In matters of litigation,
research or testimony that does not reflect, or indeed
violates, standard scientific
practices is excluded from the record as Junk Science.
In Aboriginal health
research, there is a legacy of mistrust of researchers, who have often made false assumptions and misunderstood the values and
practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures by approaching them through their own cultural lens.1 There are ongoing concerns from Indigenous peoples that communication by researchers is poor, consultation is inadequate, values are
violated by inadvertent cross-cultural insensitivity, and the
research often fails to benefit the community.1