Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
Four convicted of dugong killing |
The State of Queensland (Environmental Protection Agency) |
October 2004 |
Four people were convicted in the Brisbane District Court in October on charges related to the killing
of a dugong in Moreton Bay. |
Indigenous boarding gets lukewarm reception |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31 October 2004 |
A Northern Territory Indigenous leader says suggestions that Aboriginal high school students be sent
out of their communities to boarding schools in cities is a band-aid solution. |
Aboriginal issues off the agenda now: Yunupingu |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 October 2004 |
Prominent Northern Territory Aboriginal leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu has criticised Federal, state and
territory governments for taking Aboriginal issues off the agenda. |
City boarding suggested for Cape Indigenous students |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 October 2004 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has supported calls for Indigenous students to be sent to city boarding
schools to address chronic academic underachievement at Cape York. |
Senate result will not hasten ATSIC's demise |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 October 2004 |
Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone says the Federal Government's plans to abolish the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) will not be sped up. |
Police under fire over gold mine arrests |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 October 2004 |
The organiser of a protest against the Barrick gold mine, near West Wyalong on the NSW central western
slopes, has criticised police, saying they used unnecessary force during arrests at the weekend. |
New $1.5m health centre for Redfern |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 October 2004 |
A mobile needle exchange van operating in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern will be replaced by a local
health centre, at a cost of $1.5 million. |
Deadly Awards honour Indigenous achievements |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 October 2004 |
Australia's Indigenous community turned out at the Sydney Opera House in force last night for the 2004
Deadly Awards. |
Opposition, union call for officer's defence funds |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 October 2004 |
The Territory Opposition's spokesman for police says the Northern Territory Government should affirm
their support of a Territory police sergeant committed to stand trial for murder. |
Call for focus on Indigenous fishers' rights |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 October 2004 |
The rights of Indigenous fishermen on the NSW far south coast are being ignored in the current restructure
of the fishing industry in the state. |
Ex-Aboriginal police liaison officer guilty of drug offence |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 October 2004 |
A former Aboriginal police liaison officer has been found guilty by a District Court jury in Carnarvon
in Western Australia over his part in a drug deal. |
Funeral closes Twin Falls |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 October 2004 |
Kakadu National Park's Twin Falls will be closed at the request of traditional owners, who are holding
a funeral ceremony. |
Elder backs mine cyanide ban |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 October 2004 |
Wiradjuri elder Neville Williams says he supports the New South Wales Greens' call for a ban on the
use of cyanide in the state's gold and silver mines. |
Qld allows communities to ban home brew |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 October 2004 |
The Queensland Parliament has unanimously passed laws allowing bans on home brew kits in Indigenous
communities. |
AP Lands Aborigines under fire for causing city problems |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 October 2004 |
Port Augusta's Mayor is calling for Aborigines in the Anungu Pitjantjatjara (AP) Lands to be taught
basic hygiene and sensible drinking habits before they are allowed into the city. |
Indigenous voice won't die with ATSIC: commissioner |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 October 2004 |
ATSIC's northern zone commissioner says the Northern Territory's Indigenous voice will not be lost when the commission is
abolished in June. |
NSW hands back Aboriginal remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 October 2004 |
The New South Wales Government is to return Aboriginal remains it has held for nearly 150 years. |
Dance troupes may help in suicide prevention |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 October 2004 |
A psychiatrist specialising in Aboriginal mental health says dance troupes are one way to help stop young Aboriginal people
from having suicidal thoughts. |
Top End faces petrol-sniffing epidemic |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 October 2004 |
A Northern Territory parliamentary report has warned that within a decade, the Territory will be paying almost $10 million
a year to care for brain-damaged petrol sniffers in central Australia. |
Native title recognised for Wik people in Cape York |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 October 2004 |
After 10 years of negotiation, the Wik Aboriginal people of western Cape York finally have native title recognised over the
majority of their traditional lands. |
Aboriginal remains to be welcomed home |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 October 2004 |
The remains of 20 Aboriginal people will be welcomed home in a special ceremony at the National Museum in Canberra today,
after their return by Swedish conservators. |
Latham defends Indigenous health care plans |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 October 2004 |
Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham has defended Labor's commitment to addressing the health concerns of Indigenous Australians. |
Native title claim dropped due to lack of funds |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 October 2004 |
A long-running native title claim against large parts of the New South Wales Southern Tablelands has been dropped. |
Rare Aboriginal photos go to private collector |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 October 2004 |
A pair of 19th century photo albums containing images of secret Aboriginal ceremonies sold at auction last night for $155,575. |
ALP to review stolen Indigenous wages issue |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 October 2004 |
The federal Labor Party says it will review how state and territory governments handle the issue of stolen Indigenous wages
if it wins the election. |
Haase defends Indigenous health spending |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 October 2004 |
The Liberal Member for the Western Australian seat of Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, says Aborigines need to start taking responsibility
for their own health. |
Rare Aboriginal photos to go under hammer |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 October 2004 |
A pair of 19th century photo albums containing images of secret Aboriginal ceremonies will go to auction in Melbourne today. |
AMA attacks major parties on Indigenous health |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 October 2004 |
The president of the Australian Medical Association has criticised the Indigenous health policies of both major political
parties ahead of Saturday's election. |
Arnhem Land incomes going on drugs |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 October 2004 |
A Darwin Menzies School of Health study has revealed that up to 12 per cent of Arnhem Land residents are spending about two-thirds
of their income on cannabis. |
Health funding calls win Indigenous support |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 October 2004 |
A prominent Indigenous academic has supported calls by the Rural Doctors Association and the Australian Medical Association
(AMA) for more funding for Aboriginal health. |
Aboriginals warn against locking forests away |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 October 2004 |
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council (TALC) has warned the Federal Government and the Opposition against locking away any
more of the State's old-growth forests. |
Rural doctors seek Indigenous health commitments |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 October 2004 |
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia has called for both the Federal Government and the Opposition to make a tangible
commitment to improving Indigenous health. |
Indigenous health funding needs increase: AMA |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 October 2004 |
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has urged the major political parties to put more money into Indigenous health,
even though it may not see an increase in votes. |
Sweden returns Aboriginal remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 October 2004 |
Sweden has returned to Aboriginal elders the remains of 15 of their ancestors taken from Australia for scientific research
a century ago. |
End Aboriginal welfare mentality, PM says |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 September 2004 |
Prime Minister John Howard says he believes there needs to be an end to welfare mentality in Aboriginal communities for there
to be any profound change for the better. |
Indigenous mortality rate falls |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 September 2004 |
The first long-term study in Australia of Indigenous mortality rates has found a massive fall in deaths among children in
the Northern Territory up to the age of four. |
Poverty cycle must be addressed: Ridgeway |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 September 2004 |
The Democrats' Aden Ridgeway says Prime Minister John Howard should stop beating up on people who are on welfare, and focus
on solving the national Indigenous unemployment rate. |
More Indigenous teachers needed: Democrats |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 September 2004 |
The Australian Democrats say employing more Indigenous teachers is the key to improving Aboriginal education. |
Sweden to return Indigenous remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
27 September 2004 |
Aboriginal elders from Western Australia, Queensland, NSW and Victoria will leave for Sweden today to collect ancestral remains
removed a century ago. |
Police threatened me over Redfern inquiry: officer |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 September 2004 |
An Aboriginal liaison officer has told a parliamentary inquiry into the February riot at Redfern in inner Sydney that he
has received death threats from the police to warn him off giving evidence. |
ATSIC leader welcomes Tas land return |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 September 2004 |
Tasmania's outgoing ATSIC commissioner Rodney Dillon says the return of land to the Aboriginal community is something that
needs to be tackled in stages. |
Politicians' visit blamed for Aboriginal riot |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 September 2004 |
Two Federal Country Liberal Party (CLP) candidates have been accused of provoking a riot in an Aboriginal community in Central
Australia. |
Birth defects amount to 'biological genocide' |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 September 2004 |
An Indigenous health academic says birth defects in Aboriginal communities are being missed because of inadequate medical
reporting. |
AMA slams major parties over Indigenous health |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 September 2004 |
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says Indigenous health standards will continue to be as poor as some third world
countries, because the nation's major political parties are not serious about fixing the problem. |
Liberals to pursue 'practical reconciliation' |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 September 2004 |
The federal Liberal party says it will continue to pursue practical reconciliation with Indigenous Australians if it wins
the election. |
Indigenous health funding plan 'indefensible' |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 September 2004 |
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation say the Federal Government's offer of $40 million over four years for Indigenous
health is morally indefensible. |
Voters urged to keep Indigenous representatives |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11 September 2004 |
The only Indigenous member of Australia's Parliament has launched his campaign for re-election to the Senate. |
International pressure on Indigenous issues sought |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
9 September 2004 |
Indigenous identity Lowitja O'Donoghue has appealed to the international community to keep up the pressure on human rights
issues affecting Australia's Indigenous population. |
WA Indigenous community celebrates native title victory |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 September 2004 |
Hundreds of people have gathered at Bidyadanga in the Kimberley region of north Western Australia to celebrate the state's
latest native title determination. |
First Americans may have come from Australia: study |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 September 2004 |
Anthropologists stepped into a hornet's nest, revealing research that suggests the original inhabitants of America may in
fact have come from Australia. |
Row erupts over NT Indigenous housing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 September 2004 |
The Northern Territory's Housing Minister, John Ah Kit has been accused of making inflammatory comments rather than focusing
on the progress made in Aboriginal housing. |
Democrats say Indigenous affairs a scandal |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 September 2004 |
The Australian Democrats have described the status of Indigenous affairs as an international scandal. |
Spill halts Ranger's processing plant |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 September 2004 |
Operations at the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory have again been disrupted, this time by a spill near the
mine's processing plant. |
Labor to base Indigenous policy on greater consultation |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 September 2004 |
The Federal Opposition says it will not be clear on exactly what will replace the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
(ATSIC) until it consults Indigenous communities if it wins government at next month's election. |
Expert welcomes court recognition of tribal punishment |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 September 2004 |
An expert on tribal punishment has described the court sentence handed down to a Kimberley woman as "appropriate". |
Indigenous tourism venture worries animal campaigners |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 September 2004 |
A Northern Territory animal welfare advocate fears rich tourists will hunt protected native wildlife at an Aboriginal community,
south of Alice Springs. |
Labor makes $75.5m Indigenous housing pledge |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 September 2004 |
The Federal Opposition has committed to a $75.5 million boost to Indigenous housing if it wins government on October 9. |
