indigenous people

Preface to Ted Mullighan's Report on sexual abuse in 'The Lands' in SA

Philosophy Dot Com - May 7, 2008 - 8:11pm

The following quote begins Ted Mullighan preface to his 600 page Commission of Inquiry on sexual abuse on South Australian tribal lands in the Western Desert in central Australia in the far north-west of South Australia in and around the Musgrave Ranges. The report is entitled Children on the APY Lands, and it uncovered a sad stream of stories from the Lands, identified the nature and extent of child sexual abuse on the Lands and made recommendations to prevent and respond to it. Read more »

Condoning child rape

Talk it Out - December 10, 2007 - 10:57pm

One can't help but feel a certain sense of unreality when reading that nine men can gang-rape a ten year old girl and get away without so much as a slap on the wrist. Read more »