I have just included a new link on the link list – “That Manunga Linguist”
This blog belongs to a linguist working in Southern Arnhem Land and, amongst other things, is documenting the Federal government’s intervention as it happens on the ground.
An excerpt from “The Intervention”
“The meeting started with a representative from Darwin’s FACSIA office running through the main points of the intervention: non-compulsory health checks, increased police, tying centrelink payments to school attendance, the wind-up of CDEP, removal of the permit system for the town area and emphasised that this was all in the name of protecting children and keeping them safe. This was all in English and not very plain English. An interpreter came with them but was not utilised.”
See also House-to-house raids in Alice Springs Indigenous Community on Bush Telegraph
