Australian News Media on False Victimisation of Australian Aboriginals

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Australian news media on the false victimisation of Australian aboriginals
The distance between the Australian government and the indigenous Australian is a
phenomenon of long last racial practices and the government negligence to make a better
environment for the aboriginal people. As a matter of fact, the regional and commonwealth
regulatory bodies are not adequate enough to deal with the address and resolve the indigenous
issues. Therefore, the some of the Australian news media take great responsibility to push the
government to take proper measures for the benefit of the indigenous Australians. In this regard,
this essay aims to point out the role of the Australian media in highlighting the indigenous
problems and the way Australian media is willing to put pressure on the government to bring
justice to the aboriginals.
The report of Allam (2019) currently pointed out the government inaction and negligence
to bring justice to the Torres Strait Islanders people. The report is current and proves that still the
Australian government is incapable to register positive measures for the indigenous Australians.
The story of the report pointed out that there was a program initiated by the Federal and the
Northern Territory government to reduce the number of indigenous children and adults in jail.
The program was basically a part of the federal government report named “Pathways to justice”.
The article reported that there was a huge representation of the aboriginals people in Australian
prisons and also recommended some actions that would facilitate the process of curbing down
the problem. This news of The Guardian Australia is considered to be an important reflection of
the government wrong doings and the discriminatory politics that the federal and the regional
government are played while questioning the indigenous interests (Allam, 2019). As a matter of
fact, the report is not only restricted its analysis on the government inactions rather highlights the
maladministration that was going to amend the youth justice amendment bill in the Northern

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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