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  • Compulsory Income Management and Indigenous Peoples - Exploring Counter Narratives amidst Colonial Constructions of 'Vulnerability'

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    Bielefeld, Shelley
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    Bielefeld, Shelley S.
    Year published
    2014
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    This article explores counter narratives to the dominant colonial narrative about Indigenous welfare recipients classified as 'vulnerable' under the compulsory income management laws. The compulsory income management laws and policies were implemented initially in 2007 as part of the Northern Territory Intervention, and were modified to some degree in 2010 in what the Government alleges to be a non-racially discriminatory manner. These laws were further entrenched and extended in June 2012 as part of the Stronger Futures legislative package. The laws have a particularly significant impact upon Indigenous welfare recipients ...
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    This article explores counter narratives to the dominant colonial narrative about Indigenous welfare recipients classified as 'vulnerable' under the compulsory income management laws. The compulsory income management laws and policies were implemented initially in 2007 as part of the Northern Territory Intervention, and were modified to some degree in 2010 in what the Government alleges to be a non-racially discriminatory manner. These laws were further entrenched and extended in June 2012 as part of the Stronger Futures legislative package. The laws have a particularly significant impact upon Indigenous welfare recipients in the Northern Territory and, increasingly, across some other Indigenous communities outside that jurisdiction. The government narrative about income management maintains that it is beneficial for those subject to it. However, there are other marginalised narratives that shed light upon the compulsory income management discourse. These suggest that law constructs, rather than merely describes, the vulnerability that the Government claims to seek to redress via these laws.
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    Journal Title
    Sydney Law Review
    Volume
    36
    Publisher URI
    https://sydney.edu.au/law/our-research/publications/sydney-law-review.html
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    © 2014 University of Sydney. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Law and Society
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/378235
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