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

On the whole, modern Australian society is not racist, Northern Territory’s Justice Judith Kelly says. Photograph: Supreme court of NT

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.