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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold'>"TRACKING THE INTERVENTION"
– 4 CORNERS MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER<br>
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</span></font></b><b><font size=4 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Georgia;font-weight:bold'>Next on Four Corners: How is the national
intervention changing the lives of indigenous people in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Northern Territory</st1:State></st1:place>? Are children safer? A
tale of two far-flung communities…<br>
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</span></font></b><font face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'>After
decades of hollow promises, it was time to cut the talk. In <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canberra</st1:place></st1:City>’s eyes the rolling scandal of
child sexual abuse in indigenous communities demanded action, swift and
certain.<br>
<br>
So the Federal Government grabbed control of 73 Territory bush communities,
dispatching soldiers and police to "stabilise" townships and squads
of doctors and nurses to check the kids. It declared it would ban grog and
porn, quarantine welfare payments and scrap the visitor permit system.<br>
<br>
Four months on from the dramatic announcement, what impact is the intervention
having on the thousands of people it is supposed to help? Among the majority
who are neither diehard opponents nor committed barrackers for the
intervention, is the early confusion and fear giving way to wary optimism - or
to a familiar weary cynicism?<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Four Corners</st1:place> has been on the ground in the
Territory to prepare the most comprehensive television report so far assessing
the intervention. Reporter Matthew Carney journeys to two vastly different
communities…<br>
<br>
At tropical Maningrida, on <st1:place w:st="on">Arnhem Land</st1:place>’s
coast, bedevilled with problems but blessed with energetic leaders and
potentially abundant resources, there is scepticism from the outset. People are
fearful about ceding control over land and assets. When the ex-policeman
appointed by the Government to bring change to Maningrida flies in to introduce
himself, he quickly encounters resistance.<br>
<br>
The locals have independently taken their own initiative to deal with sexual
abuse. They wonder about the effectiveness of the child health checks and worry
about what will happen when welfare payments are overhauled.<br>
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At Finke, 2000 kilometres to the south, on the edge of the <st1:place w:st="on">Simpson
Desert</st1:place>, most residents embraced the intervention as an opportunity
to garner real jobs, funds and facilities. Here the intervention is much
further advanced than at Maningrida. But, as a simple excursion to the town
store soon makes clear, the process is still bound bizarrely in red tape. And
workers now without jobs are wondering where their money went…<br>
<br>
Join Matthew Carney<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> "Tracking the
Intervention" – on <st1:place w:st="on">Four Corners</st1:place>,
8.30 pm, Monday 5 November on ABC TV.<br>
<br>
</span></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>This program will be repeated
about 11.35 pm Tuesday 6 November; also on ABC2 at 9.30 pm Wednesday and 8 am
Thursday. <br>
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</span></i><st1:place w:st="on"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Four Corners</span></b></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'></x-sigsep>Claire Smith, Department of
Archaeology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Flinders</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, GPO <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Box 2100</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:City></st1:address>.
SA 5001. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>President, World
Archaeological Congress</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Women for Wik -
Monitoring the Federal Action in the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Northern
Territory</st1:place></st1:State></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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WAC-6, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dublin</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, 29th
June-4 July 2008</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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