NT supreme court judge says antiracism is becoming ‘a religion or a cult’

Justice Judith Kelly uses speech on Indigenous domestic violence to claim there's a culture in some communities that tolerates violence against women'

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A Northern Territory supreme court judge has said antiracism is a religion or a cult" and the fear of being called a racist is preventing people from speaking honestly" about violence against Aboriginal women.

Justice Judith Kelly told a gathering of women lawyers there was not a lot" lawyers and courts could do about domestic violence against Aboriginal women that was not already being done.