House debates Questions without Notice

Indigenous Communities

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 House of Representatives

Rowan Ramsey

Rowan Ramsey Grey, Liberal Party

3:59 pm

My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I refer the minister to the shocking Mullighan report, handed down last week, which found that 14 per cent of the children have been sexually assaulted on APY lands in South Australia, with some of these children as young as 10 years of age. Given that the minister admitted on ABC radio on Wednesday, 7 May that Indigenous abuse is a national problem, why isn’t the government doing anything about this horrific issue?

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