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Parliament. As per this bill, the rights of the aboriginal youths will be endangered as the
government wants to impose force and restraints on the indigenous youth detainees. Many of the
NGOs and Australian social work organisations feel the threat to the extinction of the aboriginals
and called the new act as unconstitutional and discriminatory. On the other hand, the newspaper
tried to cover the government speeches as well that tried to justify the enactment as a rightful
measure to secure the lives of the people. In addition to this, the article of Allam (2019) also tried
to depict a contradictory measure that the Northern Territory government tried to implement by
violating the federal program of reducing the number of aboriginal prisoners in Australian jails.
Based on this understanding, it can be stated that the negligence and the discriminatory
practices are not new in Australian and the government is always one step ahead to segregate the
indigenous population from the mainstream social development. Discrimination is bestowed in
the federal mechanism. As per the report of the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association
(AIDA), the issue of racism towards the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people can also
be seen in the health system of Australia (Aida.org.au., 2017). The trauma of colonisation and
the discriminatory practices of the Australian government make it vulnerable for the indigenous
people to fight for their rights. Moreover, the AIDA report articulated that racism in Australia
substantially influenced the acceptable increase in the health gap between the indigenous and the
non-indigenous population. In fact, poor mental health, anxiety, psychological stress are also
clear indication of the racial practices that is still prevalent in Australia.
In this context, it will be improper to say that the Australian news media never highlight
the issues of the aboriginals Australians. There are numerous leading news media article that can
confirm that the Australian media is highly powerful and is willing to make a better arrangement
for the indigenous population. According to the report of Coward (2010) it can be argued that in

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