Globalization, a contested concept among leading theorists in its definition, timing and measurement of its effects, is almost certainly multidimensional in nature if the perspectives of these theorists are all taken into account in the same way. The vast phenomenon of globalization can therefore be examined more closely by separating and analyzing its individual dimensions, such as its political, economic, cultural and ecological dimensions. This approach, while allowing a more focused examination of the causes and effects of globalization within a single dimension, serves to highlight the interdependence of each dimension. The following essay will expose the complex interconnection between the political, economic and cultural dimensions of globalization through the analysis of a contemporary issue, the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (commonly known and hereafter referred to as the Northern Territory intervention, which encompasses both the NTNER Bill and subsequent legislation). The argument will be made that proponents of neoliberalism must be held accountable for the inevitable effects of imposing policy, through political globalization, on the culture of Indigenous Australians, while paving the way for economic globalization , given the interdependence of the dimensions of globalization. and the virtually inseparable nature of its effects. In June 2007, following an inquiry commissioned by the Northern Territory Government, a report documenting the extent of sexual abuse of minors in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory was released, entitled Ampe akelyynemane meke. mekarle: Little children are sacred (Anderson & Wild, 2007). Following the release of the report, the Australian government...... middle of paper ...... postcolonial border. Melbourne: University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/1625 Langton, M. (2008). Trapped in the Indigenous reality show. Griffith REVIEW, 19(1), 143-159. Retrieved from http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=301663100094144;res=IELLCCMcConaghy, C. (2000). Rethinking indigenous education: culturalism, colonialism and the politics of knowledge. Flaxton: Post Pressed. Sanderson, J. (2007). Is the NT intervention the army's fight? In J. Altman and M Hinkson (Eds.), Coercive reconciliation: Stabilizing, normalizing, leaving Indigenous Australia. North Carlton: Arena Publications. Scrimgeour, D. (September 2007). Setting the Agenda: Neoliberal Think Tanks and Government Intervention in the Northern Territory. Alice Springs: Speech at the Public Health Association of Australia annual conference.