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24.06.2007 09:38:25

Australian government imposes military-police regime on Aborigines

Alarm! Is this the reason for the June 29th “Phil Fontaine Day”? Are Prime Minister Steven Harper and the corporate powers trying to set us up to impose martial rule on us? This ratcheting up of violence against Aborigines and Indigenous people is erupting at the very moment when courts in Australia and Canada are beginning to acknowledge and demand respect for our land and “jurisdictional rights”. It’s another land grab. The Howards and Harpers want to turn even the most peaceful and prosperous parts of the world into another Middle East. Sexual abuse was a colonial tactic. It began with the colonists who treated us like animals. Australians, we’d like to hear from you. Everyone should read this and send objections to Australia and the UN. This is a crime! Posted by MNN Mohawk Nation News.

Australian government imposes military-police regime on Aborigines
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
23 June 2007

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Under the cynical guise of protecting indigenous children from sexual abuse, the Howard government announced on Thursday a “national emergency” plan to take control of dozens of Aboriginal communities throughout the Northern Territory and impose virtual martial law conditions. Over coming weeks, police and troops will flood into as many as 60 towns and camps to enforce a series of draconian measures.

Welfare and family payments will be halved, with the seized portions transferred to food and clothing vouchers. All payments will be cut off if children fail to attend school, or are considered “at risk”. Forced labour will be imposed, via “work for the dole” programs, to “clean up” communities.

In “prescribed” zones across the Northern Territory, all children under the age of 16 will be subjected to compulsory medical checks for sexual abuse. Alcohol and X-rated pornography will be banned, with individuals as well as suppliers facing imprisonment.

At the same time, the existing permit system, which allows indigenous communities to restrict access to their lands, will be scrapped. Business managers—so-called “tsars”—will take charge of all public housing and government enterprises. These people will function as modern-day versions of the “administrators” and “protectors” who exercised complete authority over Aboriginal reservations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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