At the NCCA
Relevant Resources about the NTER
The following is a collection of key reports and other relevant information about the NTER.
Reports
- Little Children are Sacred Report - http://www.inquirysaac.nt.gov.au/
- Report of the NTER Review board http://www.nterreview.gov.au/report.htm
- Submissions to the NTER Review Board http://www.nterreview.gov.au/subs.htm
Elders and NT Community members
- Gurindji media release
Gurindji_stop_Intervention.pdf - Video of Gurindji community http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guge6MI6cTA
- Rebuilding from the Ground Up - An alternative to the Northern Territory Intervention http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/rebuilding-from-the-ground-up-working-doc-14-5-11.pdf
- Elder's statement elders_statement_feb_11009.pdf
- Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM & Richard Trudgen 22 Feb 2011 - The Assent law of the first people: Principles of an effective legal system in Aboriginal communities Law_and_Justice_within_Indigenous_Communities_Final.pdf
Government and Government Departments:
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Government progress reports and the report on the "redesign" of the intervention are available at the Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs (FAHCSIA). http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/nter_reports/Pages/default.aspx
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The Productivity Commission produces reports for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). Not about the NTER, but relevant to Government's approach to Indigenous Affairs. http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/indigenous/keyindicators2009
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The Senate Select Committee on Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities has produced several reports which comments on the NTER as well as other issues facing rural and remote Indigenous Communities. It is well worth reading many of the submissions to the inquiry. http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/Committee/indig_ctte/reports/index.htm
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The Northern Territory Government Outstations Policy Discussion Paper http://www.workingfuture.nt.gov.au/outstations.html
United Nations and other International Bodies.
- Navi Pillay interview on Caama Radio
Caama interview - Navi Pillay UNHCR press statement Navi Pillay statement May 2011
- CERD report -
CERD-C-AUS-CO-15_17.doc - Professor Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples report on the NTER is at http://www.ncca.org.au/departments/natsiec/advocacy/issues or at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/docs/ReportVisitAustralia.pdf
- Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development: Report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people. Addendum - The situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/docs/ReportVisitAustralia.pdf
Links to reports that were presented to CERD UN are:
- Freedom Respect Equality Dignity: Action - NGO Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Australia. UNCERD_Submission.pdf
- Loss of Rights - The Despair of Aboriginal Communities in the Northern Territory. A submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination _ Australia. http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
- Australian Human Rights Commission: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/AHRC_Australia77.pdf
- National Association of Community Legal Services: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/NACLCHRLRC_Australia77.pdf
- Intervention Rollback Action Group: www.rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com
- Amnesty International:http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/AI_Australia77.pdf
- National Native Title Council:http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/NNC_Australia77.doc
- Australian Government’s submission: www.dfat.gov.au
NGOs, Advocates and Others
- Statement by eminent Australians The_Statement_by_Eminent_Australians_dig.doc
- Article in Arena Magazine by Alistair Nicholson Alastair_Nicholson_Arena_Article.pdf
- Further articles on the NT Intervention from the National Indigenous Times Intervention_March_3_2011.pdf
- Articles on NT Intervention from the National Indigenous Times NIT_Intervention_coverage_17-02-11.pdf
- Interminable Intervention, article by Fr. Frank Brennan in Eureka Street http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=24939
- Pat Dodson Speech to UNSW Pat_Dodson_UNSW_November_2010_Final.pdf
- Speech by the Hon. Alistair Nicholson on Human Rights and The NT Intervention Alastair_Nicholson_-John_Barry_Mem__speech__3_.pdf
- Racism as usual by Paddy Gibson, Jumbunna, UTS Racism_as_usual_Paddy_Gibson.pdf
- Indigenous Expenditure - an analysis of spending in the Indigenous Affairs portfolio by the Parliamentary library IndigenousExpenditure.pdf
- Income Management and the Rights of Indigenous Australians to Equity, Jon Altman, CAEPR. http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Publications/topical/2010TI3.php
- Working for the BasicsCard in the Northern Territory. The impact of the Northern Territory Emergency Response and associated policies on employment conditions in NT Aboriginal communities. Paddy Gibson, Jumbunna, UTS http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/publications/pdf/JIHLBP12.pdf
- Australian Human Rights Commission http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/intervention/index.html