“Over the last year we have seen several events which highlights this rise whether it be children tortured when people have taken the law in their own hands, Indigenous Australians still not receiving the same standards of service as other Australians, police not being investigated properly when their conduct has been brought into question or Governments which continues to single out and blame Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for Government inaction.
We have seen that the law was very swift to take action against Aboriginal people after the events on Palm Island but has been very slow to act on those who were responsible for the deeds that lead to these events.
We call on all Australians to be ‘Alert’ against those within our community who carry out these racist acts against our fellow Australians and we should be alarmed that these acts are still occurring here in our lucky country in 2004”.
Graeme Mundine, Executive Secretary of the Commission said today.
Contact: Graeme Mundine 0419 238 788 / 02 9299 2215
