Post by lennie on Jul 21, 2006 7:12:28 GMT -5
Australian Federal Police have raided the Canberra home of an Aboriginal public servant from the central Australian community of Mutitjulu, near Uluru. The woman's lawyer George Newhouse says the search relates to allegations about confidential government documents.
No one has been arrested and no charges have been laid.
Mutitjulu has been in the national spotlight in recent weeks after allegations a paedophile was offerring sex for petrol in the community. It has also been at the centre of a legal dispute this week with the local Aboriginal Corporation fighting the appointment of an administrator.
Mr Newhouse has told Stateline today's raid is part of a government vendetta against the community. "You've had an administrator appointed with no reasons in the middle of the night, you've got federal police raiding members of the community's homes looking for government documents, you have to ask if it's not a vendetta what is it," he said.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough says the lawyer's remarks are ridiculous but could not comment any further on a police operation.
This report just in from ABC - One wonders what has really gone on here
