Senate debates SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
Bob Brown Tasmania, Australian Greens
7:56 pm
That is not so. If you look at figures for the reporting of child abuse, in Tasmania they are lower in the Indigenous community than in the non-Indigenous community but these coercive Star Chamber powers stripping away citizens’ rights do not apply in the non-Indigenous community. They only apply where an Indigenous person is involved or suspected and is under investigation.
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