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"A depraved jailing machine consuming Aboriginal men, women and children at an ever-increasing rate."
Barrister John B. Lawrence on the deterioration of the NT legal system, the shameful state of Indigenous incarceration, and the need for systemic change.
arena.org.au

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Articles by: John B. Lawrence SC

Author Biography:
"John B. Lawrence SC is a Darwin barrister. He was a Crown prosecutor in Darwin and later solicitor in charge of the Northern Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service. He is a past president of the Northern Bar Association and of the Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory. He represented one of the Don Dale youth detainees during the Royal Commission."
arena.org.au/arena-author/john-b-lawrence/
arena.org.au/the-aboriginal-gulag-the-northern-territory-criminal-legal-system/
arena.org.au/category/arena-online/

From: Sabine Kacha <binoc...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2020 11:05 PM
To: STICS Announce <stoptheinterve...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Wed 28 Oct 7.30pm AEDT free online: Treaty/ies – Where to from here? & NT Criminal Justice system article
Dear All,
Arena published a very important article about the NT’s criminal justice system recently, see https://arena.org.au/the-aboriginal-gulag-the-northern-territory-criminal-legal-system/
Three years ago Lynda-June Coe, Wiradjuri and Badu Island Yinaa spoke at our Treaty Forum, see https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2017/03/23/treaty-unfinished-business-first-nations-women-take-stand-redfern and https://vimeo.com/252997223
She will be speaking at this Wednesday’s free online zoom event, the fourth part of upcoming sessions of Reconciliation for Western Sydney's Virtual Building Bridges series
28 October – 7.30pm AEDT - Treaty/ies – Where to from here?








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