ABORIGINAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS: No question of turning back

IN the tumultuous year since John Howard's indigenous intervention turned the Northern Territory on its head, the federal government's emergency response has been condemned and praised, questioned and revised, lampooned and obituarised.Yet it remains in force, reshaping remote territory communities, just as the deep-seated social problems it was designed to counter also remain, writes Nicholas Rothwell. Aust 21 Jun 2008