There have many requests for information relating to the Government interventions in the Northern Territory. Key reports including Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle "Little children are sacred" are available online and via the Library catalogue.
There are many information resources that provide useful research and background information relevent to government actions in relation to Aboriginal communities. The Australian Parliamentary Library publishes a Bills digest. Documents relating to the recent measures can be quickly located and downloaded. The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Township Leasing) Bill 2007 , the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Bill 2006 and the Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 are all available from this site. The Parliamentary Library also publishes Research briefs on many political and social issues. The Domestic violence e- brief provides links to earlier reports on conditions in Aboriginal communities.
You can follow current Parliamentary debates on these issues via Parlinfo web the official Parliamentary document repository. Track media coverage using the Factiva database, available via the Library databases and electronic resources page. In Factiva you can limit your search to a specific publication or search across all Australian newspapers. Factiva includes many of the worlds key news sources so you locate articles giving international responses to government actions. The Library has recently ordered copies of ABC Four Corners programs covering social issues in Aboriginal Communities including The Shame (2001), The Road to nowhere 2006) and Six Pack Politics: Aurukun (1991) . The Cape Experiment broadcast on the 16th of July has not yet been released on DVD but the program has an excellent website which incldes transcripts and links to other information. A website is also available for the 2006 programme The Road to Nowhere.
The Senate Inquiry into the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 & Related Bills are availble from the Australian Parliament Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee website.
There are a number of websites that contain publications and responses to leasing arrangements in the Northern Territory. Important sites include The Indigenous law Centre at the University of New South Wales which has already published collected responses to government Intervention in Indigenous communities. The AIATSIS native title research unit also provides comprehensive information relating to native title and includes conference papers from the 2007 Native Title Conference. Papers and presentations are available from the website. The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University has also published a number of papers on the current Governemt Intervention Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems - The Howard Government’s National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs (Hunter B. H) and 'National Emergency' and Land Rights Reform: Separating fact from fiction (Altman J.C)
Library databases are also an important source for research information and index and in manys provide full-text access to articles , conference papers and the publications of many governmental and non-profit organization reports. Databases relevant to this research area include the Indigenous Peoples collection, Family and Society Plus and the Australian Legal databases AGIS Plus Text: Attorney General's Information Service and CINCH.
If you require assistance in using any of these sources please contact the Social Sciences Librarians at socialsciences@library.usyd.edu.au