Patrick Dodson's takedown of 'appalling demonstration of ignorance' by Nigel Scullion

By Fergus Hunter
Updated October 22 2016 - 6:09pm, first published 3:38pm
Patrick Dodson slammed the government's 'appaling demonstation of ignorance about the criminal justice system and its interface with Indigenous peoples'. Photo: Steven Siewert
Patrick Dodson slammed the government's 'appaling demonstation of ignorance about the criminal justice system and its interface with Indigenous peoples'. Photo: Steven Siewert
Senators Malarndirri McCarthy (left) and Pat Dodson (right) with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion (foreground) during a hearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 21 October 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senators Malarndirri McCarthy (left) and Pat Dodson (right) with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion (foreground) during a hearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 21 October 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senator Pat Dodson targeted Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senator Pat Dodson targeted Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion in his office at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion in his office at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Labor frontbencher Patrick Dodson has panned the government's inaction on incarceration issues facing Aboriginal communities, zeroing in on Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion's "appalling demonstration of ignorance".