NSW neglecting abuse epidemic: Howard The NSW Govt commissioned a report on Indigenous abuse last year. PM playing politics in election year: states Indigenous plan like Iraq invasion: Rann Community mystified by Govt intervention Education crucial in Indigenous intervention Urgent action was required: Howard Howard faces resistance over Indigenous plan Doctors urged to commit to Indigenous plan Plan not racist or politically motivated: Howard
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 25 June 2007, 405 Words, (English)
Prime Minister John Howard has accused the New South Wales Government of responding slowly to sexual abuse in Indigenous communities. Mr Howard says the Federal Government's indigenous reforms were prompted by the report, which detailed ...
Community residents flee, fearing children will be taken
The Australian, 26 June 2007, 486 Words, (English)
ABORIGINES are fleeing Mutitjulu -- the first indigenous town to receive police and troops under John Howard's radical plan to tackle child sexual abuse -- amid fears that the Government will take their children.
We don't need the army: Indigenous leaders
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 25 June 2007, 196 Words, (English)
The leaders of the Mutijulu community in Central Australia say there's no need for military occupation. Federal police and members of the defence force are expected to be deployed to the community as early as next week as part of the
Govt slammed for refusal to fund 'healthy' festival
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 25 June 2007, 150 Words, (English)
The Northern Territory Government has again come under fire for its inaction on Indigenous affairs. The Government has refused to provide $140,000 to a festival in Alice Springs that is aimed at encouraging children to go to school and ..
Questions about medical staff availability Indigenous health plan a work in progress: Abbott
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 25 June 2007, 874 Words, (English)
ELEANOR HALL: A central part of the Federal Government's plan to deal with the abuse problem in the Northern Territory is that every Indigenous child in remote communities should have a medical check-up.
Bad parents may lose welfare cash
The West Australian, 23 June 2007, 387 Words, (English)
Australian parents on welfare risk having their payments replaced by food and rent vouchers if they neglect their children, with the Howard Government poised to extend a new crackdown on bad parenting beyond Aboriginal communities.
Full wages offered to Indigenous plan workers
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 25 June 2007, 259 Words, (English)
People in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory will be offered full wages to help implement the Federal Government's plan to improve the plight of the Indigenous people in remote areas.
Report buried for 12 months
The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2007, 361 Words, (English)
ABORIGINAL CRISIS - NSW AUDIT A PROPOSAL that the NSW Ombudsman audit efforts to combat sexual abuse of indigenous children has gone unheeded by the State Government.
Push for food-only benefits
The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2007, 292 Words, (English)
ABORIGINAL CRISIS - CRACKDOWN AN EFTPOS system that would automatically prevent delinquent parents from spending family benefits on anything but food and essentials has been floated by the Family and Community Services Minister, Mal .
Mutitjulu is a troubled Aboriginal community. Amid fanfare, its police station opened last year. It is still waiting for police to arrive.
The Age, 25 June 2007, 1156 Words, (English)
ELDERS of Mutitjulu, a long-troubled community in the shadow of the Aboriginal symbol Uluru, told the Northern Territory's child sex inquiry they were fed up with being used as a political football and wanted no longer to be the centre of
Non-indigenous prey on young
The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2007, 263 Words, (English)
PORNOGRAPHY WAR ON ABUSE NON-INDIGENOUS pedophiles, including school principals and builders, screen pornography to young Aboriginal males and give them alcohol on condition they bring young children to viewings, a prominent indigenous
Abuse checks could be assault: specialist
The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2007, 331 Words, (English)
WAR ON ABUSE - Medical examinations SEXUAL abuse checks would be "highly inappropriate" and could themselves amount to sexual assault, unless they were confined to children in whom abuse was strongly suspected, a specialist on Aboriginal
Co-architect defends Indigenous plan National Indigenous Council chairwoman speaks to AM
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 23 June 2007, 1474 Words, (English)
ELIZABETH JACKSON: West Australian Magistrate Sue Gordon is the Chairwoman of the National Indigenous Council. She worked alongside the Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Mal Brough in putting the Government's plan together and she'll
Vic Indigenous communities 'face similar problems' as NT
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 23 June 2007, 236 Words, (English)
A peak Indigenous health body says Aboriginal communities in Victoria are facing the same drug, alcohol and child abuse problems as those in the Northern Territory.
Land Council unhappy over permit system scrapping
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 23 June 2007, 224 Words, (English)
The Central Land Council is angry everyone will be able to access Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory now that permits will be scrapped.
No escape from emergency plan
Australian Financial Review (Abstracts), 23 June 2007, 125 Words, (English)
Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough yesterday said indigenous people in remote communities could not escape draconian new laws aimed at lessening child abuse by moving into towns.
Howard sweeps aside political correctness in attack on abuse
The West Australian, 22 June 2007, 514 Words, (English)
John Howards radical reform plan for Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory is politically unprecedented in its scope and daring. It is also fundamentally justifiable.
So much for consultation being the way to fix it
The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2007, 899 Words, (English)
The Week By law, Aborigines in the Northern Territory were not allowed to drink alcohol until 1964. I was working as a young journalist in Darwin when the ban was repealed, and I remember writing the story on the day the pubs were opened ...
Consult us and respect us: health expert's passionate plea
The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2007, 332 Words, (English)
WAR ON ABUSE - Open letter ABORIGINAL Australians are being used "in a desperate game of wedge politics where the prize is electoral success", Sydney's most prominent indigenous health leader has said in an open letter to the Federal .
Grog ban may fuel increase in abuse - HOWARD'S BLUEPRINT
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 559 Words, (English)
A SUDDEN ban on alcohol in remote areas of the Northern Territory could lead to an increase in abuse in indigenous communities as alcoholics descend into a spiral of violent withdrawal.
Plenty of opportunities for predators - HOWARD'S BLUEPRINT
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 396 Words, (English)
IT was claims of sophisticated pedophile rings moving in and out of remote communities, preying on the young and vulnerable, that took the breath away when an inquiry was launched last year into sexual abuse of indigenous children.
A FAILED INDIGENOUS EXPERIMENT ENDS
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 922 Words, (English)
National emergency confirms three decades of denial THE declaration of a national emergency in Aboriginal Australia puts an end to the great experiment of exceptionalism that glorified indigenous culture but was blinded to the modern-day ..
Women pursued over housing row
The Courier-Mail, 23 June 2007, 190 Words, (English)
FOUR Aboriginal women face bankruptcy proceedings as the legal row over the collapse of the Charleville-based Bidjara group of companies continues.
CAUSE FOR HOPE
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 2145 Words, (English)
REMOTE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES ARE LIVING WITH MORE TROUBLE THAN ANY PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR. NICOLAS ROTHWELL LOOKS TO THE FUTURE AFTER A GENERATION OF FAILED TINKERING HAS GIVEN WAY TO THE HOWARD GOVERNMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY INITIATIVE
AN END TO THE TEARS
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 2886 Words, (English)
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION CAN'T BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO STOP THE SUFFERING IN THE OUTBACK, ARGUES NOEL PEARSON
Cape kids plagued by health problems - HOWARD'S BLUEPRINT
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 466 Words, (English)
A FIVE-YEAR study of health problems faced by children in Cape York shows an increase in sexual and physical abuse, as well as neglect. In its conclusion the report, conducted by Cape York doctors and published last month in the Medical
Push to change land rights `under smokescreen of helping children' - HOWARD'S BLUEPRINT
The Australian, 23 June 2007, 402 Words, (English)
THE federal Government's takeover of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory was an ideological agenda introduced "under the smokescreen of helping children", a prominent Aboriginal leader said as the dramatic move continued to .
Pearson fears for Indigenous parents' freedom All NT Indigenous children under 16 will have compulsory medical examinations. The writings of Noel Pearson on welfare dependency and mutual responsibility have had a strong influence on the Commonwealth crackdown. Pearson discusses Aboriginal abuse intervention Govt urged to give details on abuse crackdown NT scepticism mounts against Indigenous abuse plan Little NSW action on child abuse: Task force chair PM never replied to sex abuse findings: WA PM accused of being racist Indigenous response plan criticised
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 22 June 2007, 436 Words, (English)
Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says he is concerned responsible Aboriginal parents will be caught up in the Federal Government's crackdown on Indigenous child abuse.
Indigenous plan questioned Govt urged to give details on abuse crackdown
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 22 June 2007, 923 Words, (English)
MARK COLVIN: Where's the detail? And why has it taken so long? Those are two of the questions that have started to dominate the debate about Aboriginal child abuse, as the Prime Minister's announcement of a takeover of the Northern ..
NSW has failed to act, say Aboriginal advocates Little NSW action on child abuse: Task force chair
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 22 June 2007, 736 Words, (English)
MARK COLVIN: No government - territory, state or federal - can really say that it wasn't told about the problem of child sexual abuse in the Aboriginal community.
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Land Council demands action on sex abuse report By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Central Land Council (CLC) says the Northern Territory Government must stop "twiddling its thumbs" and get on with the job of protecting Indigenous children from sexual abuse.
Signs of improvement emerge from NT communities Men leave the Borroloola Inn Signs s
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
KERRY O'BRIEN: Now to the Northern Territory, where an official inquiry has found a strong association between alcohol abuse and the shocking widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. The board of inquiry reports cites startling ...
NT Govt responds to widespread abuse of Aboriginal children NT Govt responds to widespread abuse of Aboriginal children
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
NT Chief Minister speaks to Lateline on Aboriginal child sex abuse report NT Chief Minister speaks to Lateline on Aboriginal child sex abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
Tony Jones talks to Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin on the impacts of the report into Indigenous child sex abuse.
Aborigines invite LNG players to table By The Australian
ABORIGINES have signalled the go-ahead for a liquefied natural gas industry to be established off the Kimberley coast by inviting industry players to work with them in building an onshore gas facility.
Child abuse focuses debate By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
INDIGENOUS child sex abuse is expected to dominate Parliamentary sittings this week following the release of an inquiry report. Opposition Leader Jodeen Carney said these sittings are "traditionally" spent scrutinising the budget but the ...
A people failed by politics of hypocrisy By The Australian
Self-righteous advocates of an apology and separatism have undermined Aboriginal Australians, laments John Pasquarelli NEWS about the sickening degradation of all levels of Aboriginal society just keeps on coming with the latest findings ...
Brough told: You can keep dongas
By Centralian Advocate
WE don't want your dongas -- that's Alice Springs Town Council's message to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough. Aldermen this week decided they want future short-term accommodation facilities to be "bricks and mortar" instead ...
Labor supports Pearson shakeup
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS policy faces a revolution no matter who winsthe federal election, with Labor backing Noel Pearson's push to link welfare and personal responsibility.
Hurley a `protector of community'
By The Australian
CHRIS Hurley was "the type of police officer everyone would like to have in their community", the Townsville Supreme Court was told yesterday at his manslaughter trial.
Report suggests teaching students how to vote
By The Age
ALL students should be taught in secondary school how to vote to tackle the problem of young people failing to cast a ballot and showing little interest in Australian political affairs, a bipartisan report has recommended.
Doubts over action on Indigenous abuse report Brough briefed on Indigenous abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, has been briefed this morning on the report on abuse in Indigenous communities, and he has described the situation as shocking and appalling.
Aboriginal sex abuse rampant
By The Cairns Post
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol, pornography and ignorance, a new report says.
Money loss to hit tour plans
By The Cairns Post
AN Aboriginal employment program that receives $1 million a year has lost its Federal Government funding because of financial mismanagement.
Kimberley Land Council sees benefits in gas project Malcolm Douglas at Maret Islands protest
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Aborigines in the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, have signalled they are willing to negotiate with a Japanese company over a controversial gas project.
Airline chief to front Coroner
By Townsville Bulletin
A CORONIAL inquest into the deaths of 15 people in the Lockhart River air disaster is expected to hear testimony from the director of the doomed Transair airline when it resumes in Brisbane this week.
Tiwi Indigenous child abuse 'happening for decades'
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Just days after the release of a Government-commissioned report into child sex abuse in Indigenous communities, a Northern Territory woman says abuse has been happening on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, for decades.
Time to tackle national shame
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
JUNE 18, 2007 THE report of the NT Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse is an impressive piece of work.
Deal hailed
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
CHIEF Minister Clare Martin said a new partership signed with the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will encourage inproved Aboriginal education, health and lifestyle.
Govts warned
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
AN INDIGENOUS health organisation has warned the Territory and Federal governments to address the recommendations of the child sex report "or face the criticism and ridicule of mainstream Australians."
Teachers key to remote schools
By The Australian
A drill system could aid communities, argues Kirsten Storry IN Aurukun on Queensland's Cape York, the school leadership refuses to accept that the complexity of the issues facing the indigenous community is an excuse for its children not ...
Standstill on black abuse attacked
By The Australian
THE Northern Territory Opposition has accused the Martin Government of sitting on its hands while sexual abuse of children in Aboriginal communities continues without check.
`Tough love' for Aboriginal communities
By The Australian
ABORIGINAL families would be stripped of welfare payments if their children were abused or missed school under a plan by indigenous leader Noel Pearson to make benefits conditional on behaviour.
Child sex abuse 'not confined to remote communities' Help NT says children all over the Territory are being abused. Govt urged to act quickly on sex abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A counselling service in the Northern Territory says child sex abuse is happening in Darwin as well as remote communities. A report released Friday suggests child sex abuse is rampant in Aboriginal communities.
WELCOME TO BOWENWOOD Plucking strings of the heart
By Townsville Bulletin
THE team at Bowen Retravision aren't really in the business of making dreams come true, but they have helped put an enormous smile on the face of one of Australia's youngest movie stars, completely by accident.
Nation's child abuse shame - Grog-fuelled sex attacks rife in black communities
By The Australian
SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children is widespread across the Northern Territory, fuelled by "rivers of grog" and catastrophic failures in the education system.
Aboriginal singer lost to cancer
By The Advertiser
AUSTRALIAN music lost one of its pioneers this week. George Burarrawanga, 50, the Warumpi Band's charismatic frontman, died at his island home on Galiwinku (Elcho Island), East Arnhem Land, on Sunday surrounded by family and friends after ...
`Racist' Australia clawing back native rights
By Townsville Bulletin
AUSTRALIA remains a racist society, allowing governments to erode many of the gains made since the landmark Mabo decision, a leading Aboriginal academic says.
Aboriginal tourism venture opens
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A new interpretation trail has been opened in the state's north to provide an insight into Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural heritage. The Tulampanga trail near Mole Creek is an example of the attractions that will be developed and promoted ...
Aboriginal abuse could 'wipe out generations' An Aboriginal health activist says governments have to take action on sex abuse in Indigenous communities
NT Govt under fire for abuse report delays
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The head of an Indigenous health research group says people have a right to be cynical about whether governments will act on a report on child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal crime plan
By The Advertiser
AN Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner was one way to curb the growing problem of youth crime in Adelaide, a community leader says. In a report for Catholic Vicar-General David Cappo, Aboriginal leader Tauto Sansbury lists 10 ...
Indigenous child abuse fuelled by drink, porn
By The Advertiser
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol and pornography, a new report has found.
Outdoors court at new centre
By The Advertiser
SOUTH Australia's newest courthouse, which includes the first outdoor courtroom, has opened in Port Augusta. Premier Mike Rann yesterday officially opened the $12.6 million complex, which includes offices for the Aboriginal Legal Rights ...
Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
LEIGH SALES: Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin has admitted her Government has not done enough to tackle child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.
Co-author comments on report into Indigenous child abuse Leigh Sales speaks with Pat Anderson, a co-author of the report into Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
LEIGH SALES: Pat Anderson is one of the co-authors of the report and a senior figure in the Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. I spoke to her earlier from our Melbourne studio.
Child sex abuse disaster looms
By The Age
Plea for action in Northern Territory CHILD sex abuse is widespread and often goes unreported in Aboriginal communities where victims are as young as three, a Northern Territory inquiry has found.
Tainted town claims justice
By The Sydney Morning Herald
THE Federal Court yesterday quashed an attempt by the Federal Government to sack the local governing body of a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory and replace it with an administrator of its own choosing.
Culture of silence surrounds informal sex trade - police
By The Sydney Morning Herald
GIRLS aged between 12 and 15 were engaged in a "rampant informal sex trade" with non-Aboriginal workers of a mining company in one Northern Territory community, yesterday's report into child sex abuse says.
Generation at risk in sex abuse crisis
By The Sydney Morning Herald
ABORIGINAL DISASTER SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children as young as three is rampant in the Northern Territory, with an inquiry finding "rivers of grog", drugs and pornography fuel a crisis that threatens communities with disaster.
Mabo decision commemorated
By The Courier-Mail
A GOVERNMENT-fostered misconception that too much money was spent on indigenous people meant "ill-conceived and ineffective" government policies often went unchallenged, a leading Aboriginal academic said yesterday.
Troubled community wins bid for control
By The Australian
THE tiny Northern Territory indigenous community of Mutitjulu yesterday won a court battle against the federal Government's appointment of an administrator to run the local council.
A structure for empowerment
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS disadvantage stems from dispossession and the historical denial of rights. But poverty is also behavioural. Disengagement from the real economy, passivity and dysfunction are not only symptoms of oppression, they are also ...
Hurley changes story in witness box
By The Australian
THE Queensland policeman charged with the manslaughter of an Aboriginal prisoner on Palm Island in 2004 yesterday took the stand in court for the first time -- and immediately changed his story.
Nation's child abuse shame
By The Australian
Grog-fuelled sex attacks rife in black communities Nicolas Rothwell SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children is widespread across the Northern Territory, fuelled by "rivers of grog" and catastrophic failures in the education system.
Non-sniff Opal group in awards
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
THE Opal Alliance -- which successfully campaigned for the introduction of non-sniffable fuel in Central Australia -- is a finalist in the National Drug and Alcohol Awards.
Our shame
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol, petrol sniffing, pornography and ignorance in the Northern Territory, a new report says. TARA RAVENS and REBEKAH CAVANAGH report
CHILDREN ARE SCARED
By The Australian
Sexual abuse of indigenous children is culture-wide FINALLY, we can hear them screaming. A new report, this one not easily dismissed, proves beyond doubt that Aboriginal children are being abused in every indigenous community in the ...
Aboriginal abuse `should shock all'
By The Australian
THE findings of a report into child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are shocking and appalling and should sicken all Australians.
Brough responds to child abuse report Brough responds to child abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
MARK COLVIN: The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Mal Brough, joins me on the line now. Let me just clear one thing out of the way first, Mr Brough. You used the expression "paedophile rings" and started a controversy over that, which ...
Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
MARK COLVIN: Back home, and it started 13 months ago, when Northern Territory Crown Prosecutor Nanette Rogers unfolded a catalogue of horrors about Aboriginal child abuse on ABC TV's .
Indigenous child abuse a national disgrace, says Brough Mal Brough says child protection is a state and territory responsibility. Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report Brough responds to child abuse report Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister says the findings of a report into child sex abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory are an absolute disgrace.
Mutitjulu wins fight against administrator's appointment Court win: Costs associated with the appeal have been awarded to Mutitjulu.
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Indigenous community of Mutitjulu has succeeded in its second attempt to overturn the appointment of an administrator to the local council, known as the Mutitjulu Community Aboriginal Corporation.
'Coordination needed' to combat Indigenous child sex abuse The report details allegations of sex trades and juvenile prostitution. Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in NT communities: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory's Chief Minister has admitted her Government has not done enough to tackle child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
ELEANOR HALL: To the Northern Territory, where the Government has this morning released a damning report on the sexual abuse of young children in Aboriginal communities.
Child sex abuse rife in Indigenous communities: report The report outlines allegations of sex trades and juvenile prostitution in some Aboriginal communities [File photo]. Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in NT communities: report By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Child sex abuse is happening in many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and a lack of education and an abundance of alcohol is to blame, an inquiry has found.
UQ targets Indigenous knowledge By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The University of Queensland says it has developed a policy to encourage more Indigenous Australians to enrol at the university and improve education outcomes.
Aborigines shut out of mainstream, say reports
By The Sydney Morning Herald
INDIGENOUS people are being used as scapegoats for the failures of government policies and many have no chance of taking part in new programs to encourage home ownership and private enterprise, two reports have found.
Abuse report to be handed down tomorrow: NT Government By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Government has confirmed a report on the abuse of Aboriginal children will be handed down tomorrow morning. Findings and recommendations from the Child Abuse Inquiry were handed to the Territory's Chief Minister ...
Push to reduce homeless rates in remote communities
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Housing Minister says it's critical that his government works closely with the Federal Government to reduce high homeless rates in remote Indigenous communities.
Aborigines bypass communities to sign deals direct
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS families are skirting the objections of community groups and signing shared responsibility agreements directly with the Howard Government.
Snowdon, Brough clash on leases
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
NT Labor MP Warren Snowdon and Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough clashed angrily in Federal Parliament yesterday. Mr Brough called Mr Snowdon a fraud and a dinosaur during a debate on the Government's plan for leases on Aboriginal ...
The Central Land Council (CLC) says the Northern Territory Government must stop "twiddling its thumbs" and get on with the job of protecting Indigenous children from sexual abuse.
Signs of improvement emerge from NT communities Men leave the Borroloola Inn Signs s
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
KERRY O'BRIEN: Now to the Northern Territory, where an official inquiry has found a strong association between alcohol abuse and the shocking widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. The board of inquiry reports cites startling ...
NT Govt responds to widespread abuse of Aboriginal children NT Govt responds to widespread abuse of Aboriginal children
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
NT Chief Minister speaks to Lateline on Aboriginal child sex abuse report NT Chief Minister speaks to Lateline on Aboriginal child sex abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
Tony Jones talks to Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin on the impacts of the report into Indigenous child sex abuse.
Aborigines invite LNG players to table By The Australian
ABORIGINES have signalled the go-ahead for a liquefied natural gas industry to be established off the Kimberley coast by inviting industry players to work with them in building an onshore gas facility.
Child abuse focuses debate By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
INDIGENOUS child sex abuse is expected to dominate Parliamentary sittings this week following the release of an inquiry report. Opposition Leader Jodeen Carney said these sittings are "traditionally" spent scrutinising the budget but the ...
A people failed by politics of hypocrisy By The Australian
Self-righteous advocates of an apology and separatism have undermined Aboriginal Australians, laments John Pasquarelli NEWS about the sickening degradation of all levels of Aboriginal society just keeps on coming with the latest findings ...
Brough told: You can keep dongas
By Centralian Advocate
WE don't want your dongas -- that's Alice Springs Town Council's message to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough. Aldermen this week decided they want future short-term accommodation facilities to be "bricks and mortar" instead ...
Labor supports Pearson shakeup
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS policy faces a revolution no matter who winsthe federal election, with Labor backing Noel Pearson's push to link welfare and personal responsibility.
Hurley a `protector of community'
By The Australian
CHRIS Hurley was "the type of police officer everyone would like to have in their community", the Townsville Supreme Court was told yesterday at his manslaughter trial.
Report suggests teaching students how to vote
By The Age
ALL students should be taught in secondary school how to vote to tackle the problem of young people failing to cast a ballot and showing little interest in Australian political affairs, a bipartisan report has recommended.
Doubts over action on Indigenous abuse report Brough briefed on Indigenous abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, has been briefed this morning on the report on abuse in Indigenous communities, and he has described the situation as shocking and appalling.
Aboriginal sex abuse rampant
By The Cairns Post
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol, pornography and ignorance, a new report says.
Money loss to hit tour plans
By The Cairns Post
AN Aboriginal employment program that receives $1 million a year has lost its Federal Government funding because of financial mismanagement.
Kimberley Land Council sees benefits in gas project Malcolm Douglas at Maret Islands protest
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Aborigines in the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, have signalled they are willing to negotiate with a Japanese company over a controversial gas project.
Airline chief to front Coroner
By Townsville Bulletin
A CORONIAL inquest into the deaths of 15 people in the Lockhart River air disaster is expected to hear testimony from the director of the doomed Transair airline when it resumes in Brisbane this week.
Tiwi Indigenous child abuse 'happening for decades'
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Just days after the release of a Government-commissioned report into child sex abuse in Indigenous communities, a Northern Territory woman says abuse has been happening on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, for decades.
Time to tackle national shame
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
JUNE 18, 2007 THE report of the NT Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse is an impressive piece of work.
Deal hailed
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
CHIEF Minister Clare Martin said a new partership signed with the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will encourage inproved Aboriginal education, health and lifestyle.
Govts warned
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
AN INDIGENOUS health organisation has warned the Territory and Federal governments to address the recommendations of the child sex report "or face the criticism and ridicule of mainstream Australians."
Teachers key to remote schools
By The Australian
A drill system could aid communities, argues Kirsten Storry IN Aurukun on Queensland's Cape York, the school leadership refuses to accept that the complexity of the issues facing the indigenous community is an excuse for its children not ...
Standstill on black abuse attacked
By The Australian
THE Northern Territory Opposition has accused the Martin Government of sitting on its hands while sexual abuse of children in Aboriginal communities continues without check.
`Tough love' for Aboriginal communities
By The Australian
ABORIGINAL families would be stripped of welfare payments if their children were abused or missed school under a plan by indigenous leader Noel Pearson to make benefits conditional on behaviour.
Child sex abuse 'not confined to remote communities' Help NT says children all over the Territory are being abused. Govt urged to act quickly on sex abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A counselling service in the Northern Territory says child sex abuse is happening in Darwin as well as remote communities. A report released Friday suggests child sex abuse is rampant in Aboriginal communities.
WELCOME TO BOWENWOOD Plucking strings of the heart
By Townsville Bulletin
THE team at Bowen Retravision aren't really in the business of making dreams come true, but they have helped put an enormous smile on the face of one of Australia's youngest movie stars, completely by accident.
Nation's child abuse shame - Grog-fuelled sex attacks rife in black communities
By The Australian
SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children is widespread across the Northern Territory, fuelled by "rivers of grog" and catastrophic failures in the education system.
Aboriginal singer lost to cancer
By The Advertiser
AUSTRALIAN music lost one of its pioneers this week. George Burarrawanga, 50, the Warumpi Band's charismatic frontman, died at his island home on Galiwinku (Elcho Island), East Arnhem Land, on Sunday surrounded by family and friends after ...
`Racist' Australia clawing back native rights
By Townsville Bulletin
AUSTRALIA remains a racist society, allowing governments to erode many of the gains made since the landmark Mabo decision, a leading Aboriginal academic says.
Aboriginal tourism venture opens
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
A new interpretation trail has been opened in the state's north to provide an insight into Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural heritage. The Tulampanga trail near Mole Creek is an example of the attractions that will be developed and promoted ...
Aboriginal abuse could 'wipe out generations' An Aboriginal health activist says governments have to take action on sex abuse in Indigenous communities
NT Govt under fire for abuse report delays
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The head of an Indigenous health research group says people have a right to be cynical about whether governments will act on a report on child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal crime plan
By The Advertiser
AN Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner was one way to curb the growing problem of youth crime in Adelaide, a community leader says. In a report for Catholic Vicar-General David Cappo, Aboriginal leader Tauto Sansbury lists 10 ...
Indigenous child abuse fuelled by drink, porn
By The Advertiser
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol and pornography, a new report has found.
Outdoors court at new centre
By The Advertiser
SOUTH Australia's newest courthouse, which includes the first outdoor courtroom, has opened in Port Augusta. Premier Mike Rann yesterday officially opened the $12.6 million complex, which includes offices for the Aboriginal Legal Rights ...
Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
LEIGH SALES: Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin has admitted her Government has not done enough to tackle child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.
Co-author comments on report into Indigenous child abuse Leigh Sales speaks with Pat Anderson, a co-author of the report into Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
LEIGH SALES: Pat Anderson is one of the co-authors of the report and a senior figure in the Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. I spoke to her earlier from our Melbourne studio.
Child sex abuse disaster looms
By The Age
Plea for action in Northern Territory CHILD sex abuse is widespread and often goes unreported in Aboriginal communities where victims are as young as three, a Northern Territory inquiry has found.
Tainted town claims justice
By The Sydney Morning Herald
THE Federal Court yesterday quashed an attempt by the Federal Government to sack the local governing body of a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory and replace it with an administrator of its own choosing.
Culture of silence surrounds informal sex trade - police
By The Sydney Morning Herald
GIRLS aged between 12 and 15 were engaged in a "rampant informal sex trade" with non-Aboriginal workers of a mining company in one Northern Territory community, yesterday's report into child sex abuse says.
Generation at risk in sex abuse crisis
By The Sydney Morning Herald
ABORIGINAL DISASTER SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children as young as three is rampant in the Northern Territory, with an inquiry finding "rivers of grog", drugs and pornography fuel a crisis that threatens communities with disaster.
Mabo decision commemorated
By The Courier-Mail
A GOVERNMENT-fostered misconception that too much money was spent on indigenous people meant "ill-conceived and ineffective" government policies often went unchallenged, a leading Aboriginal academic said yesterday.
Troubled community wins bid for control
By The Australian
THE tiny Northern Territory indigenous community of Mutitjulu yesterday won a court battle against the federal Government's appointment of an administrator to run the local council.
A structure for empowerment
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS disadvantage stems from dispossession and the historical denial of rights. But poverty is also behavioural. Disengagement from the real economy, passivity and dysfunction are not only symptoms of oppression, they are also ...
Hurley changes story in witness box
By The Australian
THE Queensland policeman charged with the manslaughter of an Aboriginal prisoner on Palm Island in 2004 yesterday took the stand in court for the first time -- and immediately changed his story.
Nation's child abuse shame
By The Australian
Grog-fuelled sex attacks rife in black communities Nicolas Rothwell SEXUAL abuse of Aboriginal children is widespread across the Northern Territory, fuelled by "rivers of grog" and catastrophic failures in the education system.
Non-sniff Opal group in awards
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
THE Opal Alliance -- which successfully campaigned for the introduction of non-sniffable fuel in Central Australia -- is a finalist in the National Drug and Alcohol Awards.
Our shame
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
ABORIGINAL children as young as three are falling victim to widespread sex abuse fuelled by alcohol, petrol sniffing, pornography and ignorance in the Northern Territory, a new report says. TARA RAVENS and REBEKAH CAVANAGH report
CHILDREN ARE SCARED
By The Australian
Sexual abuse of indigenous children is culture-wide FINALLY, we can hear them screaming. A new report, this one not easily dismissed, proves beyond doubt that Aboriginal children are being abused in every indigenous community in the ...
Aboriginal abuse `should shock all'
By The Australian
THE findings of a report into child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are shocking and appalling and should sicken all Australians.
Brough responds to child abuse report Brough responds to child abuse report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
MARK COLVIN: The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Mal Brough, joins me on the line now. Let me just clear one thing out of the way first, Mr Brough. You used the expression "paedophile rings" and started a controversy over that, which ...
Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
MARK COLVIN: Back home, and it started 13 months ago, when Northern Territory Crown Prosecutor Nanette Rogers unfolded a catalogue of horrors about Aboriginal child abuse on ABC TV's .
Indigenous child abuse a national disgrace, says Brough Mal Brough says child protection is a state and territory responsibility. Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in Aboriginal communities: report Brough responds to child abuse report Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Report uncovers widespread Indigenous child abuse
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister says the findings of a report into child sex abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory are an absolute disgrace.
Mutitjulu wins fight against administrator's appointment Court win: Costs associated with the appeal have been awarded to Mutitjulu.
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Indigenous community of Mutitjulu has succeeded in its second attempt to overturn the appointment of an administrator to the local council, known as the Mutitjulu Community Aboriginal Corporation.
'Coordination needed' to combat Indigenous child sex abuse The report details allegations of sex trades and juvenile prostitution. Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in NT communities: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory's Chief Minister has admitted her Government has not done enough to tackle child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts
ELEANOR HALL: To the Northern Territory, where the Government has this morning released a damning report on the sexual abuse of young children in Aboriginal communities.
Child sex abuse rife in Indigenous communities: report The report outlines allegations of sex trades and juvenile prostitution in some Aboriginal communities [File photo]. Aboriginal communities abundant with child abuse: report Abuse may take a generation to fix: Indigenous leader Child abuse rife in NT communities: report By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Child sex abuse is happening in many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and a lack of education and an abundance of alcohol is to blame, an inquiry has found.
UQ targets Indigenous knowledge By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The University of Queensland says it has developed a policy to encourage more Indigenous Australians to enrol at the university and improve education outcomes.
Aborigines shut out of mainstream, say reports
By The Sydney Morning Herald
INDIGENOUS people are being used as scapegoats for the failures of government policies and many have no chance of taking part in new programs to encourage home ownership and private enterprise, two reports have found.
Abuse report to be handed down tomorrow: NT Government By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Government has confirmed a report on the abuse of Aboriginal children will be handed down tomorrow morning. Findings and recommendations from the Child Abuse Inquiry were handed to the Territory's Chief Minister ...
Push to reduce homeless rates in remote communities
By Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
The Northern Territory Housing Minister says it's critical that his government works closely with the Federal Government to reduce high homeless rates in remote Indigenous communities.
Aborigines bypass communities to sign deals direct
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS families are skirting the objections of community groups and signing shared responsibility agreements directly with the Howard Government.
Snowdon, Brough clash on leases
By Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian
NT Labor MP Warren Snowdon and Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough clashed angrily in Federal Parliament yesterday. Mr Brough called Mr Snowdon a fraud and a dinosaur during a debate on the Government's plan for leases on Aboriginal ...
Friday, 8 June 2007
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Cape York deal seals land rights By The Courier-Mail
INDIGENOUS communities will be able to develop agricultural, grazing and tourism ventures across parts of Cape York under an historic land use agreement.
Native title recognition is opposed
By Daily Telegraph
FIFTEEN years after the High Court's Mabo decision, Australian governments are actively and systematically opposing the recognition of native title, prominent indigenous leader Mick Dodson said yesterday.
Colonial ways `slaughtering' Aborigines
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS people were being "slaughtered" by the colonial imperative to steal land, strip Aboriginal culture, and demoralise black people, Mick Dodson declared yesterday.
Cape native title `crusade' won By The Australian
THE 17-year native title fight for land in Cape York was finally won yesterday, prompting Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson to declare indigenous welfare and social reform the new battleground.
Something to dance about
By The Cairns Post
NATIVE Title cases have come at huge legal cost with a senior Aboriginal leader claiming as much as $3 billion may have already been spent in the 15 years since the Mabo decision.
Report still on hold
By Centralian Advocate
THE release of an indigenous child sex abuse report has been delayed a further two weeks -- making it six weeks after it was delivered to the Territory Government.
New tours to target art-lovers
By Centralian Advocate
THE NT Government has launched a new Aboriginal art tour initiative aimed at attracting art-lovers to the NT. Tourism Minister Paul Henderson said the move would set the Northern Territory apart on the world stage for lovers of Aboriginal ...
INDIGENOUS communities will be able to develop agricultural, grazing and tourism ventures across parts of Cape York under an historic land use agreement.
Native title recognition is opposed
By Daily Telegraph
FIFTEEN years after the High Court's Mabo decision, Australian governments are actively and systematically opposing the recognition of native title, prominent indigenous leader Mick Dodson said yesterday.
Colonial ways `slaughtering' Aborigines
By The Australian
INDIGENOUS people were being "slaughtered" by the colonial imperative to steal land, strip Aboriginal culture, and demoralise black people, Mick Dodson declared yesterday.
Cape native title `crusade' won By The Australian
THE 17-year native title fight for land in Cape York was finally won yesterday, prompting Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson to declare indigenous welfare and social reform the new battleground.
Something to dance about
By The Cairns Post
NATIVE Title cases have come at huge legal cost with a senior Aboriginal leader claiming as much as $3 billion may have already been spent in the 15 years since the Mabo decision.
Report still on hold
By Centralian Advocate
THE release of an indigenous child sex abuse report has been delayed a further two weeks -- making it six weeks after it was delivered to the Territory Government.
New tours to target art-lovers
By Centralian Advocate
THE NT Government has launched a new Aboriginal art tour initiative aimed at attracting art-lovers to the NT. Tourism Minister Paul Henderson said the move would set the Northern Territory apart on the world stage for lovers of Aboriginal ...
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Native title recognition is opposed
By Daily Telegraph
FIFTEEN years after the High Court's Mabo decision, Australian governments are actively and systematically opposing the recognition of native title, prominent indigenous leader Mick Dodson said yesterday.
Report still on hold
By Centralian Advocate
THE release of an indigenous child sex abuse report has been delayed a further two weeks -- making it six weeks after it was delivered to the Territory Government.
By Daily Telegraph
FIFTEEN years after the High Court's Mabo decision, Australian governments are actively and systematically opposing the recognition of native title, prominent indigenous leader Mick Dodson said yesterday.
Report still on hold
By Centralian Advocate
THE release of an indigenous child sex abuse report has been delayed a further two weeks -- making it six weeks after it was delivered to the Territory Government.
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
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Aborigines must take responsibility
By Australian Financial Review (Abstracts)
The recent claim by Cape York Aboriginal leader, Noel Pearson, that Aboriginals will only have themselves to blame if indigenous policy strategies implemented now are unsuccessful in the future marks a dramatic shift in thinking. While not ...
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Indigenous housing program expanded - QUEENSLAND BUDGET
By The Australian
A $60 MILLION boost to the housing improvement program for rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and a new police plane for the Torres Strait were the key components in yesterday's budget affecting indigenous ...
By Australian Financial Review (Abstracts)
The recent claim by Cape York Aboriginal leader, Noel Pearson, that Aboriginals will only have themselves to blame if indigenous policy strategies implemented now are unsuccessful in the future marks a dramatic shift in thinking. While not ...
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Posted on: Wed, Jun 6 2007 7:34 AM
Indigenous housing program expanded - QUEENSLAND BUDGET
By The Australian
A $60 MILLION boost to the housing improvement program for rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and a new police plane for the Torres Strait were the key components in yesterday's budget affecting indigenous ...
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
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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
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
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