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nal evidence to show the evidence we did see with aboriginal experts said it wasn t going to work it was demonising vilifying and demonising sharon anderson on education warlpiri lajamanu standup2017 warlpiri teachers on bilingual education we believe children are happier learning in their own language ntintervention pic twitter com a3m7zinf3h irag alice springs irag_nt june 24 2017 in the warlpari region trying to teach bilingual n 1982 we want to try keep bilingual education programs to do this we need to try get people to understand we need skills teacher linguists and teachers of english as a second language yapa leadership real honest power sharing and enough resources we believe that our children in their first language more confident in themselves and learn more efficiently we have seen with our own eyes to speak sing read in the mother tounge and strong in warlpari and english we know that bilingual education is an important way for families and schools and children to learn first and second language and culture first language doesn t just makes us strong we have the right under the declaration of indigenous human rights make sure you tell them to be equal with us the government wants us to learn white people to learn but two way learning s form yapa and kardiya yammurna oldfield on education from yuendemu school in the 70s in lajamanu we learnt in warlpiri now we have been cut to 1 hr a day it is not enough valerie patterson standup2017 pic twitter com sty65xjfcb irag alice springs irag_nt june 24 2017 we do cultural things with old people every friday spears humpys we got one camp coming up and tell kids the dreaming s and its really good after that we make books for literacy centre going out camping title of one book comments 1 comment categories uncategorized standup2017 opening night forum on the nt intervention 23 jun 23 june 2017 the first night of standup2017 was opened with a healing smoking from akeyulerre healing centre followed by dinner and panelist talks from barb shaw elaine peckham vincent forrester frank curtis rev dr djinyini gondarra talking first hand of the impacts of the nt intervention the absolute horror pain and suffering people faced we are live streaming the talks from our facebook click here to go to our facebook frank curtis who was a policeman when the intervention came in 10 years ago standup2017 frank curtis talks about the heavy handed policing associated with the ntintervention 10years2long pic twitter com b92hehts9s irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 i used to be an apo 26 years with the nt police when it first came out in 2007 they got me to go in and search peoples houses i said no they wanted me to use the new intervention laws to check the houses for alcohol i said sorry family it s my job to search your houses even people who didn t drink i knew who drinks and who doesn t but it doesn t matter who i had to apologise to family i felt ashamed and hurt as a black policeman going through people s houses i felt i had no right to go in there it made me feel shame wearing a policemans uniform i said to a policeman how would you feel if i went through your house looking through the cupboards under the beds i said it to the sargent how would you feel vincent forrester standup2017 vincent forrester talks about the lies that the ntintervention spread vilifying men and the trauma of the army moving in pic twitter com 9qhwiuuczp irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 i remember coming into alice springs to get my groceries and head back to uluru i sat down and had a cup of tea i ve got little lap dogs my little dogs were going crazy i walked outside there were 9 coppers all had a shot gun they all had their finger on the trigger in a squeaky voice i said don t breathe boys janine came up she was a white girl they were going to blow me away they said all the men are alcoholics we all bash our wives we all pedophiles none of us work they set us up with the lateline program a man in a black hat saying he was a youth worker in mutitjulu they put pictures of people petrol sniffing but it wasn t mutitjulu rev dr djiniyini gondarra you couldn t believe the damage they have done to us everything was taken away djiyinni gondarra talking ntintervention standup2017 pic twitter com j81iybg4w2 irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 i challenged them and we continue to live with the measures that they have created all the measures it s the same as what happened in 50s or 30s so called welfare time we can t wait another 10 years something must be done now the leaders of today we have to push very hard to stop them they are creating another format of the basics card are we always going to be a puppet of a string for them we were a nation once it s not to do with civilisations industrialisation modernisation it was to do with people living here with law and order this country was taken without negotiation no treaty nothing at all we are still a sovereign nation brothers and sisters we have to fight for that sovereignty elaine peckham https twitter com irag_nt status 878205524256227328 we all worked jobs paid our rent even on our own land paid all our bills still we had to be under the intervention and were given the basicscard i went around to my son s place one day and he said you better go down to centrelink things have changed you need to go down i was shocked i couldn t believe what was happening the first day i went into centrelink i went around me and saw all these men and women in suits with briefcases and our people standing in big lines waiting to be told they were going to be put on the basicscard and have changes to the pension i can vividly remember all that i sat down and had my interview it was such a shock they had computers set up to play messages in language it was all in front of us before i eyes i said i can speak english very well it was just to discriminatory i asked for a manager after i had my interview i was not allowed that they said they were too busy they led me out to this young aboriginal woman she said i heard you aren t happy with your interview i said no i don t like the way we are being treated and spoken to look around you in this room anyone here today could be your family your aunty or uncle barbara shaw standup2017 barb shaw slams the ntintervention 10years2long alicesprings pic twitter com edxwue3wsh irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 a lot of money has been spent trying to save us i was in my living room that night my daugher was 2 years old she s a lot taller than me now she lives it we all still live it with compulsory land acquisition the government still has control of communities that was the way the shire came in as well that was another way to control us as well we don t want welfare to take our kids that s why young mothers are afraid to go to hospital dianne stokes standup2017 ntintervention pic twitter com wxl6vmujbt irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 what a deadly mob speakers at the first night of standup2017 more tomorrow stoptheintervention alicesprings 10years2long pic twitter com w1ne0co0zk irag alice springs irag_nt june 23 2017 comments 1 comment categories uncategorized call out information about the stand up 2017 event 10 years too long 15 jun 10 years of intervention 10 years too long stand up conference happening this weekend at the pioneer shed in alice springs mbantua stay tuned and come along programme available here elaine peckham and doreen carroll invite people to the upcoming intervention meeting standing up standing strong from june 23 26 2017 see home page for programme elaine and doreen barb talks about the upcoming 10 years too long intervention meeting june 23 26 https rollbacktheintervention wordpress com wp content uploads 2008 09 barb audio mp3 programme standup2017 23 26 june 2017 friday night 23rd june panel of people directly affected saturday 24th june 9 10 smoking welcome 10 11 panel community councils housing 11 1 workshops a community governance how do we bring back control ngarla kunoth monks alekerre first nation cultural trust utopia b housing what do we need and how do we get it barb shaw and matthew ryan nt aboriginal housing 1 2 lunch 2 3 panel income management education 3 5 workshops a income management how do we want to manage our money senator rachel siewert greens b education bringing back culture tbc sunday 25th june 9 10 panel jobs justice 10 12 workshops a jobs how do we protect our rights celeste liddle nteu blog rantings of an aboriginal feminist b prisons too many in jail how do we work towards justice dylan voller vickie roach 12 1 lunch 1 2 panel stolen generations treaty 2 4 workshops a stolen generations bringing them home how to build a movement aunty hazel b treaty what do we want pat ansell dodds arrernte and anmatjere elder yingiya mark guyula yolngu mla monday 26th june 9 12 feedback 1 5 action logistics we have limited cabins for elderly people with mobility issues and have a campground set up less than 5 minutes walk from the pioneer shed for people to use no cost we will be providing 3 meals a day for people attending standup2017 no cost donation we can reimburse fuel costs for travel from communities in the nt we are seeking volunteers to help with numerous roles such as scribes drivers food prep set up and pack down media etc please contact us if you need further details on any of the above on 0457 574419 or email rollbacktheintervention gmail com or on fb irag intervention rollback action group alice springs background 10 years ago on june 21 2007 the nter northern territory emergency response aka the intervention was announced the legislation took control of aboriginal land and aboriginal people s money customary law was targeted government business managers were imposed on communities people were demonised around alcohol and pornography the racial discrimination act needed to be suspended to pass the legislation at the same time the nt government shut down community councils replacing them with mega shires the labor government changed the name to stronger futures but it was the same thing the ten years have not seen improvements more people are in prison there are more people unemployed and more children are being taken away from their families than during the stolen generations overcrowding remains high what was the intervention meant to achieve there will be a convergence from june 24 26 2017 in alice springs barbara shaw is calling out to people to come together to talk about it all and work together to come up with ways to overcome these problems we want to talk about all the issues such as youth in justice and children being taken from their families you can see barb s call out at we d love to see you here write to us if you d like to come rollbacktheintervention gmail com or call us on 0457 574 419 more information coming in solidarity irag more interviews see here pat ansell dodds a local arrernte woman talking about treaty february 2017 at telegraph station see here que kenny talk about the impacts of the intervention on n taria 10 years of the northern territory intervention 2007 2017 in 2007 after years of neglect and despite reports over the years into problems in remote communities and just before a federal election the howard government announced the northern territory emergency response intervention after 5 years the nter was supposed to stabilise normalise exit community members were shocked they had told their stories for the little children are sacred report in good faith and trusted the report would be used to help them deal with the important issues instead a national emergency was announced with plans to send in the army a package of laws was introduced to bring in the emergency response and several laws were affected including racial discrimination act 1975 aboriginal land rights nt act 1976 native title act 1993 clth nt self government act social security act 1991 the intervention powers included takeover of 73 prescribed communities for 5 years legal powers to seize community assets banning customary law as a defence in court sentencing banning of alcohol and pornography in the prescribed communities branding of all those communities with huge blue and white signs no alcohol no pornography regulation of community stores quarantining of social security entitlements basicscard compulsory child health checks phasing out cdep which provided most work on communities putting police in many communities star chamber powers for police to invade homes without warrants government business managers to oversee government business in all prescribed communities and report back to government negative effects of the nter giving all aboriginal communities in the northern territory a bad name which had a flow on effect to other aboriginal people around the country demonising of men as abusers and perpetrators increase in racism in the nt particularly and around the country aboriginal communities and organisations no longer running their own affairs huge increase in prison rates for aboriginal people mainly because of non criminal offences such as unroadworthy vehicles and non payment of fines etc unfairness in the justice system as customary law no longer allowed in sentencing huge increase in attempted self harm suicide rates big rise in numbers of bureaucrats and ngo workers in prescribed areas increase in mental illness and loss of sense of wellbeing hopelessness increase in alcohol consumption increase in numbers of children being taken from families due mainly to neglect and tough living conditions other effects of nter some positive health outcomes through closing the gap programme due to massive injection of funding could have happened without an intervention key measures of the intervention government business managers were appointed to be based in all remote prescribed areas special secure compounds were built and the gbms were given the power to attend community meetings report back to government on government and community business and seize control of community assets income management social security laws were amended and the racial discrimination act set aside so that centrelink in the nt could quarantine the income support payments of aboriginal people this at the start was 50 and applied to everyone but was later changed so that some aged and disability pensioners were exempt but were under considerable pressure to stay on the scheme whilst supposing to protect vulnerable people and help with budgeting in fact life became harder for many as not all shops could cater for this card people were made to line up in separate queues in some shops which led to them being singled out for racist comments and feeling ashamed when the centrelink system was not working people weren t able to buy the goods they needed alcohol and pornography huge blue and white signs were put up at entrances to all prescribed areas in the northern territory saying that hav...