Having been adopted into a Yolngu family and having been fortunate enough to have been shown the strength and integrity of the women at Yirrkala, I am concerned that the present intervention policy may undermine all the work they and others in the Top End have been doing for their community. It is good to see that there is an organisation dedicated to monitoring the effects of the intervention. I hope that the bodies responsible for the development of the programmes that follow will listen to and respect the feelings and needs of those in the communities affected.
Kay Walton, UK, 19th November 2007
As I said in my response to GETUP, kids I have worked with who have suffered sexual abuse were reported in the strictest confidence. These kids included Aboriginal kids. Nobody took them away nor did they take parental power, payments or anything else from them. The situation was dealt with properly by FAYS. Why should our people of the land be treated any differently? This is the infantalization of the Aboriginal people by Howard - A little man in more ways than I can list.
Myra Gargosky, SA 19th November 2007
The 2007 invasion of the Northern Territory is a continuation of this Govt's policy of genocide.
Margaret Beavis, NSW, 19th November 2007
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