Tag Archives: National Indigenous Times

Helen Hughes and the death of fun at school

Last Friday Helen and Mark Hughes put their names to an opinion piece in The Australian entitled Authorities must not wag school.

In short the arguments that the Hughes’ make are that Federal, State and Territory governments abandon their responsibilities to students – particularly remote Aboriginal students – by the stealthy foreshortening of school terms and [...]

The NT Intervention, “Working Future” and the myth of evidence-based policy in the NT

Mel James (ABC Stateline): Alison Anderson, this sounds very much like the policy that Mal Brough was proposing. It’s exactly the same isn’t it?
Alison Anderson, Indigenous Affairs Minister NT Government: Oh look, this has been a policy that’s been delivered and, um, developed by the Henderson Labor government. It’s got nothing to do with Mal Brough whatsoever.