Stop the Intervention - Home. Northern Territory Emergency Response. The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) is a set of measures designed to protect children, make communities safe and build a better future for people living in Indigenous communities and town camps in the Northern Territory. The NTER was announced by the former Australian Government in June 2007 following release by the Northern Territory Government of the Little Children are Sacred report which brought national attention to evidence of child abuse in the Northern Territory’s Indigenous communities. The current Australian Government initiated a comprehensive and independent review in June 2008, which provided its report in October 2008.
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs announced the Government’s interim response to the review on 23 October 2008. On 21 May 2009 the Government released its final response to the NTER Review in a joint announcement with the Northern Territory Government. The Northern Territory Intervention and human rights. En.scientificcommons. En.scientificcommons. eMJA: The Northern Territory intervention: voices from the centre of the fringe. It remains unclear how federal government intervention measures in Indigenous communities in Central Australia will create sustainable, safe and nurturing communities There are none among us who would question the sanctity of our children.
Children lie at the core of Aboriginal existence and of our survival. Furthermore, there are none among us who would not welcome any just measures to protect our children. Child protection and survival remain central to the fight for Aboriginal rights, identity and cultural continuity. Yet now we bear witness to a moment in time when the very foundational principles on which Aboriginal existence are built — community, culture and collective rights — have been shaken, demonised and exposed to a level of scrutiny unparalleled in recent times. The response, from public commentary and an increasingly vocal anti-Aboriginal-rights sector, was swift and damning, editorialising the suffering of Aboriginal communities. Cookies must be enabled.
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ABC Online Indigenous - Special Topics - NT Intervention. Consultations about the future of the federal intervention in the Northern Territory continue in remote central Australian communities today.
The first consultation meeting to help develop policies after the Federal Government intervention in the Northern Territory is being held in Tennant Creek this afternoon. A Northern Territory Labor politician has criticised her own party over aspects of the continuing federal intervention in NT communities. Mick Gooda says community consultation on a discussion paper about the intervention is a chance to rebuild relationships between the Indigenous community and the Federal Government. Julia Gillard is promising Indigenous Australians will have a say in how best to tackle disadvantage when the intervention expires.
How has the Northern Territory Intervention affected Aboriginal health? AFTER THE INTERVENTION: Marilyn Wise from the University of New South Wales and Peter O'Mara from the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association ask whether the NT Intervention has made Indigenous communities healthier.
In 2006 the NT Government commissioned the Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle “Little Children are Sacred” report in response to widespread political and community concern. The Northern Territory Intervention followed, aiming to protect the region’s children. But an assessment of its effects on health have found more bad news than good. NT Intervention.