Arena Quarterly no. 2

Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia

In the wake of the release of Anderson/Wild Little Children Are Sacred report, the Howard government declared a national emergency and mobilised a coalition of police, army and others in what they suggest will be the ‘first phase’ of a program to tackle child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal Australia. This book is a critical response to the government’s actions.