ABC News : Indigenous

Police to work with sex offender on community committee
Northern Territory Police say they will work with a committee set up to prevent violence at a remote Aboriginal community, even though it includes a man convicted of a child sex offence and killing his wife.

Police investigate Tiwi grog-smuggling claim
Northern Territory police are investigating reports that a group of people illegally took alcohol to the Tiwi Islands over the weekend.

Indigenous communities move closer to Govt partnership
Most of Queensland's 19 mainland Indigenous communities are expected to sign up to a partnership with the Beattie Government today.

NT, Fed Govt in talks on Indigenous health resources
The federal and Northern Territory governments are discussing how the NT will cope with the strain on its health system generated by the Commonwealth's medical checks in Indigenous communities.

Health checks confusion fuels Indigenous fears: doctorA doctor involved in the Federal Government's Aboriginal intervention plan says the way the Commonwealth announced the health checks generated fear in Indigenous communities.

Church leaders criticise 'disempowering' Indigenous intervention
An alliance of Indigenous church leaders has criticised the Commonwealth's approach to reforming the Northern Territory's Aboriginal communities.