The Wire

Aboriginal violence is on the news agenda again this week after shocking revelations about the treatment of women and children on communities. It’s all part of the bigger tragic picture of a culture in meltdown—and one of the other apparently insoluble aspects of that is petrol sniffing. A Senate Committee into the problem heard submissions in South Australia this week, including one from indigenous elder Denis Colson. With Dean Hodgsen, Denis spoke to the Wire’s Christine Brown and told her about his fight against the problem, and some of the activities he’s tried with young sniffers.