Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves travelled hundreds of kilometres from Yuendumu to meet Australia’s Prime Minister with a message.
But he never got to deliver it.
Walpiri leaders were unable to make their direct appeal about the laws being imposed by the Northern Territory government.
The impassioned plea was driven by the increasingly severe youth justice measures in the NT.
03:55 Chief political correspondent, Anna Henderson, is at Garma Festival, with details on land rights progress.
05:38 The federal government will tonight announce that it’s appointed Sue-Anne Hunter as the new National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. NITV’s Emma Kellaway sat down with her for an exclusive talk.
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