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Updated: Tue, Jun 5 2007 3:52 AM

Jurist lashes indigenous treatment - 'Assimilationist' policy under fire
By The Age
A TOP legal expert has hit out at the Howard Government over what she says are assimilationist policies towards Aborigines and called for a rewrite of the constitution to recognise indigenous people as the first Australians.
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Posted on: Tue, Jun 5 2007 3:45 AM

Indigenous policy is `assimilationist'
By The Australian
FORMER Family Court chief justice Elizabeth Evatt has described the Howard Government's indigenous policy as "assimilationist" and warned it could destroy Aboriginal culture.
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Posted on: Tue, Jun 5 2007 3:28 AM


Reconciliation awards recognise north-west Qld businesses
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Two north-west Queensland organisations have been acknowledged by the State Government for their achievements at the 2007 Reconciliation Awards for Business.
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Posted on: Mon, Jun 4 2007 1:36 PM


Budget funnels $21m to alcohol diversion centres
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Queensland Government will commit $21 million in tomorrow's Budget to tackling the alcohol-crime cycle in Indigenous communities. The money will be used over four years to improve services in alcohol diversion centres.
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Posted on: Mon, Jun 4 2007 12:35 PM

No cause for celebration on Victoria's land rights record
By The Age
Aborigines have made some big gains, but few in this state. WITH the 15th anniversary yesterday of the High Court's Mabo decision and last week's 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, it has been a time to reflect on what has been ...
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Posted on: Mon, Jun 4 2007 3:31 AM

Indigenous people still battle for land rights: activist
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A leading Indigenous activist and writer says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are still battling for land rights 15 years after the High Court's landmark Mabo ruling.
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Posted on: Sun, Jun 3 2007 7:32 PM

WORLD IN FOCUS Life in our lands of shame
By The Advertiser
SOUTH Australian "homelands" have only a very small proportion of Australia's 500,000 Aborigines, but they include some of the most dysfunctional settlements, with appalling health, overcrowded and derelict housing, and high levels of ...
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Posted on: Sat, Jun 2 2007 3:55 AM

Indigenous prison numbers up by 32 per cent in six years
By The Cairns Post
POVERTY and unemployment have been blamed for a dramatic rise in the number of indigenous people in Australian jails. A new report reveals a 32 per cent jump in the number of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders imprisoned between 2000 ...
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Posted on: Sat, Jun 2 2007 3:54 AM

Xavier reaches out
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
AS THE sun sets on the deck of a house in the Top End's Arnhem Land, Xavier Rudd is in chorus with 50 Aboriginal children singing: "This is our home, these are our rights". MICHAEL GADD reports.
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Posted on: Sat, Jun 2 2007 3:52 AM

OUR OWN QUAGMIRE
By The Australian
The future of Aborigines requires passionate answers FORTY years after the referendum to include indigenous people in the census, there was little good news in this week's report on the indigenous disadvantage by the Productivity ...
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Posted on: Sat, Jun 2 2007 3:50 AM

ATSIC not to blame for Indigenous disadvantage: Gooda Health, education were Govt responsibilities: former ATSIC official
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
ELEANOR HALL: Indigenous leaders are calling on the Federal Government to stop blaming ATSIC and take responsibility for the level of disadvantage in Aboriginal communities.
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 8:12 PM

Gains but indigenous prospects still grim
By The West Australian
Indigenous child mortality is down, Aboriginal employment is up and more indigenous people than ever are home buyers, but they remain the most disadvantaged sector of the Australian population, a new report says.
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 7:13 PM

Child sex abuse 'rife' in indigenous communities
By The Age
PEDOPHILIA is rife in Aboriginal communities across Australia, Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has said, nominating the sexual abuse of children as one of the major issues facing indigenous Australians.
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 3:38 PM

Poor report card on Indigenous affairs Life getting worse for Indigenous Australians: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
TONY EASTLEY: Housing and education are burning issues for Indigenous Australians as well as the Federal Government. But a new report shows government policies are making little difference when it comes to keeping Aboriginal children at ...
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 3:11 PM

Nation on brink of improving Aboriginal conditions: Brough Mal Brough says the nation is on the brink of making life better for Indigenous Australians Brough plays up positives of report Life getting worse for Indigenous Australians: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough says the country is on the cusp of making major progress in the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians.
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 12:06 PM

Gap widens between Indigenous, non-Indigenous Australians: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A new report has found Indigenous Australians are 13 times more likely to go to jail than non-Indigenous people, and that gap is widening.
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Posted on: Fri, Jun 1 2007 8:02 AM