The Stronger Futures debate in Parliament will resume 18th June. This gives us a few more weeks to voice our opposition to the introduction of the legislation.
The Stronger Futures legislation is a series of Bills that will determine what programs the Government implements for Indigenous communities for the next 10 years. The Bills are an extension of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Act 2007 (the Intervention), and will extend the discriminatory measures by up to a decade. If passed, some of the discriminatory measures that would be introduced through the Stronger Futures legislation include:
- *suspension of social security payments for parents whose children do not attend school regularly;
- *up to six months imprisonment for breaching alcohol bans in communities;
- *a continued ban on the use of Indigenous customary law in bail and sentencing decisions; and
- *income management programs to be extended to five new regions.
You can download the Call to Action Kit which includes: background material on the Stronger Futures legislation; advocacy strategies; information postcards to distribute; and a form letter to complete and send to politicians.
understand what is important to children of the City of Hume and what they want from their neighbourhoods. This project was a part of a larger community consultation to determine what community members and professionals perceived to be priority areas for the implementation of new CfC programs and activities in Hume. Sixty five children from a range of age groups in three local primary schools were consulted.
participating. Photovoice involves a group of people photographing issues and themes to form the basisof program, service and policy development (Wang & Burris, 1997). This method was selected because it allowed us to utilise photos to stimulate discussion and generate ideas from children about what they wanted from their neighbourhood and to identify their needs and priorities in a fun, active, and creative way. 