NT intervention players need ‘common ground’
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Patricia Karvelas; 11/6/08
Northern Territory intervention chairwoman Sue Gordon has appealed to critics and supporters of the response to find common ground if they want to remove “a major blight” on the nation’s social fabric. Dr Gordon last night urged those opposed to the intervention to read what women and some men in the communities were saying about how it had changed their lives. “I would urge you to consider just what human rights and rights of children have been breached for decades, as I said previously, by governments of all persuasions. Then you may be able to make a much more informed decision on the merits of the NT Emergency Response,” she said in a speech to the Sydney Institute.
