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<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This Report presents the findings of Phase One of the Review into the Treatment of Women at ADFA and in the ADF. Phase One of the Review focuses specifically on ADFA. This report contains four chapters and 31 recommendations. These recommendations build on reform processes begun in the late 1990s and identify further, significant areas for change.</p>

This is a brief submission outlining some specific instances of infringements on the child’s rights to profess and practice religion freely while being detained in the Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, WA, between October 2001 and August 2002.

Commissioners: DR SEV OZDOWSKI, Human Rights Commissioner MRS ROBIN SULLIVAN, Queensland Children's Commissioner PROFESSOR TRANG THOMAS, Professor of Psychology, Melbourne Institute of Technology MS VANESSA LESNIE, Secretary to the Inquiry

In 1863 the area now known as the Northern Territory came under the control of South Australia. By 1903 the whole area was leased to non-Indigenous people. As there were few non-Indigenous women, relationships between the Indigenous women and non-Indigenous men were relatively common. The consequence was a growing population of children of mixed descent who were usually cared for by their mothers within the Aboriginal community.

Failure to implement the Genocide Convention Education and the abolition of Bilingual Education Programs in the Northern Territory Redressing Indigenous disadvantage

1. I have been awarded a Bachelor of Science from Aberdeen University, and a Masters of Agricultural Science, Doctorate of Philosophy and Diploma of Education from the University of Adelaide. I received my TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification at the Adelaide TAFE Institute. 2. I have taught agriculture at the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide from 1974 to 1994. I have also taught for two years at secondary school level and lectured part-time for a year at the Adelaide TAFE Institute.

<h2><strong>4.1 Introduction</strong></h2> <p>Alcohol consumption, misuse and related harm are some of the most challenging issues confronting communities across the length and breadth of Australia. These challenges are not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, but confront every demographic in Australian cities and towns. From Kings Cross to Halls Creek, St Kilda to Santa Teresa – communities grapple with alcohol related harm arising from over-consumption and the extent to which punitive or restrictive measures should or should not be applied.</p>