Breakthrough for Indigenous musicians
By Australian Labor Party
Peter Garrett - Minister for Environment, Heritage and The Arts - Media Statement - 30-03-2009
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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Analysis of the representation of Indigenous Australians in mainstream print media
Analysis of the representation of Indigenous Australians in mainstream print media: An exploration centred on the social determinants of health
Jessica Roberts / Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
This research study aimed to measure and categorise the coverage of Indigenous Australians in all areas of three Australian newspapers and to specifically analyse the reportage of health articles and the social determinants of health. Posted 19-01-2009
Jessica Roberts / Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
This research study aimed to measure and categorise the coverage of Indigenous Australians in all areas of three Australian newspapers and to specifically analyse the reportage of health articles and the social determinants of health. Posted 19-01-2009
Monday, 5 January 2009
An Indigenous reflection on 2008
Alexander Chalmers (1759-1834) an doctor from Aberdeen, turned celebrated journalist once said: “The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
As Mother Nature’s late afternoon sunrays dim to welcome in a dusk accentuated on the horizon by a myriad of spectacular colours, Australians in unison start the December countdown to surrender yet another year in the new millennium. And what an eventful year it was!
As Mother Nature’s late afternoon sunrays dim to welcome in a dusk accentuated on the horizon by a myriad of spectacular colours, Australians in unison start the December countdown to surrender yet another year in the new millennium. And what an eventful year it was!
Monday, 21 July 2008
National Indigenous Times - Recent Headlines
ABS statisics hide true disadvantage in remote communities
ALICE SPRINGS, July 3 2008: Aboriginal disadvantage is massively understated
and the federal government is basing policy on statistics that hide true
conditions in the bush, a conference has heard.
ACT Indigenous body elected today
NATIONAL, July 2, 2008: Three years and one day after the abolition of ATSIC,
Indigenous Australians - in Canberra at least - are a step closer to self-determination.
Mind the media hype: Inglis
SYDNEY, July 1 2008: Coach Mal Meninga has pulled boom centre Greg Inglis
aside on the eve of the State of Origin decider to advise him to ignore
the media circus that has engulfed him since Origin II.
ALICE SPRINGS, July 3 2008: Aboriginal disadvantage is massively understated
and the federal government is basing policy on statistics that hide true
conditions in the bush, a conference has heard.
ACT Indigenous body elected today
NATIONAL, July 2, 2008: Three years and one day after the abolition of ATSIC,
Indigenous Australians - in Canberra at least - are a step closer to self-determination.
Mind the media hype: Inglis
SYDNEY, July 1 2008: Coach Mal Meninga has pulled boom centre Greg Inglis
aside on the eve of the State of Origin decider to advise him to ignore
the media circus that has engulfed him since Origin II.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Sorry, but not sorry enough
By Adam Creighton
Posted Friday, 7 March 2008
Australia entered 2008 one of the richest nations, both on paper and on the ground. Far from fearing recession like Europe and America, Australia bursts into its 17th year of uninterrupted economic growth with its currency surging to 23-year highs, its unemployment rate approaching 4 per cent, and its weekly wages more than 20 per cent higher than in the United States and Britain (not to mention the cheaper cost of living). Swimming pools and rumpus rooms adorn working class homes, and for almost everyone a sandy beach is but a two-hour drive away.
Yet for the descendents of Australia’s original inhabitants, its half-million Aborigines, this success has proved as remote as the Great Sandy Desert. Male Aboriginal life expectancy, at less than 61 years, is less than Cambodia’s, while Australia’s as a whole is higher than Switzerland’s.
Posted Friday, 7 March 2008
Australia entered 2008 one of the richest nations, both on paper and on the ground. Far from fearing recession like Europe and America, Australia bursts into its 17th year of uninterrupted economic growth with its currency surging to 23-year highs, its unemployment rate approaching 4 per cent, and its weekly wages more than 20 per cent higher than in the United States and Britain (not to mention the cheaper cost of living). Swimming pools and rumpus rooms adorn working class homes, and for almost everyone a sandy beach is but a two-hour drive away.
Yet for the descendents of Australia’s original inhabitants, its half-million Aborigines, this success has proved as remote as the Great Sandy Desert. Male Aboriginal life expectancy, at less than 61 years, is less than Cambodia’s, while Australia’s as a whole is higher than Switzerland’s.
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
National Indigenous Times - Issue 140 19 Oct 07
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.
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.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
National Indigenous Times Issue 139 04 Oct 2007
How do you miss 73,000 Aboriginal people in a Census count?
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous Australians have been included in the national population count since 1971. But as it turns out, we missed a few. CHRIS GRAHAM reports on yet another fiddle in the fraud-filled world of Indigenous affairs.
EDITORIAL: When ‘whoops’ just won’t do
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor’s work in uncovering the massive undercounting of the Aboriginal population by the Australian Bureau of Statistics should be applauded.
INVISIBLE ABORIGINAL: Out of sight, out of mind, out of pocket
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor, the author of the now infamous Taylor report which revealed massive government underspending in the remote NT community of Wadeye, is a demographer with the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Officer could face charges over Wadeye teen death
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal teenager during rioting at a remote Top End community could face fresh charges, an inquest heard on Monday.
Fed govt offers to fund fees
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government offered a group of Aboriginal people legal funding to appear before a coronial inquest into Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia’s north after the state government refused.
Australia named as top ‘hot spot’ for vanishing languages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Linguists alarmed at the unceasing extinction of many Indigenous languages have identified five global “hot spots” where the problem is worst, led by northern Australia and a region of South America.
Outback travel subsidy not good enough: report
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Sick people in regional and remote areas are not getting the medical attention they need because government travel subsidies are too stingy, a new report has found.
Spoken crossroad
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s NT Indigenous intervention will spell the end for many Indigenous languages, Adelaide linguistics expert Rob Amery says.
Potential nuke dump site to be assessed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A fourth potential site for a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory will be assessed for its suitability, Science Minister Julie Bishop said last week.
More child sex charges laid in WA community of Kalumburu
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Charges have been laid in the wake of fresh child sex abuse allegations in the remote and troubled West Australian Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, police say.
Light beer expected to escape ban
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: All but light beer sales are likely to be banned in an alcohol-ravaged Kimberley town after the local pub said it would not oppose plans for Western Australia’s strictest liquor licensing conditions.
Compensation for Stolen Generation urgent: Calma
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice commissioner Tom Calma has called for a national scheme to properly compensate all victims of the Stolen Generation.
Child care plan welcomed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s Indigenous Child Care Services Plan, designed to offer culturally appropriate early childhood services to Indigenous children, has been welcomed by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).
Siewert calls on WA, fed govt to repay stolen wages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tens of millions of dollars stolen from Aboriginal workers must be repaid by the West Australian and Commonwealth governments, Senator Rachel Siewert says.
Aboriginal art: the French connection
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris’ Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.
31 charged in Aurukun riot
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Thirty-one people have been charged after a riot in the remote Queensland Aboriginal community of Aurukun in mid September.
‘Don’t give us Disneyland’: tourists
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists visiting Indigenous communities don’t want a “Disneyland experience”, according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia.
Cairns hearing into policing
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Crime and Misconduct Commission will hold a one day public hearing in Cairns as part of its inquiry into policing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Researchers look to bush medicine for answers
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: NT research could lead to Aboriginal bush medicine being used to combat disease in agricultural crops.
Tiwi islands under threat : Greens
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Tiwi islands, off Darwin, are in danger of becoming a wasteland because of excessive land clearing, the Australian Greens say.
Building blocks for business
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A new style of small business training designed especially for the needs and learning styles of Indigenous entrepreneurs has been successfully piloted on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Melbourne standard for Aboriginal art
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Australia’s first Code of Practice for galleries and retailers on Indigenous art has been launched by the City of Melbourne.
Education the key to empowerment
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Education leading to real jobs is the key to addressing the challenges faced by Aboriginal people in Australia today, according to a speaker at the recent Charles Darwin Symposium.
Trainees woo Gorge visitors
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists are learning about the Mossman Gorge and Aboriginal culture from two formerly unemployed Indigenous locals, thanks to funded traineeships.
Rangers protecting our borders
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous ranger groups in Northeast Arnhem Land have recently received a welcome boost from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education with the introduction of on-the-job training by specialists in natural and cultural resource management.
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous Australians have been included in the national population count since 1971. But as it turns out, we missed a few. CHRIS GRAHAM reports on yet another fiddle in the fraud-filled world of Indigenous affairs.
EDITORIAL: When ‘whoops’ just won’t do
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor’s work in uncovering the massive undercounting of the Aboriginal population by the Australian Bureau of Statistics should be applauded.
INVISIBLE ABORIGINAL: Out of sight, out of mind, out of pocket
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Dr John Taylor, the author of the now infamous Taylor report which revealed massive government underspending in the remote NT community of Wadeye, is a demographer with the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Officer could face charges over Wadeye teen death
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal teenager during rioting at a remote Top End community could face fresh charges, an inquest heard on Monday.
Fed govt offers to fund fees
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government offered a group of Aboriginal people legal funding to appear before a coronial inquest into Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia’s north after the state government refused.
Australia named as top ‘hot spot’ for vanishing languages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Linguists alarmed at the unceasing extinction of many Indigenous languages have identified five global “hot spots” where the problem is worst, led by northern Australia and a region of South America.
Outback travel subsidy not good enough: report
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Sick people in regional and remote areas are not getting the medical attention they need because government travel subsidies are too stingy, a new report has found.
Spoken crossroad
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s NT Indigenous intervention will spell the end for many Indigenous languages, Adelaide linguistics expert Rob Amery says.
Potential nuke dump site to be assessed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A fourth potential site for a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory will be assessed for its suitability, Science Minister Julie Bishop said last week.
More child sex charges laid in WA community of Kalumburu
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Charges have been laid in the wake of fresh child sex abuse allegations in the remote and troubled West Australian Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, police say.
Light beer expected to escape ban
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: All but light beer sales are likely to be banned in an alcohol-ravaged Kimberley town after the local pub said it would not oppose plans for Western Australia’s strictest liquor licensing conditions.
Compensation for Stolen Generation urgent: Calma
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice commissioner Tom Calma has called for a national scheme to properly compensate all victims of the Stolen Generation.
Child care plan welcomed
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The federal government’s Indigenous Child Care Services Plan, designed to offer culturally appropriate early childhood services to Indigenous children, has been welcomed by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC).
Siewert calls on WA, fed govt to repay stolen wages
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tens of millions of dollars stolen from Aboriginal workers must be repaid by the West Australian and Commonwealth governments, Senator Rachel Siewert says.
Aboriginal art: the French connection
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris’ Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.
31 charged in Aurukun riot
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Thirty-one people have been charged after a riot in the remote Queensland Aboriginal community of Aurukun in mid September.
‘Don’t give us Disneyland’: tourists
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists visiting Indigenous communities don’t want a “Disneyland experience”, according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia.
Cairns hearing into policing
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Crime and Misconduct Commission will hold a one day public hearing in Cairns as part of its inquiry into policing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Researchers look to bush medicine for answers
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: NT research could lead to Aboriginal bush medicine being used to combat disease in agricultural crops.
Tiwi islands under threat : Greens
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: The Tiwi islands, off Darwin, are in danger of becoming a wasteland because of excessive land clearing, the Australian Greens say.
Building blocks for business
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: A new style of small business training designed especially for the needs and learning styles of Indigenous entrepreneurs has been successfully piloted on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Melbourne standard for Aboriginal art
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Australia’s first Code of Practice for galleries and retailers on Indigenous art has been launched by the City of Melbourne.
Education the key to empowerment
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Education leading to real jobs is the key to addressing the challenges faced by Aboriginal people in Australia today, according to a speaker at the recent Charles Darwin Symposium.
Trainees woo Gorge visitors
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Tourists are learning about the Mossman Gorge and Aboriginal culture from two formerly unemployed Indigenous locals, thanks to funded traineeships.
Rangers protecting our borders
Issue 139, October 4, 2007: Indigenous ranger groups in Northeast Arnhem Land have recently received a welcome boost from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education with the introduction of on-the-job training by specialists in natural and cultural resource management.
Friday, 5 October 2007
National Indigenous Times Issue 138, September 20, 2007
Brough announces extra $700m for NT intervention
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government will spend more than $700 million on a new range of measures in its takeover of Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
AMSANT slams intervention child health checks
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's health checks of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory have been labelled inefficient, ineffective and potentially unethical by a lobby group representing NT Aboriginal health services.
$100m to go to follow-up health care
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A $100 million fund has been set aside by the federal government to provide follow-up care for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory with dental, stomach, ear, nose and throat problems.
Labor questions "new" money
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Labor says the outlay of half a billion dollars committed on Tuesday to fix and build the homes of Northern Territory Indigenous people is not new money.
Mobile teams 'doomed to failure'
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Mobile teams of health professionals visiting remote Aboriginal communities must be integrated with existing health services, the Fred Hollows Foundation says.
Indigenous health campaign kicks off
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The nation's leaders have been challenged to take concrete steps to boost the health and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians on the first National Close the Gap Day.
NSWALC welcomes state govt inquiry into life expectancy gap
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has welcomed a state government inquiry to investigate the difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Brough "a bit confused" over SBS "porn" in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough has accidentally admitted he hasn't read at least one key section of the Little Children Are Sacred report, despite claiming it was the catalyst for the federal government's half billion dollar fight against child abuse in remote Aboriginal communities.
Welfare latest move in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal people from four central Australian communities had half of their welfare payments quarantined from Monday in a federal government bid to stop the money being spent on alcohol, drugs and pornography.
Porn bans hit the Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's pornography bans started in the Northern Territory this week.
Review called over CDEP alternatives
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government needs to review its alternatives to Community Development Employment Programs (CDEP), a group of remote Aboriginal service providers says.
Care for country under threat: NLC
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Canberra needs to ensure jobs and wages for Aboriginal rangers or risk programs that protect the Northern Territory's unique environment, the Northern Land Council (NLC) says.
Thousands of tourists face alcohol bans in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Under new restrictions that began on the weekend, thousands of tourists will be banned from having a beer while fishing on river banks or camping in many Northern Territory national parks.
NT alcohol changes will spark backlash: Crossin
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Federal government changes to its Northern Territory alcohol restrictions will spark an enormous backlash but won't stop Indigenous people getting drunk, a Labor senator says.
Alcohol ban for Fitzroy Crossing
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The strictest liquor licensing conditions in Western Australia could soon be slapped on the troubled Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing.
New national Aboriginal body to counter govt policy
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leaders have formed a national representative body to counter what they say is government dominance of the Indigenous policy agenda in the wake of Canberra's intervention in the Northern Territory.
NT intervention supporters 'naive': Dodson
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson has described the Howard government's intervention in the Northern Territory as a sinister attempt to extinguish Indigenous culture.
Qld ministry reshuffle puts women in hot seats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: For the first time in Australian political history - at either a state or federal level - two women will assume ultimate responsibility for Indigenous affairs in Queensland, following the swearing in last week of the new Queensland government's ministry.
A Major call on Bligh to give hope to Cape folk
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Premier Anna Bligh must shape a new future for Queensland's Indigenous people by decreasing the welfare dependency that is crippling Cape York communities, Young Australian of the Year Tania Major says.
NITV viewing numbers to rise on Foxtel, Austar
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A note to Eddie McGuire. Increasing the potential audience share of a television channel by about 25-fold is not only do-able, it's actually being done.
Stolen Gen bill introduced by Democrats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A bill to set up a compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation has been introduced into the Senate by the Australian Democrats.
Police start work in Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eleven police officers from Queensland started work in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities last Wednesday as part of the federal government's 'emergency intervention'.
Third world eye programs needed here
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eye services similar to those available in third world countries are needed to help fight rising rates of blindness in Aboriginal communities, experts say.
New centre for health studies
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A new Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland is uniquely placed to attract Indigenous students to health professions and generate real health benefits for communities, according to Centre Director, Professor Cindy Shannon.
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government will spend more than $700 million on a new range of measures in its takeover of Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
AMSANT slams intervention child health checks
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's health checks of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory have been labelled inefficient, ineffective and potentially unethical by a lobby group representing NT Aboriginal health services.
$100m to go to follow-up health care
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A $100 million fund has been set aside by the federal government to provide follow-up care for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory with dental, stomach, ear, nose and throat problems.
Labor questions "new" money
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Labor says the outlay of half a billion dollars committed on Tuesday to fix and build the homes of Northern Territory Indigenous people is not new money.
Mobile teams 'doomed to failure'
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Mobile teams of health professionals visiting remote Aboriginal communities must be integrated with existing health services, the Fred Hollows Foundation says.
Indigenous health campaign kicks off
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The nation's leaders have been challenged to take concrete steps to boost the health and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians on the first National Close the Gap Day.
NSWALC welcomes state govt inquiry into life expectancy gap
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has welcomed a state government inquiry to investigate the difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Brough "a bit confused" over SBS "porn" in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough has accidentally admitted he hasn't read at least one key section of the Little Children Are Sacred report, despite claiming it was the catalyst for the federal government's half billion dollar fight against child abuse in remote Aboriginal communities.
Welfare latest move in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal people from four central Australian communities had half of their welfare payments quarantined from Monday in a federal government bid to stop the money being spent on alcohol, drugs and pornography.
Porn bans hit the Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government's pornography bans started in the Northern Territory this week.
Review called over CDEP alternatives
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The federal government needs to review its alternatives to Community Development Employment Programs (CDEP), a group of remote Aboriginal service providers says.
Care for country under threat: NLC
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Canberra needs to ensure jobs and wages for Aboriginal rangers or risk programs that protect the Northern Territory's unique environment, the Northern Land Council (NLC) says.
Thousands of tourists face alcohol bans in NT
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Under new restrictions that began on the weekend, thousands of tourists will be banned from having a beer while fishing on river banks or camping in many Northern Territory national parks.
NT alcohol changes will spark backlash: Crossin
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Federal government changes to its Northern Territory alcohol restrictions will spark an enormous backlash but won't stop Indigenous people getting drunk, a Labor senator says.
Alcohol ban for Fitzroy Crossing
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: The strictest liquor licensing conditions in Western Australia could soon be slapped on the troubled Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing.
New national Aboriginal body to counter govt policy
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leaders have formed a national representative body to counter what they say is government dominance of the Indigenous policy agenda in the wake of Canberra's intervention in the Northern Territory.
NT intervention supporters 'naive': Dodson
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson has described the Howard government's intervention in the Northern Territory as a sinister attempt to extinguish Indigenous culture.
Qld ministry reshuffle puts women in hot seats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: For the first time in Australian political history - at either a state or federal level - two women will assume ultimate responsibility for Indigenous affairs in Queensland, following the swearing in last week of the new Queensland government's ministry.
A Major call on Bligh to give hope to Cape folk
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Premier Anna Bligh must shape a new future for Queensland's Indigenous people by decreasing the welfare dependency that is crippling Cape York communities, Young Australian of the Year Tania Major says.
NITV viewing numbers to rise on Foxtel, Austar
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A note to Eddie McGuire. Increasing the potential audience share of a television channel by about 25-fold is not only do-able, it's actually being done.
Stolen Gen bill introduced by Democrats
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A bill to set up a compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation has been introduced into the Senate by the Australian Democrats.
Police start work in Territory
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eleven police officers from Queensland started work in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities last Wednesday as part of the federal government's 'emergency intervention'.
Third world eye programs needed here
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: Eye services similar to those available in third world countries are needed to help fight rising rates of blindness in Aboriginal communities, experts say.
New centre for health studies
Issue 138, September 20, 2007: A new Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland is uniquely placed to attract Indigenous students to health professions and generate real health benefits for communities, according to Centre Director, Professor Cindy Shannon.
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Commissioner says healing missing from NT intervention
NATIONAL, September 19, 2007: The need for healing is missing from the commonwealth's intervention plan to combat child abuse in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal social justice commissioner Tom Calma says.
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Minister denies Indigenous art community under treat
Federal Minister for Workforce Participation Sharman Stone denies hundreds of jobs in the Indigenous art community are at risk with the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Northern Territory.
School enrolments up since intervention
The Northern Territory Education Department says its latest figures show there has been a jump in the number of children enrolled in school since the Federal Government intervention.
Gynaecologist urges more health support for indigenous women
A Northern Territory gynaecologist has called on the Federal Government to provide more health support for indigenous women.
Shinju festival organiser hopes to inspire other Indigenous groups
The Broome-based Aboriginal organisation that ran this year's Shinju Matsuri Festival, in northern Western Australia, hopes the venture inspires other Indigenous groups to take on new challenges.
Miner reaches deal with Njamal people
A company wanting to mine a rare mineral in the East Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia has struck a land access agreement with the Njamal people.
Ear infections rife in Indigenous kids
Top surgeons says the number of Aboriginal children suffering from severe ear infections in the Northern Territory is a national embarrassment.
Federal Minister for Workforce Participation Sharman Stone denies hundreds of jobs in the Indigenous art community are at risk with the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Northern Territory.
School enrolments up since intervention
The Northern Territory Education Department says its latest figures show there has been a jump in the number of children enrolled in school since the Federal Government intervention.
Gynaecologist urges more health support for indigenous women
A Northern Territory gynaecologist has called on the Federal Government to provide more health support for indigenous women.
Shinju festival organiser hopes to inspire other Indigenous groups
The Broome-based Aboriginal organisation that ran this year's Shinju Matsuri Festival, in northern Western Australia, hopes the venture inspires other Indigenous groups to take on new challenges.
Miner reaches deal with Njamal people
A company wanting to mine a rare mineral in the East Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia has struck a land access agreement with the Njamal people.
Ear infections rife in Indigenous kids
Top surgeons says the number of Aboriginal children suffering from severe ear infections in the Northern Territory is a national embarrassment.
Monday, 10 September 2007
National Indigenous Times, Issue 137, 06 September 2007
WA hands back 50,000 ha
The Miriuwung-Gajerrong people have been given back 50,000ha of freehold land in the East Kimberley region by the state government, making it the largest land hand back ever achieved in the state's history.
Feds to seize all Aboriginal assets above $400,000 in NT
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government is planning to seize the assets of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory valued at over $400,000 as part of its emergency intervention aimed at talking child abuse, an online news website has reported.
Mixed response greets Tiwi 99-year lease signingIssue 137, September 6, 2007: The signing of Australia's first 99-year lease on the Tiwi Islands has been lamented by some and celebrated by others.
CDEP scrap may threaten rangersIssue 137, September 6, 2007: Advocates of an Indigenous rangers scheme in northern Australia fear it will be undermined by the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
Illegal fishing reductions
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Australia is winning the war on illegal fishing, with a 90 per cent reduction on the number of boat sightings since last year.
Rangers will get real jobs after CDEP scrap: StoneIssue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government has defended a decision to scrap a program that funded Aboriginal rangers in the Northern Territory, saying they will get "real jobs" in exchange.
PM's reign a "living nightmare": leaders
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: A new coalition of Aboriginal leaders from around the nation has released its first public statement since forming last month.
Future lies in mainstream: PM
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal people must become part of Australia's mainstream society if they are to have a future, Prime Minister John Howard has warned.
Mundine backs PM's comments
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Former ALP president and high profile Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has backed Prime Minister John Howard's comments that Indigenous people face a bleak future unless they join the mainstream.
Howard rebuffs visit with CAO
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Despite declaring that child abuse throughout the Northern Territory was "akin to a national emergency", Prime Minister John Howard refused to meet with Territory Aboriginal leaders during his visit to the NT community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg).
Surplus could help black health: Calma
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma has called for some of the record federal budget surplus announced by the federal Treasurer recently to be spent on improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Greens fear cuts to medical service
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Greens Senator for New South Wales, Kerry Nettle fears Aboriginal Medical Services in her state will have their funding slashed by up to half to help fund the federal government's intervention in the Northern Territory.
Major speaks out on abuse
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: It is "about time" an emergency was declared over the abuse and violence in Indigenous communities, a high profile Aboriginal role model says.
New stolen wages report launched into scandal
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The case of "millions and millions" of dollars stolen from Aboriginal people by successive Australian governments is the subject of a new report recently launched in Melbourne.
Kava bans could result in black market: NT councils
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Crime, gambling and a black market trade in alcohol and marijuana are on the rise following the federal government's ban on the intoxicating drink kava, remote Northern Territory councils say.
Fitzroy Valley group calls for parliamentary inquiry
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Members of a remote community in Western Australia's Kimberley region have called for a parliamentary inquiry into social and economic issues in the town.
Poverty affects 10 percent: report
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Even though the economy is booming, almost two million Australians, or 10 per cent, are living in poverty, a report has found.
PM announces more AFP for NT
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Prime Minister John Howard has announced an additional 66 Australian Federal Police (AFP) will patrol remote Northern Territory communities, taking the total number on the ground to 116.
Police plan for better relations
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal people can expect an improved relationship with NSW police after the introduction of new guidelines, Commissioner Ken Moroney says.
Qld first to contribute police
NORTHERN TERRITORY: Queensland became the first state to contribute to the NT Indigenous intervention last month after ten Queensland police arrived in the Top End.
New registrar replaces Beacroft
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government has appointed a senior Australian Security and Investment Commission (ASIC) executive to oversee the operations of Aboriginal corporations.
O'Brien "outraged" community: Kris
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The Local Member for Cook Jason O'Brien has failed to recognise the scepticism among Island communities surrounding the state's sweeping changes to local government and has "outraged" the St Paul's community in claiming he is an elected representative, Torres Strait Regional Authority Chairman Toshie Kris said.
PM not helping on Cape: Beattie
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Premier Peter Beattie has accused Prime Minister John Howard of failing to help set up a commission aimed at driving social and economic reform in the state's far northern Indigenous communities.
The Miriuwung-Gajerrong people have been given back 50,000ha of freehold land in the East Kimberley region by the state government, making it the largest land hand back ever achieved in the state's history.
Feds to seize all Aboriginal assets above $400,000 in NT
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government is planning to seize the assets of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory valued at over $400,000 as part of its emergency intervention aimed at talking child abuse, an online news website has reported.
Mixed response greets Tiwi 99-year lease signingIssue 137, September 6, 2007: The signing of Australia's first 99-year lease on the Tiwi Islands has been lamented by some and celebrated by others.
CDEP scrap may threaten rangersIssue 137, September 6, 2007: Advocates of an Indigenous rangers scheme in northern Australia fear it will be undermined by the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
Illegal fishing reductions
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Australia is winning the war on illegal fishing, with a 90 per cent reduction on the number of boat sightings since last year.
Rangers will get real jobs after CDEP scrap: StoneIssue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government has defended a decision to scrap a program that funded Aboriginal rangers in the Northern Territory, saying they will get "real jobs" in exchange.
PM's reign a "living nightmare": leaders
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: A new coalition of Aboriginal leaders from around the nation has released its first public statement since forming last month.
Future lies in mainstream: PM
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal people must become part of Australia's mainstream society if they are to have a future, Prime Minister John Howard has warned.
Mundine backs PM's comments
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Former ALP president and high profile Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has backed Prime Minister John Howard's comments that Indigenous people face a bleak future unless they join the mainstream.
Howard rebuffs visit with CAO
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Despite declaring that child abuse throughout the Northern Territory was "akin to a national emergency", Prime Minister John Howard refused to meet with Territory Aboriginal leaders during his visit to the NT community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg).
Surplus could help black health: Calma
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma has called for some of the record federal budget surplus announced by the federal Treasurer recently to be spent on improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Greens fear cuts to medical service
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Greens Senator for New South Wales, Kerry Nettle fears Aboriginal Medical Services in her state will have their funding slashed by up to half to help fund the federal government's intervention in the Northern Territory.
Major speaks out on abuse
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: It is "about time" an emergency was declared over the abuse and violence in Indigenous communities, a high profile Aboriginal role model says.
New stolen wages report launched into scandal
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The case of "millions and millions" of dollars stolen from Aboriginal people by successive Australian governments is the subject of a new report recently launched in Melbourne.
Kava bans could result in black market: NT councils
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Crime, gambling and a black market trade in alcohol and marijuana are on the rise following the federal government's ban on the intoxicating drink kava, remote Northern Territory councils say.
Fitzroy Valley group calls for parliamentary inquiry
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Members of a remote community in Western Australia's Kimberley region have called for a parliamentary inquiry into social and economic issues in the town.
Poverty affects 10 percent: report
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Even though the economy is booming, almost two million Australians, or 10 per cent, are living in poverty, a report has found.
PM announces more AFP for NT
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Prime Minister John Howard has announced an additional 66 Australian Federal Police (AFP) will patrol remote Northern Territory communities, taking the total number on the ground to 116.
Police plan for better relations
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Aboriginal people can expect an improved relationship with NSW police after the introduction of new guidelines, Commissioner Ken Moroney says.
Qld first to contribute police
NORTHERN TERRITORY: Queensland became the first state to contribute to the NT Indigenous intervention last month after ten Queensland police arrived in the Top End.
New registrar replaces Beacroft
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The federal government has appointed a senior Australian Security and Investment Commission (ASIC) executive to oversee the operations of Aboriginal corporations.
O'Brien "outraged" community: Kris
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: The Local Member for Cook Jason O'Brien has failed to recognise the scepticism among Island communities surrounding the state's sweeping changes to local government and has "outraged" the St Paul's community in claiming he is an elected representative, Torres Strait Regional Authority Chairman Toshie Kris said.
PM not helping on Cape: Beattie
Issue 137, September 6, 2007: Premier Peter Beattie has accused Prime Minister John Howard of failing to help set up a commission aimed at driving social and economic reform in the state's far northern Indigenous communities.
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
National Indigenous Times
Issue 136 23 August 2007
BLACK FRIDAY: Turner devastated by racist laws
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: It's the blackest Friday ever in modern Australian history.” That's how Pat Turner - formerly the nation's most senior Indigenous bureaucrat - described the passage of the federal government's NT intervention legislation.
NT govt announces $286m abuse plan
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government has announced a $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage, in its official response to the child abuse report that prompted federal intervention.
Mutitjulu divided under permit scrap
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Tourists will be able to wander the Central Australian community of Mutitjulu while rangers' accommodation only a few metres away is off limits to the public, says the Central Land Council (CLC).
Brough labels NT 'Closing the Gap' campaign as “underwhelming”Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough has labelled the Northern Territory government's response to the Little Children Are Sacred report as “underwhelming”, adding that it fails to address the needs of the current generation of Aboriginal children.
NT plan “good and practical”: Macklin
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government's $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage is a “good and practical start”, says federal Labor's Indigenous affairs spokeswoman Jenny Macklin.
Internet system to help with Aboriginal child health: Abbott Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The federal government says a new internet-based health system for remote areas will ensure health issues identified in Aboriginal children are properly followed up.
CDEP cuts put age and disability services at riskIssue 136, August 23, 2007: Care of the elderly and disabled in the town camps of Alice Springs is under threat because of a $98,0000 shortfall following the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
CDEP scraps hurt artists: ANKAAA
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Thousands of Aboriginal artists will have their livelihoods threatened by the abolition of the permit system and the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) , says their representative body.
Indigenous population continues healthy growth: ABSIssue 126, August 23, 2007: The Indigenous Australian population continues to record healthy growth, according to new figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Library's Indig work wins award
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A program teaching Aboriginal people in remote communities to read, use technology and preserve their culture has won the Northern Territory Library (NTL) a high-profile international award.
THE BIG READ: Heartbreak HillIssue 136, August 23, 2007: This month, the federal government rushed its NT emergency intervention legislation through parliament. The haste was indecent, to say nothing of the actual laws. In the end, after feigning moral indignation about some aspects of the laws, the Labor Party gave the legislation its full support. Both major parties passed the measures in the face of massive opposition from Indigenous leaders. Here are just some of the black voices that the Labor and Liberal parties ignored.
Nura Gili $1m richerIssue 136, August 13, 2007: Global financial services firm UBS has committed to a major investment in support of Indigenous programs at the University of New South Wales.
Priority Schools for a fair go
Issue 136, August 13, 2007: Education and Training Director-General, Michael Coutts-Trotter has praised the schools working through the Priority Schools Program as a living example of the Australian value of a “fair go for all”.
Bush business course takes off
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A course in the Northern Territory is showing Aboriginal people how to build successful enterprises based on local natural resources.
BLACK FRIDAY: Turner devastated by racist laws
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: It's the blackest Friday ever in modern Australian history.” That's how Pat Turner - formerly the nation's most senior Indigenous bureaucrat - described the passage of the federal government's NT intervention legislation.
NT govt announces $286m abuse plan
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government has announced a $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage, in its official response to the child abuse report that prompted federal intervention.
Mutitjulu divided under permit scrap
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Tourists will be able to wander the Central Australian community of Mutitjulu while rangers' accommodation only a few metres away is off limits to the public, says the Central Land Council (CLC).
Brough labels NT 'Closing the Gap' campaign as “underwhelming”Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough has labelled the Northern Territory government's response to the Little Children Are Sacred report as “underwhelming”, adding that it fails to address the needs of the current generation of Aboriginal children.
NT plan “good and practical”: Macklin
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The Northern Territory government's $286 million plan to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage is a “good and practical start”, says federal Labor's Indigenous affairs spokeswoman Jenny Macklin.
Internet system to help with Aboriginal child health: Abbott Issue 136, August 23, 2007: The federal government says a new internet-based health system for remote areas will ensure health issues identified in Aboriginal children are properly followed up.
CDEP cuts put age and disability services at riskIssue 136, August 23, 2007: Care of the elderly and disabled in the town camps of Alice Springs is under threat because of a $98,0000 shortfall following the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP).
CDEP scraps hurt artists: ANKAAA
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: Thousands of Aboriginal artists will have their livelihoods threatened by the abolition of the permit system and the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) , says their representative body.
Indigenous population continues healthy growth: ABSIssue 126, August 23, 2007: The Indigenous Australian population continues to record healthy growth, according to new figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Library's Indig work wins award
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A program teaching Aboriginal people in remote communities to read, use technology and preserve their culture has won the Northern Territory Library (NTL) a high-profile international award.
THE BIG READ: Heartbreak HillIssue 136, August 23, 2007: This month, the federal government rushed its NT emergency intervention legislation through parliament. The haste was indecent, to say nothing of the actual laws. In the end, after feigning moral indignation about some aspects of the laws, the Labor Party gave the legislation its full support. Both major parties passed the measures in the face of massive opposition from Indigenous leaders. Here are just some of the black voices that the Labor and Liberal parties ignored.
Nura Gili $1m richerIssue 136, August 13, 2007: Global financial services firm UBS has committed to a major investment in support of Indigenous programs at the University of New South Wales.
Priority Schools for a fair go
Issue 136, August 13, 2007: Education and Training Director-General, Michael Coutts-Trotter has praised the schools working through the Priority Schools Program as a living example of the Australian value of a “fair go for all”.
Bush business course takes off
Issue 136, August 23, 2007: A course in the Northern Territory is showing Aboriginal people how to build successful enterprises based on local natural resources.
ABC News : Indigenous
Boonthamurra people get native title claim registered
The Boonthamurra people in south-west Queensland have had their native title claim registered by the federal tribunal.
Fears hearing centre opposition creating racist image
A Rochester resident is worried the central Victorian town is appearing racist because of opposition to a proposed Aboriginal healing centre.
Aboriginal anger over child work gang plan
A plan to force schoolchildren into work gangs and make them pick up rubbish until they are visibly tired has caused outrage in a Central Australian Aboriginal community.
PM stands firm on Indigenous permit system changes
Prime Minister John Howard has defended the Federal Government's changing of the permit system governing entry to Indigenous land.
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Govt urged to boost pay for remote health teams
A former head of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) says health workers in remote Indigenous communities should be paid more than those in cities.
Labor denies secret lobbying against NT intervention
The Federal Opposition denies it has been secretly lobbying against the Federal Government's intervention into Aboriginal affairs.
PM makes first trip to Alice since intervention
Prime Minister John Howard will visit Alice Springs today, for the first time since announcing his Government's intervention in Aboriginal communities.
Noonkanbah signs oil and gas exploration deal
A landmark agreement has been signed which will pave the way for oil exploration at the famous Noonkanbah Station in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
More focus sought on SA Indigenous health
Country Health SA says not enough is being done to address the poor health situation in many of South Australia's remote Indigenous populations.
Aboriginal trackers help find nun's body in remote WA
Police are preparing a report for the coroner into the death of an elderly nun whose body was found in scrub south of the Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community on the weekend.
Welfare vouchers raise concerns for checkout staff
An organisation that runs 13 of of the Northern Territory's remote community shops says checkout staff could be threatened if people use food vouchers for welfare payments.
A former head of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) says health workers in remote Indigenous communities should be paid more than those in cities.
Labor denies secret lobbying against NT intervention
The Federal Opposition denies it has been secretly lobbying against the Federal Government's intervention into Aboriginal affairs.
PM makes first trip to Alice since intervention
Prime Minister John Howard will visit Alice Springs today, for the first time since announcing his Government's intervention in Aboriginal communities.
Noonkanbah signs oil and gas exploration deal
A landmark agreement has been signed which will pave the way for oil exploration at the famous Noonkanbah Station in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
More focus sought on SA Indigenous health
Country Health SA says not enough is being done to address the poor health situation in many of South Australia's remote Indigenous populations.
Aboriginal trackers help find nun's body in remote WA
Police are preparing a report for the coroner into the death of an elderly nun whose body was found in scrub south of the Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community on the weekend.
Welfare vouchers raise concerns for checkout staff
An organisation that runs 13 of of the Northern Territory's remote community shops says checkout staff could be threatened if people use food vouchers for welfare payments.
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
NT Aboriginal congress pushes for more sex offender rehab programs
The organisation that arranged for sex offender rehabilitation training in Alice Springs says there needs to be programs outside the prison system, not just within it.
Blaze claims Yalata police station
The police station at the Yalata Aboriginal community in South Australia's far west has been destroyed in a fire.
20yr plan aims to improve Aboriginal health standards
Northern Territory Chief Minister has launched a 20-year plan to give Indigenous children the same life standards as other Territorians.
Papunya youth see petrol sniffing as 'uncool'
Youth workers are reporting a "petrol sniffing culture change" in a central Australian Indigenous community.
Wheelchair built tough for outback conditions
Alice Springs designers are putting stunt bike wheels on a specially crafted wheelchair in a bid to make it tough enough to last in a remote community.
Federal Govt urged to offer Tangentyere CDEP assurance
The Federal Government is being urged to ensure the abolition of Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) does not lead to the collapse of Tangentyere Council's aged care services.
The organisation that arranged for sex offender rehabilitation training in Alice Springs says there needs to be programs outside the prison system, not just within it.
Blaze claims Yalata police station
The police station at the Yalata Aboriginal community in South Australia's far west has been destroyed in a fire.
20yr plan aims to improve Aboriginal health standards
Northern Territory Chief Minister has launched a 20-year plan to give Indigenous children the same life standards as other Territorians.
Papunya youth see petrol sniffing as 'uncool'
Youth workers are reporting a "petrol sniffing culture change" in a central Australian Indigenous community.
Wheelchair built tough for outback conditions
Alice Springs designers are putting stunt bike wheels on a specially crafted wheelchair in a bid to make it tough enough to last in a remote community.
Federal Govt urged to offer Tangentyere CDEP assurance
The Federal Government is being urged to ensure the abolition of Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) does not lead to the collapse of Tangentyere Council's aged care services.
Monday, 20 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Vets, Indigenous trust sign land use deal
Traditional landowners and Vietnam veterans have signed a land use agreement at Cape York in far north Queensland.
NT Govt to announce changes to violence laws
The Northern Territory Government will today announce changes to the Domestic Violence Act in response to a year-long review and the Indigenous Child Abuse Inquiry.
Land tenure the key to Indigenous investment: Brough
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough says certainty over land tenure is the key to encouraging investment in Indigenous communities.
Govt denies backflip on Indigenous housing
The Northern Territory's Local Government Minister says that the Martin Government is not in breach of health and safety laws in remote Indigenous housing.
Traditional landowners and Vietnam veterans have signed a land use agreement at Cape York in far north Queensland.
NT Govt to announce changes to violence laws
The Northern Territory Government will today announce changes to the Domestic Violence Act in response to a year-long review and the Indigenous Child Abuse Inquiry.
Land tenure the key to Indigenous investment: Brough
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough says certainty over land tenure is the key to encouraging investment in Indigenous communities.
Govt denies backflip on Indigenous housing
The Northern Territory's Local Government Minister says that the Martin Government is not in breach of health and safety laws in remote Indigenous housing.
Friday, 17 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Councillors urged to green light Indigenous healing centre
Campaspe Shire is poised to approve the construction of an Aboriginal healing centre in Rochester, in central Victoria, despite community opposition.
Indigenous intervention legislation passes Senate
Legislation allowing the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities has passed the Senate.
More Indigenous men take on health worker challenge
The Northern Territory's newest group of Aboriginal health workers has begun training, and unusually, more than half those enrolled are men.
Credit union seeks answers on post-CDEP future
Australia's only Indigenous-owned credit union says it is struggling to find answers about what the dumping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program will mean for its business in the Northern Territory.
Resort aspires to hire Mutitjulu residents
A resort next to Uluru in central Australia says it wants to employ 20 staff from Mutitjulu, but that a federal Minister's aspirations for a higher ratio of Indigenous employees will not happen.
Campaspe Shire is poised to approve the construction of an Aboriginal healing centre in Rochester, in central Victoria, despite community opposition.
Indigenous intervention legislation passes Senate
Legislation allowing the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities has passed the Senate.
More Indigenous men take on health worker challenge
The Northern Territory's newest group of Aboriginal health workers has begun training, and unusually, more than half those enrolled are men.
Credit union seeks answers on post-CDEP future
Australia's only Indigenous-owned credit union says it is struggling to find answers about what the dumping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program will mean for its business in the Northern Territory.
Resort aspires to hire Mutitjulu residents
A resort next to Uluru in central Australia says it wants to employ 20 staff from Mutitjulu, but that a federal Minister's aspirations for a higher ratio of Indigenous employees will not happen.
Thursday, 16 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Work for the Dole kicks off in NT
The Federal Workforce Participation Minister says Work for the Dole projects have begun in four Central Australian communities.
Overcrowding leads to poor education: Humphries
The Member for the western New South Wales seat of Barwon, Kevin Humphries, says addressing overcrowding in Aboriginal communities is one step towards improving the education of children.
Indigenous population passes 500,000
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia has pushed past the 500,000 mark.
NSW Govt puts $9m towards foster care for indigenous children
The New South Wales Government says it is spending more than $9 million to double the number of foster care places for Aboriginal children in south-west Sydney.
Five year health plan released
An improvement to Aboriginal health will be a major focus for the Greater Western Area Health Service in its newly-released strategic plan.
The Federal Workforce Participation Minister says Work for the Dole projects have begun in four Central Australian communities.
Overcrowding leads to poor education: Humphries
The Member for the western New South Wales seat of Barwon, Kevin Humphries, says addressing overcrowding in Aboriginal communities is one step towards improving the education of children.
Indigenous population passes 500,000
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia has pushed past the 500,000 mark.
NSW Govt puts $9m towards foster care for indigenous children
The New South Wales Government says it is spending more than $9 million to double the number of foster care places for Aboriginal children in south-west Sydney.
Five year health plan released
An improvement to Aboriginal health will be a major focus for the Greater Western Area Health Service in its newly-released strategic plan.
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
'Little Children' report under fire
The Northern Territory Opposition has backed a new highly-critical analysis of the 'Little Children are Sacred' report into Indigenous child abuse.
NT Housing Dept will offer more for women and children
A former domestic violence counsellor in Tennant Creek says the Northern Territory Housing Department will manage town camps with more accountability than the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation.
NT intervention not improving children's lives: Education Union
The Australian Education Union says the Commonwealth is failing in its responsibilities outlined in the intervention against child abuse in Indigenous Northern Territory communities.
Aboriginal community kicks out Govt survey team
The Yirrkala Community Council in north-east Arnhem Land has confirmed a Federal Government survey team was kicked out of the community during a meeting yesterday.
Stoner puts focus on Moree Indigenous education
The leader of the New South Wales National party, Andrew Stoner, has met Moree's Aboriginal community to discuss improvements to educational outcomes for Aboriginal youth.
Planning under way for remote region emergency plans
Emergency response teams, safety personnel and regional commanders have begun a long-term plan to equip South Australia's remote communities with emergency management plans.
Plan to scrap CDEP worries Indigenous groups
Indigenous organisations have gathered in Darwin to plan the next stage in the fight against the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Northern Territory.
Future looks promising for Point Pearce
A new governing body has been formed for the Point Pearce Aboriginal community on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Government pleased at response to stolen generation compensation
The Tasmanian Government says it's overwhelmed by the number of Aboriginal people seeking stolen generation compensation.
Indigenous unemployment program begins on Palm Island
A new program to combat unemployment within Indigenous communities has begun on Palm Island in north Queensland.
More Aborigines needed in NT workforce: Minister
Northern Territory Employment Minister Paul Henderson says he will be talking to businesses in the Katherine region tonight about how to better equip Indigenous people for the paid workforce.
The Northern Territory Opposition has backed a new highly-critical analysis of the 'Little Children are Sacred' report into Indigenous child abuse.
NT Housing Dept will offer more for women and children
A former domestic violence counsellor in Tennant Creek says the Northern Territory Housing Department will manage town camps with more accountability than the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation.
NT intervention not improving children's lives: Education Union
The Australian Education Union says the Commonwealth is failing in its responsibilities outlined in the intervention against child abuse in Indigenous Northern Territory communities.
Aboriginal community kicks out Govt survey team
The Yirrkala Community Council in north-east Arnhem Land has confirmed a Federal Government survey team was kicked out of the community during a meeting yesterday.
Stoner puts focus on Moree Indigenous education
The leader of the New South Wales National party, Andrew Stoner, has met Moree's Aboriginal community to discuss improvements to educational outcomes for Aboriginal youth.
Planning under way for remote region emergency plans
Emergency response teams, safety personnel and regional commanders have begun a long-term plan to equip South Australia's remote communities with emergency management plans.
Plan to scrap CDEP worries Indigenous groups
Indigenous organisations have gathered in Darwin to plan the next stage in the fight against the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Northern Territory.
Future looks promising for Point Pearce
A new governing body has been formed for the Point Pearce Aboriginal community on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Government pleased at response to stolen generation compensation
The Tasmanian Government says it's overwhelmed by the number of Aboriginal people seeking stolen generation compensation.
Indigenous unemployment program begins on Palm Island
A new program to combat unemployment within Indigenous communities has begun on Palm Island in north Queensland.
More Aborigines needed in NT workforce: Minister
Northern Territory Employment Minister Paul Henderson says he will be talking to businesses in the Katherine region tonight about how to better equip Indigenous people for the paid workforce.
Thursday, 9 August 2007
ABC News : Indigenous
Indigenous childcare centres deprived
A Palm Island childcare worker in north Queensland says isolation and under-staffing are the major problems facing childcare centres in Indigenous communities.
Intervention bill could face international backlash: HREOC
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) says the Federal Government's legislation for intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities could face an international challenge.
Young offenders report draws mixed response
A report on young Aboriginal offenders targeted by Operation Mandrake has split community opinion.
Music helps hearing and health for Qld Indigenous community
Music is being used to improve the hearing of children at a central Queensland Indigenous community.
MP backs Indigenous intervention legislation
Joanna Gash, the Member for Gilmore, on the New South Wales south coast, says legislation allowing for Commonwealth intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities will help the communities and their residents.
Coroner to investigate high suicide rate in Aboriginal communities
The high rate of suicide in indigenous communities in Western Australia will be scrutinised by the State Coroner.
Indigenous smokers targeted by NSW Govt
The New South Wales Government will spend $1 million to help reduce smoking rates in Aboriginal communities.
Stolen Generations group wants compo fund created
A group that supports members of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia has backed calls for a compensation fund, after a landmark decision in South Australia.
Ex-footballer backs calls for takeaway alcohol ban
Former footballer Percy Johnson has supported a call by Aboriginal women in Fitzroy Crossing, in northern Western Australia, for a ban on takeaway alcohol.
Brough denies rushing intervention laws
The Federal Government has defended its decision to give parliamentarians just a few days to examine 500 pages of legislation concerning the intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
Call for higher Indigenous breastfeeding rates
A western Victorian health service says more needs to be done to lift breastfeeding rates in Australia's Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal corporation gets arts centre funding
An established Indigenous art enterprise south-east of Halls Creek, in northern Western Australia, has received its first instalment of funding towards an art centre worth more than $900,000.
A Palm Island childcare worker in north Queensland says isolation and under-staffing are the major problems facing childcare centres in Indigenous communities.
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Brough denies rushing intervention laws
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Call for higher Indigenous breastfeeding rates
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Aboriginal corporation gets arts centre funding
An established Indigenous art enterprise south-east of Halls Creek, in northern Western Australia, has received its first instalment of funding towards an art centre worth more than $900,000.
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