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Bush law: the forum
Danielle Loy’s film Bush Law presents the passionately held views of a group of senior men from the community of Lajamanu who are calling for the recognition of Aboriginal customary law.
It was screened for the first time at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs on Friday night.
The screening was followed by a forum consisting of:
former NT Deputy Chief Magistrate Michael Ward
Glen Dooley, Senior Lawyer, Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
Dave Doleman, Prison Liason Officer, Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks – President, Barkly Shire
Billy Bunter Janpijinpa – Lajamanu Community Elder
Steve Janpijinpa Patrick – Lajamanu Community
Jerry Jungala Patrick – Lajamanu Community Elder
Neil Cook – Lajamanu Community
Noel Hayes, Vice Chair person, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
Alice Online presents the forum in the interest of further public discussion and debate about this controversial subject. The film is in fourteen short parts and begins with an introduction by the forum chairman Ken Leichleitner.
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[...] The film was launched at a forum in Alice Springs and attended by 300 people, who appeared to be overwhelmingly supportive of the proposal and raised no objections to the idea of traditional punishments being enforced. Alice On LIne filmed the forum. [...]
[...] whether the Australian legal system should recognise Aboriginal customary law that began in 2009 (watch the forum on Bush Law) intensified in 2010, fuelled by events at Yuendumu. Type Yuendumu into the site search engine (and [...]
is this Bush Law film available online to see? or available anywhere to see… I’m from Melbourne so I don’t have access to such Aboriginal films.
Kevin: I will forward your query to Danielle Loy. Not sure if you can buy it on line.