The Northern Territory intervention has been a disaster for the vast majority of Aboriginal people. It's a grab for Aboriginal lands and the wealth that lies under them.

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There's a new educational expert on the block. He delivered the 2008 Boyer Lecture, addressed the G8 on “Education the Last Frontier”, telling of the need for revolutionary change in our public schools. He explained his plans to Kevin in '07, and to Julia every year since. He introduced them to his guru Joel Klein, ex-head of NY schools who Julia dutifully wheeled around Australia in late 2008.

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