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All Palm Is accused to defend charges

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

The solicitor for a group of men arrested over last Friday's Palm Island riot, sparked by the death of a local man in police custody, says all will be defending the charges at next week's bail hearing.

Arnhem Land doco in competition at Sundance

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

The Sundance Film Festival, the premier US showcase for independent cinema, has named the films that will compete at its 2005 festival in January, including an Australian documentary.

Long walk cut short as PM agrees to meeting

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

Former Essendon champion and Norm Smith medallist Michael Long has ended his walk from Melbourne to Canberra after Prime Minister John Howard agreed to meet him to discuss Indigenous issues.

Police appeal for Palm Is funeral calm

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson is appealing to Palm Islanders in north Queensland to ensure the funeral for Cameron Doomadgee is without incident.

Police told to steer clear of Palm Is funeral

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

Palm Islanders say police are not welcome at the funeral of a man whose death in custody sparked last week's riot in the north Queensland Indigenous community.

Reconciliation Australia sees new opportunity

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 November 2004

Reconciliation Australia says it is time for another concerted push for reconciliation.

Angry scenes at Palm Is court hearing

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

There have been angry scenes inside and outside a north Queensland court after the first appearance of 18 people charged with rioting and other offences on Palm Island.

Minister admits progress slow in Indigenous justice

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

Federal Justice Minister Chris Ellison admits there has been little progress on developing a national Indigenous justice strategy.

MP dismisses Qld Govt's Palm Island plan

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

Federal Liberal MP Peter Lindsay has dismissed the Queensland Government's five-point plan for Palm Island as a recipe for more of the same.

Palm Islanders to face court

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

Thirteen people from Palm Island in north Queensland will appear in a Townsville court this morning on charges including arson and rioting.

Second opinion sought on Palm Is death

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

Queensland's coroner has called for a second autopsy on the body of a Palm Island man whose death in police custody sparked last Friday's riot.

Stun guns used in Palm Is arrests

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 November 2004

Queensland Police Minister Judy Spence has revealed that police used stun guns on three occasions during arrests on Palm Island.

Indigenous leader's funeral prompts Uluru closure

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

28 November 2004

A funeral will be held later today for one of Australia's most senior Indigenous leaders.

Palm Is residents criticise police tactics

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

28 November 2004

Police sent to restore order on Palm Island off the north Queensland coast have been criticised by some residents for using heavy-handed tactics.

Police deny heavy-handed approach to Palm Is

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

28 November 2004

The Queensland Police Union has defended the actions of officers in the troubled Indigenous community of Palm Island.

Toads tipped to hit Indigenous food sources

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

28 November 2004

A Charles Darwin University researcher says Indigenous people who eat native wildlife will notice the impact of cane toads on wildlife.

9 charged over Palm Island riot

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Nine men have been charged over yesterday's riot on Palm Island in north Queensland.

Deceased Palm Island man's family speaks out

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Relatives of the north Queensland man who died in police custody on Palm Island last week say the local Indigenous community is desperate for justice.

Gulpilil honoured as NT's Australian of the Year

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Actor David Gulpilil has been named as the Northern Territory Australian of the Year.

Island leaders could have prevented riot: Beattie

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

The Queensland Government is calling for better leadership on Palm Island in the wake of a riot that has destroyed the police station.

Police suggest island riot was planned

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Police say the water was turned off and roads blocked ahead of yesterday's riot on Palm Island in north Queensland, indicating the unrest was premeditated.

Senator urges PM to join reconciliation walk

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin says the Prime Minister should use his early morning walk to join Michael Long as he arrives in Canberra.

Tragic tale wins inaugural Indigenous writing award

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

A tragic traditional story has won the major prize at the first Indigenous Languages Story Writing Competition in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Riot not planned: Palm Is leaders

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27 November 2004

Community leaders on Palm Island off north Queensland have rejected suggestions that Friday's riot was premeditated.

Rioters burn Palm Is police station

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

26 November 2004

A riot has broken out in the Indigenous community on North Queensland's Palm Island, after the release of an autopsy conducted on a man who died in police custody.

ATSIC moves closer to High Court challenge

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24 November 2004

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) representatives are a step closer to going to the High Court over the abolition of the Indigenous body.

Uluru to close for mourning

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24 November 2004

The rock climb at Uluru will be closed this Sunday as traditional owners mourn the death of a senior Anangu law man.

Expert criticises National Indigenous Council concept

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

23 November 2004

One of the world's leading experts on Indigenous rights and representation has criticised the Federal Government's new National Indigenous Council (NIC) model.

Youth group wants bigger subsidy for 'high-free' petrol

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22 November 2004

An Alice Springs social worker says a new petrol variant that will not make sniffers high will be useless if they can get regular unleaded at a nearby roadhouse.

Howard calls for action on AIDS

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

21 November 2004

Prime Minister John Howard has made a strong statement on the international problem of HIV and AIDS at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in Chile.

ATSIC abolition causing 'confusion'

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

18 November 2004

Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin says Indigenous people are still unclear about the Government's changes to Indigenous affairs.

Early Indigenous artist Billiamook honoured

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

18 November 2004

The first Indigenous artist to be exhibited in Australia will be honoured tonight at the opening of a new exhibition featuring artwork from the first days of settlement in the Northern Territory to the present day.

Press watchdog criticises Indigenous newspaper raid

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

17 November 2004

The international press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has condemned a police raid on the offices of the "National Indigenous Times" newspaper in Canberra.

Communities to develop dugong, turtle plans

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

14 November 2004

The Federal Government has given the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance $3.8 million to develop local community plans for the sustainable management of dugong and marine turtles.

Fraser Is resort dingo killed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

12 November 2004

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has destroyed a dingo that approached a baby at a Fraser Island resort in south-east Queensland.

Indigenous welfare plan may breach race act

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

12 November 2004

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has issued a warning about the Federal Government's plan to link Aboriginal welfare to behavioural change.

Racist taunts rife in Army, former trainee soldier says

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

12 November 2004

The publication of a photograph of soldiers dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan has prompted one Aboriginal man to come forward saying he was hounded out of the Army by racists.

Welfare plan labelled 'mission mentality'

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

12 November 2004

Wiradjuri elder Flo Grant, from Wagga Wagga in southern NSW, says the Federal Government's proposed welfare reforms for Indigenous people are a step backwards for Aboriginal relations.

Aboriginals' payments may be linked to behaviour

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11 November 2004

The Federal Government says it is still considering a radical plan to rebuild the Aboriginal welfare system, which could make financial assistance dependent on behavioural change.

Desert volleyball plans for Indigenous community

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11 November 2004

The remote Indigenous community of Ltyentye Apurte will use its own red desert sand to build a beach volleyball court 1,000 kilometres from the nearest ocean.

Howard orders police raid on Indigenous paper

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11 November 2004

Federal Police have confirmed the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet ordered a raid on an Indigenous newspaper which published leaked cabinet documents.

Indigenous welfare reforms 'a step backwards'

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11 November 2004

The Federal Government's plans to overhaul Indigenous welfare have been condemned as racially discriminatory by Aboriginal leaders.

New petrol provides no high for sniffers

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

10 November 2004

Petroleum giant BP has made a major breakthrough in the fight against petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal communities.

Petrol sniffers 'can recover' from brain damage

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

10 November 2004

A Northern Territory research centre has claimed a world first in discovering that the brain can completely recover from damage caused from petrol sniffing.

Dictionary aims to help preserve Indigenous language

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9 November 2004

Linguists in the Pilbara, in north-west Western Australia, have taken steps to preserve one of the rarest languages in the world.

Vanstone defends Indigenous council

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9 November 2004

Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone has defended the recently announced national Indigenous advisory council.

Indigenous hunting sparks dugong extinction fears

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8 November 2004

Indigenous communities could be hunting the dugong to extinction, a report commissioned by the Federal Government has found.

Concerns raised over Tas exclusion from Indigenous Council

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

7 November 2004

There are concerns Tasmania's Indigenous community will not be represented by the new unelected National Indigenous Council.

ATSIC attacks new National Indigenous Council

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6 November 2004

Representatives of ATSIC have attacked the Government's appointment of 14 people to the new National Indigenous Council.

Govt announces new Indigenous council

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6 November 2004

The new National Indigenous Council, to be headed by Perth magistrate Dr Sue Gordon, has been unveiled by the Federal Government.

Constitution change recognises Indigenous Victorians

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

5 November 2004

In an Australian first, Victoria's Indigenous community has been acknowledged as the original custodians of the state's land in a constitutional amendment bill passed by Parliament.

Labor urges Govt to step up reconciliation efforts

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

5 November 2004

The Federal Opposition has urged the Prime Minister to use his Government's fourth term to achieve reconciliation between Indigenous Australians and the wider community.

Boarding school 'too late' for Indigenous literacy push

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

2 November 2004

An Alice Springs principal has welcomed a call for more Indigenous students to be sent to boarding schools but says early education attendance must be improved for such a measure to work.

UN rates Indigenous health poorly

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

2 November 2004

The Australian Nursing Federation says the United Nations has rated Indigenous Australians as having the second worst quality of life in the world after China.

Literacy rate low in Indigenous communities

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

1 November 2004

A new study illustrates the extremely low rates of literacy in Australia's remote Indigenous communities.

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