Indigenous Senator Defends Opposition’s Comments on Widespread Child Abuse in Alice Springs

Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle makes her first speech in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra on Sept. 7, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Indigenous Senator Kerrynne Liddle has defended comments from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton who said a contentious proposal to change Australia’s Constitution would do little to address crime rates in Aboriginal communities like Alice Springs.

Speaking on ABC Radio National on April 14, Liddle said while care was needed to avoid politicising the issue, statistics on widespread child sexual abuse in central Australia revealed a startling truth.