1. Hard paternalism.
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ABORIGINAL Australian social conditions , *GOVERNMENT relations with Aboriginal Australians , *CHILD sexual abuse , *INTERVENTION (Federal government) , *POLITICAL attitudes ,AUSTRALIAN politics & government, 1945- - Abstract
The article reports on the decision by the government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard to take federal control of aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in the wake of a report indicating rampant alcohol-induced violence and child sexual abuse in the settlements. The timing of the action is questioned, given the nearness of a national election and the fact that the aborigines' condition is not new.
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- 2007