5th October,2020

Teen says he ‘would have preferred prison’ to stint at NT program run by Allan Brahminy, 65th October

A Tasmanian teenager says he’s still trying to get over the six months he spent at a Northern Territory program for troubled kids run by Allan Brahminy. The program is located on a remote property near Batchelor, about 122 kilometres from Darwin, and Tasmania is the only state sending children there.
Luke*, who is now 17, said he attended the program in 2018. “I would have preferred to be in the Risdon Prison as a 12-year-old child,” he said. “Anger would most likely be the normal trait for Allan Brahminy on most days,” Luke said, and he could not believe the Tasmanian Government was not bringing home the six children still there.

13th May 2013

Keeping Them Home

The most recent data shows that the number of children being moved into out-of-home care in the Northern Territory has just about doubled since 2007. Two-thirds of these children are being placed with non-Indigenous families away from their communities.

Elder Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra, as spokesperson for Yolngu Makarr Dhuni calls for this trend to be reversed by increasing family support services in communities. He has written to the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Adam Giles, asking him for his support.

Letter from Djiniyini Gondarra to Adam Giles

We would like to thank all those who also wrote to Adam Giles in support of Dr Gondarra’s request. Your sustained support for Aboriginal-managed family support and preventative services in communities in the Northern Territory is important.

What Did We Learn from “Bringing Them Home”?

The Guardian: We have to stop the creation of another Stolen Generation

The Australian: Keep care for kids ‘within family’