Pat Anderson, co-author of the Little Children are Sacred report into the neglect and abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory will give the annual social justice lecture reflecting on the NT Intervention at the University of Melbourne tomorrow, Wednesday, 24 June at 6pm.

 Ms Anderson is an Alyawarre woman who with Rex Wild QC was appointed by the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory to run an Inquiry into the ‘Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse’. 

Both authors have in the past publicly expressed concern at the way the report was used to justify a large scale mobilisation in the Territory – now know simply as The Intervention - while several key recommendations, in particular the need for community consultation, were overlooked.

*** MEDIA PLEASE NOTE:  Professor Anderson will NOT be giving media interviews but media are welcome to attend the lecture, which is to be filmed and will be available on the University’s website.

Who:
Pat Anderson, co-chair, Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse in the Northern Territory, and co-author, Little Children are Sacred Report

What:

Public Lecture:  “The Intervention: Some Reflections Two Years On”

University of Melbourne Social Justice Initiative Annual Social Justice Lecture 2009

When:  Wednesday 24 June at 6-7.15pm

Where: Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne