Letter

In response to Call for national action to prevent 'torture' or death of incarcerated First Nat

People who live in glass houses...

Australians are often quick to condemn “the human rights record” of other countries. I suggest before doing that, they should first read the 30 July, 2025 letter of the Northern Territory Paediatricians to the chief Minister of the Northern Territory as one example of the inhumane treatment of fellow Australians, in this case the incarceration of Aboriginal children, detailing their poor physical and mental state when the first come to the notice of our “justice” system.

On reading that letter, it’s not hard to justify calling Australia a country with an entrenched and systematic racism problem. To those who deny it, please tell me how you justify your denial.

We should get our own house in order before condemning others.

— Margaret Callinan from Hawthorn VIC 3122