Australia is to ban alcohol and pornography in all 45 aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory to try to curb child sex abuse. In echoes of the colonialism of days past, the Australian government will take control of the administration of currently autonomous aboriginal areas for the next 5 years to implement their policy. While it has a noble aim, it’s worrying because the government are discriminating on the basis of racial group, leaving other Australians to continue to consume alcohol and watch pornography. From here, it’s a slippery slope towards a two-tiered human rights system.

BBC News reports on this worrying development, here.

Posted Thursday, June 21st, 2007 @ 11:50 am
Filed in human rights, politics

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