Barbara Shaw: 'The Intervention is a land grab - where are the pedophile rings & rivers of grog?'

Barbara Shaw, from Mt Nancy town camp near Alice Springs, talks in Melbourne on 27th August 2009 about the Northern territory Intervention, which began in 2007 under the Howard Government and is being extended under the Rudd Labour Government.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin announced in July '09 that Town Camps in the NT would be paid $100m to sign 40 year leases making the residents tenants under the Territory Government. Should they refuse, Macklin threatened, the Government will compulsorily acquire the town camps under the special powers provided by the Emergency Response Legislation, which was pushed through Parliament in 2007.

In response, Barbara Shaw has lodged two injuctions - or 'stays of execution' - against Macklin, stating that she did not inform the tenants that their right were going to be extinguished. The Federal Court will now proceed to a full hearing on Monday August 31st.

More to come in the next few days...

Fore more information, check out these articles:
Crikey: 'Alice camps injunction is down to Macklin'
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/alice-camps-injunction-is-down-to-macklin/

Crikey: 'Macklin botches Alice Springs town camp compulsory acquisition'
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/macklin-botches-alice-springs-town-camp-c...

Also, very importantly, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples, Prof James Anaya, has recently visited the Northern Territory on a 11 day trip (17-28 August 2009). He also met with Barbara Shaw, who introduced him to one of the town camps near Alice. His report has condemned the Northern Territory Intervention as 'Racist' and he has urged Canberra to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act asap. Anaya will present the Report to the UN at the next Human Rights Council meeting. Take a read of the Report here:

http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/313713727C084992C125761F004...

Both the Government and the Opposition have responded in the most embarrassing manner possible, by choosing to completely disregard the Report of this distinguished Rapporteur:

Tony Abbott: 'Abbott says calls from UN expert Anaya "nonsense"'
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25992824-29277,00.html

And Warren Mundine:
'Warren Mundine ~versus~ James Anaya'
http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=6610

And of course, Rupert Murdoch's opinion in The Australian: 'He came, he saw and missed the point'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25995837-16741,00.html

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[u2hubbard]

White people, they always got to lie to take over someones land now a days. Just like they did with Iraq. They got to create propaganda among the masses of their people to get public approval to go conquer more land, because doing it the direct way if no longer fashionable. All it is, is old fashion White Imperialism. White people. And guess what you sensitive ass whiny White people, I'm White. I'm a White male and I am sick of what our race has do to people of color in the world.

[Maoritech]

Hone Harawira my MP stopped into see them and he helped to bring this the worlds attention, because when the Ozzies saw that a Maori MP was coming from NZ to check it out, it made them say "What the hell!".

[gunailad]

The unemployment rate among non-Aboriginals would sky rocket if any government program worked? Wonder why nothing gets better when government and his lackys design and implement everything, thats the REAL Aboriginal industry, people need to stop making money off Aboriginal disadvantage! I would join the army but if your not white or a women your not welcome, imagine if aussies had a reason to whinge? Our poor ears

[buxton59]

@casting4325 - you are so correct - it is all about diminishing these people to steal what they actually have always owned & always will own using the colour & force of law under the Crown system - what about the laws of these peoples who have walked this land for thousands of years before... doesn't their law count? The ignorance & arrogance of the govt criminals makes me ill...

[buxton59]

when you do not understand the language the govt is using it is EXTRINSIC FRAUD -= to take advantage of... you can search for the legal definition... it also makes any contract null & void when done under threat, intimidation & duress... this is just a means to steal the land & appear to be justified in doing so... nothing has changed from the beginning with Cook's Secret Orders & letters of Marque

[CenturionRyan]

@u2hubbard I don't like the way you say "white people". You can't lump everyone together like that. By your logic, Serbians and Basques are Imperialists.

[kraftiztoxic]

@u2hubbard

uve been brainwashed

[mixmatt]

Incredible story.

[casting4325]

These communites have problems that have been created by racist governments & their cohorts.Keeping the Aboriginal communites down whilst thier mineral resources are stolen & shipped to the highest bidder.The recipients of the enormous wealth derived from this theft are living at lavish non Aboriginal communites at Gold Coast & the like.Wake up Aboriginal Australia.

[djvj21]

@cunnamullafalla also remember the existing towns r earlier versions of centralisation attempts, for purposes of control and taking land. ..if anything land should be given back, and indigenous people should be advisers to govrnments in regard wit anythin to do with land. Why u think the murrays runnin dry, and fires r goin out of control?! because the people now in control havent a clue!! Nyway..Karma comes back around...hence the bushfires, floods and dustorms!?

[djvj21]

@cunnamullafalla clearly...removing outstations and moving people to bigger towns will cause more problems..and is clearly a land grab..look at the mining boom and these greedy beuracrats..trying any excuse to get land... I live in Melbourne..and people r allowed to catch trams, walk the streets wit there alcohol no hassles, tho I'm sure if ur land was taken and ur children stolen, ud start drinkin too. So do u think centralisin is goin to work?! Umm No....ABORIGINAL PEOPLE STAND UP!!

[djvj21]

@cunnamullafalla for instance ATSIC!! if the people running ATSIC were so corrupt, why not replce just those peoples instead of scrapping the whole organisation and programs attached to it such as CDEP..which was givin so many youth work and hope. the government blatantly r trying to take thier voice away?! I went to Maningrida festival 2mnths ago..a rtown of 2000 people at best, dry community, yet their were nt police, federal police, child patrol, nite patrol..it was beyond a joke and still is