Australia. Tracking the Intervention
Description
Shocked at the extent of child abuse in Aboriginal communities, the Australian government in 2007 declared the situation a national emergency and ordered the military to intervene. Control was seized of 73 communities that had been under indigenous rule, bans on alcohol and pornography put in place, and a complex system of welfare payments was instituted that sometimes left recipients without funds - and with their self-esteem in tatters. This program investigates the Australian government's controversial - some say racist - intervention in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal communities, considering whether cultural factors have doomed the action to failure.
Runtime
44 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2008
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