In an exclusive interview with Sky News Australia, the former prime minister said the NT Government was repeating the same failures that prompted his administration to introduce widespread restrictions in the territory 15 years ago.
Mr Howard’s government launched the Northern Territory Emergency Response in 2007 after reports of widespread child sex abuse.
“Look at the NT. Fifteen years ago when I was PM we had an intervention in the NT and that was because that was the failure of the NT Government,” Mr Howard said. Former prime minister John Howard has accused the NT Government of making the same mistakes that led to the Intervention in the territory more than 15 years ago. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called for a Royal Commission into child sex abuse in the Northern Territory after visiting Alice Springs late last year. The resignation of Julian Leeser from his portfolios of indigenous affairs and attorney general marked the highest profile dissention from the party line since Mr Dutton took the leadership.
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