Indigenous community rebuffs peacekeepers call

"Leaders in one of Australia's largest Aboriginal communities deny they need a military peacekeeping force to restore order.

"But the Community Council at Wadeye in the Northern Territory says the Army's muscle could help bring basic services up to scratch.

"The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says Wadeye is beset by violence and every child is at risk of abuse and neglect.

"The association's Territory branch wants the Army brought in as peacekeepers but Dale Seaniger from Wadeye's Thamarrurr Council says that suggestion is out of line.

"'That's rather ludicrous to suggest a peacekeeping role,' he said.

"'That's sort of drawing a bit of a long bow.

"'Just bringing in the Army as a peacekeeping force is not going to resolve the issue, there needs to be quite a few sort of initiatives put in place.'

"However, Mr Seanigar says the community would welcome the military's help to improve basic infrastructure."
ABC News

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