The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER), otherwise known as the ‘Intervention’, was announced on 21 June 2007 by the former Australian Government and received in principle bipartisan support from the then Leader of the Opposition. The immediate aims of the NTER measures were to protect children and make communities safe. In the longer term they...

This report provides information about the role and activities of the Taskforce, the key achievements of the Northern Territory Emergency Response and the Taskforce’s views on the response.