cCMC hears evidence over Qld policing
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: At the time of press, a public hearing into policing in Queensland's Indigenous communities was scheduled in Cairns, in the state's far north, on Tuesday.
Fitzroy on the brink of disintegration: inquest
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The alcohol-ravaged Fitzroy Valley community is on the fast track to disintegration, a West Australian Indigenous leader told an inquest last Thursday.
Opening up eyes for art
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Artists like Millie Kelly and her granddaughter Hayley Atkins can continue creating their paintings with good eyesight thanks to the Pilbara Aboriginal Eye Health Program.
Money talks in Burrup
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE federal government has given approval for Woodside's Pluto gas development in Western Australia to proceed despite the existence of culturally important Aboriginal rock-art in the vicinity.
Blue Lake levels will suffer greatly
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: THE Queensland government says it is likely to scrap a key water project designed to help drought-proof the state's south-east after studies raised environmental concerns for a sacred lake.
Child-friendly DVOs under new legislation
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Children will be able to apply for Domestic Violence Orders (DVO) on their own behalf under legislation to be introduced by the Northern Territory government.
Kava ban may not work: study
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A federal government ban on kava is unlikely to help Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities unless education, housing, health and job opportunities are all improved, a new study has found.
Cwealth considers using ABA funds for Indigenous camel cull program
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: The federal government is considering a plan which would see central Australian Aboriginal people funded to cull feral camels.
QLD's housing crisis hits hip pocket
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: QUEENSLAND'S housing affordability crisis has plunged almost 350,000 residents into poverty, with some people living on as little as $10 a day, a report has found.
Year's top GP fears for health
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: An Alice Springs' doctor who was named GP of the Year on recently says the Commonwealth Government's intervention into remote communities could lead to worse health outcomes for Indigenous people.
Palm signs on
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: INDIGENOUS families on north Queensland's troubled Palm Island have been promised housing upgrades in exchange for better school attendance and money management.
Indigenous life expectancy stalling record death rate
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Australia could surpass Japan and achieve the world's lowest death rate if it tackled the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and other Australians, health researchers say.
A good news story and the media stays away
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: A group of first-time Aboriginal authors and illustrators decided they were fed up with Aboriginal kids being statistics at the bottom of the literacy ladder in Australia.
Who is caring for the carers?
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Many Indigenous carers are not accessing the available services designed to assist them.
Mungalla station tours explore history, culture
Issue 140, October 18, 2007: Mungalla Aboriginal Business Corporation has commenced tours of historic Mungalla Station, a 2,000 acre cattle property outside of Ingham that was first established by pastoralist James Cassady in 1882.
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