The Port of Weipa is mainly involved in exports of bauxite. It is also used to control the use and abuse of alcohol in the community and juvenile offences associated with petrol sniffing. The rate for serious assault charges on reserves is 226.05 per 100 000 compared with a Queensland figure of 43.85. The traditional language area of Kugu Yi'anh includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.Kugu Nganchara (also known as Wik, Wiknantjara, Wik Nganychara, Wik Ngencherr. Penalties, too, have a more severe impact on Aboriginal people. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging. * Water demand doubled between 1980 and 1990 to reach a daily amount of about 43,000 million cubic meters, and it is growing at the rate of 10 percent annually. To the extent that it results from insensitive application of the law, the law or its administration should be appropriately reformed. To what extent are they the product of non-recognition of Aboriginal customary laws? In addition, fewer traditionally oriented people could volunteer a reason for having prisons. This link will take you to an external site. Report crime anonymously 24/7. You have to believe either that Aboriginals are the most criminal of minorities in the world or that there is something inherently wrong with a system which uses imprisonment so liberally.The problems reflected by these statistics cannot be attributed to any one cause, whether this is actual offending rates, the problematic definition of offences in some cases, or discriminatory policing. They are more likely to require changes in the general law and its administration, or improving the social, educational and economic conditions in which Aborigines live.Customary and cultural elements may however still be of relevance in criminal law cases (including both serious and minor offencesThe Australian Law Reform Commission acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. Yarrabah has people from a number of tribes. The behaviour resulting in the charges was in the main or’ a trivial nature, the majority of offences involving the use of unseemly words. At the most, it could simply be interpreted as people having some say in the administration of the law in their community. The situation — or rather, the range of situations — which underlie the statistics is undoubtedly the product of a variety of factors. When she raised the alarm, a senior member of the community came to her aid and beat the husband. Do they reflect problems experienced by all Aborigines, or only certain groups? There are also shipments of live cattle from the port. High violence reserves were marked by a number of characteristics: alcohol was legally available: they had only low to medium levels of traditional culture; they had relatively high populations: most importantly, they were reserves that had received displaced Aborigines from other areas.
See also related Wik languages) is a traditional language of the area which includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the These trends in violence and destruction on Aboriginal reserves point to explanations which are familiar to observers of other societies. To the extent that it results from poverty, social and educational deprivation and poor standards of health (engendering attitudes of apathy, boredom or despair) these should be confronted and if possible remedied. Welcome to the Neighbourhood Watch Queensland (Weipa E-Watch) blog.
No offence which resulted in a court appearance during our research period at Yalata could be linked with ‘traditional’ matters. temperatures, humidity and precipation. In the other assault case, the defendant assaulted his brother-in-law, whom he saw striking his (the defendant’s) sister. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are similarly disproportionately represented for other ‘good order’ offences (26.5% of all prisoners) and for justice procedure offences eg breach of bond (17.3%).consistently … show that young Aboriginal people suspected of offending are:more likely to be referred to courts rather than to aid panels (during the first half of 1982, 64% of young Aboriginal defendants went to court, compared to only 36% of other defendants — penalties imposed by aid panels generally are far less severe than courts);These are dramatic rates of imprisonment by any standards and for any community. See also para 497, and cf para 492-6 where some of the more significant cases are discussed.The exception (Case No 34) was a borderline mentally retarded girl who killed her husband under severe provocation and received a 12 month suspended sentence: id, 36-7.eg Case No 5 (carnal knowledge): id, 8-9.
There is limited information on groundwater extraction rates, or the extent of contamination at the national level.