Australian Medical Association withdraws from NT Intervention

Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) announced that it has withdrawn from the Northern Territory National Emergency Response.

The AMA head, Rosanna Capolingua, said that working with the Government has been fraught with problems and is too costly.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that he is not concerned about the future of the Northern Territory Intervention and that the Australian Government would look at other organizations to take over the AMA's role.

The Northern Territory National Emergency Response also known as the Intervention was put in place by the former Howard Government in response to the Northern Territory Government's Little Children are Sacred report.

Have an opinion on this story? Share it!

Related news

"Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities" — Wikinews, May 17, 2006

Sources

Melissa Jenkins. "AMA opts out of intervention" — Herald Sun, June 14, 2008
"AMA pulls out of NT intervention" — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 15, 2008
"Rudd unfazed by AMA Intervention withdrawal" — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 15, 2008

Share this:

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.

Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication.

Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.

Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.

Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.