... scope of the power given to the parliament by the Australian constitution. In this respect the race power may enable the Commonwealth to take similar action in the states. While this may provide a mandate to the Commonwealth to take similar actions in the states, the answer to this question, is not simply a matter of simple constitutional interpretation but also have to be considered within the context of not only the term race3 but the context of the Australian milieu and the systematic dispossession experienced by Aborigines which is the reason for their disadvantageous position in society today. Background to the discussion In June 2007 the commonwealth Government announced plans to intervene in indigenous communities, in response to the Northern Territory Board of inquiry's report into the protection of Aboriginal children from sexual abuse entitled 'Little Children are Sacred'.4 The report detailed sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory ...

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