abused by tabloids and racists even, shock jocks the sort of people who will take – information like this and exploit it?” answered Rogers. ‘Yes,” CLAIMS LATELINE’S • 1. Children were being held as slaves” in Central Australia, traded between communities “sex and given petrol to sniff in exchange for sex. 2. Senior Aboriginal men in the community of Mutitjulu protected an elderly alleged paedophile, and created an environment where children were being sexually abused without sanction. TRUTH •THE 1. There was some evidence of children being given petrol to sniff, but evidence “no whatsoever” of petrol being given in exchange for sex, said NT Police. 2. The Australian Crime Commission and the NT Police found no evidence of organised paedophile rings, or slaves’ in Central Australian Aboriginal communities. ‘sex 3. was no evidence of senior Aboriginal men in the community of Mutitjulu protecting an elderly alleged paedophile. 4. One of the witnesses in the story described as a worker” while his Lateline – “youth face was filmed in shadow was in fact a senior official in the Howard government. – 5. Another key witness in the story, a doctor in the community of Mutitjulu, was Lateline prescribing Viagra to the elderly alleged paedophile at the centre of the story. This continued for more than four years, despite the doctor expressing written concerns that the man was using Viagra to target young females. 6. refused to report the revelations regarding the doctor, and suppressed a leaked Lateline report which claimed doctors in the community were prescribing Viagra to the man against the wishes of local residents. 7. also refused to report the outcomes of police investigations into its The Lateline investigations dismissed claims. Lateline’s * Chris Graham is the managing editor of Tracker magazine. He was formerly the editor of National Indigenous Times, when the reporting scandal was first broken. Lateline
abused by tabloids and racists even, shock jocks – the sort of people who will take information like this and exploit it?” ‘Yes,” answered Rogers. • LATELINE’S CLAIMS 1. Children were being held as “sex slaves” in Central Australia, traded between communities and given petrol to sniff in exchange for sex. 2. Senior Aboriginal men in the community of Mutitjulu protected an elderly alleged paedophile, and created an environment where children were being sexually abused without sanction. •THE TRUTH 1. There was some evidence of children being given petrol to sniff, but “no evidence whatsoever” of petrol being given in exchange for sex, said NT Police. 2. The Australian Crime Commission and the NT Police found no evidence of organised paedophile rings, or ‘sex slaves’ in Central Australian Aboriginal communities. 3. was no evidence of senior Aboriginal men in the community of Mutitjulu protecting an elderly alleged paedophile. 4. One of the witnesses in the Lateline story – described as a “youth worker” while his face was filmed in shadow – was in fact a senior official in the Howard government. 5. Another key witness in the Lateline story, a doctor in the community of Mutitjulu, was prescribing Viagra to the elderly alleged paedophile at the centre of the story. This continued for more than four years, despite the doctor expressing written concerns that the man was using Viagra to target young females. 6. Lateline refused to report the revelations regarding the doctor, and suppressed a leaked report which claimed doctors in the community were prescribing Viagra to the man against the wishes of local residents. 7. Lateline also refused to report the outcomes of police investigations into its The investigations dismissed Lateline’s claims. * Chris Graham is the managing editor of Tracker magazine. He was formerly the editor of National Indigenous Times, when the Lateline reporting scandal was first broken.
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