PARIAH’s Co-ordinator is a person described by NT Police (NT Supreme Court 1996) as an "alternative life styler.” His circular stone house is situated between the non-Aboriginal, racist-led township of Cox Peninsula and (eight kilometres away) his nearest neighbours, the Aboriginal Community of Belyuen.

A common theme in the NT is that non-Aboriginal people should not interfere in Aboriginal affairs. A theme mainly espoused by non-Aboriginal people busily oppressing and exploiting Aboriginal people. In particular, the politicians and bureaucrats who comprise the tradracist Country Liberal Party. The CLP have been in power for 26 years. The only political party to have ever held power in the NT. 

PARIAH has attempted to expose and combat racism through the NT 
Anti-Discrimination Commission and the Courts. Our failure to achieve justice is certainly not due to lack of evidence. Tape recordings, sworn statements from Cox Peninsula residents, photographs, contradictory statements from Respondents and documented persecution by NT Government Departments demonstrate conclusively that political discrimination and victimisation are used to intimidate, silence and exclude anti-racist activists, by the CLP Government.

This ongoing political persecution has obviously not encouraged witnesses to support PARIAH. It has, as intended, resulted in people being afraid to associate with us. *

* PARlAH’s Co-ordinator recently attended an NT environmental group's Annual General Meeting, where returning office bearers, did not want their names publicised in their members' news sheets, for fear of reprisals from the Country Liberal Party.

PARIAH attempted to appeal four ( of 10 ) complaints dismissed by the NT Anti-Discrimination Commission - February, March 2000. These ten complaints were rejected for reasons that make no logical sense - (all 'decisions' erred in law and fact) - apart from political bias by the ADC's new Commissioner -Tom Stodulka.

Mr Stodulka was appointed by NT Chief Minister, Denis Burke to replace Dawn Lawrie, halfway through the complaint process by PARIAH members - exposing systemic racism in the NT. 

The treatment of PARIAH members by the ADC changed radically once Tom was installed.

Magistrate Lowndes, dismissed appeals against these rejections (after four court appearances). The following is a submission to Magistrate Lowndes - with minor changes for clarification - prior to his dismissal of our appeals.

N. B. None of these Government Departments abused our human rights until complaints were made to the Anti-Discrimination Commission about the racist and undemocratic behaviour of the Country Liberal Party-backed, Cox Peninsula Community Government Council.