Little Children are Sacred

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Little Children are Sacred[1] is the report of a Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse commissioned by the government of the Northern Territory, Australia, was publicly released on 15 June 2007. The inquiry, chaired by Rex Wild and Patricia Anderson, was established in August 2006 and investigated ways to protect Aboriginal children from sexual abuse. The Wild/Anderson report is the latest commissioned by the Australian government to investigate this topic, the first report that raised public attention was written by Janet Stanley in 2003.[2]

The report concluded that sexual abuse of children in Aboriginal communities had reached crisis levels, demanding that it "be designated as an issue of urgent national significance by both the Australian and Northern Territory governments."

The release of the report and the need for an urgency lead the Australian Government to announce the Northern Territory National Emergency Response as its response on 21 June 2007.[3]

The Clare Martin government responded denying inaction[4] and released its detailed response Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage: Generational Plan of Action[5] in August 2007

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  1. ^ Wild, Rex; Anderson, Patricia (30 April 2007). Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little Children are Sacred" (pdf). Board Of Inquiry Into The Protection Of Aboriginal Children From Sexual Abuse. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  2. ^ Stanley, Janet (May 2003). CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES (pdf). Australian Institute of Family Studies. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  3. ^ Cripps, Kyllie (23 October 2007). Indigenous family violence: from emergency measures to committed long-term action (pdf). Australian Indigenous Law Review and the Indigenous Law Centre. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  4. ^ NT denies Indigenous abuse inaction (html). ABC News (21 June 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  5. ^ Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage: A Generational Plan of Action (pdf). NT Government (August 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-22.

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