In the 1960s the Soviet leader Khrushchev criticised Australia's treatment of its Indigenous population in the United Nations
General Assembly. This embarrassed the Federal Government and forced them to consider their treatment of Indigenous people.
The media attention generated by the Freedom Rides brought international attention to the plight of Aboriginal people and
forced many towns to improve their treatment of them.
It was international treaties and international influence that allowed the Federal Government to intervene in the Franklin
Dam dispute.
