EXCLUSIVE: Former Australian of the Year at the centre of NT investigation19/05/2021|3min
The NT Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet is investigating an incident involving 2009 Australian of the Year Mick Dodson.
NT Treaty Commissioner Professor Dodson has been accused of threatening to assault a woman and using sexually degrading language towards her at a football game in Darwin.
The interaction occurred at the members bar at Darwin’s TIO stadium where the aboriginal woman in question reported Professor Dodson became angry and threatened to “knock her lights out”.
A complaint was then made to Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Selena Uibo who immediately directed the CEO of the Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet to seek a formal response from the commissioner.
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Remote Aboriginal communities keen for truth-telling as a foundation for new treaty negotiations By Jane Bardon © Provided by ABC NEWS Jeannie Gadambua, one local community leader in Maningrida, said she thought treaty negotiations were a matter of urgency. (ABC News: Jeannie Gadambua)
Across Australia, Indigenous leaders are grasping with both hands the opportunity being offered by some state and territory governments to start a cathartic process of truth-telling.
Yesterday, Victoria announced Australia s first formal truth-telling process, under a new truth and justice royal commission.
In the Northern Territory s remote communities, Aboriginal leaders have been keenly interested in hearing about NT Treaty Commissioner Mick Dodson s plans to recommend a similar truth-telling commission be established.
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