We've had a sad story related on Aussie TV.

An aboriginal 22 yr old guy contracted a traditional wedding with a 15 year old - with parent's blessing under traditional aboriginal law, and the girl was 'consenting' - I put tha in quotes, because that is where Little Fascist Johnny's "Intervention" went off the track. By those who cam in from outside the NT imposing "white man's law" (as the guy's mother put it) and it appears that they had no 'cultural sensitization training', it resulted in large numbers of police running around, jailing and otherwise harassing people, and and otherwise 'exercising their authority', it eventually resulted in the guy suiciding. Indeed many in the local community are disgusted, and the police are saying nothing because the Coroner is about to bring in a verdict.

It would appear that this was the first time that police 'white men' interfered in such traditional marriage contracts in the Northern Terrority.