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Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil says he fears the Northern Territory Government intends to move his community off a piece of land in the centre of Darwin where they have lived for 30 years.

A body called the Aboriginal Development Foundation was given a permanent lease over the land on this day 30 years ago.

But Gulpilil says he is worried about rumours the Foundation may sell the lease back so the Government can develop the site.

Members of the The One Mile Dam community are holding a protest today because they fear the Government intends to move them out to build a park.

Gulpilil, who has lived there on and off for years, says the community needs new houses and should not have to worry about being moved on.

“I am standing and supporting my people, my family, and there’s no room to go,” he said. “If the Government would take it and make a park, impossible.”

Apartment blocks are springing up near the community, which is home to about 70 Aboriginal people who live in seven dilapidated tin houses, and some of the apartments’ plans describe the area as a park.

But Territory Chief Minister Paul Henderson says he has not heard of any plans to compulsorily acquire One Mile Dam.

If there were plans, he says they would have to go through a consultation process.

The iconic actor also burned a copy of the Federal Government’s Northern Territory Intervention laws at the protest.

One Mile Dam is one of many Aboriginal communities which sees the Intervention as racist.

The community’s leader David Timber says a sign put up by the Government banning alcohol and pornography is just one offensive part.

“It’s an insult,” he said.

Mr Timber says the community is not dysfunctional.

Gulpilil says instead of trying to put more controls on the community, the Government should give them more services.

“We want money to redevelop this country here and the houses and everything,” he said.

An important leader in the Yamba Aboriginal community, in northern New South Wales, has died.

Christine Ferguson, 52, died a week ago.

She was the chief executive officer of the Birrigan Gargle Land Council.

The chairwoman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Bev Manton, says she was a pioneer in the fight for justice.

“Christine’s been involved with the lands rights network since its inception and I guess she has kind of grown up with that political background and fighting for the rights of her people,” she said.

“She was just one of those lovely people who could negotiate and not be aggressive about it, but still be forceful and obtain the results that were required.”

Christine Ferguson is survived by her son Jason and three granddaughters. She was also guardian to a young boy.

Her funeral will be held tomorrow at Maclean.

The newly formed Indigenous Implementation Board has stated its position on the issue of forced liquor bans for the first time, warning prohibition alone is doomed to fail.

The board, which was formed last year to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage, believes bans are needed in the short-term, but do not offer a lasting solution.

It is concerned they are being introduced across Western Australia without sufficient spending on support services to ease people out of addiction and help communities rebuild.

Board chairman Lieutenant General John Sanderson says while there is evidence the bans bring immediate improvements, that is not enough.

“The board is of the view that they won’t be long-lasting without the other additional assistance that the community needs,” he said.

“The guts of this is, we know of no case where prohibition per say has worked in the long-term.”

Meanwhile, the Minister for Mental Health, Graham Jacobs, is touring the Kimberley to determine what mental health services are needed in the wake of alcohol restrictions being introduced across the region.

Dr Jacobs spent yesterday meeting community leaders in Kununurra, the Ord Valley and Wyndham to discuss what drug and alcohol support services are required.

The issue of suicide prevention is also on the agenda, after a recent increase in the number of suicides in the Kimberley.

Dr Jacobs says it is closely linked to alcohol abuse.

“Everywhere I go, I get a message from the communities, about, ‘Minister, if there’s anything you can do about the culture of alcohol excess could you please be part of that?’” he said.

“Drug and alcohol workers are telling me, if we can reduce the impact of drugs and alcohol on families, then we can start to work better.”

A study of Aboriginal people has found that three times as many smoke as the rate in the wider community.

The Flinders University survey found that 68 per cent of people in the study smoked compared with 21 per cent in the overall population.

Professor Fran Baum says the survey also found nearly half of those interviewed did not drink alcohol, compared with less than a quarter of the general population being non-drinkers.

“Those that did drink maybe drank a bit more but there were a greater number of Aboriginal people that don’t drink so I think that we challenged some stereotypes there,” she said.

The study found racism had a major health effect.

Professor Baum says the study found that 93 per cent of respondents had experienced racism often or very often.

“That really affects how people feel about themselves,” she said.

“That has an effect on mental health and people described how they get knots in their stomach, they’ll get headaches, they’ll feel tense, a whole range of effects.”

Professor Baum says health services scored the highest level of trust among the Aboriginal people surveyed, but governments and the law were viewed less favourably.

“The thing that came out in our study is there was a greater level of distrust in government, the police force, and legal and justice systems, and that was also reflected in big business, but not to the same degree,” she said.

The chairwoman of an Alice Springs Aboriginal institute says its management committee is still in control.

A group of members of the Institute for Aboriginal Development (IAD) mounted a challenge to the management committee at a meeting last week.

The members, led by former chairman Neville Perkins, say most voted to dismiss the committee and hold fresh elections tomorrow.

“The member’s motion was passed by an overwhelming majority of the membership and owners present,” Mr Perkins said.

IAD is preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, but the ongoing disputes have cast a shadow over its achievements.

IAD’s chairwoman, Janice Harris, says the meeting was abandoned before the vote and the committee has not been dismissed.

“The meeting, having been declared abandoned, the status quo stands as it is,” she said.

“The management committee of IAD is still strongly in place, enthusiastically in place, doing its duty as it normally would do.

“The management committee are in power. There is no notice whatsoever of that dismissal taking place.”

The Department of Justice, which administers the institute, has confirmed the management committee is still in charge.

“The board elected on 23 December 2008, including Ms Harris as chair, is the legitimate board in control of IAD,” department spokeswoman Lorelei Fong Lim said.

Health councils from throughout the remote cluster met the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) Advisory Council in Broken Hill yesterday – the last meeting for the outgoing chief executive Dr Claire Blizard.

The chairman of the area health advisory council, Dr Steve Flecknoe-Brown, says one of the issues raised was a new multi-purpose health service in Balranald, that he expects will be constructed soon.

He says a new dialysis unit for Broken Hill is also a priority and how to better care for Indigenous people.

“The solution is obviously to grow and encourage the increasing skill levels of local people initially as Aboriginal health workers, but subsequently upskilling them to nurses, and mental health workers and midwives,” he said.

Health councils from throughout the remote cluster met the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) Advisory Council in Broken Hill yesterday – the last meeting for the outgoing chief executive Dr Claire Blizard.

The chairman of the area health advisory council, Dr Steve Flecknoe-Brown, says one of the issues raised was a new multi-purpose health service in Balranald, that he expects will be constructed soon.

He says a new dialysis unit for Broken Hill is also a priority and how to better care for Indigenous people.

“The solution is obviously to grow and encourage the increasing skill levels of local people initially as Aboriginal health workers, but subsequently upskilling them to nurses, and mental health workers and midwives,” he said.

The head of the Education Union in the Northern Territory says the shortage of accommodation for teachers living in remote communities has hit ‘crisis point’.

Rodney Smith says at least five Top End schools are suffering housing shortages, including one school which has 21 teachers but accommodation for only 15.

Mr Smith says forcing teachers to share homes with other staff is a breach of their contracts.

“Teachers are being asked to make the choices themselves about who they would live with before a share house situation is forced upon them.

“The pressure for single staff members is ongoing and relentless.

“They live daily with the knowledge that at any time they are going to be forced to live with a stranger.”

A spokeswoman for the Education Department says teachers’ contracts do not guarantee their own accommodation.

Mr Smith says the Territory is losing teachers from remote communities because of the lack of accommodation.

“There is a need for more teachers but [there is] nowhere to house them.”

He says the shortage is placing enormous pressure on teachers.

“Many of them barely last one term.

“I know that a number of places where teachers are stressed out with the pressures that are put on them, accommodation being one of them, and they are finishing up at the end of this term.

The Alice Springs Town Council’s technical services manager says he is concerned about waste dumped near an Aboriginal town camp more than a month ago.

Residents of the Trucking Yards Town Camp have been complaining of sore throats and runny noses and they think it might be caused by waste dumped near their camp.

The waste comes from the Melanka Backpacker Lodge, which was demolished last year.

The building had been declared an asbestos contaminated site.

Greg Buxton says he has not received formal notice from the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the waste matter in Smith Street is also contaminated.

“We raised concerns because at the time we knew there was certain contaminations on the site,” he said.

“We weren’t satisfied that it was fully tested and did not see the test results of the materials that were not placed inside the council’s landfill.”

Mr Buxton says the community needs a definitive answer on whether the waste is contaminated.

“The public has the right to ask the question of the landowner, is it safe? Specifically the neighbours being Trucking Yards Camp,” he said.

“Any time the wind blows and the dust is airborne … is it safe?

“I think they have the right through the DCA [Development Consent Authority] to get an answer to those questions.”

The Alice Springs Town Council’s technical services manager says he is concerned about waste dumped near an Aboriginal town camp more than a month ago.

Residents of the Trucking Yards Town Camp have been complaining of sore throats and runny noses and they think it might be caused by waste dumped near their camp.

The waste comes from the Melanka Backpacker Lodge, which was demolished last year.

The building had been declared an asbestos contaminated site.

Greg Buxton says he has not received formal notice from the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the waste matter in Smith Street is also contaminated.

“We raised concerns because at the time we knew there was certain contaminations on the site,” he said.

“We weren’t satisfied that it was fully tested and did not see the test results of the materials that were not placed inside the council’s landfill.”

Mr Buxton says the community needs a definitive answer on whether the waste is contaminated.

“The public has the right to ask the question of the landowner, is it safe? Specifically the neighbours being Trucking Yards Camp,” he said.

“Any time the wind blows and the dust is airborne … is it safe?

“I think they have the right through the DCA [Development Consent Authority] to get an answer to those questions.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as part of the federal intervention are suffering because of a lack of cross-cultural training, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community development organisation says.

The chief executive of Aboriginal Resource and Development Services, Richard Trudgen, says Indigenous people in East Arnhem Land are telling him it is too hard to cope with people constantly arriving but not being able to fix problems in the communities.

He says some federal intervention staff are unprepared for the culture shock they experience.

“They’re not taught about culture shock although you would if you were in the army or a company sending those people overseas.

“They would be instructed about culture shock.

“So some of the professionals leave quite broken and disillusioned because their experience in being able to help wasn’t very fulfilling.”

He says the Federal Government is wasting billions of dollars in Indigenous funding because the people sent to work in communities do not understand how to work with Aboriginal people.

While the intervention has improved law and order in some places, things are getting worse in other areas, he says.

“Just having police in a community where people don’t know their rights and responsibilities in relation to Australian law can lead to a situation where Aboriginal people are feeling much, much more vulnerable than they were before, because you’ve got police officers there which they don’t understand are there to protect them.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”

The grandmother of an Aboriginal man who shot himself after escaping from police custody in the Northern Territory says she hopes the inquest into his death will result in better cultural training for police.

The 22-year-old had been charged in relation to a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend.

His grandmother, Miliwanga Sandy, says the police officers deployed as part of the federal intervention did not deal with the situation properly.

“My view is to see that the police stations are run properly and the procedures and duties of the police have to be acted out according to the manual that is given to them.

“And to see that this thing doesn’t happen anymore.

“We don’t want no death in custody.”v