Lauren Wilson; 18/11/08; (3 Items)
Truck drivers looking to trade drugs for sex with indigenous girls have been put on notice, with rewards of $5000 offered to people who provide NSW police with information about the sexual exploitation of Aboriginal children. Police have teamed up with the NSW Aboriginal Land Council to launch a statewide initiative to encourage people to report the sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. Reward money will be offered for information that leads to prosecutions.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24667294-5013404,00.html
Move to end ‘highway abuse’ of children
Malcolm Brown; 18/11/08
NSW Police, Crime Stoppers and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council will join forces to encourage reports of sexual exploitation of Aboriginal children along transport routes. Assistant Commissioner Stephen Bradshaw, the western region commander, said exploitation of Aboriginal children in remote and rural areas was an insidious crime. The focus would be on the main trucking routes and highways, such as the Newell, and the aim was to encourage people from local communities to report offences, he said. The announcement comes four months after a report that Aboriginal children in Moree and Boggabilla, both on the Newell Highway in the north-west, were being paid to have sex with truck drivers.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/move-to-end-highway-abuse-of-children/2008/11/17/1226770355961.html
Child abuse costing community $11bn
Stephen Lunn; 18/11/08
The physical, sexual and psychological abuse of more than 170,000 Australian children is costing the community almost $11billion a year. The first comprehensive study of the financial impact of child abuse undertaken in Australia attributes the bulk of that figure, nearly $7 billion, to the children’s fear, anxiety and depression as it cuts their quality of life. The report, to be published by Access Economics today, counts the cost of child abuse on the health, education and welfare systems. The salaries of doctors, probation officers, teachers, police, foster carers and social workers who deal with abused children are tallied up.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24667295-5013404,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Sex Trade, Violence