLivingBlackRadio/videos/806851372809927/
Jeff McMullen introducing Dr D Gondarra OM.
speaking at the Melbourne Law Centre 'Time to end 10 years of intervention in the Northern Territory' Statement from eminent Australians.
https://www.facebook.com/SBSLivingBlackRadio/videos/806864356141962/
Eastern Arrente Senior Woman, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks speaking at 'Time to end 10 years of intervention in the Northern Territory. Statement from eminent Australians.
https://www.facebook.com/SBSLivingBlackRadio/videos/806877569473974/
Wrapping up the evening' Time to end 10 years of intervention in the Northern Territory' Statement from eminent Australians.
https://www.facebook.com/SBSLivingBlackRadio/videos/806898626138535/
ABC RN - Monday 28 August 2017 on RN Breakfast
with Fran Kelly on RN - 22 mins into programme
Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Alastair Nicholson, has joined a group of high profile figures calling for an end to the Northern Territory invasion..Intervention beg your pardon. The Intervention was launched in 2007 by the
Howard Government in response to claims of widespread child abuse in Aboriginal communities. Justice Nicholson who is currently the chair of Children's Rights International says the Intervention hasn't achieved its objectives ...
http://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pej381pdEQ?play=true
Shane Howard FB - 1 photo
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154865485990814&set=a.109429510813.95414.527015813&type=3&theater
Gerry Terati Lyons FB - 9 photos
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154881992901966&set=pcb.10154881993521966&type=3&theater
Georgina Gartland FB - 39 photos
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1873268752690061&set=pcb.1873297742687162&type=3&theater
cA - 28 Aug 17
Photos from Bernadette McPhee Barbara Oehring and Georgina Gartland
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0kGbgKdZCJ8tg
Eminent Australians Forum 28th August 2017
Several Aboriginal Elders, along with well known campaigners, joined together at this forum to condemn the Intervention (rebadged as Stronger Futures) that has now operated in the Northern Territory for 10 years. It has had massive negative impacts on the lives of Aboriginal Australians, particularly in remote communities...
cA - Full Video of launch - 1h 54 mins - 28 Aug 17
0:07 - 1:04 mins - Professor Jennifer Morgan Interim Dean Melbourne Law School
1:04 - 2:43 mins - Rev Glenn Loughrey, Wiradjuri man, Anglican Priest and Artist
2:44 - 6:34 mins - The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Chair Children’s Rights International, human rights advocate
6:35 - 25:27 mins - Professor Gillian Triggs, Vice Chancellor's Fellow Melbourne University, immediate Past President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
25:28 - 31:07 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM, Journalist, author, film maker
31:08 - 54:15 mins - Rev Dr D. Gondarra OAM, Senior Elder of the Dhurili Clan Nation and Djirrikaymirr Spokesperson of the Yolngu Nations Assembly
54:16 - 54:35 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
54:36 - 1:10:45 mins - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM, NAIDOC Person of the Year 2015, Northern Territory Australian of the Year 2015, Dr Yunupingu Human Rights Award 2014
1:10:46 - 1:13:03 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:13:04 - 1:25:10 mins - Nyomba Gandangu, Gong-ganmirr - Convenor for Yolngu Nations Assembly
1:25:11 - 1:26:04 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:26:05 - 1:30:20 mins - Amelia Pangarte Kunoth-Monks, Eastern Arrernte
1:30:21 - 1:31:34 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:31:35 - 1:46:12 mins - Professor Jon Altman, AM, FASSA, HFRSNZ Emeritus Professor, the Australian National University and research professor Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Melbourne
1:46:13 - 1:47:38 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:47:39 - 1:50:37 mins - The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
1:50:44 - 1:52:51 mins - Dr Jeff McMullen AM
1:52:52 - end - Rev Glen Loughrey
https://youtu.be/CwgX4h-uJx8
Youtube - Launch of the Eminent Australians statement
5 minute clip of event
https://youtu.be/d-z9bWdi6gw
Youtube - Prof. Jon Altman interview about the NT Intervention
https://youtu.be/i498zNOHDw4
YouTube - Former Human Right Commissioner Gillian Triggs Declares The NT Intervention A Failure - 29 Aug 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16hj2Vd6FA
https://youtu.be/l16hj2Vd6FA
NITV News - Season 2017 Episode 172 — NITV News 29 August 17
about 2 mins into the programme
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1025558083823/nitv-news-29-august
NITV - The Point - Season 2017 Episode 86 - 29 Aug 17
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1025558083737/The-Point-S2017-Ep86
NITV News - Season 2017 Episode 171 — NITV News 28 August 17
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1024456259952/nitv-news-28-august
NITV - The Point - Season 2017 Episode 85 - 28 Aug 17
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1024460355709/The-Point-S2017-Ep85
NIT - Elders, Altman call for apology, end to intervention - 6 Sept 17
... “It’s a biodiversity threat. You could see disease coming from feral animals and issues like that, but also the whole management of these remote lands is being undertaken by Indigenous people living in these remote communities.
“They are providing a national service and they should be recognised and properly rewarded for the work they do. These are communities that are of strategic, economic and environmental value to the nation and we should support them and not demean them.”
Professor Altman said the Australian and NT government neglected remote communities, which were important centres for Indigenous language and culture.
He said a decade of federal government intervention in NT Aboriginal communities had resulted in the most entrenched poverty in the nation. ...
https://nit.com.au/elders-altman-call-apology-end-intervention/
The Guardian - Northern Territory intervention violates international law, Gillian Triggs says - 2 Sept 17
Former human rights commissioner throws her support behind statement prepared with Indigenous elders that calls for the law to be repealed
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/02/northern-territory-intervention-violates-international-law-gillian-triggs-says?CMP=share_btn_fb
Melbourne Catholic - Interview: What is the NT Intervention? - 1 Sept 17
- includes photo and video clip with Jon Altman
This week, over 200 eminent Australians across the fields of law, health, academia and the arts called on the Federal Government to heed the pleas by Indigenous Elders for an immediate end to the discriminatory policies of the 2007 NT Intervention and legislation that followed. ...
https://melbournecatholic.org.au/News/interview-what-is-the-nt-intervention
CathNews - Eminent Australians call for the end to NT intervention - 31 Aug 17
More than 200 eminent Australians have called on the Turnbull government to heed the pleas by Indigenous elders for an end to the discriminatory policies of the 2007 NT Intervention and the legislation that followed, Melbourne Catholic reports. ...
http://cathnews.com/cathnews/30104-eminent-australians-call-for-the-end-to-nt-intervention
CAAMA News 30-08-2017
... Hundreds of eminent Australians have gathered at the Melbourne Law School this week calling for an immediate end to Northern Territory Intervention and the measures which have now been in place for 10 years. ...
http://caama.com.au/news/2017/caama-news-30-08-2017
Sky News - Triggs declares NT intervention a failure - 29 Aug 17
Former human rights commissioner Gillian Triggs has declared the Northern Territory intervention a failure at a forum marking 10 years since the Howard government plan was implemented. ...
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/federal/2017/08/29/triggs-declares-the-nt-intervention-a-failure.html
http://www.news.com.au/video/id-5348771529001-5555155627001/triggs-declares-the-nt-intervention-a-failure
Melbourne Catholic - Eminent Australians join voices to call for an end to the NT Intervention - 29 Aug 17
- includes photos and short video clip
... The Intervention, stated Professor Triggs, has led to disempowerment of the Aboriginal people, a total loss of dignity and respect. It was imposed from the top, without consultation.
And what, she asked, had it achieved in its ten years?
‘There was no significant difference. The impact continues to be negative. School attendance is down, sexual assault convictions have not dropped, indigenous youth incarcerations have increased. So too youth suicide in Aboriginal communities.’
‘Every measure has failed,’ said Professor Triggs, ‘because of a total lack of any meaningful engagement with Aboriginal communities, because of racially discriminatory laws that are in breach of fundamental human rights.’
The Indigenous Elders who had journeyed to Melbourne spoke of their despair at the prospect of another five years of the Intervention.
Dr Gondarra OAM (first name withheld for cultural reasons), Djirrikaymirr spokesperson for Yolgnu Nations Assembly said, ‘everything has been taken from our people. We have been left with nothing. The Intervention must stop.’
‘It is the government,’ he said, ‘that has created this damage and it is the government’s responsibility to repair that damage. It is time for a coming-together of people towards a lasting peace.
‘Let us begin a process. Come. Come and sit with us. Come and talk to us. We are innocent. You have taken everything from us. Please, now, come and talk to us.’
Dr Gondarra’s plea became more passionate.
‘In ten years our assets have been taken away, our community councils have been crushed.’
He also reminded his listeners of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s promise that there would be no more ‘stolen generations’.
‘But it’s still going on,’ he lamented.
‘I have a message to all the people of this land. If you believe in justice and all human rights, join us and make your voice heard too. The First People seek your comradeship and your solidarity.’
‘We need to re-write the history of this country,’ he concluded. ‘It’s not 229 years old!’
Also addressing the gathering, having travelled from the Northern Territory, was Rosalie Kunoth- Monks OAM from the Eastern Arrernte.
Rosalie too described what she labelled as ‘the abusive assault, done with impunity, on our people.’
‘How long,’ she asked, ‘are we – collectively as Australians – going to tolerate this outrage, these unmentionable crimes committed against my people?
‘I was there 10 years ago when the police and the army arrived. Nothing has changed. Just my pain – it has doubled.’
To great applause from her audience, Rosalie pointed out that the current farce in Canberra over dual citizenships would never be happening if the Aboriginal people were in charge!
Her final remark, however, was much more sombre.
‘It’s not a joke when kids hang themselves.’ ...
http://melbournecatholic.org.au/Melbourne-News/eminent-australians-join-voices-to-call-for-an-end-to-the-nt-intervention
The Age - Australian values: Whither my country on matters of morality? - 29 Aug 17
...Scrap NT Intervention
The former Chief Justice of the Family Court, Alastair Nicholson, has called for the scrapping of the "Intervention" in the Northern Territory. Introduced 10 years ago, it purported to try to root out paedophilia in remote Indigenous communities.
This was a false claim. No paedophiles have been arrested. It is a failed policy.
However, its real aim was to assimilate traditionally oriented Aboriginal people. In conjunction with the NT government, self-management through locally elected town councils was swept away in 2008 in favour of shire councils run by the government.
Bilingual education was abolished, endangering the survival of dozens of Indigenous languages. This now needs to be reversed. Relationships between First Nations people and other Australians will only improve when the former are seen as part of the solution, and not just "the problem". Scrap the Intervention now.
Ian Yule, St Albans Park ...
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/australian-values-whither-my-country-on-matters-of-morality-20170828-gy5mdr.html
SBS Radio - 'Not we who are the savages': call to repeal NT Intervention - 28 Aug 17
Indigenous elders are meeting in Melbourne to launch a collaborative statement to the Federal Government calling for the immediate repeal of the Northern Territory Intervention. ...
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/08/28/not-we-who-are-savages-call-repeal-nt-intervention
https://player.fm/series/sbs-world-news-radio/not-we-who-are-the-savages-call-to-repeal-nt-intervention
also included in: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1024456259952/nitv-news-28-august
http://www.goveonline.com.au/not-savages-call-repeal-nt-intervention/
ABC Speaking Out - Speaking out - 27 Aug 17 -
20:52 mins - into the programme announcement,
21:15 mins - Yothu Yindi - Healing Stone,
24:49 mins - NT Intervention: Dr Djiniyini Gondarra (until 35:14)
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/speaking-out/8825434
Independent Australia - Voices of reason call for immediate end to NT Indigenous Intervention - 27 Aug 17
Hundreds of eminent Australians will tomorrow in Melbourne add their support to Indigenous Elders' calls to end the NT Intervention. 'Is the Federal Government deaf to voices of reason?' asks Jeff McMullen. ...
https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/voices-of-reason-call-for-immediate-end-to-indigenous-intervention,10655
https://antinuclear.net/2017/08/28/voices-of-reason-call-for-immediate-end-to-nt-indigenous-intervention/
Koori Mail - Call to put an end to discriminatory NT Intervention after ten years - 27 Aug 17
A GROUP of eminent Australians is calling on the Federal Government to end discriminatory policies in the Northern Territory. Their statement says that 10 years of the NT Intervention is too long. Yolngu Elder Reverend Dr Djiniyini Gondarra will be one of the speakers at an event at Melbourne University Law School on Monday, August 28, along with former NT Australian of the Year Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, supporting a statement illustrating the continuing discrimination, racism and lack of justice towards Indigenous people. ...
http://koorimail.com/call-to-put-an-end-to-discriminatory-nt-intervention-after-ten-years/
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