australian and european news & media releases 2006-2007 archive |
| Musical journey to Aboriginal heart 31 December 2007 - Who would have thought conservative historian Geoffrey Blainey would inadvertently provide the name for a music group? Calling yourselves the Black Arm Band is wryly subversive, given its members are mostly indigenous singers, songwriters and performers. |
| Aboriginal dancers shoot to internet fame with 'Zorba' 29 December 2007 - The Independent UK - A quirky dance routine to the music of Zorba the Greek has earned a group of young Aborigines worldwide fame on the internet as well as invitations to perform around Australia, and also to visit Greece. |
| Aboriginals to fight Queensland invasion 21 December 2007- Media Release - We will join with other Aboriginal leaders in Queensland to fight the introduction of forced income control over Aboriginal families in Queenland. |
| An apology is the first step on a long road 20 December 2007 - Economic progress is vital to ensure better lives for Aboriginal people. |
| My NT community faces quarantined Christmas 17 December 2007 - I live in the Aboriginal community of Eva Valley, in the Northern Territory. I've got no television, but when my friend sister Olga told me we had a new Prime Minister, I was crying. When she told me what Kevin Rudd had said, I was crying and she was crying. He said "I'm going to be Prime Minister for all Australians." |
| Indigenous affairs top priority at COAG 17 December 2007 - Indigenous affairs will be a top priority when Kevin Rudd meets state and territory counterparts this week as the new prime minister pledges to turn COAG into a workhorse not a "whipping boy". |
| Unfinished business of wages at Wave Hill 15 December 2007 - The mob went on strike in 1966 and got their land back in 1975, but they're still waiting to be paid. |
| Give us back our money 15 December 2007 - For many Aborigines, making amends for past loss is not just an emotional issue, but a financial one too, writes Joel Gibson. |
| Rudd to face indigenous heads 15 December 2007 - Kevin Rudd will come face to face with indigenous leaders this morning as he prepares to deal personally with the "challenges" confronting the commonwealth intervention in Northern Territory communities amid the growing outrage over the gang-rape of a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl on Cape York. |
| Labor should consider all recommendations from Bringing Them Home Report 12 December 2007 - The Australian Democrats Media Release - Queensland Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett says the new Labor government must consider all the unimplemented recommendations from the Bringing Them Home report. |
| Essentials for social justice start with saying sorry 11 December 2007- HREOC Media Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma will today join federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, when she officially launches Us Taken-Away Kids, a magazine commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the ‘Bringing them home’ report. |
| Working Together Towards Reconciliation 11 December 2007 - Jenny Macklin MP Media Release - Real progress on the path towards reconciliation took a step forward today with the first consultations to develop a national apology to the Stolen Generation. |
| Justice on ancient land 11 December 2007 - A special sitting of the Federal Court in a remote corner of Western Australia has ended a 10-year legal and artistic challenge for native title, |
| Aboriginal people need the fires of reconciliation to be relit 11 December 2007 - TODAY is a historic day, not only in the life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but in the life of this nation. |
| Native title gains continue to bring win-win results for all parties 10 December 2007 - HREOC Media Release - Yesterday’s Federal Court decision recognising the Eastern Kuku Yalanji People’s native title rights over nearly 127,000 hectares of far north Queensland’s Daintree area is another example of how negotiation and cooperation bring the best outcomes for all parties, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| A movable cultural centre 10 December 2007 - AFTER listening to artist George Wallaby talk about his traditional country at Lake Gregory, Alan Dodge felt he had understood the Kimberley artist's love of the Great Sandy Desert. "I bought one of his paintings and I can't go to bed without standing and looking at it for a while," he says. |
| Statue salutes a champion on field and off 10 December 2007 - WHEN Doug Nicholls left the bush and went to Melbourne to play football, the trainers at Carlton were so offended by the colour of his skin that they refused to rub him down. |
| Alone on the Soaks – The Life and Times of Alec Kruger wins Arts Non-Fiction Human Rights Award for 2007 10 December 2007 - HREOC Media Release - The 2007 Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award has been presented to authors Alec Kruger and Gerard Waterford for their book Alone on the Soaks – The Life and Times of Alec Kruger. |
| Title triumph as heritage land is returned 10 December 2007 - More than a century after being marched off their land and on to missions by successive waves of pastoralists and cane farmers, the Kuku Yalanji people of the Daintree rainforest yesterday had almost 1300sqkm of World Heritage-listed land returned. |
| Northern Territory Intervention - Help Or Hindrance? Australia 9 December 2007 - Medical News Today UK - The Government's Northern Territory Intervention, aimed at improving health and living conditions in Indigenous communities, has been met with mixed reviews in a collection of articles published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. |
| Addressing extreme disadvantage through investment in capability developement 6 December 2007 - Ken Henry Secretary to the Treasury - Thank you to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), and to Dr Penny Allbon in particular, for organising this conference and inviting me to speak. The AIHW’s report ‘Australia’s welfare 2007’ is the eighth in a long standing biennial series published by the AIHW but is the first under the stewardship of Dr Allbon. |
| Election defeat for Oz's right-wing Prime Minister, John Howard 6 December 2007 - An Phoblacht - AUSTRALIA’S 11 years of conservative rule under the right-wing John Howard officially ended on Monday when the centre-left Australian Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister, nine days after a landslide election victory. |
| Lucky country can say sorry, and mean it 6 December 2007 - Every day since Kevin Rudd gave his acceptance speech, there has been growing conjecture and disquiet amongst journalists and Indigenous leaders on whether he will say 'sorry'. |
| CommBank to support Aboriginal reconciliation 6 December 2007 - The Commonwealth Bank has announced it will support a formal commitment to Australia's reconciliation with Indigenous, saying the bank will now focus on a reconciliation strategy, including employment. |
| WGAR - The Working Group for Aboriginal Rights 5 December 2007 - Media Release - WGAR urges PM and Minister for Indigenous Affairs to place a Moratorium on the NT Intervention and immediately ratify and implement the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| 'Invasion' must end, say indigenous leaders 5 December 2007 - A group of prominent Aboriginal leaders have called on the Rudd Government to immediately halt the federal "invasion" of the Northern Territory. |
| Rescuing the Intervention 5 December 2007 - One of the few theatrical highlights of Kevin Rudd’s lacklustre acceptance speech was the dramatic pause after his promise to be ‘a Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians’ and the opportunity this presented for the true believers to explode in rapturous applause. |
| Aboriginal Languages Slowly Making Way into Australian Schools 4 December 2007 - Voice of America - On the eve of European settlement in Australia, around 250 indigenous languages were spoken. |
| Qantas to further promote reconciliation with new Action Plan 3 December 2007 - Qantas Thursday launched a formal Reconciliation Action Plan with major objectives such as furthering Indigenous employment opportunities and support within its own ranks. |
| Relaxed Mundine sees a vision splendid 1 December 2007 - PERHAPS it has as much to do with last weekend's election result as the new perspective his career-threatening eye injury has given him. But approaching Anthony Mundine's comeback fight at Sydney Entertainment Centre on December 10, the Man is feeling "comfortable and relaxed". |
| After 12 years, title win state's biggest 30 November 2007 - In the state's largest native title determination, the Githabul people of northern NSW have won rights over an area of 112,000 hectares, including nine national parks and 13 state forests, in the Kyogle and Tenterfield shires. |
| It's time to stop playing politics with vulnerable lives 30 November 2007 - The crisis in Aboriginal society is a public spectacle, played out in a vast reality show through the media, parliaments, civil service and Aboriginal world. |
| Sorry business more than a word 30 November 2007 - media release - Indigenous Co-Chair of the National Sorry Day Committee (NSDC) and Stolen Generations Survivor Helen Moran today said: “The apology to Indigenous Australians needs to be powerful and retain the original intent of Recommendation 5a of the Bringing Them Home Report which calls for Consultation, Acknowledgement and Responsibility.” |
| National Aboriginal Alliance welcomes Jenny Macklin to ministerial post 29 November 2007 - The National Aboriginal Alliance welcomes the appointment of Jenny Macklin as Indigenous Affairs Minister but calls on Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd to directly involve himself in dealing with Aboriginal issues, Spokesman Michael Mansell said today. |
| “Ending Paternalism: New Leadership, New Partnerships” 29 November 2007 - SNAICC, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, welcomes the appointment of Jenny Macklin, MP as the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. |
| Northern Territory Indigenous Initiative Must Be Reviewed And Health Checks Extended Nationally 29 November 2007 - AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, urged the new Government to bring forward its promised review of the Northern Territory Indigenous initiative and look to extend the successful health programs nationally to benefit all Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. |
| Scheme 'based on flawed opinions' 29 November 2007 - Pressure to water down the federal intervention in the Northern Territory increased yesterday when former Family Court chief justice Alastair Nicholson said parts of the scheme were based on flawed assumptions about Aboriginal society. |
| Rudd reveals new Cabinet 29 November 2007 - Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd has announced his new ministry, dropping six frontbenchers, opting for a raft of new faces and rewarding some trusted performers. |
| 'Stay with intervention' 29 November 2007 - Respected Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton has warned Labor to stop playing short-term politics with the commonwealth's intervention in remote communities and expressed concern about moves to wind back key elements of the reforms. |
| Aboriginal leaders letter to Editor 28 November 2007 - Kevin Rudd's election provides an opportunity for Australia and Aboriginal people to repair amage caused by the Howard years. Mr Rudd's intention to apologise to the Stolen Generations already indicates a positive change of national policy towards Aboriginal people and should he remove the NT Emergency laws Aboriginal reconciliation will be further enhanced. |
| New PM Kevin Rudd to apologise to Aborigines 27 November 2007 - The Telegragh UK - Newly-elected Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has promised to apologise to Aborigines for historic injustices, as the conservative party he defeated faced a bruising leadership battle. |
| Researcher calls for scrapping of 'racist' interventions policy 27 November 2007 - An Indigenous economic policy researcher has urged the new Labor Government to do away with what it describes as the "racist" elements of the Commonwealth intervention. |
| Dawn of a new era 27 November 2007 - Kevin Rudd, prime minister-elect, has declared his hand openly on the issue of a national elected Indigenous representative body and hopefully Labor will implement it within the first 12 months of their new term. |
| Rudd promises apology to Aborigines 27 November 2007 - Press TV Iran - Australia's new government has promised to issue a formal apology to indigenous Aborigines for the abuses they suffered in the past. |
| Maori Party Endorses Indigenous Ingenuity 27 November 2007 - Media Release The Maori Party - The Maori Party is celebrating the enterprise of indigenous leadership in forming the United League of Indigenous Nations; an international initiative which Aotearoa will formally ratify in Whakatane on November 28, 2007 (tomorrow). |
| Australia's PM-elect to say sorry to Aborigines 26 November 2007 - Reuters UK - Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd is set to repair race relations with Aborigines by saying "sorry" for past injustices, ending more than a decade of bitter division over racial reconciliation. |
| Australian PM makes work of Kyoto Treaty 26 November 2007 - Radio Netherlands - On his first day in office, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd started work on plans to sign the Kyoto Protocol. |
| Spillover of the Federal Political Landslide to NT Government Provide Ground-Breaking Opportunity to Aboriginal Minister 26 November 2007 - Media Release Women for Wik - The spillover of the Federal political landslide to the NT government has provided a ground-breaking opportunity for NT Minister for Family and Community Services and Child Protection, Marion Scrymgour, who has become the first Indigenous woman to become Deputy Leader of a State or Territory government. |
| NT deputy Scrymgour makes history 26 November 2007 - The Northern Territory's new deputy chief minister, Marion Scrymgour, is the highest-ranked indigenous person in government in Australia's history. |
| Climate heat on indigenous: study 26 November 2007 - Australia's northern Aboriginal communities will bear the brunt of climate change, with increases in water-borne diseases and loss of traditional food sources, an international report says. |
| A call for action on an apology to the Stolen Generations 26 November 2007 - Media release - The National Sorry Day Committee congratulates the ALP on its election victory and in welcoming the advent of a Federal Labor Government, calls on Prime Minister Elect, Kevin Rudd, to honour his pre-election promises for an Apology, towards Reconciliation, and about Human Rights. |
| Rudd vows formal apology 26 November 2007 - Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd says his government will make a formal apology to indigenous Australians early in its first term. |
| A decade of John Howard has left a country of timidity, fear and shame 26 November 2007 - The Guardian UK - John Howard famously said the times were his, and for more than a decade it seemed they were. Australia experienced the greatest and most sustained boom in its history. |
| Dodson backs Labor on reconciliation 26 November 2007 - Leading Aboriginal activist Mick Dodson says he is confident progress on reconciliation will be achieved with the new Labor government. |
| Brough’s Loss is Aboriginal People’s Win 25 November 2007 - Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, has described the change of Federal government as a potentially transforming moment in relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, lost his seat, with a swing of around 10%, considerably higher than the national average. “Mal Brough has lost the trust of Aboriginal people, and John Howard has lost the trust of the Australian people,” said Olga Havnen, CEO of the Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the NT. |
| NT Aboriginal Vote Calls Intervention into Question 25 November 2007 - Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, has called on the incoming Rudd Labor government to honor its pre-election promises to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. |
| Open letter to the Honorable Emperor of Japan November 2007 - We are an Australian Aboriginal Tribal Group, the Woppaburra People, of the Keppel Islands, Great Barrier Reef, of Central Queensland, Australia. The Keppel Islands are the ancestral homelands of our ancestors/forefathers, who were the original aboriginal inhabitants (custodians) of the Keppel Islands. |
| The Stolen Generation 22 November 2007 - Apologising to the Stolen Generation has become an important issue for Indigenous people in the upcoming election. |
| Greens vow to push Indigenous rights 22 November 2007 - The Australian Greens say the major parties are not doing enough to address the disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australian. |
| NT Intervention — the Wedge that Couldn’t 21 November 2007 - Aboriginal communities in Central Australia are the latest to be hit by the scrapping of Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) as part of the Northern Territory Intervention. In Hermmansburg, 180 kilometres west of Alice Springs, the transition is not going smoothly. |
| A call for action on stolen generations issues 20 November 2007 - As the Federal Election looms when the result yet may see Australian voters close the Gap between the major parties, the National Sorry Day Committee (NSDC) urges whatever Federal Government is elected to action a whole of government approach in its first 100 days of office that commits to the following recommendations |
| Aus election may bring apology 20 November 2007 - News 24 South Africa - If Prime Minister John Howard loses Saturday's election, as predicted, Aborigines in the camps around Alice Springs will finally hear the word he has steadfastly refused to say: "Sorry". |
| Saying sorry is a necessary step to reconciliation 19 November 2007 - On the eve of the election campaign Prime Minister John Howard made a dramatic confession, with a promise of amends. |
| Aboriginal Lit 18 November 2007 - The New York Times - When “Carpentaria,” Alexis Wright’s epic novel about Aboriginal life, appeared last year, readers in Australia were slow to warm to its magisterial yet colloquial voice, which transformed the oral tradition of the country’s indigenous people into a swirling narrative spiked with burlesque humor and featuring a huge cast of eccentric characters. |
| Australian art from A to Z 17 November 2007 - An ambitious online dictionary records the lives and works of some 7000 Australian artists. Angela Bennie reports. |
| "It's time to get it right"- rallies show national opposition to NT
intervention 16 November 2007 - Women for Wik Media Release -This weekend, people in nine cities and towns across Australia will attend public events protesting the federal government's intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. |
| Promises, promises November 2007 - The National Sorry Day Committee, commends the attempt by Prime Minister John Howard to promise to deliver what he and his government of eleven years has manage to fail to deliver whilst in power. |
| Aboriginal artist to work with World Youth Day 16 November 2007 - Independent Catholic News UK - Organisers of World Youth Day 2008 (WYD08) have announced that work by the Aboriginal artist Richard Campbell, will be used on a selection of his artwork on official WYD08 merchandise. |
| Indigenous Health Needs Significant National Solutions, Australia
15 Nov 2007 - Medical News Today UK - AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that the health of Indigenous Australians has been forgotten in this election campaign. |
| NT Intervention Damages Sacred Site 12 November 2007- Women for Wik Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, expressed dismay at the revelation that a pit toilet has been built on a sacred site in the Aboriginal township of Numbulwar, one of the 73 communities directly affected by the intervention. |
| British based mining companies 12 November 2007 - EDM 210 - British House of Commons - That this House notes that London is the world's biggest centre for mining investment and that the activities of mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are causing significant concern around the world; |
| Church urges treaty to help deal with Aboriginal unrest 12 November 2007- The Uniting Church is urging that the South Australian Government sign a treaty recognising Aboriginal land rights in SA. |
| Crosses greet Broome inquest 12 November 2007 - Hundreds of small white crosses symbolising the high number of Aboriginal deaths in the Kimberley will today confront State Coroner Alastair Hope as he arrives at the Broome court to resume his inquest into indigenous deaths. |
| Australia's First Aboriginal Record Label Opens in Sydney 7 November 2007 - Australia's first urban Aboriginal record label has been established in Sydney. Its founders say there is a great untapped market for Aboriginal hip-hop and rap music that deals with drugs, violence, poor health and racism. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney, where Redfern Records has released its first album, Beats from Tha (sic) Streets. |
| Synod Statement regarding Federal Government Intervention in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory 6 November 2007 - “We are now under three laws - our own Aboriginal Law, Australian Law for all Australians and this new white man’s law for Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory” - An Arnhem Land Church Leader. |
| Nigeria: Priest Finds African Parallels With Australian Aborigines 6 November 2007 - Wilcanna - Though surrounded by Western civilization, especially popularity of the nuclear family, the indigenous peoples of Australia still treasure their extended family system and matriarchal culture, a Nigerian priest found out. |
| Turnbull artfully dodges Burrup heritage decision 4 November 2007 - Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has rejected an application by Aboriginal custodians of WA’s Burrup Peninsula (the Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo people) for protection of their world heritage rock art. |
| Closing the Space Between Us - The Rights of Aboriginal Children 2 November 2007 - Today we begin by remembering all the journeys of the Awabakal Ancestors with their children across this land around us. I thank the Traditional Owners and I honour the strength and the value of Aboriginal Culture. This is not, as some Culture War warriors would say, romanticising the past. We cannot understand the scale of the crisis threatening Aboriginal children today unless we have a clear understanding of what has happened to these children in the longer timelines of history. |
| New Government, New Hope For Indigenous Australians? 2 Nov 2007 - The "symbolic infrastructure" of the Howard Government in Australia needs to change in order for Indigenous Health in Australia to progress, says a Special Report in this week's edition of The Lancet. |
| Burrup rock art on risk list 2nd November 2007- Ancient rock art in the Dampier Archipelago of northern WA has made the National Trust’s first list of threatened heritage sites. |
| Intervention may force Indigenous jail rates to new highs 1 November 2007 - Aboriginal people now make up almost 90 per cent of the Territory's prison population. |
| Aboriginal photographer takes on Paris 1 November 2007 - Tracking ancient stone etchings, healing gardens, or landmarks tracing the paths of Aboriginal songlines, an Australian Indigenous photographer brings the lost history of his people to the debut edition of a groundbreaking Paris art show. |
| Alcoholism in Australia: The wives who said time, gentlemen... 31 October 2007 - The Independent UK - On the banks of the Fitzroy river, in the remote Kimberley region of north-west Australia, stands the century-old Crossing Inn, a squat brick building with a facade adorned with paintings by local schoolchildren. |
| MP damns welfare controls 30 October 2007 - LABOR's vice-president, Linda Burney, has condemned the Federal Government's policy of welfare quarantining and declared she does not trust John Howard to deliver his promised referendum to acknowledge indigenous people in the constitution. |
| Aboriginal group fights Canberra's 'land grab' 27 October 2007 - AN ABORIGINAL community in Arnhem Land has launched the first legal challenge against the Federal Government's emergency intervention in the Northern Territory. |
| A chance to right many historic wrongs 27 October 2007 - AFTER many long years, we are now facing the moment when we must decide how this country will recognise the first Australians. |
| Intervention Dollars Missing Their Target 26 October 2007 - The grassroots organization Women for Wik, recently re-formed to monitor the Federal Action in the Northern Territory, responded to Galarrwuy Yunupingu's call for new ways to deal with disadvantage in Aboriginal communities, stating that Women for Wik are concerned that the intervention dollars are being spent on the wrong targets, and that this will hinder successful outcomes. |
Desert elders lash out at intervention |
| Labor minister lashes party over intervention 24 October 2007 - AUSTRALIA'S first female Aboriginal cabinet minister has broken ranks with federal Labor in a firebrand speech in Sydney, accusing it of doing little more than "hanging on to the Coalition's political apron strings" over the intervention in the Northern Territory. |
| Inspired by a journey, and still troubled times 24 October 2007 - Archie Roach never planned the release of his new album to coincide with a federal election. |
| Strong and proud: calendar celebrates Aboriginal beauty 24 October 2007 - The Independent UK - The beauty of Aboriginal women is celebrated in a calendar launched this week – but it is expected to elicit more interest overseas than in Australia. |
| Sweden returns remains of 10 Aborigines to Australia 22 October 2007 - International Herald Tribune France - Swedish museum officials on Monday handed over the remains of 10 Aborigines to an Australian delegation, nearly 100 years after they were brought to Sweden for racial studies. |
| Latest Audit Office report again shows mainstreaming and paternalism fails Indigenous Australians - it's time for a whole new approach 20 October 2007 - Media Statement - Senator Andrew Bartlett |
| A never-never land for sense 20 October 2007 - Don Watson visits a resilient Aboriginal community where the would-be protectors are the problem, not the people. |
| International Indigenous health leaders call for Improvement in the health of Australia's Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders 19 October 2007 - NACCHO Media Release - Late yesterday at the close of the 4 day international conference of the International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge Development (INIHKD) in Rotorua the Network issued the Aotearoa Declaration. |
| Howard's Backflip on Indigenous Recognition is NOT the Key to Reconciliation 19 October 2007 - AHCSA Media Release - John Howard's decision to overturn more than a decade of resisting the recognition of Australia's Indigenous people is welcome news for many Indigenous Australians but it is not an apology says Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Health Council of SA Inc., Mary Buckskin. |
| Aeotearoa Declaration puts Australia under international microscope 18 October 2007 - Australia's poor record in overcoming Indigenous disadvantage has again come under the microscope overseas, with an international health meeting making a formal declaration to urge the Australian government to act. |
| Church criticises NT intervention 17 October 2007 - Canberra's intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities is abusive and damaging, and has caused pain, sadness and confusion, the Uniting Church's Northern Synod says. |
| Aboriginal remains are to be sent home 16 October 2007 - Liverpool Echo UK - THE remains of three Aboriginees are to be returned to Australia by Liverpool museum chiefs. |
| Rock art custodians attack green light for Pluto gas project 16 October 2007 - Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has approved Woodside's Pluto gas project. |
| The battle for Cape York 16 October 2007 - The Independent UK - They call Cape York one of the last great wild places on Earth – a huge swathe of land at the north-east tip of Australia, featuring wetlands, tropical rainforests, savannah grasslands and bone-white sand dunes, all in a rare state of health and abundance. It is the kind of place that environmentalists swoon over, and dream of locking up for posterity. |
| Veteran Australian politician who was a pioneer in the fight for Aboriginal land rights 16 October 2007 - The Guardian UK - When Kim Beazley, who has died aged 90, entered Australia's federal parliament in 1945 at the age of 27, he was hailed as a politician to watch. |
| The symbolism isn't bad, but the hypocrisy and cruelty are 15 October 2007 - The poor track record of Australia's public institutions on indigenous issues remains undiminished. It is therefore significant to hear the Prime Minister finally acknowledge the psychological terra nullius that fuels indigenous detachment. |
| PM's history plan ignores Indigenous massacre, Minister says 12 October 2007 - Northern Territory Education Minister Paul Henderson says events such as the 1928 Coniston massacre would be trivialised under the Prime Minister's new history teaching plan. |
| John Howard U-turn on Aborigine policy 12 October 2007 The Times UK - John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister, promised yesterday to hold a referendum to recognise Aborigines in the Constitution in a dramatic policy shift weeks before going to the polls. |
| Howard calls for 'New Reconciliation' referendum for indigenous people 11 October 2007 - SYDNEY: The Australian prime minister, John Howard, proposed a referendum Thursday to change the country's Constitution to recognize the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia's history. |
| Constitutional recognition of Indigenous rights long overdue 11 October 2007 - media release - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) said tonight it would welcome constitutional change that enshrines the distinctive rights of the first Australians, but the wording of any preamble would need to be developed on the basis of genuine negotiations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. |
| Stolen wages fund should be used for health care: Aboriginal elder 10 October 2007 - A prominent Aboriginal leader says the Queensland Government should dip into the stolen wages compensation fund to provide free health care to Indigenous people in need. |
| Sweeteners to ease uranium objection 9 October 2007 - INDIGENOUS communities will be offered sweeteners to help pave the way for a dramatic expansion of uranium mining under a plan being considered by the Howard Government. |
| Pre-1788 Aborigines 'lived in houses' 8 October 2007 - A new book has disputed the claim that Aborigines did not build houses or live in villages before the white settlement of Australia. |
| Labor spells out indigenous plan 6 October 2007 - A LABOR government would retain the 30-year old Aboriginal work-for-the dole scheme in the Northern Territory, in its first major departure from the Government over its controversial emergency intervention in the NT. |
| The story of the Chagossians 4 October 2007 - "Vidisha Biswas investigates the story of the Chagossians - forcibly removed from their Indian Ocean island home - and finds, 40 years on, opinion is divided about going back |
| Go back. You are intruding on our lives and our safety 2 October 2007 - I live at Eva Valley in the Northern Territory. It is one of the communities affected by the Federal Government's intervention. I am a single mother. I look after my family, and I support my family. I have six children, some grown up, but we still live together in the community. |
| Aboriginal Tent Embassy nominated for Heritage List 1 October 2007 - A bid has been launched for Canberra's Aboriginal Tent Embassy to be added to the National Heritage list. |
| UN: On the rights of Indigenous peoples 30 September 2007 - After a decades-long struggle, the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 13 approved the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Among other points, the non-binding Declaration states that Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain their cultures and remain on their land. |
| How 'bush tucker' became flavour of the month for foodies 29 September 2007 - The Independent UK - As Aboriginal people have done for perhaps 60,000 years, Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Bauman catches long-necked turtles by hand in the billabongs of the Daly river. |
| Northern Territory Intervention Threatens Australian Tourism 28 September 2007 - Today Dr. Jan Turek, (Institute of Archaeological Heritage, Czech Republic) in his Ian Potter Foundation Keynote Address, likened the Australian government's treatment of its Aboriginal citizens to the genocidal excesses of Stalinist Russia. |
| Stolen Generations speak of cycle of violence 28 September 2007 - MARK COLVIN: Members of the Aboriginal Stolen Generation say there's a link between what many of them went through and the violence seen in many remote Aboriginal communities today. |
| Indigenous tourism in Australia 27 September 2007 - Tourists visiting indigenous communities don't want a "Disneyland experience", according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia. |
| Bush medicine to treat farm crops 27 September 2007 - NT research could lead to Aboriginal bush medicine being used to combat disease in agricultural crops. |
| Outrage as 30,000-year-old Aboriginal rock carvings are defaced 26 September 2007 - Daily Mail UK - Prehistoric Australian rock carvings up to 30,000 years old have been vandalised, with some people pointing the finger of blame at supporters of a £5 billion liquefied natural gas plant. |
| Response of Laynhapuy Region Leaders to Memorandum of Understanding between Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Commonwealth of Australia -
99 Year Lease Proposal 25 September 2007 |
| Paternal feelings help thrash out pact for nation 21 September 2007 - ONE of the more remarkable transformations in the relationship between Aboriginal Australia and the Federal Government occurred as Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough and powerful Aboriginal leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu sat together in north-east Arnhem Land and began talking about their responsibilities as fathers. |
| National Close the Gap Day success 20 September 2007 - Media release Oxfam - National Close the Gap day on Tuesday 18 September was celebrated at more than 300 events across the nation – in all state capitals but also as far and wide as Cooper Pedy (SA), Mt Sheridan (the Gulf in Qld), Kununurra (WA), Wagga Wagga (NSW) and Launceston (Tas). |
| Healing missing from indigenous intervention 19 September 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 said today. |
| Experience The Essence Of Australia 19 September 2007 - Media Release Tourism Australia - Australia is the land of adventure and surprise; of the strange and the wonderful. A place where you will quickly appreciate the feeling of space and the fresh informal attitude that shapes the Australian way of life. A place where you you'll be welcomed like a local and invited to get involved. |
| Northern Territory Intervention Threatens Australian Tourism 18 September 2007 - Today Dr. Jan Turek, (Institute of Archaeological Heritage, Czech Republic) in his Ian Potter Foundation Keynote Address, likened the Australian government's treatment of its Aboriginal citizens to the genocidal excesses of Stalinist Russia. |
| Worldwide Women's Protest Against Federal Action In The Northern Territory 16 September 2007 - An international women's day of action is planned for Friday, October 19 to protest against the Australian Government's action in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. |
New appetite for Aboriginal art in France |
| Settlers' history rewritten: go back 30,000 years 15 September 2007 - A CACHE of charcoal, stone tools and artefacts unearthed to make way for a high-rise apartment block has been found to be 30,000 years old, more than doubling the accepted age of Aboriginal settlement in Sydney. |
| Darwin Rally Hears Federal Government has "Betrayed its Own People" 15 September 2007 - Over 500 people rallied in central Darwin this morning to support the rights of Indigenous Territorians and oppose the Federal Government's intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities. |
| A new independent voice for Aboriginal Australians 14 September 2007 - National Aboriginal Alliance media release - A new national political body for Aboriginal Australians, entirely independent from governments, will be established following a three-day gathering held in Alice Springs this week. |
| UN Declaration a milestone for Indigenous Peoples 14 September 2007 - HREOC Media Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma today welcomed the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| United Nations adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples 13 September 2007 – The General Assembly today adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world’s estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them – a move that followed more than two decades of debate. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been approved after 143 Member States voted in favour, 11 abstained and four – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – voted against the text. |
| UN indigenous rights declaration rejected 12 September 2007 - THE (Australian) Federal Government will not support a United Nations declaration on indigenous rights, in part because it puts customary law above national law, and "there should only be one law for all Australians". |
| Outback tourists spared Aboriginal alcohol ban 12 September 2007 - The Telegraph, UK - A draconian ban on drinking alcohol on Aboriginal-owned land in the Australian outback is to be ditched in order to placate the country's lucrative tourist industry. |
| NT intervention a millstone 6 September 2007 - That the cracks have begun to emerge in the Howard government's 'NT emergency intervention' should surprise no-one. |
| UN set to adopt native rights declaration, no thanks to Canada: critics 6 September 2007 - Canada was cast Thursday as a bad actor that aggressively campaigned alongside countries with tarnished human rights records in its failed bid to derail the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| Surplus could help black health: Calma 6 September 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. |
| Traditional owners congratulated on land claim in NT 4 September 2007 - HREOC - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has congratulated the Patta Warumungu people who successfully achieved native title recognition yesterday over 25 hectares of land in Tennant Creek. |
| Dealing with a national tragedy - failure is not an option 3 September 2007 - Since taking office in July 2004, I find myself as the sole independent statutory watchdog on Indigenous affairs in Australia. And what a roller coaster ride it’s been trying to keep track of the constant shifts in policy as new ministers seek to make their mark on this portfolio. |
| PM hints at NT intervention expansion 1 September 2007 - Prime Minister John Howard has hinted at the long-term expansion of the Federal Government's intervention into the Northern Territory's Indigenous communities. |
| Wik women sign up for a new battle in Territory 1 September2007 - HUNDREDS of women, including Lady Deane, the wife of the former governor- general, have pledged their support to the lobby group Women for Wik, which its organisers reactivated a week ago to oppose the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. |
| Indigenous protesters target Aust UN mission 31 August 2007 - Demonstrators have protested outside Australia's United Nations mission in New York, calling on the Government to end its opposition to the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| Pearson’s Gamble, Stanner’s Dream - The Past and Future of Remote Australia August 2007 - In 1934 the Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, AE Elkin, published a small pamphlet which called for "a positive policy which aims at the welfare and development of the aborigines". To us, Elkin's words seem anodyne. |
| A journey of hope 30 August 2007 - The Australian premiere last week of former Council for Reconciliation Chairman Patrick Dodson’s first film as co-producer was a spectacular occasion. |
| Forming a new voice that speaks for Aborigines without one 31 August 2007 - A decade with John Howard has included: native title made harder to get with his "bucket loads of extinguishment" legislation; the elected body ATSIC sacked; the Reconciliation Council dumped; paternalistic funding conditions imposed (wash hands and attend school to get Commonwealth monies); the Northern Territory land rights act amended to increase access for mining; and now vulnerable Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are invaded by troops. It has been a nightmare decade for Aborigines. |
| Tiwi Islanders hail historic lease 31 August 2007 - THE nation's first long-term lease on Aboriginal land came into effect yesterday after a community on the Tiwi Islands formally agreed to hand over control in the first step towards private home ownership and economic development. |
| Stolen wages a major barrier to reconciliation 30 August 2007 - To MOST Australians, the word "slavery" conjures up images of Africans in chains being taken across the Atlantic to work the cotton fields of America's Deep South. We struggle to comprehend that slavery is also part of our own nation's history. |
| Art tells forgotten side of stock route history 29 August 2007 - Some of Australia's most senior Aboriginal artists have just completed a journey along the 1,600 kilometre Canning Stock Route to help reinterpret history. |
| Is There Hope for the Aborigines? 26 August 2007 - The Washington Post - ALICE SPRINGS, Australia In the air-conditioned plywood room that is the Alice Springs youth court, five Aboriginal teenagers -- four boys and a pregnant 16-year-old girl whose mouth seems permanently fixed in an eerily detached smile -- face a preliminary hearing for the rape and killing of a 14-year-old indigenous girl. |
| Call for UN to supervise Govt intervention 24 August 2007 - A group of Aboriginal people in Central Australia is calling on the United Nations to oversee the Commonwealth's intervention in the Northern Territory. |
| Two-and-a-half months after declaring a national emergency, Howard is finally ready to visit an NT Aboriginal community 24 August 2007 - Prime Minister John Howard is tipped to finally make an appearance on the ground in Central Australia next week, more than two months after declaring that conditions in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory were "akin to a national emergency". |
| More needed to Close the Gap 21 August 2007 - Media Release -Northern Land Council Chief Executive, Norman Fry, welcomed the Northern Territory Government’scommitment, announced yesterday, to end Indigenous disadvantage in the Northern Territory, however is disappointed that only $286 million over 5-years will be allocated to address the significant short-fallin services to Aboriginal people. |
| Black dollars go everywhere but to blacks 21 August 2007 - HUNDREDS of millions of dollars which the Federal Government says it has spent on indigenous affairs have never been spent, have been used to benefit all Australians or have gone towards opposing Aboriginal native title claims. |
| A journey of discovery - in black and white 21 August 2007 - The actor Pete Postlethwaite has lent his very English accent to a documentary dealing with a very Australian theme. |
| Past imperfect 18 August 2007 - The Guardian (UK) - Over tea on the 15th floor of a London hotel, Kate Grenville tells a story about driving into the bush with a group of Aboriginal women. When they arrived the women sank to their knees and began digging for witchetty grubs with small, sharpened crowbars. Grenville did her best to copy but couldn't find any grubs, and when she asked what she was doing wrong they didn't help her. |
| Senate passes NT indigenous laws 17 August 2007 - Controversial laws for the Northern Territory's indigenous people have passed Federal Parliament. |
| From park layabout to head of an indigenous telecom 16 August 2007 - Eighteen years ago, Michael McLeod lived in Belmore Park near Central station - and others like it - where he passed the days between dole payments, booze binges and hits. |
| Brough's secret meeting with Yunupingu 15 August 2007 - GALARRWUY Yunupingu, the Northern Territory's most powerful Aboriginal leader, has secretly met federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough and other indigenous leaders to discuss his concerns about the Howard Government's intervention in remote indigenous communities. |
| Give Aborigines hope 15 August 2007 - Australia has the wealth to help its indigenous people, but this is the wrong way to do it, writes Fred Chaney. |
| Lack of respect will not help indigenous children 14 August 2007 - In 1964 my family joined with others to make the Yirrkala bark petition, which is now displayed in Parliament House, Canberra. The main reason for that petition was to protect our land, law and culture from people who couldn't or wouldn't understand our way of life. At the time, the federal government didn't listen to us - it allowed a big bauxite mine and town to go ahead. It also ignored our elders who wanted to prevent bad influences such as alcohol coming into our country. |
| Let's fight these laws together 13 August 2007 - ONE of the most telling facts about the rushed Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill becomes clear when you look for how many times the word "children" or "child" appears. |
| Police unite against NT permit plan 13 August 2007 - POLICE in all states and territories have rallied to reject the federal Government's planned abolition of the permit system controlling access to Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory |
| UN General Assembly Must Adopt the UN Declaration 9 August 2007 - Bangkok - On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, FORUM-ASIA wishes to extend solidarity to Indigenous Peoples, nations and organisations in Asia and throughout the world. We would like to emphasise the urgent need for the United Nations General Assembly (GA) to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP) before the end of its 61st session in September 2007. |
| Racial Discrimination Act is a vital human rights safeguard 8 August 2007 - Media Release HREOC - The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has long been calling on governments to take action to curb violence, and child and alcohol abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. However, it is vital that any action taken protects basic human rights, including the right to be protected from discrimination purely on the basis of a person’s race. |
| Parliament Should Carefully Consider NT Emergency Plan Laws 7 August 2007 - Media Release - The Law Council is urging all Parliamentarians to carefully consider the Government’s NT Emergency Plan package of legislative measures when it is introduced into the Parliament later today. |
| Little children are sacred, not political footballs 7 August 2007- Media release - Legislation introduced into Federal Parliament today will do little to protect Northern Territory Aboriginal children from abuse, according to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR). |
| NT indigenous leaders seek meeting with PM 4 August 2007 - Galarrwuy Yunupingu, former head of the Northern Land Council, said Aboriginal leaders from areas targeted in the intervention had decided to jointly call for the meeting because "it's quite a worrying time in the communities". |
| Stolen Aboriginal man wins payout 2 August 2007 - BBC (UK) - An Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby has been awarded compensation in a landmark case in Australia. |
| Alcohol ban for Australian town 1 August 2007 - BBC UK - Residents feared the town would draw Aborigines seeking alcohol The town of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory has become a dry zone, with drinking banned in all public places. |
| Aboriginal organisations condemn government response 30 July 2007 - Survival International - One month after the Australian government set up an 'emergency response taskforce' to tackle widespread child abuse in Aboriginal communities, its actions have been widely condemned by Aboriginal organisations. |
| Caritas applauds Indigenous communities doing it for themselves 26 July 2007 - Caritas Australia congratulates its Indigenous development partner Unity of First Peoples Australia (UFPA), for the dramatic impact its diabetes program has had in addressing this important Indigenous health issue. |
| Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 18 July 2007 - Statement as delivered at a press conference at UN Headquarters presented by Les Malezer, Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus - I open this statement with the acknowledgement of the First Peoples of this region and, as such pay our respects to them, their ancestors and their lands and territories. |
| Consult Aborigines and then plan how to help 13 July 2007 - There is general agreement that we are long overdue in introducing policies and actions that will improve the wellbeing of Australia's indigenous population. That is why there is general approval that the Federal Government is now seen to be doing something. Much of the reaction to this initiative has, however, been superficial. |
| At the crossroads of the permit debate 12 July 2007 - To get into an Aboriginal community, journalists, tourists and almost anyone else has had to go through an often lengthy process. First, they have to contact the relevant land council, usually based in Darwin or Alice Springs. They have to explain where they want to visit, detailing the dates and reasons for going. |
| How did $100,000 in NT mining royalties end up in Mal Brough's Queensland electorate? 12 July 2007 - NIT - Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough took $100,000 from a government-controlled bank account that holds mining royalties on behalf of Northern Territory traditional owners and gave it to the organisers of a festival in his own Queensland electorate of Longman. |
| Permit removal will mean free-for-all and rampant tourism 9 July 2007 - Northern Land Council (NLC) Chief Executive, Norman Fry, today said Minister Brough's ‘onesize fits all’ approach - whereby all significant communities on Aboriginal land will be compulsorily acquired for five years with the permit system totally abolished for those communities - polarizes complex issues and will inevitably lead to High Court legal action, international complaint, and universal opposition. |
| Maori Party Releases Comment on the 'Little Children Are Sacred' report 9 July 2007 - The Maori Party today confirmed that it is carefully considering the report of the Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse which focuses on the safety of Aboriginal Children in the Northern Territory of Australia. |
| Dion Calls on Harper Government to Sign UN Rights Declaration 8 July 2007 - OTTAWA - Liberal Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion today sent a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on his government to uphold Canada's reputation as a promoter and protector of human rights by ceasing its efforts to block passage of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| A Statement from the Catholic Bishops of Australia on dignity and justice for Indigenous Australians 7 July 2007 - The Catholic Bishops of Australia welcome the high priority the Federal Government has now accorded to addressing the appalling problems facing people in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. |
| Leaked list reveals an intervention in chaos and a minister running out of spin 6 July 2007 - NIT - The federal government's emergency intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory appears to be mired in confusion and chaos and unsustainable media spin, according to documents obtained by the National Indigenous Times. |
| Worlds Apart 3 July 2007 - The Guardian (UK) - Australia's prime minister is sending in the army to tackle child abuse and alcoholism in the Aboriginal homelands. But his aggressive campaign will only make the situation worse, says Germaine Greer |
Communities overboard |
| Why I support the aboriginal National Day of Action - Ottawa is wrong to oppose UN declaration on aboriginal rights 29 June 2007 - by Kenneth Deer - The Harper government has warned aboriginals not to engage in blockades today on the National Day of Action. Yet a Canadian envoy will speak on the floor of the UN General Assembly today to oppose the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as adopted last June by the UN Human Rights Council. |
| “Lost year” for the rights of Indigenous peoples worldwide: Canada must stop stalling on vital United Nations declaration 28 June 2007 - Indigenous peoples, social justice organizations and independent experts today urged the government of Canada to stop obstructing an important instrument adopted one year ago by the UN Human Rights Council. |
Howard's New Tampa - Aboriginal Children Overboard |
| This is 'black children overboard', say elders 27 June 2007 - A letter read to them by elder Donald Fraser, recounted first in English, then in the Pitjantjatjara tongue that is still the first language of the old people, polititely advises that a small contingent of federal and territory officials, together with at least one Federal Police officer, would like to visit and talk to them this morning. |
| Howard and Rudd on the wrong path on child abuse prevention 26 June 2007 - SNAICC Chairperson, Muriel Bamblett, AM, said today, “talk of increased policing, sending in the army, hurricanes, tsunamis and war time cabinets is creating fear and anxiety amongst Indigenous children and families. The current national debate on child abuse is spinning out of control and in danger of wasting a generational opportunity to provide Aboriginal children with the rights and freedoms all children should enjoy.” |
| Open letter to The Hon. Mal Brough MP 26 June 2007 - ACOSS - The undersigned organisations write this joint and open letter in order to convey our views on action required to stop the abuse of children in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, and our concerns about aspects of the Australian Government’s response to this problem as outlined in your statement of 21 June 2007. |
| A human rights based approach is vital to address the challenges in Indigenous communities 26 June 2007 - The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcements to act to protect the rights of Indigenous women and children in the Northern Territory and urges it to adopt an approach that is consistent with Australia’s international human rights obligations. |
| The Children of the Sunrise 25 June 2007 - Speech - As my television program ended one night and the debate on the future of Aboriginal Australians was moving to another phase of tension and uncertainty, Patrick Dodson leant across the panel desk and said in a quiet, measured tone to Mal Brough : “Minister, it is not fundamentally about policy it is about how you value Aboriginal people as human beings.” |
| Mansell Urges Prime Minister to Rethink by Involving Community Leaders from Northern Territory 24 June 2007 - Michael Mansell has urged Prime Minister Howard to rethink the way he is pushing ahead with his incursion plans in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. “I strongly urge Mr Howard to involve community leaders so they are not “done to” by another “whitefella boss”, Mr Mansell said. |
| Permit changes to make problems worse 22 June 2007 - CLC - The Central Land Council says it is disappointed with the Federal Government’s decision to abolish some aspects of the permit system for Aboriginal lands because it may exacerbate existing problems rather than alleviate the enormous pressures communities find themselves under. |
A Statement from the Stolen Generations Alliance Malcolm Fraser, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Brian Butler |
| Indigenous doctors demand real and long term results in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids’ health 22 June 2007 - The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) urges for a measured, far-reaching and sustainable approach in implementing the Australian Government’s plan to tackle child abuse issues in the Northern Territory. |
| Holistic health approach 22 June 2007 - Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation welcomes the holistic health approach of the Commonwealth’s response to addressing Child Abuse in the Northern Territory, however does hold serious concerns on any draconian measures in land control and policing and implores the Prime Minister to be culturally sensitive in any approaches, forceful measures will not result in sustain positive change or participation by Aboriginal people. |
| Howard's plan is another 'Children overboard' 22 June 2007 - Media Release - The Northern Territory's peak Aboriginal health body has called the Prime Minister's plan to give sexual health checks to all Aboriginal children in the NT a racist, divisive and illegal act that would alienate people throughout the Territory and cause great social resistance. |
| Indigenous emergency 22 June 2007 - Interview Transcript of the Joint Press Conference of the Prime Minsiter of Australia John Howard and the Hon Mal Brough, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra |
| Government’s misguided approach will add to trauma of children 21 June 2007 - ANTaR - Draconian measures announced by the Prime Minister today in response to the crisis of child abuse in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities would only add to the suffering of children, according to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR). |
| National emergency response to protect Aboriginal children in the NT 21 June 2007 - Media Release - Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough - In response to the national emergency confronting the welfare of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, the Australian Government today announced immediate, broad ranging measures to stabilise and protect communities in the crisis area. |
| Obituaries - Professor Peter Ucko 21 June 2007 - Maverick archaeologist who oversaw a revolution in the structure and outlook of his profession. Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1972-81 |
| Another black stain 21 June 2007 - An Aboriginal man dies in custody of internal injuries. His son and cellmate commit suicide. The arresting officer walks free. |
| For this disgrace, we all bear shame 21 June 2007 - THE sense of powerlessness enveloped indigenous Australians again yesterday - this time the friends and family of Mulrunji Doomadgee. |
| Stolen Wages motion passes the Senate 21 June 2007 - Media Release - Democrats' Deputy Leader Senator Andrew Bartlett said that the successfulpassage through the Senate of his stolen wages motion today gives impetus to the issue as the Senate awaits the government's response to the SenateCommittee's report Unfinished Business: Indigenous Stolen Wages. |
| Hurley verdict a travesty for Aboriginal people 20 June 2007 - "The acquittal of Snr-Sgt Chris Hurley - despite him admitting he caused Mulrunji's death, despite him changing his story, despite overwhelming medical evidence likening Mulrunji's fatal injuries to a high-speed car crash - is the lowest point in Australia's judicial system for Aboriginal people," said Aboriginal leader and Socialist Alliance Indigenous spokesperson Sam Watson, in response to the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of Hurley. |
| Cop in Rare Trial for Custodial Death of Aborigine 20 June - IPS Italy - For the first time in decades an Australian policeman is facing trial on charges of manslaughter and assault in relation to the death of an aboriginal man while in custody. |
| Aboriginal artists are conned into selling works worth thousands for wine and Viagra 18 June 2007 - The independent UK - Greeny Purvis Petyarre is an acclaimed Aboriginal artist whose paintings hang in state galleries and private collections. His work has been exhibited around Australia and in several European countries, including Britain, where it went on show in London last year. Greeny's larger pieces - intricate evocations of desert plants and wildflowers – sell for tens of thousands of dollars. |
| Police officer faces court over Mulrunji’s death 15 June 2007 - On June 12, the trial of Queensland police officer Chris Hurley on charges of assault and manslaughter began. Hurley is alleged to have punched and then unlawfully killed Aboriginal man Mulrunji on November 19, 2004, on Palm Island, an Indigenous community located near Townsville. |
| The Awful Truth 14 June 2007 - It is widely known that before the 1967 referendum, Indigenous Australians were under the Flora and Fauna act. |
| Government approach to Indigenous affairs seriously flawed 14 June 2007 - HREOC - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has called on the federal Government to address serious flaws in their Indigenous affairs programs and services. |
| UQ embraces Indigenous Knowledge 14 June 2007 - The University of Queensland is recognising the importance of Indigenous Knowledge by developing an education policy that will improve the understanding of students and staff of Australian Indigenous issues. |
| Report finds joint economic aspirations are possible 14 June 2007 - HREOC - Economic development can and does happen on Indigenous land, and when the preconditions are right, Indigenous Australians can and do achieve great things on the land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today following the tabling of the Native Title Report 2006. |
| Too Little, Too Late for Lost Generation Aborigines 13 June 2007 - IPS Italy - A decade after the release of the landmark 'Bringing Them Home Report' on the forced removal of indigenous children from their families -- known as the Stolen Generations -- the situation for indigenous Australians remains desperate. |
| 'Excessive force used' in custody death 12 June 2007 - The trial of a Queensland policeman charged with the manslaughter of a Palm Island man in 2004 started in Townsville today with the prosecutor claiming that excessive force from the officer, probably using his knee, almost split the victim's liver. |
| Massacres need to be recognised: Aboriginal activist 11 June 2007 - One of northern New South Wales' leading Aboriginal activists has used a memorial service for the victims of the Myall Creek massacre near Bingara, west of Inverell, more than 160 years ago to re-ignite the sorry debate. |
| Did Australia demand reversal on natives?
Ottawa pulled support after Howard's visit 9 June 2007 - The Globe and Mail - Canada's decision to withdraw support for the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples coincided with a visit to Ottawa by Prime Minister John Howard of Australia -- a country that strongly opposes the declaration. |
| Letter from Amnesty International, Secretary General to Canadian Prime Minister 8 June 2007 - I am writing to urge the Government of Canada to withdraw its opposition to the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the vitally important and long overdue UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
| Tall tales celebrate an ancient and dignified culture 8 June 2007 - Barking and Dagenham Post UK - 'A story like you've never heard before" is promised to us by the unseen narrator at the start of the film and I think he safely delivers on that bold claim, mostly because it's less a story rather a series of playful digressions. |
| Black supporters to wear Mulrinji wristbands at Hurley trial 7 June 2007 - Socialist Alliance Media Release - Hundreds of Aborigines and community supporters will wear bright yellow wristbands to the Townsville court next Tuesday when they gather to observe the trial of Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley who has been charged with the manslaughter and assault of Mulrunji Doomadgee in 2004 in the Palm Island watchhouse. |
| Tour company awarded for presenting the real Australia 8 June 2007 - Requests from overseas visitors for an experience of the ‘Real Australia’ has placed demands on the tourism industry to deliver. Tour company Anangu Waai! has been recognised for rising to the challenge, offering a range of authentic natural and indigenous encounters with Uluru and Central Australia. |
| WA Government blacklisted as heritage vandals - again! 7 June 2007 - FARA Media Release - The New York based World Monuments Fund has re-listed the ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia as one of the world's most endangered cultural heritage sites for 2008 |
| Aborigines burn the way to climate control 6 June 2007 - BBC UK - A crackling fire snakes towards Dean Yibarbuk's bare legs, as he and a group of fellow Aborigines walk through this isolated corner of the Australian Outback, pouring long trails of burning kerosene into the grass. |
| ANU Reconciliation lecture 4 June 2007 - Respect for human rights, equality and justice must be at the heart of reconciliation. When the British settled Australia, they used their laws to dispossess and oppress the indigenous people of this country. |
| Just what the doctor ordered: Federal AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua 3 June 2007 - Well, she's been described as feisty and outspoken, a Perth GP said to have both the personality and the political nous to put health back on the agenda in the lead up to the federal election. |
| Crying for the place we could become 2 June 2007 - I'VE always believed in the power of music as a potent catalyst for socialchange. I believed it when I first heard Bart Willoughby's voice out front of No Fixed Address in 1981 proudly proclaiming We Have Survived. I believed itwhen Shane Howard's band Goanna made the first non-indigenous musical statement about land rights with Solid Rock. |
| Third Report on Indigenous Disadvantage 1 June 2007 - Media Release - The third in the series of reports Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators has been released. |
| Seeking equality Down Under 1 June 2007 - gair rhydd UK - As 40 years of Aboriginal recognition as human beings is commemorated, Australia still remains a nation divided Australian borigines have marked 40 years of recognition by their country as official human beings. |
| 'Stolen' Aborigine apology demand 1 June 2007 - BBC UK - A woman from Cwmbran is demanding an apology after discovering she was separated from her parents as a baby by the Australian government. |
| UN man condemns Australia for housing failures 1 June 2007 - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on housing has condemned Australia for failing to implement the human right to adequate housing, warning that groups such as indigenous people and women are missing out on safe and affordable accommodation. |
| Australia Officially Recognises Aboriginal War Vets for First Time 31 May 2007 - ShortNews.com, Germany - Australian governments have finally recognised their indigenous war veterans for the first time, with a wreath-laying memorial ceremony today in Sydney. Approximately 5,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers fought in the two world wars. |
| A Snapshot of the '67 Referendum 31 May 2007 - It's been 40 years since the 1967 referendum. But what, exactly, are we celebrating? |
| Burrup rock art treatment poor, says Barnett 31 May 2007 - Liberal MP and former Opposition leader Colin Barnett says world heritage listing of ancient Aboriginal rock art on the Burrup Peninsula is inevitable, describing the State and Federal governments’ handling of the development at the site as a sham. |
| Black and White together, we shall overcome, some day 29 May 2007 - It is a very great honour to be here tonight, in Reconciliation week, to mark with you the 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. |
| Indigenous people working on country to be recognised 28 May 2007 - HREOC Media Release - A new national program creating environmental jobs for Indigenous people is a welcome move by the federal Government, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
Government urged to match Rudd on Indigenous health |
| 10th anniversary is ‘bittersweet’ 25 May 2007 - HREOC Media Release - The 1997 Bringing them home report has reunited many Indigenous peoples with their families and created a groundswell of compassion and support but the 10th anniversary of the report is a bittersweet one, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Tenth Anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report 24 May 2007 - hosted by Stolen Generations Alliance: Australians for Healing, Truth and Justice, Great Hall of Parliament, Canberra |
| Call for human rights probe into 99-year leases 23 May 2007 - An Indigenous rights organisation has called for a human rights investigation into the Commonwealth's new 99-year lease agreements. |
| Mirarr Consent to Jabiluka Not Forthcoming 23 May 2007 - Media Release - The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation issues the following written statement regarding media reports on the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine. |
| One country, two standards 19 May 2007 - A referendum in 1967 was supposed to be the turning point for indigenous people, but that hope proved false, writes Russell Skelton. Faith, hope … but no charity 19 May 2007 - Faith Bandler wanted action rather than sympathy, writes Malcolm Brown. |
| UN indigenous forum erupts in anger over Tiwi lease plan 19 May 2007 - Angry exchanges between government officials and black activists over John Howard's plan to introduce private home ownership on Aboriginal traditional lands have taken centre stage at the annual session of the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. |
| Sorry Day Event - London UK 25 May 2007 19 May 2007 - European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) - Press Release - Come celebrate Australian Indigenous culture and remember the Stolen Generations on Friday 25 May at Victoria Embankment Gardens from 6pm to 8pm. |
| Victory for Aborigines against UK museum 11 May 2007 - TAC - Media Release - The 20 year struggle by Tasmanian Aborigines to force the British Natural History Museum to give up its hold over 17 Aboriginal dead is finally over, Legal Manager Michael Mansell said today. “The remains will be brought back to Tasmania at the Hobart airport at 1pm on Monday 14th May”, he added. |
| Indigenous spending to benefit some, but still gaps galore 9 May 2007 - HREOC - Despite some welcome initiatives in relation to education and employment, the Federal Budget has missed the opportunity to close the gap in Indigenous health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Tasmanians seek return of ancient Aboriginal remains 8 May 2007 - CAMBRIDGE University is facing calls to hand back ancient skeletal remains. |
| Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet survive 40 years in the bush 8 May 2007 - The Independent UK - They were an Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers who eloped into the desert because tribal law forbade them from marrying. And for 40 years they roamed, living off kangaroo meat and bush fruit, happy with their own company and the red landscape. |
| Decision due on Aboriginal remains in UK 8 May 2007 - A decision on whether the remains of 13 Aborigines will be returned to Australia from England is due to be made on Wednesday. |
| Bible translated for Aborigines 7 May 2007 - BBC UK - The Bible has been translated into an Australian Aboriginal language for the first time. |
| 40 Years Anniversary for 1967 referendum on Aboriginal 6 May 2007 - In the lead up to the 40th anniversary of the 1967 constitutional referendum on Aboriginals, the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) is organising a 40 days of action for 40 years of inaction campaign to help make Indigenous Poverty History. |
| Aboriginal health 'a hundred years behind whites' 2 May 2007 - The Independent UK - Health standards among Australia's Aborigines are as poor as those among the white population before the advent of penicillin nearly a century ago, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
| Aboriginal health '100 years behind' other Australians 2 May 2007 - The Guardian UK - The standard of health of Aborigines lags almost 100 years behind that of other Australians, with some indigenous people still suffering from leprosy, rheumatic heart disease and tuberculosis, according to a report for the World Health Organisation. |
| Terra Nullius 1 May 2007 - The Independent UK -Terra Nullius is the latest instalment in Sven Lindqvist's confrontation with the genocidal consequences of Western advancement. |
| Worst in the world for indigenous health 1 May 2007 - THE health of Aborigines lags almost 100 years behind other Australians and they are the sickest indigenous people of all the wealthy nations, a report by the World Health Organisation says. |
| Outlaw Nation: The Lucky Country is No Longer So Lucky 30 April 2007 - Once upon a time, it was called the "Lucky Country." Touted as an international model of social tolerance and environmental concern, Australia and Australians were looked upon by the rest of the world with more than a tinge of envy. |
| WHO slams Aboriginal health 30 April 2007 - The health of Aborigines lags a century behind other Australians, according to a new World Health Organisation report which condemns the Government's failure to apologise for the past. |
| Queen in fight for bones 29 April 2007 - THE Queen has been dragged into an embarrassing row with the Federal Government over the return of Aboriginal remains to Australia. |
| Aboriginal community wins 30-year fight for land 27 April 2007 - Middle east Times - An Australian Aboriginal community celebrated the end of a 30-year struggle for their land Friday when a court recognized them as the owners of a remote cattle station at the center of landmark protests. |
Aborigines say little done to help stolen children |
Aborigines are able to collect human remains now scientists at Natural History Museum have finished testing them |
| Compensate Stolen Generation - Fraser 26 April 2007 - Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser has called on the Federal Government to pay compensation to members of the Stolen Generation. |
| British Lancet medical journal calls for defeat of Australian government 26 April 2007 - One of the world’s most respected medical journals, the British-based Lancet, has published an editorial calling for the defeat of Australia’s Howard government in this year’s federal election because of the damage it is inflicting on public health and medical research. |
| 'Unsung heroes' honoured in Indigenous march 25 April 2007 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers have been honoured at an Anzac Day march through Redfern in inner Sydney. |
| Australia's own Mount Olympus 21 April 2007 - A rock platform in the heart of the Wollemi wilderness may be the closest thing Australia has to Mount Olympus, the "seat of the gods" of Greek mythology. |
| Survivor Howard in battle for his political career 20 April 2007 - The Independent (UK) - An uncanny ability to tap into the hopes and fears of middle Australia has seen John Howard retain power for 11 years and become his country's second longest-serving prime minister. |
| Another ANZAC day - another lost opportunity 19 April 2007 - What sort of a nation would forget the name of its first Prime Minister? The same sort of nation that year in, year out keeps remembering to forget the contribution of Indigenous servicemen and women to Australia's numerous war efforts. |
| Aboriginal war veterans to protest against racism at parade 18 April 2007 - The Gulf Times - Australia’s Aboriginal war veterans, complaining of a racist lack of respect, will next week stage a landmark separate march on the day the nation honours its soldiers. |
| Fighting for a few more years 14 April 2007 - One man is ahead of the pack when it comes to improving the lives of his people, writes Margaret Smith. |
| Plan to offer Aboriginal tourism 12 April 2007 - Overseas tourists would pay to live in indigenous communities and enjoy the authentic experience of Aboriginal life, under a scheme being pushed by Aden Ridgeway. |
| Would the Brits bulldoze Stonehenge? 9 April 2007 - Late last year, thousands of GetUp members rallied to save the oldest and largest collection of art on the planet - the Burrup rock carvings in Western Australia. It's a little-known Indigenous site that includes one of the earliest identified images of a human face and the now-extinct Tasmanian Tiger. We've nearly succeeded in protecting it once and for all. |
| Lift the death sentence on indigenous lives 9 April 2007 - In the past week, intense media attention has focused on the challenge Australia faces to close the gap in life expectancy between Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. It's hard to believe, but impossible to deny, that indigenous Australians live nearly 20 years less than the rest of us. |
| Fourteen protestors arrested at Wiradjuri Lake Cowal demonstration 9 April 2007 - Fourteen protestors have been arrested at a demonstration in support of Wiradjuri Traditional Owners who want the Lake Cowal Gold Mine stopped. |
| Australians overseas can help ‘Close the Gap’ in Indigenous health 5 April 2007 - Australian Olympic gold medallists Ian Thorpe and Cathy Freeman have launched an Indigenous health campaign that aims to ‘Close the Gap’ in life expectancy between Indigenous Australians and the broader community. |
| A sickening lack of progress 4 April 2007 - If progress, albeit slow progress, is being made in Aboriginal health, as the federal Health Minister, Tony Abbott claims, it owes more to panic decisions made 35 years ago than to anything that has happened under the Howard or Hawke or Keating governments. |
Olympians call to Close the Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Health |
| Gunditjmara People congratulated on land claim 2 April 2007 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma, today congratulated the Gunditjmara people of western Victoria for securing recognition of their native title rights and interests. |
| Indigenous tourism finds market in Europe 2 April 2007 - Aboriginal tourism experiences from Victoria's south-west have been taken to London, Milan, Paris and Berlin. |
| Australia ranked bottom of wealthy nations on Indigenous health 2 April 2007 - Oxfam Australia - Australia is ranked bottom of a league table of wealthy nations working to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples, according to a new report published today (April 2) by National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and Oxfam Australia. |
| Australia Calls for German Museums to Give Back Human Bones 1 April 2007 - Deutsche Welle - It might have been a British colony, but that didn't stop Germans in the 19th and 20th centuries from collecting human remains in Australia. |
| Tears of joy as land struggle comes to end 31 March 2007 - They call themselves the Fighting Gunditjmara, and the perseverance that they pride themselves on has paid off in spectacular fashion. |
| In memory of reconciliation 31 March 2007 - Not so very long ago Yothu Yindi's Treaty seemed the biggest Australian hit since Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport. Perhaps you dimly remember a time when "reconciliation" was in the political vocabulary and when Cathy Freeman did her lap of honour with the Aboriginal flag? It was a time of some optimism for Australia's future, based on an acknowledgment of the past. |
| Tourism plans for troubled island 31 March 2007 - Holidaying in the so-called most violent place on earth outside a war zone might not automatically appeal to those seeking a little R'n'R. |
| Bridging a divide 28 March 2007 - What is now known as known as Sydney Harbour has always been a focal point for Aboriginal tribes, especially the Gadigal (Cadigal) and the Cammeragail peoples. |
| Heritage listed 26 March 2007 - Surrounded by the red earth of central Australia, Cathy Freeman flinches at the prospect of eating a freshly dug-up witchetty grub. "It's really slimy," she says, as an Aboriginal elder offers her the writhing creature. "I'm feeling a bit of pressure here." After a few trademark giggles and a "here we go", the 34-year-old takes an adventurous bite. |
| Bowen launches Indigenous sports academy 25 March 2007 - North Queensland Toyota Cowboys player, Brenton Bowen, has launched an Indigenous Sporting Academy, a $20 million federally funded initiative, the first of its kind for secondary students of Catholic colleges in North Queensland, in conjunction with the NQ Toyota Cowboys. |
| Stolen wages, slavery and talking truth 22 March 2007 - The issue of stolen wages and slavery hasn't captured the imagination of Australians or the media. DOUG HYND* explores why. |
Australian Indigenous Leaders Condemn Zimbabwe Bashings |
| Organisations combine to achieve Indigenous health equality 19 March 2007 - A number of health organisations have gathered in Alice Springs ahead of a new Aboriginal health campaign to be launched next month. |
Nightmare of Aborigine dreamtime artists |
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| Indigenous peoples shouldn’t take fall for housing problems 13 March 2007 - HREOC - Responsibility for the mismanagement and failure of the federal government's Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP) should not be blamed on Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| High cost of bitter battle of the bones 11 March 2007 - Britain is no stranger to accusations of cultural plundering. Its museums, often magnificent attractions in themselves, display relics from all over the world. But some collections are subject to fierce battles for reclamation by their countries of origin. |
| Howard says no to bush homes for Aborigines 9 March 2007 - NO new houses would be built for Aborigines living in remote outstations under a radical plan to accelerate the Howard Government's push to move indigenous Australians into larger settlements. |
| Western Australian culture walk a treat 4 March 2007 - While scores of tourists wait knee-deep in Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort's inviting waters, awaiting the arrival of its namesake dolphins for breakfast, we opt for a bush walk instead -- with Darren "Capes" Capewell, an Aborigine from the Mulgana tribe. |
| Ranger danger: Heavy rains pose radioactive risk to Kakadu 4 March 2007 - Australia’s largest National Park faces the threat of radioactive and heavy metal contamination from flooding at the controversial Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu. |
| Cathy Freeman champions wonders of indigenous tourism 4 March 2007 - CATHY Freeman is urging all Australians to visit Aboriginal communities in the outback to fully appreciate the issues facing indigenous people. |
| Palm Islanders to take leap of faith into tourism 3 March 2007 – Holidaying at one of the most violent places on Earth might not automatically appeal to those seeking a little r'n'r. |
| Federal AMA passes vote of ‘no confidence’ in Northern Territory Government’s ability to run health 3 March 2007 - The AMA’s Federal Council yesterday passed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the Northern Territory Government over its mismanagement of the Territory’s health care system. |
| Indigenous Environment Alliance formed to protect the Murray-Lower Darling Country(pdf) 2 March 2007 - An alliance of Indigenous Traditional Owners and Environment Groups has formed for the protection and restoration of the ecological and cultural values of the Murray and Lower Darling Rivers. |
| Natural History Museum agrees to Aboriginal remains talks 2 March 2007 - UKTV - Mediation talks will take place between the Natural History Museum and Aboriginal leaders over repatriation of remains. |
| Israeli teaching methods key to future for at-risk kids
2 March 2007 - When Mark Leibler walked into Gowie Street Primary School last week as part of a visit of stakeholders in the Yachad Accelerated Learning Program (YALP) to schools in northern Victoria, the first thing that struck him was a massive display about Israel on one of the classroom walls. |
| Aborigines Welcome offer by British Museum to Mediate Dispute about Aboriginal Dead 1 March 2007 - TAC Media Release - The offer from the British Natural History Museum to now mediate the dispute over Aboriginal remains has been cautiously welcomed, Legal Director Michael Mansell announced today. |
| Burrup gas project is approved despite rock art worries 28 February 2007 - Indigenous Affairs Minister Michelle Roberts gave Woodside the green light yesterday to develop a second parcel of land on its $10 billion Pluto gas project on the Burrup Peninsula, arguing the dollar value of the controversial development was too great to ignore. |
| Art ‘factories’ use drink and drugs to lure naive painters 27 February 2007 - Timesonline (uk) - An inquiry into Australia’s lucrative Aboriginal art industry has exposed a network of art factories at which painters are forced to churn out pictures in return for drugs, alcohol and scant financial reward. |
| Aboriginal remains case boon to lawyers 25 February 2007 - The legal battle to repatriate the remains of 17 Aboriginals from Britain to Tasmania has turned into a massive cash cow for lawyers, an indigenous leader says. |
| Fight for Aboriginal ancestors goes on 24 February 2007 - The Guardian (UK) - The Natural History museum is set to spend another £100,000 fighting its legal battle over the bones of Australian Aborigines whose descendants accuse the museum of "scientific racism" for wanting to take DNA samples |
| Aboriginal leaders to hold protest at London's natural history museum 11.30am Friday 23 February 2007 23 February 2007 - Media Release - Clyde Mansell, Chairman of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Lands Council and Bob Weatherall, Chairman of the Brisbane-based Centre for Indigenous Cultural Policy, will be holding a public protest on the steps to the entrance of the Natural History Museum in London Friday 11.30am 23 February 2007. |
| London Court Case over Fate of Aboriginal Remains Adjourned 22 February 2007 - (TAC) - media release -Within 24 hours of the Australian Government joining in legal proceedings, the case to decide the fate of 17 Tasmanian Aboriginal dead has been adjourned, Legal Director Michael Mansell said this morning. The case is set down for 7-9th March. |
| Aboriginal Leader Heads to London to Bring 17 Dead Home. 20 February 2007 - (TAC) - media release - Aboriginal Lands Council of Tasmania head, Clyde Mansell, will leave Tasmania at 1pm today on a mission to bring the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aboriginals home for burial. (Take Action) |
Aboriginal leaders head to UK for court ruling on remains |
| Rugby league lifting aboriginal kids in the bush 19 February 2007 - The fledgling competition promises to be one that will be second to none anywhere in Australia. |
South African slams Aboriginal treatment |
| Australia, Rathbone not spared as Lekota rages against post-1994 'racists' 15 February 2007 - (Cape Times (Edition 2) - South Africans who emigrated post-1994, were more motivated by racist fears of black rule than concerns about crime, according to Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota. |
| Aboriginal remains tests halted 13 February 2007 - (BBC, UK) - London's Natural History Museum has pledged not to conduct intrusive tests on Tasmanian aboriginals' remains. |
| Legal Battle over Aboriginal human remains will affect all world collections 12 February 2007 - The pending legal case to be dealt with by the English High Court on Monday morning, London time, will determine whether the several hundred Aboriginal remains in European institutions are to remain at the mercy of scientists or must be accorded dignity in accordance with Aboriginal custom, Legal Director Michael Mansell said today. Legal action over remains TASMANIAN Aborigines will today begin legal action in Britain's High Court to recover ancestral remains. |
| Australian meals on wheels goes native 11 February 2007 - (Sunday Telegraph,UK) - Fancy a spiny anteater casserole for lunch, or perhaps a spit-roasted lizard with a couple of juicy grubs on the side? |
| Our slave past
8 February 2007 - Late last year, the federal Senate handed down its findings from an inquiry into the stolen wages issue. But the report's long-overdue completion sparked the sort of political response you might expect from a Senate inquiry into navel lint. |
| Gaps Identified In Understanding Aboriginal Children's Health 8 February 2007 - (Medical News Today, UK) - Deakin University-Flinders University research team who reviewed all research on Aboriginal child health, development and wellbeing in Australia has found major gaps in knowledge, with significant implications for health service policy and delivery. |
| Wongatha fail in WA goldfields claim 5 February 2007 - Two thousand Aborigines were disappointed when their native title claims over Goldfields land were dismissed on technical grounds by the Federal Court. |
| Death in custody charges laid 20 February 2007 - A GRIM-faced Chris Hurley appeared before the Supreme Court in Brisbane today after being charged over the Palm Island death in custody. |
| Ruling close on big native title claim 4 February 2007 - One of Australia’s biggest native title claims is due to be settled on Monday, nearly eight years after it was registered. |
| Community discusses indigenous rights decleration 3 February 2007 - One-hundred people gathered at Brisbane’s Riverside Centre on January 27 to discuss Indigenous self-determination and the United Nation’s draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which is expected to be ratified this year. |
| Uni returns Aboriginal bones 31 January 2007 - INDIGINEOUS Affairs Minister Mal Brough has applauded a decision by the University College London to return to Australia all Aboriginal remains in its collection. |
| Australian land agreements questioned 30 January 2007 - (The Mining Magazine UK) - Nearly half of the land use agreements signed by indigenous Australians with mining companies and government partners have failed to deliver significant benefits for them, an Australian university study concluded. Land-use deals fail to deliver for Aborigines Fifteen years after the High Court's historic Mabo decision, an explosion of land-use agreements between Aborigines, mining companies and governments has failed to deliver significant outcomes for many of the indigenous people who signed them. |
| How a movie about egg-gathering and Aborigines manages to tell a much bigger story 29 January 2007 - (The Guardian UK) - Even as recently as 20 years ago, the suggestion that the power that drives Australian culture is Aboriginal would have struck most people as extreme. |
| Descendance Palm Island Australia Day 2007 28 January 2007 - Descendance Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Dance Company were invited to Palm Island North Queensland by Bwgcolman Future, to work with the community, present workshops for the children, and perform with them on Australia Day, this was certainly an honor and experience we will never forget. |
| Police union urged to 'calm down' over Mulrunji decision 28 January 2007 - A former mayor of Palm Island has labelled the Queensland Police Union (QPU) "childish" for suggesting officers be pulled out of some of the state's Indigenous communities. |
| Native peace symbol marks nation's day 27 January 2007 - A GIANT re-creation of an Aboriginal artwork in a sheep paddock in Western Australia was the visual highlight of yesterday's Australia Day celebrations. |
| Palm cop to face charges 27 January 2007 - THE policeman at the centre of the Palm Island death in custody case will face a manslaughter trial after an unprecedented review by a former NSW chief justice contradicted the Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions' decision not to lay charges. |
| Bush foods could soon be on the mainstream menu 27 January 2007 - THE Aboriginal film Ten Canoes won best film at the 2006 AFI Awards. Aboriginal footballers and athletes are household names. Now a Melbourne chef, Mark 'the Black' Olive, is on a mission to make native foods just as famous. |
| Charges welcomed over Palm Island death in custody 26 January 2007 - The decision by the Queensland Attorney-General to lay manslaughter charges over the death of Palm Island man, Mulrunji Doomadgee would help restore public confidence in Queensland’s legal system but not its police force. |
| Young Aussie bewails Aboriginal plight 25 January 2007 - Young Australian of the Year Tania Major says many indigenous people are seeing nothing of the success of modern-day Australia, just desperation. |
| Protesters demand rock art explanation 22 January 2007 - AUSTRALIAN oil and gas giant Woodside has yet to explain why it needs to move ancient rock art to develop a gas plant on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula, protesters say. |
| Life and death on the island of despair 20 January 2007 - Many residents of Palm Island live with a permanent sense of brutality and abandonment, writes Malcolm Brown. Alcoholism and suicide are the tragic results. |
| History through indigenous eyes 20 January 2007 - More travellers want to know about the cultural heritage of the first people of Australia, but it's difficult to find traces of pre-contact history in the big cities. |
| Landmark stolen generations bill passed 20 January 2007 - The Tasmanian government’s Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Bill 2006, which set up a $5 million compensation fund, was passed by the upper house of the state parliament on November 28, having been unanimously approved in the lower house seven days earlier. |
| Cruelty and xenophobia stir and shame the lucky country 19 January 2007 - (The Guardian UK) - The social regression and flag-waving promoted by Australia's neocon prime minister may come unstuck in Guantánamo |
| Black welfare report ignored 18 January 2007 - A CONFIDENTIAL report warning of the devastation of Aboriginal people through violence, alcoholism, disease and hopelessness was shelved ahead of the Queensland state election as Premier Peter Beattie moved to abolish the agency charged with redressing the problems facing the indigenous community. |
| Police accused of threats to Doomadgee witness 18 January 2007 - Patrick Bramwell, who hanged himself on Palm Island on Monday night, had been under police pressure not to talk about what he witnessed the night another Aboriginal man, Mulrunji Doomadgee, died in 2004, his supporters say. |
| Oscar hopes dashed for 'ten canoes' 17 January 2007 - Australia's first Aboriginal-language film, Ten Canoes, has missed out on a chance at an Oscar nomination for best foreign film. |
| Planeta.com Launches Australia Update Focusing on Ecotourism and Aboriginal Tourism 15 January 2007 - Planeta.com's Ron Mader has been invited by Aboriginal Tourism Australia to participate in the annual Business Development Symposium for Indigenous Tourism Operators February 6-8. Ron will also attend the 2007 Corroboree Indigenous Tourism Expo at the Sydney Opera House on February 9. |
| Indigenous anger at ongoing injustice 13 January 2007 - Last September, Queensland’s acting state coroner Christine Clements ruled that Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, a police officer working on the Palm Island Aboriginal community, had caused the death of Aboriginal man Mulrunji while in his custody |
| 1901-2007 They Are Still Dancing on Our Peoples Graves 13 January 2007 - (Indymedia.org.uk) - The 1st January 2007 marks the 106th “Birthday” of Australian Federation 1901. In the same year, Sir Edmund Barton endorsed the commonwealth government’s participation in the legislation of an archaic, barbaric act of genocide. |
| Mundine warns of civil disobedience 12 January 2007 - FEDERAL Labor Party president Warren Mundine has warned that Aboriginal workers may not turn up to work and children may skip school as part of a civil disobedience campaign similar to the one against apartheid. |
| City through original eyes 12 January 2007 - THE Deerubbun, a former navy torpedo recovery vessel, made quite an impression as it pulled up to the dock near the Opera House concourse with speakers blaring out a recording of clap sticks and didgeridoos. |
| Australian police station stormed 11 January 2007 - (BBC UK) - A group of Aborigines has attacked a police station with rocks and iron bars in a remote Australian outback region. |
| Out of bounds Corrugated iron, a bit of furniture and a clothes hoist out the back makes a home. Standing in his makeshift kitchen in a shack on the beachfront at Bulli, Dootch Kennedy looks out a window, his eyes settling on nearby bush. "That stand of banksia, that is where it is," he announces. |
| Aboriginal models forced to look overseas 10 January 2007 - THE beauty of Aboriginal women may be the "essence of Australia - strong, proud and unique" - but few people in this country appreciate it. |
| Israel to train Australian educators 9 January 2007 - (Jerusalem Post) - A group of Australian educators landed in Israel on Monday to study firsthand the Israeli experience with educating disadvantaged populations, hoping to apply the knowledge in their efforts to improve education for Australia's Aboriginal population. |
| Work starts on Burrup LNG plant 8 January 2007 - Work will begin today on Woodside Energy's Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the Burrup Peninsula in north-west Western Australia. |
| Top jurist for Palm case 31 January 2007 - THE Beattie Government yesterday bowed to pressure to appoint an interstate jurist to investigate the Palm Island death in custody, selecting one of the nation's most eminent legal minds to review the decision not to charge a policeman over the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee. |
| Cultural warriors 4 January 2007 - RESPECTED north Queensland Aboriginal elder Willie Gordon comes to a halt near a clearing at the top of a ridge. With a stick he draws the letter S three times in the dirt at the feet of a group of tourists who have come a long way to hear him speak. |
| Aborigines claim ownership of tribal homeland 3 January 2007 - (The Independent UK) - The Githabul, an Aboriginal tribe, call the rainforest a "supermarket", full of their traditional foods, such as turtles and spiny ant-eaters known as echidnas. But when they hunt these native creatures, they risk being prosecuted and fined. |
| Joy for Aborigines as 'people of rainforest' win control of land 3 January 2007 - (The Scotsman, UK) - ABORIGINES yesterday won a ten-year fight for control of World Heritage-listed rainforests in the centre of Australia's wealthy east coast, sealing one of the country's biggest native land deals. |
| Australian Tribe Gets Rights to Parks 2 January 2007 - (Guardian UK) - An Aboriginal tribe has been granted joint management rights over several state and national parks under a deal that recognizes its traditional ownership of the land, officials said Tuesday. |
| australian media releases 2007 |
| Aboriginals to fight Queensland invasion 21 December 2007- Media Release - We will join with other Aboriginal leaders in Queensland to fight the introduction of forced income control over Aboriginal families in Queenland. |
| Labor should cosider all recommendations from Bringing Them Home Report 12 December 2007 - The Australian Democrats Media Release - Queensland Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett says the new Labor government must consider all the unimplemented recommendations from the Bringing Them Home report. |
| Essentials for social justice start with saying sorry 11 December 2007- HREOC Media Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma will today join federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, when she officially launches Us Taken-Away Kids, a magazine commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the ‘Bringing them home’ report. |
| Working Together Towards Reconciliation 11 December 2007 - Jenny Macklin MP Media Release - Real progress on the path towards reconciliation took a step forward today with the first consultations to develop a national apology to the Stolen Generation. |
| Native title gains continue to bring win-win results for all parties 10 December 2007 - HREOC Media Release - Yesterday’s Federal Court decision recognising the Eastern Kuku Yalanji People’s native title rights over nearly 127,000 hectares of far north Queensland’s Daintree area is another example of how negotiation and cooperation bring the best outcomes for all parties, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Sorry business more than a word 30 November 2007 - media release - Indigenous Co-Chair of the National Sorry Day Committee (NSDC) and Stolen Generations Survivor Helen Moran today said: “The apology to Indigenous Australians needs to be powerful and retain the original intent of Recommendation 5a of the Bringing Them Home Report which calls for Consultation, Acknowledgement and Responsibility.” |
| National Aboriginal Alliance welcomes Jenny Macklin to ministerial post 29 November 2007 - The National Aboriginal Alliance welcomes the appointment of Jenny Macklin as Indigenous Affairs Minister but calls on Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd to directly involve himself in dealing with Aboriginal issues, Spokesman Michael Mansell said today. |
| “Ending Paternalism: New Leadership, New Partnerships” 29 November 2007 - SNAICC, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, welcomes the appointment of Jenny Macklin, MP as the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. |
| Maori Party Endorses Indigenous Ingenuity 27 November 2007 - Media Release The Maori Party - The Maori Party is celebrating the enterprise of indigenous leadership in forming the United League of Indigenous Nations; an international initiative which Aotearoa will formally ratify in Whakatane on November 28, 2007 (tomorrow). |
| Spillover of the Federal Political Landslide to NT Government Provide Ground-Breaking Opportunity to Aboriginal Minister 26 November 2007 - Media Release Women for Wik - The spillover of the Federal political landslide to the NT government has provided a ground-breaking opportunity for NT Minister for Family and Community Services and Child Protection, Marion Scrymgour, who has become the first Indigenous woman to become Deputy Leader of a State or Territory government. |
| A call for action on an apology to the Stolen Generations 26 November 2007 - Media release - The National Sorry Day Committee congratulates the ALP on its election victory and in welcoming the advent of a Federal Labor Government, calls on Prime Minister Elect, Kevin Rudd, to honour his pre-election promises for an Apology, towards Reconciliation, and about Human Rights. |
| Brough’s Loss is Aboriginal People’s Win 25 November 2007 - Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, has described the change of Federal government as a potentially transforming moment in relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, lost his seat, with a swing of around 10%, considerably higher than the national average. “Mal Brough has lost the trust of Aboriginal people, and John Howard has lost the trust of the Australian people,” said Olga Havnen, CEO of the Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the NT. |
| NT Aboriginal Vote Calls Intervention into Question 25 November 2007 - Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, has called on the incoming Rudd Labor government to honor its pre-election promises to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. |
| "It's time to get it right"- rallies show national opposition to NT
intervention 16 November 2007 - Women for Wik Media Release -This weekend, people in nine cities and towns across Australia will attend public events protesting the federal government's intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. |
| Promises, promises November 2007 - The National Sorry Day Committee, commends the attempt by Prime Minister John Howard to promise to deliver what he and his government of eleven years has manage to fail to deliver whilst in power. |
| NT Intervention Damages Sacred Site 12 November 2007- Women for Wik Media Release - The grassroots organisation Women for Wik, which has been monitoring the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory, expressed dismay at the revelation that a pit toilet has been built on a sacred site in the Aboriginal township of Numbulwar, one of the 73 communities directly affected by the intervention. |
| Latest Audit Office report again shows mainstreaming and paternalism fails Indigenous Australians - it's time for a whole new approach 20 October 2007 - Media Statement - Senator Andrew Bartlett |
| Howard's Backflip on Indigenous Recognition is NOT the Key to Reconciliation 19 October 2007 - AHCSA Media Release - John Howard's decision to overturn more than a decade of resisting the recognition of Australia's Indigenous people is welcome news for many Indigenous Australians but it is not an apology says Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Health Council of SA Inc., Mary Buckskin. |
| Worldwide Women's Protest Against Federal Action In The Northern Territory 16 September 2007 - An international women's day of action is planned for Friday, October 19 to protest against the Australian Government's action in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. |
| Darwin Rally Hears Federal Government has "Betrayed its Own People" 15th September 2007 - Over 500 people rallied in central Darwin this morning to support the rights of Indigenous Territorians and oppose the Federal Government's intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities. |
| Indigenous people working on country to be recognised 28 May 2007 - HREOC Media Release - A new national program creating environmental jobs for Indigenous people is a welcome move by the federal Government, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Government urged to match Rudd on Indigenous health 26 May 2007 - ANTaR - Media Release - The Aboriginal health and literacy programs announced today by Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd would be an essential first step in closing the Indigenous life expectancy gap within a generation, according to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR). |
| 10th anniversary is ‘bittersweet’ 25 May 2007 - HREOC Media Release - The 1997 Bringing them home report has reunited many Indigenous peoples with their families and created a groundswell of compassion and support but the 10th anniversary of the report is a bittersweet one, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Olympians call to Close the Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Health 4 April 2007 - ANTaR & HREOC - Olympic greats Catherine Freeman and Ian Thorpe have thrown their weight behind a major campaign launched in Sydney today which aims to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. |
| Australia ranked bottom of wealthy nations on Indigenous health 2 April 2007 - Oxfam Australia - Australia is ranked bottom of a league table of wealthy nations working to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples, according to a new report published today (April 2) by National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and Oxfam Australia. |
| Indigenous peoples shouldn’t take fall for housing problems 13 March 2007 - HREOC - Responsibility for the mismanagement and failure of the federal government's Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP) should not be blamed on Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. |
| Legal Battle over Aboriginal human remains will affect all world collections 12 February 2007 - TAC - The pending legal case to be dealt with by the English High Court on Monday morning, London time, will determine whether the several hundred Aboriginal remains in European institutions are to remain at the mercy of scientists or must be accorded dignity in accordance with Aboriginal custom, Legal Director Michael Mansell said today. |
Charges welcomed over Palm Island death in custody |
Planeta.com Launches Australia Update Focusing on Ecotourism and Aboriginal Tourism |
A personal plea by Dr Louis Peachey |
| news 2006 |
| PM stirs debate 31 December 2006 - Prime Minister John Howard has stirred up the Palm Island death-in-custody debate by suggesting someone from outside Queensland reviews the findings. |
| Palm Island's uneasy peace 30 December 2006 - Hunched on a red plastic chair with his arms tightly folded, Peter Beattie grew more and more stony-faced. For more than an hour he had to sit there under a mango tree overlooking the dusty concrete which passes for Palm Island's town square and cop abuse for his Government's handling of the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee in police custody. |
| Ex-judge in Palm death case review helped pick DPP 26 December 2006 - The former judge chosen by the Beattie Government to review a decision by the state's top prosecutor not to lay charges in the Palm Island death-in- custody case has become embroiled in a conflict-of-interest dispute after it emerged he voted to appoint Leanne Clare as Director of Public Prosecutions. |
| Coroner 'mistaken' on doomadgee death finding 23 December 2006 - An apparent incorrect finding by acting Queensland Coroner Christine Clements at the inquest into the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee made the laying of charges against the police officer who arrested him almost impossible. |
| Birrup tragedy: Campbell sends in the bulldozers 22 December 2006 - Senator Rachel Siewert has slammed Environment and Heritage Minister Ian Campbell’s decision this morning not to heritage list the ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula. |
| Aboriginals of Australia: Aboriginal Group Takes Action Over Mine 22 December 2006 - (UNPO, Netherlands) - One of Australia's most influential Aboriginal land councils is taking legal action against the Northern Territory Government over the expansion of the territory's largest zinc mine. |
| DPP's stance an act of war says Mundine 22 December 2006 - Indigenous leader Warren Mundine last night accused Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions Leanne Clare of declaring "war on Aboriginal people" after she defiantly ruled out any review of her decision not to lay charges over the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee. |
| 'White justice' ruling puts heat on Beattie 16 December 2006 - National tensions over indigenous justice erupted yesterday as the Howard Government and Aboriginal leaders demanded an independent review of the decision not to charge a police officer over a death in custody. Justice remains elusive over Palm Island death in custody ANTaR media release |
| Bloody disgrace: saga is state's worst injustice 15 December 2006 - THE question giving most discomfort to the Queensland Government following the violent cell death of Mulrunji Doomadgee two years ago is a simple one. |
| Maklin vows to end Aboriginal poverty 14 December 2006 - Ideology is dead in Aboriginal affairs and Labor will design policy that "makes poverty history" for all families, black and white, said Opposition indigenous affairs spokeswoman Jenny Macklin yesterday. |
| Hurley not to face criminal charges 14 December 2006 - Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley would not face any criminal charges over the death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island, Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions Leanne Clare, SC, announced in Townsville today. |
| UN's Aboriginal human rights fight 13 December 2006 - Australia's treatment of Aboriginal human rights could be investigated by special United Nations investigators. |
| Govts accused of ignoring Indigenous health crisis 11 December 2006 - More than 30 of Australia's key medical and social welfare groups say Indigenous Australians are dying because of a lack of political will and action. |
| Aboriginal film dominates awards 10 December 2006 - (BBC UK) - Australia's first Aboriginal language movie has dominated the country's top cinema awards. |
| Report calls for restitution of unpaid Indigenous wages 7 December 2006 - It's been likened to slave labour, the story of the Aboriginal and Islander Australians who were employed under protection acts throughout the 19th and much of the 20th century, for little or no pay. |
| Cop let off after assault on Aborigine 6 December 2006 - A Queensland police officer found to have punched a mentally handicapped, partially blind and deaf Aboriginal man so hard his eye was swollen shut was not charged because the state's corruption watchdog considered it unlikely he would be convicted. |
| Archaeologists' group backs push to protect rock art 6 December 2006 - A group representing Australian archaeologists has backed a call for emergency heritage listing of the Burrup Peninsula, in north-west Western Australia, to protect ancient Aboriginal rock art. |
| White Australia policy continues. Dodson 3 December 2006 - Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson has fired a salvo at the Federal Government, accusing it of a "virulent strain of assimilation" aimed at continuing the goals of a white Australia policy. |
| 99-year leases threat to Indigenous communities, say Sisters 29 November 2006 - Indigenous land owners who speak English as a fourth or fifth language are being pressured to make hasty decisions over their land and the Government's move to impose 99-year leases is a threat to basic rights, say two women religious leaders. |
| Tasmanian stolen generation Act a substantial step towards justice for Aboriginal peoples 29 November 2006 - HREOC - The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has congratulated the Tasmanian Parliament for passing the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Act 2006 today, saying it was a substantial step towards justice for Aboriginal peoples and would significantly enhance the reconciliation process in Tasmania. |
| Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 29 November 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma today expressed his disappointment at the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to delay consideration of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for up to 12 months. |
| UN affirms Indigenous Peoples are not equal to all other Peoples 28 November 2006 - The Indigenous Caucus is shocked and outraged by the actions of the United Nations, who today failed to adopt the most important international instrument for the promotion and protection of human rights for Indigenous Peoples. |
| Returning the stolen generations 25 November 2006 - (Tristram Paul Besterman, UK) - Despite the warmth of the Tasmanian sun high overhead, the wide, windswept valley had a desolate air. Or was this merely fanciful – an involuntary response to a tranquil landscape made bleak by my knowledge of its chilling history? Rows of unmarked graves there are at Wybalenna, but this is no Srebrenica: the Tasmanians interred here suffered no deliberate, arbitrary execution, but died a despairing, disease-ridden death at the hands of a misguided and incompetent British administration. And even in the ground they weren’t left in peace. |
| Qld Govt urged to back pay underpaid Aboriginal workers 23 November 2006 - The north Queensland arm of the Stolen Wages Working Group says the State Government has no choice but to back-pay hundreds of underpaid Indigenous workers. |
| Aboriginal tourism targets Europe 21 November 2006 - BRITISH and European tourists to Australia will be encouraged to get a taste of Aboriginal culture after a report revealed fewer than one in five visitors arrive in the country seeking an "indigenous experience". |
| Natural History Museum returns Aboriginal remains to Australia 17 November 2006 - (24HourMuseum UK) - The Natural History Museum in London is to repatriate the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aboriginal people to the Australian Government. |
| Utopia – a place where Aborigines live long and prosper 13 November 2006 - (The Times UK) - Hidden off a long, lonely dirt road in the centre of Australia, the scattered Aboriginal settlements of weathered iron shanties, upturned cars and sullen dogs might be expected to fit the usual description: degradation, disease, filth. |
| UN seminar
to discuss treaty rights in Hobbema 9 November 2006 - Gateway (Canada) - The Experts will converge on Hobbema next week to discuss processes for making treaties with indigenous peoples, in the first United Nations seminar of its kind held outside of a UN venue. |
| Swoop
on township part of a 'vendetta' 8 November 2006 - THE Howard Government was accused of running a "vendetta" against the Aboriginal community of Mutitjulu yesterday after police swooped on the troubled township in the shadow of Uluru. |
| Aborigines
'shut out' by neglect 3 November 2006 - Australia's failure to solve the problems of "dysfunctional and disintegrating" Aboriginal communities is diminishing the whole nation, but most people don't want to know about it, says Treasury secretary Ken Henry. |
| Burrup treasure is history in the taking: One of the world's most significant rock art sites may soon be lost forever 31 October 2006 - IT'S hard to imagine a more impressive cultural site in Australia than the Burrup Peninsula, or a more undefended one. The largest, and possibly oldest, rock art site in the world consists of thousands of jagged red Pilbara rocks bearing remarkable human, animal and plant images etched into shadowed crevasses or sun-beaten surfaces. |
| Senate
probes Indigenous 'stolen wages' 29 October 2006 - Four years ago, the Queensland Government apologised to Aboriginal people for so called stolen wages. It was a historic admission that millions of dollars held in trust for Aboriginal workers last century were poorly managed and even misappropriated. |
| Dutch royals launch Aboriginal art collection 28 October 2006 - THE heir to the Dutch throne has launched an Aboriginal art portfolio to honour the indigenous Australians who had first contact with Dutch explorers 400 years ago. |
| Legal
action 'only option' for stolen wages claimants 25 October 2006 - The Senate inquiry examining the underpayment of millions of dollars in wages and welfare payments to Indigenous people has heard that litigation is the only way forward for claimants. |
| UK museum
urged to negotiate over Aboriginal remains 21 October 2006 - A British museum expert says he wants to "hang his head in shame" because the Britain's Natural History Museum is refusing to negotiate with the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. |
| Noel Pearson:
A peculiar path that leads astray 21 October 2006 - DURING the past decade we have been told that some myths pertaining to the Aboriginal people of Australia have been debunked. The myth of frontier massacres is said to have been debunked by Keith Windschuttle. The myth of the stolen generations is said to have been debunked by Quadrant magazine. The myth of the noble savage is said to have been debunked by Roger Sandall. The myth of terra nullius is said to have been debunked by Michael Connor. |
| 'Stolen
Generation' of Aborigines wins apology and payout in Tasmania 16 October 2006 - The Independent (UK) - Eddie Thomas was just a few months old when the white people came and took him away. They took his brother and sister, too. The children's grandmother had been looking after them, following the death of their mother after Eddie's birth. |
| Pope Urges
Australia to Aid Aborigines 8 October 2006 - The Guardian (UK) - Pope Benedict XVI has called on Australians to address the social divisions that have left hundreds of thousands of Aborigines living in dire poverty. |
| Andrew
Boe: Shame of palming off report 6 October 2006 - The political response to a judicial inquiry is out of orderQueensland's acting coroner Christine Clements last week published findings concerning the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee in Palm Island. He was found dead in a police cell in November 2004, less than an hour after being arrested for swearing as he was walking home. Clements found that Chris Hurley, a senior sergeant, angrily punched him several times while he was on the floor and that these actions "caused the fatal injuries". |
| Gas plant
threatens Australia's ancient art 30 September 2006 - The Independent (UK) - The petroglyphs carved into the red rocks of the Burrup peninsula, on Australia's north-west coast, chronicle the lives of the Aboriginal people who have roamed this rugged region for tens of thousands of years. |
| Country
continues to be destroyed without any consultation with its Traditional
Owners. 20 September 2006 - Media Release - Jidi Jidi Aboriginal Corporation members, particularly Elders with the chief duty to protect their Ancestors Country and sacred sites from harm, are getting very upset at this destruction of their lands and the Western Australia (WA) State Government will do nothing to help them. |
| Trustees
on Trial: recovering the stolen wages 13 September 2006 - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission President John von Doussa QC will launch Dr Rosalind Kidd’s new book ‘Trustees on Trial: recovering the stolen wages’ in Brisbane on 14 September. |
| Australian
government officials frustrate the repatriation of Tasmanian Aboriginal
remains 12 September 2006 - The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre is outraged at the interference by Australian government officials in the repatriation of Aboriginal human remains from English museums. |
| Aboriginal
death sparks inquiry call 7 September 2006 - THE Australian Medical Association has called for a royal commission on the state of Aboriginal health care in the Northern Territory because of the death of a man left alone at a remote airstrip. |
| Aboriginal
remains to be returned 7 September 2006 - BBC News (UK) - The remains of three Aborigines are to be returned to Australia from a Tyneside museum. It follows a request for repatriation by the Australian government. |
| These
are the killing times: Closing the Indigenous life expectancy gap within
a generation (PDF) 5 September 2006 - Address to Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation by Gary Highland National Director, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) |
| Australia
picks Aboriginal film for Oscar nod 5 September 2006 - The first Australian film to be shot in an indigenous language, "Ten Canoes," will be Australia's entry for the 2007 Academy Awards in the foreign-language category. |
| Tasmanian
Aborigines Travel to London to Collect Ancestral Remains from the British
Museum 1 September 2006 - Two Tasmanian Aborigines will arrive in London this weekend, as delegates to accept ancestral remains which are to be returned by the British Museum. This will take place in a private ceremony on the afternoon of Monday 4 September. |
| Stand by your
land 26 August 2006 - Two years ago, Kerrianne Cox felt the pull of home in her veins: a cherished aunt was dying, the ochre countryside was calling and the grandfather who had groomed her as a future leader kept asking: "When's that girl coming back?" |
| Aboriginal
jackaroos invited back to the farm 24 August 2006 - The Telegragh (UK) - Four decades after Aboriginal cowboys quit in disgust at low pay and dreadful conditions, a campaign has been launched to lure them back to the land. |
| Land
rights overhaul unworkable: UN 15 August 2006 - A United Nations expert has warned federal laws overhauling land rights in the Northern Territory are unwise and unworkable. |
| Generations
of Aboriginal people could lose control of land if new law is passed, Oxfam
warns 14 August 2006 - Future generations of Aboriginal land owners could lose control of their land if proposed changes to the Land Rights Act get the green light this week in Parliament, warns Oxfam Australia. |
| Bell sounds
in Australia's history wars 14 August 2006 - (Monsters and Critics.com, UK) - For some cultural warriors attending a crucial conference in Canberra this week on the teaching of history in schools, it comes down to this: Did Captain James Cook 'discover' Australia in 1770 and claim it for the British crown or did he 'invade' and steal ancient Gondwana from its dark-skinned inhabitants? |
| Oxfam
apposes land rights laws 13 August 2006 - Aid agency Oxfam is warning that generations of Aboriginal people could lose control of their land if changes to land rights laws are passed. |
| Postpone
the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act Bill 11 August 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has grave concerns about the amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976, which is currently being debated in the Senate. |
| Respecting
and Valuing Indigenous Rights 9 August 2006 - Address at Human Rights Commission Symposia on Indigenous Rights to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9, 2006, by Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner (Wellington) and Rosslyn Noonan, Chief Commissioner (Auckland). |
| UN official
shocked at Indigenous housing conditions 8 August 2006 - A UN official who has been inspecting Australia's Indigenous communities says the housing situation there is amongst the worst he's seen in the world. |
| Land
rights changes need injection of common sense More than 20,000 Australians tell Senate to defer Land Rights changes 8 August 2006 |
| Making
indigenous poverty history in Australia 8 August 2006 - (Ekklesia UK) - The worldwide campaign to 'Make Poverty History' rightly draws vital attention to the poorest of the world's poor, which includes the majority of indigenous peoples. |
| Future
of rock to become 'global issue' 8 August 2006 - The possible destruction of part of a massive Aboriginal rock art site in Western Australia for a major gas facility was set to become an international issue, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said. |
| Labor,
Democrats vow to block new land rights laws 7 August 2006 - The Federal Government will forge ahead tomorrow with a Senate debate on the most significant changes to Aboriginal land rights in 30 years, despite last-minute pleas yesterday to split the legislation or delay it. |
| From St Pauls
to Paris for dance team 7 August 2006 - Members from the Arpaka Dance Company at St Pauls Village started an exciting journey to introduce their culture in another country. |
| Federal
Government aiming to steamroll controversial changes to Land Rights laws
through the Senate this coming Tuesday!! 4 August 2006 - !! Urgent Action Alert !! All parties, including the federal government, recognise that the Land Rights laws for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory are of fundamental importance. They were introduced in the early years of the Fraser government and have received broad cross-party support since that time. |
| Beazley
will stake his reputation on indigenous health care 4 August 2006 - Kim Beazley has promised to make Aboriginal disadvantage his personal responsibility if he is elected prime minister. |
| Bring
the fever down 3 August 2006 - A health scourge among indigenous Australians demands a national response.. |
| 20,000-Year-Old
Human Footprints Found in Australia 3 August 2006 - (National Geographic USA) - About 20,000 years ago, five human hunters sprinted across the soft clay on the edge of a wetland in what is now New South Wales, Australia. |
| The great
St Vincent's break-in 31 July 2006 - It was a big day at St Vincent's Redfern yesterday, but Father Gerry Prindiville sat grim-faced through the celebrations. |
| Indigenous
artists light up Paris 29 July 2006 -Walk in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower at any hour of the day or night and you'll find it hard to miss the work of Brisbane artist Judy Watson. |
| UN
Human Rights Council approves text of indigenous rights declaration 28 July 2006 -In a historic vote which brought a standing ovation from those present, the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva has this week approved the text of a declaration on indigenous peoples' rights that was first discussed over twenty years ago. |
| Making
Indigenous Poverty History 27 July 2006 -People with names like Mabo and Mundine don’t take backward steps. Graham Ring discovers a force to be reckoned with. |
| Australian
PM finally wins black support 25 July 2006 -(UK Reuters) - Prime Minister John Howard has been demonised by Aborigines for a decade, but on Tuesday one of Australia's most influential black leaders said Howard could be the person that ends generations of black squalor. |
| Visit keeps
history alive 25 July 2006 -Part of Australian history entered Brisbane yesterday as the replica of the Duyfken, the first European ship to explore Australia's coast, docked at the Customs House wharf for her official state welcome. |
| Scientist
gives his award to Aboriginal 24 July 2006 -(The Journal of Turkish Weekly) - Anger about government inflexibility and inaction on Aboriginal training programs has prompted a leading ANU scientist to donate a $30,000 national environmental prize to pay for an indigenous trainee fire ecologist at Jervis Bay to continue his education. |
| RSL to remember
Aboriginal Soldiers 24 July 2006 -LEADING Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson said yesterday it made him nauseous to see young Australians celebrate Anzac Day but ignore what had happened to indigenous people. |
| Island
of lost souls 23 July 2006 -( The Observer UK) - It is already the most dangerous place in the world outside a conflict zone, but the death of a man in custody has pushed Australia's Palm Island to breaking point. |
| Outback
Café serving up indigenous tourism experiences with Mark Olive 20 July 2006 -An exciting and innovative Indigenous program the Outback Café starring Mark Olive debuts on the Lifestyle Channel this Saturday, Tourism Australia Managing Director, Scott Morrison said recently. |
| Submission
to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Aboriginal Land
Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 18 July 2006 |
| Brown urges
govts to save rock art 15 July 2006 -The Greens are calling on the federal and Western Australian governments to help save ancient Aboriginal rock art on the state's Burrup Peninsula. |
| The gentle
activist 14 July 2006 -(Sur Spain) - Faith Bandler (born 1918) showed the many qualities that blossomed in her later life. The abuse and exclusion she experienced as an indigenous schoolgirl in white Australia left a lasting impression on her, but she still exudes a serenity that belies her extraordinary energy for the cause of justice for indigenous peoples, for women, and for the peace movement. |
| One Million
Canoes - Australian cinema audiences flock to Aboriginal morality tale 14 July 2006 -After only two weeks in cinemas, Ten Canoes, the film by Rolf de Heer and the people of Ramingining, has taken over one million dollars at the Australian box office, it was announced by Palace Films today. |
| Little King
Johnny removed 14 July 2006 -A sculpture by Western Australian Aboriginal artist, Brian McKinnon, who is now based in Victoria, has been deemed inappropriate by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria, because it's text is too political? |
| Desert encounter
relived almost 50 years on 14 July 2006 -IN 1957 Mitjili Napanangka, then a young Pintupi woman from the Western Desert, saw white people for the first time. Among them was Jeremy Long, a Northern Territory welfare officer, who took part in nine patrols of the Western Desert. |
| Art too ploitical
for politicians 7 July 2006 -AN indigenous artist whose work was removed from an exhibition at Victoria's Parliament House because it was deemed overtly political is yet to receive an official explanation or apology. |
| Government
morally irresponsible: retiring church head 7 July 2006 -The Australian Government has sacrificed millions of people on the altar of the market, preferred to help the rich over the poor, and has made human rights negotiable, outgoing Uniting Church president Dean Drayton said in his farewell speech yesterday. |
| Respect
the past - believe in the future 4 July 2006 -NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held around Australia in the coming week to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| Aborigines
fear 'new paternalism' 3 July 2006 -The author of a landmark report into violence in Aboriginal communities has attacked the Howard Government for attempting to introduce "antiquated solutions" that are proven failures. |
| Aboriginal
mythology debuts on silver screen 2 July 2006 -(Mail & Guardian online SA) - The subject matter was untested, the actors almost naked and the whole movie was to be made in a language spoken by only a tiny group of people -- but to film executive Brian Rosen, funding Australia's latest international film success, Ten Canoes, was a "no-brainer". |
| Social Justice
Commissioner praises United Nations Human Rights Council for adopting the
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 29 June 2006 |
| Human Rights
Council adopts texts for protection from enforced disappearance, rights
of Indigenous peoples 29 June 2006 |
| Indigenous
tourism on show to the world 29 June 2006 - Over 2,000 overseas delegates who attended the 2006 Australian Tourism Exchange in Adelaide have been given a rundown on Australia’s Indigenous tourism experiences. |
| $4m state
compo for stolen children 27 June 2006 - Premier Paul Lennon expects to have legislation ready before the end of the year to compensate Tasmania's "stolen generation" of Aboriginal people. |
| Summit discusses
Aboriginal abuse 26 June 2006 - (BBC UK) - Politicians from Australia's state and federal governments are meeting in Canberra to discuss ways to combat child abuse in Aboriginal communities. |
| The bounders
of Botany Bay 25 June 2006 - (The Sunday Times UK) - IT'S NOT SURPRISING that Australia's master yarn spinner, Tom Keneally, should turn his attention to one of the greatest European imperial adventures of the eighteenth century, the settlement of Botany Bay and the appropriation for the British crown of the great southern continent Terra Australis, today Australia. |
| Aborigines'
health a century behind the rest of Australia 22 June 2006 - (The Scotsman) - The Australian government yesterday called for a return to "paternalism" to help Aborigines overcome appallingly poor health, causing outrage among indigenous leaders who said the move undermined their rights. |
| The land
of the dead 24 June 2006 - (Guardian UK) - How did two tiny islands off Australia's north coast come to have the highest suicide rate in the world? |
| Paris infused
with Indigenous spirit 20 June 2006 - The building is a chaos of hammering and workmen lugging tools. On the second floor is a travelling forest of cameras, sound booms and 50 or so jostling reporters. In the midst of the dust and din, a small Aboriginal woman is trying to talk about the stars. |
| Government
accused of playing down Aboriginal rock art destruction 20 June 2006 - An organisation which works to conserve Australia's Indigenous and historic heritage says Western Australia's Resources Minister has been misinformed about the number of Aboriginal rock art carvings destroyed on the Burrup Peninsula in the state's north-west. |
| Canada stalling
UN declaration on indigenous rights: Amnesty International 19 June 2006 - MONTREAL (The Canadian Press) - Canada has teamed with the United States and Australia to stop the United Nations from passing a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. |
| Australian
leaders visit Navajo Nation 17 June 2006 - WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Several of Australia's most notable indigenous leaders were welcomed by Navajo Nation officials in Window Rock on June 7. |
| International
Indigenous art auctions to aid kidney dialysis funding 17 June 2006 - Proceeds of the sale of Indigenous art in Paris and London will go towards combating kidney disease in a central Australian community |
| Australian
indigenous art will grace the centre of paris 16 June 2006 - Walk in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower at any hour of the day or night from next week and you'll find it hard to miss the work of Brisbane artist Judy Watson. |
| Aboriginal
Groups shimmer together 15 June 2006 - (Georgia Straight Canada) - For the past six years, Toronto’s Red Sky has been pushing the boundaries of aboriginal performance—not just artistically, but geographically. Dig the Didge |
| Senate
establishes Inquiry into Indigenous stolen wages 13 June 2006 - Senate tonight voted to hold an inquiry into the practice of state and territory governments with holding the wages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers. |
| Australian
Government blamed for abuse of women,children 6 June 2006 - (FinalCall.com News) - Revelations of horrific sexual abuse and violence suffered by women and children in Australia’s Aboriginal communities has surfaced during the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) held in New York. |
| Indigenous
cancer patients in Australia fare worse than their non- Indigenous counterparts 5 June 2006 - (Medical News Today UK) - Indigenous cancer patients in Australia have a 30% higher chance of death from cancer than their non-Indigenous counterparts, according to a paper in this week's issue of The Lancet. |
| Dreamtime
in the druids' domain 2 June 2006 - NORMALLY at this time of year, as the summer solstice approaches, the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is populated largely by mystics, meditators, hippies and people with slightly out-of-tune acoustic guitars. |
| Australian
art demonstrates strength of aboriginal culture 31 May 2006 - (Salisbury Journal UK) - INDIGENOUS Australian art is currently being exhibited at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, as part of Salisbury International Arts Festival's aboriginal showcase. |
| The 25 reports
on Aboriginal Australia that line government bookshelves 31 May 2006 - As more allegations about the state of Aboriginal living conditions have emerged in recent weeks, we're constantly told about the numerous reports over recent decades highlighting the state of Aboriginal Australia that have been ignored or filed away. How many reports, we wondered, and what did they say? Here's a Crikey list of at least 25 government or UN reports on the subject: |
| Aboriginal
remains to return home 31 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - The remains of six Aborigines held in Glasgow's museums collection will be returned to Australia. |
| Paris to
showcase Indigenous art 30 May 2006 - Paris is set to introduce millions of people to the wonders of Australian Indigenous art. |
| Page 8, Tron,
Glasgow 30 May 2006 - (The Herald: UK) - NINE years ago, the Page boys – David, Stephen and Russell – were responsible for one of the most mystical, magical, captivating dance pieces ever to appear at the Edinburgh International Festival. Called Fish, it introduced Bangarra (Dance Theatre)– and a profound vision of Australia's Aboriginal culture. |
| Problems
in remote community of Imanpa 29 May 2006 - Ten days ago we saw the worst that can happen when things go wrong in remote Aboriginal communities, when the rest of Australia became aware of the anarchy and violence at Wadeye. |
| Aussie
Low Budget Film Wins Cannes Special Jury Prize 28 May 2006 - A low-budget Australian film has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. |
| Indigenous
people 'worst-off world over' 26 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - The health of indigenous people worldwide is much worse than that of other communities, even the poorest communities in the countries where they live. This is among the findings of a major investigation launched by the medical journal The Lancet into indigenous communities. |
| Officials discuss Aborigine
abuse 25 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - Aborigine communities are beset by many problems. Representatives from Australia's state and federal governments are meeting to discuss ways to tackle violence and abuse in Aboriginal communities. |
| US, Australia,
New Zealand, reject indigenous Declaration 24 May 2006 - UNITED NATIONS, As the world's indigenous people get closer to achieving long overdue international recognition of their rights, some of the powers that conquered their territories in the past still say "no way". |
| Action plan
over Aborigine strife 23 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - Aborigine communities are beset by many problems. Officials in the largest Aboriginal community in Australia's Northern Territory are considering plans to send residents to camps to escape violence. |
| London
to host Sorry Day event remembering the Stolen Generations 22 May 2006 - Press Release (ENIAR) - London's Victoria Embankment Gardens will host a commemoration of Sorry Day on Thursday 25 May from 6pm - 8pm. Sorry Day is the annual day in which Australia remembers the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children who were forcibly removed from their families. The UK event will conclude on Thursday evening as dawn breaks in Australia on Friday 26 May. |
| Pope calls
on Govt to apologise to Aboriginal Australians 22 May 2006 - The Pope has called on the Australian Government to ask forgiveness from Indigenous Australians. |
| Bulldozer
threat to ancient Aboriginal art 19 May 2006 - The Telegraph (UK) - A remote stretch of the Australian coastline that is home to the largest collection of Aboriginal rock art in the world is under threat from a plan to exploit the area's oil and gas reserves. |
| International
aid agency to work with Indigenous kids in Perth 18 May 2006 - The international aid agency, Save the Children, known for its work in the third world, is now planning to work with Aboriginal children in metropolitan Perth before the end of the year. |
| A clash
of cultures that shows no sign of a solution 17 May 2006 - The Times (UK) - TRIUMPH in the Tropics, an Australian school textbook in the 1960s, lauded the white man’s dominance over Aboriginal people. |
| Action Programme
for 2nd Indigenous Decade Launched 15 May 2006 - Press Release United Nations - Secretary General Calls for Programme to be translated into a change for the Better in Life of every indigenous Person |
| In denial
over dispossession 10 May 2006 - Michael Connor's claims lack credibility, writes Henry Reynolds Historians decry rival viewpoints 10 May 2006 - A NEW school of right-wing nationalist historians has emerged to undo a decade's work of Aboriginal reconciliation, historian Henry Reynolds has warned. |
| Federal
Budget and Indigenous Health: An opportunity squandered 9 May 2006 - The Howard Government has squandered a unique opportunity to end Australia’s Indigenous health crisis with the release of its 2006 budget, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) said tonight. |
| A troubled
town in Oz called Alice Springs 9 May 2006 - Independent Online (South Africa) - Sydney - Most visitors come away from the archetypal Australian Outback town of Alice Springs with no memories of what happens after dark. |
| Dipping into
dreamtime 6 May 2006 - The Telegraph (UK) - Richard Madden is schooled in aboriginal life - from spearfishing for stingrays to bark painting - at the annual Garma Festival. |
| Indigenous
Service men remembered on ANZAC day 4 May 2006 - Visitors to Heritage Park this week may have been surprised to see the Aboriginal and Australian flag flying side by side outside of NADOC Week celebrations. |
| Dream
team assembled for footy's Dreamtime at the 'G 4 May 2006 - MICHAEL Long has just about done it all when it comes to the MCG. Twice he received premiership medals, once he was judged the best player in a grand final and many times he stood up against racism in sport and enthralled the crowd with his speed and skill. |
| Dawn or
dusk, its the Rock in a new light 3 May 2006 - Hundreds of thousands of visitors who flock each year to witness the wonder of Uluru will receive a different perspective, and a $5.45 million view, from a new sunrise lookout area. |
| Black
and blue 19 April 2006 - White Australia can no longer look the other way as indigenous women and children are beaten, abused and murdered. |
| Passing
of Wik elders 19 April 2006 - It was with sadness that Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) learnt of the recent passing of three elders from the Cape York community of Aurukun. |
| Aboriginal
camps like 'worst South Africa slums' 16 April 2006 - Sunday Herald (Scotland) - It is renowned as the gateway to Ayers Rock, but the desert town of Alice Springs has been named the violent crime capital of Australia and its squalid Aboriginal camps branded “ghettoes of despair” reminiscent of the worst South African slums. |
| Court
sets deadline for Aboriginal protestors 11 April 2006 - The group of Aboriginal protesters who have set up camp at Melbourne's Kings Domain have until Thursday to pack up their site. |
| Bringing
people, nations and cultures together 10 April 2006 - Dreamweb (NL) - Dr. Pamela Croft produces Mural in Stolen generations exhibition in Holland. |
| Dreamtime
artists hit by nightmare of sex and fraud 8 April 2006 - The Times (UK) - The Aboriginal art movement, which has spawned one of Australia’s most successful exports, is being battered by allegations of widespread fraud and corruption. |
| Aborigines
'not consulted on remains' 6 April 2006 - The federal government is morally disgraceful for bringing back Aboriginal remains from England without consulting indigenous communities, an activist says. |
| Australian
shame as Aborigine left to die 26 March 2006 - The Observer (UK) - Australia's attitude to its indigenous people is back under the microscope after an Aboriginal woman who had a stroke was left for dead at a bus stop and ignored by hundreds of passers-by for five hours. |
| British
Museum to return Aboriginal remains 25 March 2006 - The Guardian (UK) - The British Museum said yesterday that it would return the cremated ashes of Australian Aborigines, more than 160 years after they were taken. |
| Commonwealth
Games: Batman big in land of his forefather 19 March 2006 - The Independent (UK) - Daniel (Batman) the Aussie 200m champion and his famous wife pick up baton of Aborigine rights |
| Aboriginal
children win a royal approach 16 March 2006 - Two Aboriginal children presented the Queen with gum leaves yesterday as a loud and passionate protest group dominated her arrival in Melbourne. |
| Queen
urges Australia to do more for Aborigines 15 March 2006 - (Reuters UK) - The Queen praised Australia for its international leadership on Tuesday, but urged the country to do more at home to alleviate poverty and to help disadvantaged Aborigines. |
| Flames
of anger at 'Stolenwealth Games' 14 March 2006 - New Zealand Herald (NZ) - Smoke from the sacred fire where the Rainbow Serpent lives drifts across Melbourne's Kings Domain as fire-keeper Robert Corowa welcomes visitors to Camp Sovereignty, the centre for two weeks of protest against the "Stolenwealth Games". |
| Tradition
wrapped up in cloaks of possum 13 March 2006 - The skill of making possum-skin cloaks disappeared from Victoria about 150 years ago, leaving behind only a few specimens in museums around the world.That all changed seven years ago when three women on a printmaking course were shown the Aboriginal collection at the Melbourne Museum, which has two cloaks from the 19th century. |
| Aborigine
health 'a scandal' 12 March 2006 - The Observer (UK) - Australia is lagging behind such nations as Canada and New Zealand in caring for the health of its indigenous people, says an Oxfam report. 'It's a national scandal,' the director Andrew Hewett said. Aboriginal people's life expectancy is still almost 20 years less than than other Australians. |
| Aboriginal
protesters converge for Games 12 March 2006 - Hundreds of Aborigines are converging on Melbourne in a bid to embarrass the federal and Victorian governments over their indigenous policies as the international spotlight focuses on the Commonwealth Games. |
| Indigenous
rights on the move internationally 9 March 2006 - THE year of 2006 is shaping up as the most critical year in advancing the rights of indigenous peoples at the international level. There is much excitement, anticipation and caution that the advocacy of countless indigenous peoples at the United Nations (UN) level over the past 20 years will finally result in the comprehensive recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples. |
| Owners
speak out about Kakadu's uranium 7 March 2006 - The Howard Government has used a native title claim to pressure Aboriginal owners to approve mining of the massive Jabiluka uranium deposit in Kakadu National Park, it was claimed yesterday. |
| Stolen
legacy pledge 6 March 2006 - PREMIER Paul Lennon yesterday committed to reconciliation with Tasmania's Aboriginal people by resolving the Stolen Generation issue. "The legacy of the Stolen Generation is still being felt today," Mr Lennon said. "It is up to us to address the wrongs of the past and to formally offer the hand of reconciliation." |
| Smokescreen
nullius 25 February 2006 - A former chief justice rejects the importance of terra nullius in the Mabo decision, writes Deborah Hope |
| U.N.
negotiations on indigenous rights wrap up, for now 17 February 2006 - Indian Country (USA) - The current round of negotiations on the U.N. Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a close Feb. 3 with nearly two-thirds of the provisions agreed upon by the member states of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. |
| Indigenous
Health And Social Justice - HREOC Reports Valuable Contributions To The
Debate, Australia 17 February 2006 - AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) reports - Social Justice Report 2005 and Native Title Report 2005 - as valuable contributions in the ongoing debate to improve Indigenous health in Australia. |
| Social
Justice Commissioner argues a different approach to the Indigenous land
tenure debate 16 February 2006 - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner, Tom Calma, argues in the Native Title Report 2005 that the Australian Government's proposal to encourage individual leases on Indigenous land will not necessarily lead to improved economic outcomes for Indigenous people. |
| High
Court challenged 6 February 2006 - The High Court cited terra nullius in ruling in favour of land rights in 1992. Historian Michael Connor, in his book, says the judges were wrong and damaging to do so in the Mabo decision. |
| australian media releases 2007 |
Birrup tragedy: Campbell sends in the bulldozers |
“Supreme Court review of DPP’s decision not to prosecute” |
| Hurley not to face criminal charges 14 December 2006 - Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley would not face any criminal charges over the death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island, Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions Leanne Clare, SC, announced in Townsville today. |
Justice remains elusive over Palm Island death in custody |
| Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 29 November 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma today expressed his disappointment at the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to delay consideration of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for up to 12 months. |
Generations of Aboriginal people could lose control of land if new law is passed, Oxfam warns |
| Postpone the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act Bill 11 August 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has grave concerns about the amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976, which is currently being debated in the Senate. |
Respecting and Valuing Indigenous Rights |
| More than 20,000 Australians
tell Senate to defer Land Rights changes 8 August 2006 - In only three days more than 20,000 Australians participated in a phone and internet campaign urging Senators to defer today’s planned vote on major changes to the iconic Northern Territory Land Rights Act. |
| Thousands of Australians demand
the Senate defers Tuesday’s vote on new Aboriginal legislation 6 August 2006 - Australians are taking the unprecedented step of urgently petitioning the Senate to defer its vote on a Bill that will see Aboriginal people pressured into giving up their land for the next century. |
| Social Justice Commissioner praises United
Nations Human Rights Council for adopting the Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples 30 June 2006 - Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, has welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva on 29 June 2006. |
| Senate establishes Inquiry into Indigenous
stolen wages 13 June 2006 - Senate tonight voted to hold an inquiry into the practice of state and territory governments with holding the wages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers. |
Federal Budget and Indigenous Health: An
opportunity squandered |
Passing of Wik elders |
Historic Victory for
Tasmanian Aborigines |
| australian media releases 2006 |
Birrup tragedy: Campbell sends in the bulldozers |
“Supreme Court review of DPP’s decision not to prosecute” |
| Hurley not to face criminal charges 14 December 2006 - Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley would not face any criminal charges over the death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island, Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions Leanne Clare, SC, announced in Townsville today. |
Justice remains elusive over Palm Island death in custody |
| Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 29 November 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma today expressed his disappointment at the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to delay consideration of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for up to 12 months. |
Generations of Aboriginal people could lose control of land if new law is passed, Oxfam warns |
| Postpone the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act Bill 11 August 2006 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has grave concerns about the amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976, which is currently being debated in the Senate. |
Respecting and Valuing Indigenous Rights |
| More than 20,000 Australians
tell Senate to defer Land Rights changes 8 August 2006 - In only three days more than 20,000 Australians participated in a phone and internet campaign urging Senators to defer today’s planned vote on major changes to the iconic Northern Territory Land Rights Act. |
| Thousands of Australians demand
the Senate defers Tuesday’s vote on new Aboriginal legislation 6 August 2006 - Australians are taking the unprecedented step of urgently petitioning the Senate to defer its vote on a Bill that will see Aboriginal people pressured into giving up their land for the next century. |
| Social Justice Commissioner praises United
Nations Human Rights Council for adopting the Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples 30 June 2006 - Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, has welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva on 29 June 2006. |
| Senate establishes Inquiry into Indigenous
stolen wages 13 June 2006 - Senate tonight voted to hold an inquiry into the practice of state and territory governments with holding the wages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers. |
Federal Budget and Indigenous Health: An
opportunity squandered |
Passing of Wik elders |
Historic Victory for
Tasmanian Aborigines |
| 'Chicken
coop' village fights to shed despair 12 January 2006 - IT SOUNDS a nice place: Palmerston Indigenous Village, only 22 kilometres south of booming Darwin. But along a dirt track you will find a bush ghetto better known as "15-mile Camp". |
european news 2007 |
| Aboriginal dancers shoot to internet fame with 'Zorba' 29 December 2007 - The Independent UK - A quirky dance routine to the music of Zorba the Greek has earned a group of young Aborigines worldwide fame on the internet as well as invitations to perform around Australia, and also to visit Greece. |
| Northern Territory Intervention - Help Or Hindrance? Australia 9 December 2007 - Medical News Today UK - The Government's Northern Territory Intervention, aimed at improving health and living conditions in Indigenous communities, has been met with mixed reviews in a collection of articles published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. |
| Election defeat for Oz's right-wing Prime Minister, John Howard 6 December 2007 - An Phoblacht - AUSTRALIA’S 11 years of conservative rule under the right-wing John Howard officially ended on Monday when the centre-left Australian Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister, nine days after a landslide election victory. |
| New PM Kevin Rudd to apologise to Aborigines 27 November 2007 - The Telegragh UK - Newly-elected Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has promised to apologise to Aborigines for historic injustices, as the conservative party he defeated faced a bruising leadership battle. |
| Australia's PM-elect to say sorry to Aborigines 26 November 2007 - Reuters UK - Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd is set to repair race relations with Aborigines by saying "sorry" for past injustices, ending more than a decade of bitter division over racial reconciliation. |
| Australian PM makes work of Kyoto Treaty 26 November 2007 - Radio Netherlands - On his first day in office, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd started work on plans to sign the Kyoto Protocol. |
| A decade of John Howard has left a country of timidity, fear and shame 26 November 2007 - The Guardian UK - John Howard famously said the times were his, and for more than a decade it seemed they were. Australia experienced the greatest and most sustained boom in its history. |
| Indigenous Health Needs Significant National Solutions, Australia 15 Nov 2007 - Medical News Today UK - AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that the health of Indigenous Australians has been forgotten in this election campaign. |
| Alcoholism in Australia: The wives who said time, gentlemen... 31 October 2007 - The Independent UK - On the banks of the Fitzroy river, in the remote Kimberley region of north-west Australia, stands the century-old Crossing Inn, a squat brick building with a facade adorned with paintings by local schoolchildren. |
| Sweden returns remains of 10 Aborigines to Australia 22 October 2007 - International Herald Tribune France - Swedish museum officials on Monday handed over the remains of 10 Aborigines to an Australian delegation, nearly 100 years after they were brought to Sweden for racial studies. |
| The battle for Cape York 16 October 2007 - The independent UK - They call Cape York one of the last great wild places on Earth – a huge swathe of land at the north-east tip of Australia, featuring wetlands, tropical rainforests, savannah grasslands and bone-white sand dunes, all in a rare state of health and abundance. It is the kind of place that environmentalists swoon over, and dream of locking up for posterity. |
| Aboriginal remains are to be sent home 16 October 2007 - Liverpool Echo UK - THE remains of three Aboriginees are to be returned to Australia by Liverpool museum chiefs. |
| John Howard U-turn on Aborigine policy 12 October 2007 The Times UK - John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister, promised yesterday to hold a referendum to recognise Aborigines in the Constitution in a dramatic policy shift weeks before going to the polls. |
| How 'bush tucker' became flavour of the month for foodies 29 September 2007 - The Independent UK - As Aboriginal people have done for perhaps 60,000 years, Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Bauman catches long-necked turtles by hand in the billabongs of the Daly river. |
| Outrage as 30,000-year-old Aboriginal rock carvings are defaced 26 September 2007 - Daily Mail UK - Prehistoric Australian rock carvings up to 30,000 years old have been vandalised, with some people pointing the finger of blame at supporters of a £5 billion liquefied natural gas plant. |
| New appetite for Aboriginal art in France 16 September 2007 - PARIS (AFP) — 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. |
| Outback tourists spared Aboriginal alcohol ban 12 September 2007 - The Telegraph, UK - A draconian ban on drinking alcohol on Aboriginal-owned land in the Australian outback is to be ditched in order to placate the country's lucrative tourist industry. |
| Is There Hope for the Aborigines? 26 August 2007 - The Washington Post - ALICE SPRINGS, Australia In the air-conditioned plywood room that is the Alice Springs youth court, five Aboriginal teenagers -- four boys and a pregnant 16-year-old girl whose mouth seems permanently fixed in an eerily detached smile -- face a preliminary hearing for the rape and killing of a 14-year-old indigenous girl. |
| Past imperfect 18 August 2007 - The Guardian (UK) - Over tea on the 15th floor of a London hotel, Kate Grenville tells a story about driving into the bush with a group of Aboriginal women. When they arrived the women sank to their knees and began digging for witchetty grubs with small, sharpened crowbars. Grenville did her best to copy but couldn't find any grubs, and when she asked what she was doing wrong they didn't help her. |
| Stolen Aboriginal man wins payout 2 August 2007 - BBC (UK) - An Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby has been awarded compensation in a landmark case in Australia. |
| Alcohol ban for Australian town 1 August 2007 - BBC UK - Residents feared the town would draw Aborigines seeking alcohol The town of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory has become a dry zone, with drinking banned in all public places. |
| Worlds Apart 3 July 2007 - The Guardian (UK) - Australia's prime minister is sending in the army to tackle child abuse and alcoholism in the Aboriginal homelands. But his aggressive campaign will only make the situation worse, says Germaine Greer |
| Howard criticised as police and troops are sent into drink-raddled townships 1 July 2007 - Sunday Herald (UK) - IT IS a shocking indictment of the dysfunction and despair to be found lurking around the rust-red deserts and sun-baked savannah woodlands of the outback. Australian soldiers - accustomed to fighting vicious ethnic militia in East Timor and battling the Taliban in Afghanistan - were last week deployed to their own backyard. |
| Cop in Rare Trial for Custodial Death of Aborigine 20 June - IPS Italy - For the first time in decades an Australian policeman is facing trial on charges of manslaughter and assault in relation to the death of an aboriginal man while in custody. |
| Aboriginal artists are conned into selling works worth thousands for wine and Viagra 18 June 2007 - The independent UK - Greeny Purvis Petyarre is an acclaimed Aboriginal artist whose paintings hang in state galleries and private collections. His work has been exhibited around Australia and in several European countries, including Britain, where it went on show in London last year. Greeny's larger pieces - intricate evocations of desert plants and wildflowers – sell for tens of thousands of dollars. |
| Too Little, Too Late for Lost Generation Aborigines 13 June 2007 - IPS Italy - A decade after the release of the landmark 'Bringing Them Home Report' on the forced removal of indigenous children from their families -- known as the Stolen Generations -- the situation for indigenous Australians remains desperate. |
| Tall tales celebrate an ancient and dignified culture 8 June 2007 - Barking and Dagenham Post UK - 'A story like you've never heard before" is promised to us by the unseen narrator at the start of the film and I think he safely delivers on that bold claim, mostly because it's less a story rather a series of playful digressions. |
| Seeking equality Down Under 1 June 2007 - gair rhydd UK - As 40 years of Aboriginal recognition as human beings is commemorated, Australia still remains a nation divided Australian borigines have marked 40 years of recognition by their country as official human beings. |
| 'Stolen' Aborigine apology demand 1 June 2007 - BBC UK - A woman from Cwmbran is demanding an apology after discovering she was separated from her parents as a baby by the Australian government. |
| Australia Officially Recognises Aboriginal War Vets for First Time 31 May 2007 - ShortNews.com, Germany - Australian governments have finally recognised their indigenous war veterans for the first time, with a wreath-laying memorial ceremony today in Sydney. Approximately 5,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers fought in the two world wars. |
| Tasmanians seek return of ancient Aboriginal remains 8 May 2007 - Cambridge Evening News UK - Cambridge University is facing calls to hand back ancient skeletal remains. |
| Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet survive 40 years in the bush 8 May 2007 - The Independent UK - They were an Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers who eloped into the desert because tribal law forbade them from marrying. And for 40 years they roamed, living off kangaroo meat and bush fruit, happy with their own company and the red landscape. |
| Bible translated for Aborigines 7 May 2007 - BBC UK - The Bible has been translated into an Australian Aboriginal language for the first time. |
| Aboriginal health 'a hundred years behind whites' 2 May 2007 - The Independent UK - Health standards among Australia's Aborigines are as poor as those among the white population before the advent of penicillin nearly a century ago, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
| Aboriginal health '100 years behind' other Australians 2 May 2007 - The Guardian UK - The standard of health of Aborigines lags almost 100 years behind that of other Australians, with some indigenous people still suffering from leprosy, rheumatic heart disease and tuberculosis, according to a report for the World Health Organisation. |
| Terra Nullius 1 May 2007 - The Independent UK -Terra Nullius is the latest instalment in Sven Lindqvist's confrontation with the genocidal consequences of Western advancement. |
| Aborigines say little done to help stolen children 27 April 2007 - The Scotsman - Ten years after a report detailed the "attempted genocide" of Australian Aborigines and demanded a government apology and compensation, black leaders are still waiting to hear the word "sorry" or see any compensation. |
| Survivor Howard in battle for his political career 20 April 2007 - The Independent (UK) - An uncanny ability to tap into the hopes and fears of middle Australia has seen John Howard retain power for 11 years and become his country's second longest-serving prime minister. |
| Aboriginal war veterans to protest against racism at parade 18 April 2007 - The Gulf Times - Australia’s Aboriginal war veterans, complaining of a racist lack of respect, will next week stage a landmark separate march on the day the nation honours its soldiers. |
| Nightmare of Aborigine dreamtime artists 19 March 2007 - The Telegraph (UK) - Ngarlie Ellis applies the finishing touches to an intricate dot painting, its yellow and ochre patterns depicting an ancient Dreamtime story of a kangaroo spirit visiting a desert waterhole. |
| Natural History Museum agrees to Aboriginal remains talks 2 March 2007 - UKTV - Mediation talks will take place between the Natural History Museum and Aboriginal leaders over repatriation of remains. |
| Art ‘factories’ use drink and drugs to lure naive painters 27 February 2007 - Timesonline (UK) - An inquiry into Australia’s lucrative Aboriginal art industry has exposed a network of art factories at which painters are forced to churn out pictures in return for drugs, alcohol and scant financial reward. |
| Australia, Rathbone not spared as Lekota rages against post-1994 'racists' 15 February 2007 - Cape Times (Edition 2) - South Africans who emigrated post-1994, were more motivated by racist fears of black rule than concerns about crime, according to Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota. |
| Aboriginal remains tests halted 13 February 2007 - (BBC, UK) - London's Natural History Museum has pledged not to conduct intrusive tests on Tasmanian aboriginals' remains. |
| Australian meals on wheels goes native 11 February 2007 - Fancy a spiny anteater casserole for lunch, or perhaps a spit-roasted lizard with a couple of juicy grubs on the side? |
| Australian land agreements questioned 30 January 2007 - (The Mining Magazine UK) - Nearly half of the land use agreements signed by indigenous Australians with mining companies and government partners have failed to deliver significant benefits for them, an Australian university study concluded. |
How a movie about egg-gathering and Aborigines manages to tell a much bigger story |
| Cruelty and xenophobia stir and shame the lucky country 19 January 2007 - (The Guardian UK) - The social regression and flag-waving promoted by Australia's neocon prime minister may come unstuck in Guantánamo |
| 1901-2007 They Are Still Dancing on Our Peoples Graves 13 January 2007 - (Indymedia.org.uk) - The 1st January 2007 marks the 106th “Birthday” of Australian Federation 1901. In the same year, Sir Edmund Barton endorsed the commonwealth government’s participation in the legislation of an archaic, barbaric act of genocide. |
| Australian police station stormed 11 January 2007- (BBC UK) - A group of Aborigines has attacked a police station with rocks and iron bars in a remote Australian outback region. |
| Israel to train Australian educators 9 January 2007 - (Jerusalem Post) - A group of Australian educators landed in Israel on Monday to study firsthand the Israeli experience with educating disadvantaged populations, hoping to apply the knowledge in their efforts to improve education for Australia's Aboriginal population. |
Joy for Aborigines as 'people of rainforest' win control of land |
| Aborigines claim ownership of tribal homeland 3 January 2007 - The Githabul, an Aboriginal tribe, call the rainforest a "supermarket", full of their traditional foods, such as turtles and spiny ant-eaters known as echidnas. But when they hunt these native creatures, they risk being prosecuted and fined. |
| Australian Tribe Gets Rights to Parks 2 January 2007 - (Guardian UK) - An Aboriginal tribe has been granted joint management rights over several state and national parks under a deal that recognizes its traditional ownership of the land, officials said Tuesday. |
european news 2006 |
| Aboriginals of Australia: Aboriginal Group Takes Action Over Mine 22 December 2006 - (UNPO, Netherlands) - One of Australia's most influential Aboriginal land councils is taking legal action against the Northern Territory Government over the expansion of the territory's largest zinc mine. |
| Aboriginal film dominates awards 11 December 2006 - (BBC UK) - Australia's first Aboriginal language movie has dominated the country's top cinema awards. |
| Returning the stolen generations 25 November 2006 - (Tristram Paul Besterman, UK) - Despite the warmth of the Tasmanian sun high overhead, the wide, windswept valley had a desolate air. Or was this merely fanciful – an involuntary response to a tranquil landscape made bleak by my knowledge of its chilling history? Rows of unmarked graves there are at Wybalenna, but this is no Srebrenica: the Tasmanians interred here suffered no deliberate, arbitrary execution, but died a despairing, disease-ridden death at the hands of a misguided and incompetent British administration. And even in the ground they weren’t left in peace.. And even in the ground they weren’t left in peace. |
| Natural History Museum returns Aboriginal remains to Australia 17 November 2006 - (24HourMuseum UK) - The Natural History Museum in London is to repatriate the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aboriginal people to the Australian Government. |
| Utopia – a place where Aborigines live long and prosper 13 November 2006 - (The Times UK) - Hidden off a long, lonely dirt road in the centre of Australia, the scattered Aboriginal settlements of weathered iron shanties, upturned cars and sullen dogs might be expected to fit the usual description: degradation, disease, filth. |
| UN seminar to discuss treaty rights in Hobbema 9 November 2006 - Gateway (Canada) - The Experts will converge on Hobbema next week to discuss processes for making treaties with indigenous peoples, in the first United Nations seminar of its kind held outside of a UN venue. |
| Stolen Generation' of Aborigines wins apology
and payout in Tasmania 19 October 2006 - The Independent (UK) - Eddie Thomas was just a few months old when the white people came and took him away. They took his brother and sister, too. The children's grandmother had been looking after them, following the death of their mother after Eddie's birth. |
Pope Urges Australia to Aid Aborigines |
Gas plant threatens Australia's ancient
art |
| Aboriginal remains to be returned 7 September 2006 - BBC News (UK) - The remains of three Aborigines are to be returned to Australia from a Tyneside museum. It follows a request for repatriation by the Australian government. |
| Aboriginal jackaroos invited
back to the farm 24 August 2006 - The Telegragh (UK) - Four decades after Aboriginal cowboys quit in disgust at low pay and dreadful conditions, a campaign has been launched to lure them back to the land. |
| Bell sounds in Australia's history wars 14 August 2006 - ( Monsters and Critics.com, UK ) - For some cultural warriors attending a crucial conference in Canberra this week on the teaching of history in schools, it comes down to this: Did Captain James Cook 'discover' Australia in 1770 and claim it for the British crown or did he 'invade' and steal ancient Gondwana from its dark-skinned inhabitants? |
| Making indigenous poverty history
in Australia 8 August 2006 - (Ekklesia UK) - The worldwide campaign to 'Make Poverty History' rightly draws vital attention to the poorest of the world's poor, which includes the majority of indigenous peoples. |
20,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in
Australia |
| UN Human Rights Council approves
text of indigenous rights declaration 28 July 2006 - In a historic vote which brought a standing ovation from those present, the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva has this week approved the text of a declaration on indigenous peoples' rights that was first discussed over twenty years ago. |
| Australian PM finally wins black support 25 July 2005 - (UK Reuters) - Prime Minister John Howard has been demonised by Aborigines for a decade, but on Tuesday one of Australia's most influential black leaders said Howard could be the person that ends generations of black squalor. |
| Scientist gives his award to Aboriginal 24 July 2006 - (The Journal of Turkish Weekly) - Anger about government inflexibility and inaction on Aboriginal training programs has prompted a leading ANU scientist to donate a $30,000 national environmental prize to pay for an indigenous trainee fire ecologist at Jervis Bay to continue his education. |
| Island of lost souls 23 July 2006 - (The Observer UK) - It is already the most dangerous place in the world outside a conflict zone, but the death of a man in custody has pushed Australia's Palm Island to breaking point. |
| The gentle activist 14 July 2006 - (Sur Spain) - Faith Bandler (born 1918) showed the many qualities that blossomed in her later life. The abuse and exclusion she experienced as an indigenous schoolgirl in white Australia left a lasting impression on her, but she still exudes a serenity that belies her extraordinary energy for the cause of justice for indigenous peoples, for women, and for the peace movement. |
| Aboriginal mythology debuts on silver
screen 2 July 2006 - (Mail & Guardian online SA) - The subject matter was untested, the actors almost naked and the whole movie was to be made in a language spoken by only a tiny group of people -- but to film executive Brian Rosen, funding Australia's latest international film success, Ten Canoes, was a "no-brainer". |
| Summit discusses Aboriginal abuse 26 June 2006 - (BBC UK) - Politicians from Australia's state and federal governments are meeting in Canberra to discuss ways to combat child abuse in Aboriginal communities. |
| The bounders of Botany Bay 25 June 2006 - (The Sunday Times UK) - IT'S NOT SURPRISING that Australia's master yarn spinner, Tom Keneally, should turn his attention to one of the greatest European imperial adventures of the eighteenth century, the settlement of Botany Bay and the appropriation for the British crown of the great southern continent Terra Australis, today Australia. |
| The land of the dead 24 June 2006 - (Guardian UK) - How did two tiny islands off Australia's north coast come to have the highest suicide rate in the world? |
| Aborigines' health a century behind the
rest of Australia 22 June 2006 (The Scotsman) - The Australian government yesterday called for a return to "paternalism" to help Aborigines overcome appallingly poor health, causing outrage among indigenous leaders who said the move undermined their rights. |
| Canada stalling UN declaration on indigenous
rights: Amnesty International 19 June 2006 - MONTREAL (The Canadian Press) - Canada has teamed with the United States and Australia to stop the United Nations from passing a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, says Amnesty International. |
| Australian leaders visit Navajo Nation 17 June 2006 - (Indian Country Today NY) - WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Several of Australia's most notable indigenous leaders were welcomed by Navajo Nation officials in Window Rock on June 7. |
| Aboriginal Groups shimmer together 15 June 2006 - (Georgia Straight Canada) - For the past six years, Toronto’s Red Sky has been pushing the boundaries of aboriginal performance—not just artistically, but geographically. |
| Dig the Didge 15 June 2006 - (Eye Weekly Toronto) - When the Aboriginal dance company Red Sky Performance presents Shimmer, a collaboration by two indigenous choreographers from Canada and Australia, six semi-naked men in ecstatic motion will be one of the attractions. |
| Australian Government blamed for abuse
of women,children 6 June 2006 - (FinalCall.com News) - Revelations of horrific sexual abuse and violence suffered by women and children in Australia’s Aboriginal communities has surfaced during the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) held in New York. |
| Indigenous cancer patients in Australia
fare worse than their non- Indigenous counterparts 2 Jun 2006 - (Medical News Today UK) - Indigenous cancer patients in Australia have a 30% higher chance of death from cancer than their non-Indigenous counterparts, according to a paper in this week's issue of The Lancet. |
| Australian art demonstrates strength of aboriginal
culture 1 June 2006 - (Salisbury Journal UK) - INDIGENOUS Australian art is currently being exhibited at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, as part of Salisbury International Arts Festival's aboriginal showcase. |
| Aboriginal remains to return home 31 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - The remains of six Aborigines held in Glasgow's museums collection will be returned to Australia. |
| Page 8, Tron, Glasgow 30 May 2006 - (The Herald: UK) - NINE years ago, the Page boys – David, Stephen and Russell – were responsible for one of the most mystical, magical, captivating dance pieces ever to appear at the Edinburgh International Festival. Called Fish, it introduced Bangarra (Dance Theatre)– and a profound vision of Australia's Aboriginal culture. |
| Aussie Low Budget Film Wins Cannes Special
Jury Prize 28 May 2006 - A low-budget Australian film has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. |
| Indigenous people 'worst-off world over' 26 May 2006 - BBC UK) - The health of indigenous people worldwide is much worse than that of other communities, even the poorest communities in the countries where they live. This is among the findings of a major investigation launched by the medical journal The Lancet into indigenous communities. |
| Officials discuss Aborigine abuse 25 May 2006 - (BBC UK) - Aborigine communities are beset by many problems. Representatives from Australia's state and federal governments are meeting to discuss ways to tackle violence and abuse in Aboriginal communities. |
| Action plan over Aborigine strife 23 May 2006 (BBC UK) - Aborigine communities are beset by many problems. Officials in the largest Aboriginal community in Australia's Northern Territory are considering plans to send residents to camps to escape violence. |
| US, Australia, New Zealand, reject indigenous
Declaration 24 May 2006 - UNITED NATIONS, As the world's indigenous people get closer to achieving long overdue international recognition of their rights, some of the powers that conquered their territories in the past still say "no way". |
| London to host Sorry
Day event remembering the Stolen Generations 22 May 2006 - ENIAR (UK) - London's Victoria Embankment Gardens will host a commemoration Sorry Day outside Australia on Thursday 25 May from 6pm - 8pm. Sorry Day is the annual day in which Australian remembers the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children who were forcibly removed from their families. The UK event will conclude on Thursday evening as dawn breaks in Australia on Friday 26 May, when events are held around the nation to commemorate Sorry Day. |
| Bulldozer threat to ancient Aboriginal
art 19 May 2006 - The Telegraph (UK) - A remote stretch of the Australian coastline that is home to the largest collection of Aboriginal rock art in the world is under threat from a plan to exploit the area's oil and gas reserves. |
| A clash of cultures that shows no sign of
a solution 17 May 2006- The Times (UK) - TRIUMPH in the Tropics, an Australian school textbook in the 1960s, lauded the white man’s dominance over Aboriginal people. |
| A troubled town in Oz called Alice Springs 9 May 2006 - Independent Online (South Africa) - Sydney - Most visitors come away from the archetypal Australian Outback town of Alice Springs with no memories of what happens after dark. |
| Dipping into dreamtime 6 May 2006 - The Telegraph (UK) - Richard Madden is schooled in aboriginal life - from spearfishing for stingrays to bark painting - at the annual Garma Festival. |
| Aboriginal camps like 'worst South Africa
slums' 16 April 2006 - Sunday Herald (Scotland) - It is renowned as the gateway to Ayers Rock, but the desert town of Alice Springs has been named the violent crime capital of Australia and its squalid Aboriginal camps branded “ghettoes of despair” reminiscent of the worst South African slums. |
| Bringing people, nations and cultures together 10 April 2006 - Dreamweb media release - Dr. Pamela Croft produces Mural in Stolen generations exhibition in Holland. |
| Dreamtime artists hit by nightmare of sex
and fraud 8 April 2006 - The Times (UK) - The Aboriginal art movement, which has spawned one of Australia’s most successful exports, is being battered by allegations of widespread fraud and corruption. |
| British Museum to return Aboriginal remains 25 March 2006 - The Guardian (UK) - The British Museum said yesterday that it would return the cremated ashes of Australian Aborigines, more than 160 years after they were taken. |
| British Museum decides to return two
Tasmanian cremation ash bundles 24 March 2006 - British Museum Media Release - The passing of the Human Tissue Act in 2005 enabled the Trustees of the British Museum and other national museums to transfer human remains out of their collections. |
| Commonwealth Games: Batman big in land
of his forefather 19 March 2006 - The Independent (UK) - Daniel (Batman) the Aussie 200m champion and his famous wife pick up baton of Aborigine rights. |
| Flames of anger at 'Stolenwealth
Games' 14 March 2006 - New Zealand Herald (NZ) - Smoke from the sacred fire where the Rainbow Serpent lives drifts across Melbourne's Kings Domain as fire-keeper Robert Corowa welcomes visitors to Camp Sovereignty, the centre for two weeks of protest against the "Stolenwealth Games". |
| Aborigine health 'a scandal' 12 March 2006 - The Observer (UK) - Australia is lagging behind such nations as Canada and New Zealand in caring for the health of its indigenous people, says an Oxfam report. 'It's a national scandal,' the director Andrew Hewett said. Aboriginal people's life expectancy is still almost 20 years less than than other Australians. |
| U.N. negotiations on indigenous rights wrap
up, for now 17 February 2006 - Indian Country (USA) - The current round of negotiations on the U.N. Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a close Feb. 3 with nearly two-thirds of the provisions agreed upon by the member states of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. |
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