Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention
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Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention is a 2008 Quarterly Essay
by Australian journalist Paul Toohey. Toohey critiques the Australian government’s intervention in remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, which began in 2007, and aimed to protect indigenous children from a “national emergency” of child sexual abuse
. Last Drinks won the 2008 Walkley Award for "Coverage of Indigenous Affairs".
Quarterly Essay
Quarterly Essay is an Australian periodical that straddles the border between magazines and non-fiction books. Printed in a book-like page size and using a single-column format, each issue features a single extended essay of at least 20,000 words, with an introduction by the editor, and...
by Australian journalist Paul Toohey. Toohey critiques the Australian government’s intervention in remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, which began in 2007, and aimed to protect indigenous children from a “national emergency” of child sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
. Last Drinks won the 2008 Walkley Award for "Coverage of Indigenous Affairs".