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Australia due for 'massive reckoning' with its history
Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said people must be mindful about political leaders favouring "practical measures" over truth-telling. "What people don't understand is that it's the practical measures that got us to the situation that we're currently in," she said. "We've got to be really mindful about that fact when we hear this narrative about truth-telling is symbolism." The importance of truth-telling was also highlighted by Human Rights Commission president Hugh De Kretser. "In mainstream Australia there is a need for a massive reckoning around the injustice," he said. "That's why truth-telling is so important." Ms Kiss pointed to youth justice legislation in the Northern Territory and Queensland, saying those jurisdictions have been wilfully opposing their human rights obligations. "If we do not exercise our rights, they are not held accountable to them," she said. "If we do not challenge governments on the fact they have obligations to our rights, they will continue to violate them." Her comments come after Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves called out the Northern Territory government and the NT Police at the Garma Festival. Mr Hargraves said his community of Yuendumu had lost trust in the police after the deaths of his grandson Kumanjayi White in May, and Kumanjayi Walker in 2019. Kumanjayi Walker was 19 when he was shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at close range at a home in Yuendumu. A coronial inquest found Mr Walker's death was preventable, and coroner Elisabeth Armitage said she could not rule out that racism may have played a part in the teenager's death. The Northern Territory government is yet to commit to any of the coroner's recommendations, handed down in Yuendumu in July. In May, the community was left reeling after the death of Kumanjayi White at a supermarket in Alice Springs. The 24-year-old, who had a disability, died after being forcibly restrained by two plain-clothes officers. "Kumanjayi Walker was murdered in broad daylight," Mr Hargraves said. "In the same way my jaja, my grandson, was done, he was killed by the law. "The police has done enough. Enough is enough. We have to put a stop to it somewhere." Reading from a letter he penned to the prime minister, Mr Hargraves said Anthony Albanese had the power to turn around the outcomes for his community. "This genocide must stop," he said. "We are asking you, the prime minister, to do something about it." Mr Albanese visited Garma for a few hours on Saturday, making a speech and meeting with senior Yolngu leaders. He announced an economic partnership with Indigenous organisations, which he said would allow Traditional Owners to advocate for infrastructure, housing and energy projects on their land, with millions promised for First Nations clean energy projects and for native title reform. During his speech Mr Albanese also acknowledged the work of Victoria's truth-telling process, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which Mr De Kretser said was good to see, and could "open the door a little" to truth-telling on a national level. 13YARN 13 92 76 Lifeline 13 11 14 Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said people must be mindful about political leaders favouring "practical measures" over truth-telling. "What people don't understand is that it's the practical measures that got us to the situation that we're currently in," she said. "We've got to be really mindful about that fact when we hear this narrative about truth-telling is symbolism." The importance of truth-telling was also highlighted by Human Rights Commission president Hugh De Kretser. "In mainstream Australia there is a need for a massive reckoning around the injustice," he said. "That's why truth-telling is so important." Ms Kiss pointed to youth justice legislation in the Northern Territory and Queensland, saying those jurisdictions have been wilfully opposing their human rights obligations. "If we do not exercise our rights, they are not held accountable to them," she said. "If we do not challenge governments on the fact they have obligations to our rights, they will continue to violate them." Her comments come after Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves called out the Northern Territory government and the NT Police at the Garma Festival. Mr Hargraves said his community of Yuendumu had lost trust in the police after the deaths of his grandson Kumanjayi White in May, and Kumanjayi Walker in 2019. Kumanjayi Walker was 19 when he was shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at close range at a home in Yuendumu. A coronial inquest found Mr Walker's death was preventable, and coroner Elisabeth Armitage said she could not rule out that racism may have played a part in the teenager's death. The Northern Territory government is yet to commit to any of the coroner's recommendations, handed down in Yuendumu in July. In May, the community was left reeling after the death of Kumanjayi White at a supermarket in Alice Springs. The 24-year-old, who had a disability, died after being forcibly restrained by two plain-clothes officers. "Kumanjayi Walker was murdered in broad daylight," Mr Hargraves said. "In the same way my jaja, my grandson, was done, he was killed by the law. "The police has done enough. Enough is enough. We have to put a stop to it somewhere." Reading from a letter he penned to the prime minister, Mr Hargraves said Anthony Albanese had the power to turn around the outcomes for his community. "This genocide must stop," he said. "We are asking you, the prime minister, to do something about it." Mr Albanese visited Garma for a few hours on Saturday, making a speech and meeting with senior Yolngu leaders. He announced an economic partnership with Indigenous organisations, which he said would allow Traditional Owners to advocate for infrastructure, housing and energy projects on their land, with millions promised for First Nations clean energy projects and for native title reform. During his speech Mr Albanese also acknowledged the work of Victoria's truth-telling process, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which Mr De Kretser said was good to see, and could "open the door a little" to truth-telling on a national level. 13YARN 13 92 76 Lifeline 13 11 14 Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said people must be mindful about political leaders favouring "practical measures" over truth-telling. "What people don't understand is that it's the practical measures that got us to the situation that we're currently in," she said. "We've got to be really mindful about that fact when we hear this narrative about truth-telling is symbolism." The importance of truth-telling was also highlighted by Human Rights Commission president Hugh De Kretser. "In mainstream Australia there is a need for a massive reckoning around the injustice," he said. "That's why truth-telling is so important." Ms Kiss pointed to youth justice legislation in the Northern Territory and Queensland, saying those jurisdictions have been wilfully opposing their human rights obligations. "If we do not exercise our rights, they are not held accountable to them," she said. "If we do not challenge governments on the fact they have obligations to our rights, they will continue to violate them." Her comments come after Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves called out the Northern Territory government and the NT Police at the Garma Festival. Mr Hargraves said his community of Yuendumu had lost trust in the police after the deaths of his grandson Kumanjayi White in May, and Kumanjayi Walker in 2019. Kumanjayi Walker was 19 when he was shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at close range at a home in Yuendumu. A coronial inquest found Mr Walker's death was preventable, and coroner Elisabeth Armitage said she could not rule out that racism may have played a part in the teenager's death. The Northern Territory government is yet to commit to any of the coroner's recommendations, handed down in Yuendumu in July. In May, the community was left reeling after the death of Kumanjayi White at a supermarket in Alice Springs. The 24-year-old, who had a disability, died after being forcibly restrained by two plain-clothes officers. "Kumanjayi Walker was murdered in broad daylight," Mr Hargraves said. "In the same way my jaja, my grandson, was done, he was killed by the law. "The police has done enough. Enough is enough. We have to put a stop to it somewhere." Reading from a letter he penned to the prime minister, Mr Hargraves said Anthony Albanese had the power to turn around the outcomes for his community. "This genocide must stop," he said. "We are asking you, the prime minister, to do something about it." Mr Albanese visited Garma for a few hours on Saturday, making a speech and meeting with senior Yolngu leaders. He announced an economic partnership with Indigenous organisations, which he said would allow Traditional Owners to advocate for infrastructure, housing and energy projects on their land, with millions promised for First Nations clean energy projects and for native title reform. During his speech Mr Albanese also acknowledged the work of Victoria's truth-telling process, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which Mr De Kretser said was good to see, and could "open the door a little" to truth-telling on a national level. 13YARN 13 92 76 Lifeline 13 11 14 Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said people must be mindful about political leaders favouring "practical measures" over truth-telling. "What people don't understand is that it's the practical measures that got us to the situation that we're currently in," she said. "We've got to be really mindful about that fact when we hear this narrative about truth-telling is symbolism." The importance of truth-telling was also highlighted by Human Rights Commission president Hugh De Kretser. "In mainstream Australia there is a need for a massive reckoning around the injustice," he said. "That's why truth-telling is so important." Ms Kiss pointed to youth justice legislation in the Northern Territory and Queensland, saying those jurisdictions have been wilfully opposing their human rights obligations. "If we do not exercise our rights, they are not held accountable to them," she said. "If we do not challenge governments on the fact they have obligations to our rights, they will continue to violate them." Her comments come after Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves called out the Northern Territory government and the NT Police at the Garma Festival. Mr Hargraves said his community of Yuendumu had lost trust in the police after the deaths of his grandson Kumanjayi White in May, and Kumanjayi Walker in 2019. Kumanjayi Walker was 19 when he was shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at close range at a home in Yuendumu. A coronial inquest found Mr Walker's death was preventable, and coroner Elisabeth Armitage said she could not rule out that racism may have played a part in the teenager's death. The Northern Territory government is yet to commit to any of the coroner's recommendations, handed down in Yuendumu in July. In May, the community was left reeling after the death of Kumanjayi White at a supermarket in Alice Springs. The 24-year-old, who had a disability, died after being forcibly restrained by two plain-clothes officers. "Kumanjayi Walker was murdered in broad daylight," Mr Hargraves said. "In the same way my jaja, my grandson, was done, he was killed by the law. "The police has done enough. Enough is enough. We have to put a stop to it somewhere." Reading from a letter he penned to the prime minister, Mr Hargraves said Anthony Albanese had the power to turn around the outcomes for his community. "This genocide must stop," he said. "We are asking you, the prime minister, to do something about it." Mr Albanese visited Garma for a few hours on Saturday, making a speech and meeting with senior Yolngu leaders. He announced an economic partnership with Indigenous organisations, which he said would allow Traditional Owners to advocate for infrastructure, housing and energy projects on their land, with millions promised for First Nations clean energy projects and for native title reform. During his speech Mr Albanese also acknowledged the work of Victoria's truth-telling process, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which Mr De Kretser said was good to see, and could "open the door a little" to truth-telling on a national level. 13YARN 13 92 76 Lifeline 13 11 14
News.com.au
5 hours ago
- News.com.au
60 Minutes revisits outback murder of Bruce Schuler in far north Queensland
The haunting outback murder of gold prospector Bruce Schuler continues to cast a shadow 13 years on, with fresh claims of a possible miscarriage of justice. In a wide-ranging review of the murder, which happened on the vast Palmerville Station in far north Queensland in 2012, 60 Minutes reveals some people, including a Queensland detective, believe Stephen Struber and Dianne Wilson, the husband and wife convicted of Mr Schuler's murder, may have suffered a miscarriage of justice. Struber and Wilson owned Palmerville and Mr Schuler was prospecting for gold on the cattle station when he disappeared. A jury convicted the pair of gunning down Mr Schuler, 48, and they are now in prison. Mr Schuler's body has never been found and because of Queensland's 'no body, no parole' laws, the former station owners look set to live out the rest of their lives in jail. Former Queensland detective Graeme Crowley believes the wrong people are in jail. 'It seems this is going to be one of those cases where just about everything you look at unravels,' he says on Sunday night's show. 'I believe it's a miscarriage of justice and it needs to go back to the courts.' Supporters of the convicted killers and those who believe a miscarriage of justice has occurred point to a lack of DNA evidence linking Struber and Wilson to the crime, the fact Mr Schuler's body and the murder weapon have never been found and alleged discrepancies in witness testimony. Mr Crowley believes Struber and Wilson did not attend the 'second crime scene', or the place where a small amount of Mr Schuler's blood was later discovered. 'Once you expose that, the Crown don't have a case,' he argued. Wilson and Struber continue to maintain their innocence. In a letter to Mr Schuler's daughter Lisa, Wilson says 'I did not shoot your father and if I did I would have said so from the very start'. But Lisa and the broader Schuler family are sure the right people are behind bars. According to the police, Wilson and Struber killed Mr Schuler because they were obsessed with protecting their land. The pair had a reputation in the region for intimidating and threatening trespassers. 'It was the talk that something's going to happen out there one day,' Mr Schuler's widow Fiona Splitt said. 'Someone's going to get hurt … they always had guns with them and things like that.' Supporters of Wilson and Struber plan to go back to the Court of Appeal to overturn the murder conviction, 60 Minutes reveals. The pair's original appeal was dismissed. 'I just feel like I've been kicked in the guts right now,' Fiona says. 'It (the new appeal) is just ridiculous, the only other way of finding out anymore is tell us where Bruce is and we'll get the rest of the evidence.' In a statement provided to 60 Minutes, the Queensland Police said their investigation of the murder was 'extensive and thorough'.
9 News
5 hours ago
- 9 News
Detective who collared murderer Murdoch reveals how he linked cases
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here The South Australian detective who collared outback killer Bradley Murdoch has spoken for the first time. Geoff Carson told 9News how he linked a mystery man in the Riverlands to the monster who killed Peter Falconio and shares his theory on what Murdoch did with the backpacker's body. Now retired, Carson was the small-town cop who solved a national mystery. Now retired, Geoff Carson was the small-town cop who solved a national mystery. (Nine) "At the start of the new century, it was the most talked about crime at the time, who would've done such a brazen act," he said. The breakthrough began with a single phone call. "He says, 'I don't care what you're doing, I need to see you right now', and he said the name of his daughter and he said that she'd been raped." In South Australia's Riverland, a woman and her 12-year-old daughter had been abducted by a violent monster. They were bound and gagged, and put in the back of a truck that belonged to Murdoch. The South Australian detective who collared outback killer Bradley Murdoch has spoken for the first time. (Nine) After a 20-hour ordeal, the victims were paid for their silence and let go. When Carson took their statement, something clicked. "Little pocket notebook, I wrote down, halfway down the page, Falconio, then a question mark, it just rang to me straight way," Carson said. The previous year British backpackers Falconio and Joanne Lees had been ambushed along a remote stretch of highway in the Northern Territory. Lees escaped into the scrub after being bound with the same cable ties as the Riverland victims. "In 40 years of policing I hadn't come across someone who'd done that before, so it was a unique type of behaviour, I thought," Carson said. When Murdoch was arrested over the abduction of the mother and daughter, Carson made contact with the Northern Territory. Peter Falconio was shot dead in the NT. (Nine) "I said I reckon I got your fella," he said. But NT Police had already crossed Murdoch off their list. So Carson took matters into his own hands. He bundled up cigarette butts and milk cartons marked with the killer's DNA, evidence that would lead to a match and a warrant for Murdoch's arrest. For the Riverland rapes a jury found there wasn't enough evidence to convict Murdoch. But on the day he was acquitted police were waiting at Adelaide's Supreme Court. The monster was charged for an outback murder. But Carson remains determined to solve that mystery once and for all. He says he was given one clue, a remark Murdoch had made to a friend. "He said to this old fella, 'If I was ever going to get rid of a body, I'd put it into the grate off on the side of the road, like the flood mitigation, bury it in one of those because no one would ever find it, no one would ever dig in there'," Carson said. Falconio's remains may still be missing but the case isn't closed. The reward for information was recently raised to $500,000. "Anyone who has lost a loved one wants to be able to put that loved one to rest," Carson said. "They want to know that they are finally at peace, the Falconio's haven't got that." police South Australia murder crime national Australia CONTACT US
