Evidence of NT detention centre abuse was there for all to see
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It is surely extraordinary it took a Four Corners program, excellent as it was, to force the attention of Northern Territory and federal politicians on to the scandal of the NT detention system when most of the evidence had been before their eyes for a long time.
The tear-gassing, “hooding” with “spit masks”, holding of...