Broome man accused of cable tying three Indigenous children pleads not guilty to assault
Very little media on this horrific crime. It’s clearly an inconvenient narrative when victims are Indigenous and perpetrators are non Indigenous. nit.com.au/30-04-2024/11111/…
Don’t usually do *this* but, thread: Monday, SCOTUS debates the criminalization of homelessness. That means many folks are sounding off on the topic. I’ve spent 4 yrs covering this for @washingtonpost, and need to reality-check assumptions getting thrown around this week (1/x)
I was a child protection worker for seven yrs-with a 100% Aboriginal caseload in the Goldfields. In that time I didn’t remove one child. I also didn’t leave a child in an abusive situation. That’s because EVERY Aboriginal family came to attention SOLELY due to struggling with parenting & trauma & attachment from their own removal from family-so I proactively did everything in my power to provide the skills/intensive therapy they needed to stay together.
Aboriginal kids in a horrific 82% of cases are being removed for “neglect” -a very preventable thing-we have a system that provides no opportunities for Aboriginal families to heal-removal is a foregone conclusion once they are flagged by the system.
The first trailer for Kevin Costner’s ‘HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA’ has been released.
Part 1 releases on June 28, Part 2 releases in August. Both in theaters.
Being a landlord on stolen and occupied lands means you should be demonised in the “housing debate”
And ps, Karen: it’s not a self funded retirement if we’re all out here funding your damned retirement