Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
PM considers Palm Island royal commission |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 February 2005 |
The Prime Minister's office has confirmed that John Howard is seeking advice on a request for a federal royal commission into a death in custody on Palm Island in north Queensland. |
Doomadgee called for help in watch-house: witness |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 February 2005 |
A Palm Island man arrested on the same day as Mulrunji Doomadgee has told the coronial inquest into his death in custody he heard the 36-year-old calling for help. |
Palm Island coronial inquest begins |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 February 2005 |
Extra security will be in place for today's start of a coronial inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island in north Queensland man last November. |
Beattie defends actions in Palm Is stoush |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 February 2005 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is continuing to defend his actions over the Palm Island
bribery allegations. |
ERA signs Jabiluka uranium mine agreement |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 February 2005 |
A historic agreement on the future of the abandoned Jabiluka uranium mine site has been
signed by traditional owners and mining company Energy Resources of Australia (ERA). |
Palm Island PCYC opens its doors |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 February 2005 |
The branch manager of the new Palm Island Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) says he has
opened the doors to anyone who wants to use the centre. |
Beattie attacks lawyer over bribe allegations |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 February 2005 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has accused Brisbane legal firm Boe Lawyers of interfering
and stalling plans to improve the troubled Palm Island Aboriginal community. |
Kakadu not properly promoted, report says |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 February 2005 |
A damning report on tourism in Kakadu National Park has found there is often misleading
information about the experiences available to visitors. |
Palm Island Council future still uncertain |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 February 2005 |
The Australian president of the United Nations Association says Queensland Premier Peter
Beattie would be foolish to sack the Palm Island Community Council. |
Alleged Palm Island rioter applies for bail |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
One of the alleged ringleaders of last year's Palm Island riot has lodged a legal appeal
in a bid to return to the island. |
Beattie anticipates misconduct claims |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
Criminal lawyer Andrew Boe has advised the Palm Island Council to contact the Crime and
Misconduct Commission (CMC) tomorrow over allegations of misconduct against Queensland Premier Peter Beattie. |
Berlin Film Festival shine spotlight on Indigenous films |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
Writer and director Wayne Blair has hailed Australian film-makers for winning two major
awards at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany as "amazing". |
Palm Island Council raises Beattie's ire |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
The Queensland Premier has threatened to scrap the Palm Island Council. |
Palm Island petition in G-G's hands: Vanstone |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
The Federal Government will wait for the Governor-General to contact it before deciding
whether to hold a royal commission into the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island in Queensland last year. |
Palm Islanders petition Vanstone for royal commission |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 February 2005 |
A formal request for a royal commission into the death in custody of Palm Island man Mulrinji
Doomadgee has been sent to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, and the Governor-General. |
Indigenous community boycotts WA election |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 February 2005 |
A tiny Aboriginal community in Western Australia's Kimberley has boycotted the state election,
claiming its needs have been ignored by both of the major parties for the past decade. |
Indigenous work program reform under scrutiny |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 February 2005 |
A far north Queensland Indigenous leader is seeking more information on a proposal to reform
the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) which provides Aboriginal work for the dole schemes. |
ATSIC commissioner slams art seizure |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 February 2005 |
ATSIC Central Zone Commissioner Alison Anderson says the Federal Government should reveal
where it is storing Aboriginal art works that were taken from the commission's offices over the weekend. |
Govt urged to assist ATSIC asset transfer |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 February 2005 |
The chairman of Australia's peak Indigenous body has called on the Federal Government not
to stand in the way of a transfer of ATSIC's assets to Aboriginal organisations. |
No change to uranium mining ban, Gallop says |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 February 2005 |
Western Australian Premier Geoff Gallop has accused the Greens of "jumping at shadows" after
the party expressed concern about a map of the Ningaloo region, which identifies uranium deposits. |
ATSIC moves to give away all assets |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 February 2005 |
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is giving away everything it
owns in an attempt to stop the Federal Government from acquiring its extensive assets and lucrative art collection. |
AFC lauds Indigenous film-maker's Berlin success |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 February 2005 |
An Indigenous film-maker's prize-winning efforts at the Berlin Film Festival will give the
whole industry in Australia a boost, the Australian Film Commission (AFC) says. |
ATSIC commissioner criticises land privatisation plan |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 February 2005 |
ATSIC central zone commissioner Alison Anderson says she is concerned about the first signs
of a lack of representation of Aboriginal people since the abolition of ATSIC. |
3,000 abandoned cattle are second offence: graziers |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 February 2005 |
The West Australian Pastoralists and Graziers Association claims that for the second time
in a year, cattle on a station owned by an Aboriginal corporation have been abandoned and left to die. |
Beattie stands by Palm Island itinerary |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 February 2005 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says he stands by his decision to ignore Palm Island tradition
of making the community council the first 'port of call' for visitors. |
Beattie defiant on Palm Island PCYC |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 February 2005 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will travel to Palm Island today, despite anger and opposition
from the local council and Indigenous leaders. |
CLP voices support for new uranium mine |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 February 2005 |
The Northern Territory Opposition has given in-principle support to uranium mining at a
proposed new site in Kakadu National Park. |
Govt to supply new 'unsniffable' fuel |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 February 2005 |
A petrol company has developed a special type of fuel that cannot be used by petrol sniffers
to get high. |
500 cattle found dead on abandoned WA property |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 February 2005 |
About 500 cattle have been found dead on a pastoral lease owned by an Aboriginal corporation
in the northern Goldfields in Western Australia. |
Palm Is mayor says Beattie welcome after mourning over |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 February 2005 |
The Mayor of Palm Island says the Premier and Police Commissioner are more than welcome
to open a new community centre on the Island, after a coronial inquest into the death in custody of a local man. |
Carr unmoved by Hickey inquiry petition |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 February 2005 |
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has pre-empted a petition calling for the re-opening of
a coronial inquiry into the death of Aboriginal teenager Thomas 'TJ' Hickey. |
Palm Island residents urge Beattie to stay away |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 February 2005 |
Indigenous leaders have warned Queensland Premier Peter Beattie he will be snubbed by the
community if he tries to visit Palm Island this week. |
Parties called on to address Aboriginal issues |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 February 2005 |
The head of the Aboriginal Legal Service says he is disgusted with the two main political
parties in Western Australia, for ignoring Aboriginal issues during the election campaign. |
Govt 'committed' to Indigenous employment |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 February 2005 |
The Federal Government says jobs for Indigenous Australians will not be put at risk by changes
it is planning to make to a key employment program. |
Carr rejects calls for new inquiry into Hickey's death |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 February 2005 |
The New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, says there will be no further investigation into
the death of Aboriginal teenager TJ Hickey, despite ongoing allegations that police were involved in the accident that claimed
the boy's life. |
Marchers remember Hickey |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 February 2005 |
A march the Sydney suburb of Redfern in memory of TJ Hickey has ended peacefully. |
Gulpilil released from hospital after health scare |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 February 2005 |
Northern Territory screen veteran David Gulpilil has been discharged from the Royal Darwin
Hospital after collapsing in Stuart Park yesterday. |
Indigenous communities band together to conserve sea life |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 February 2005 |
Northern Australian Aboriginal communities are working together to develop conservation
management plans for dugongs and turtles. |
Two charged after Palm Is incident |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 February 2005 |
Two people have been charged after an incident at the police station on Palm Island, off
the north Queensland coast. |
ALP dissent over Palm Island no surprise to Beattie |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
10 February 2005 |
Premier Peter Beattie says he is not surprised there is criticism from within his own party
about the Government's handling of issues on Palm Island in Queensland's north. |
Coroner yet to rule on location of death-in-custody inquest |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 February 2005 |
A large crowd has packed a makeshift court room on Palm Island in north Queensland for a
preliminary hearing into the death in custody of an island man. |
Human rights group to monitor Palm Is inquest |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 February 2005 |
The federal Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) will keep a close eye
on the coroner's inquest into the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee. |
Palm Island to host death-in-custody inquest |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 February 2005 |
The inquest into the death-in-custody of a Palm Island man will go ahead on the north Queensland
island, but some witnesses will be able to give their testimony from the mainland. |
Blue Mud Bay native title claim successful |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 February 2005 |
A Federal Court judge has ruled that traditional owners of a bay in north-east Arnhem Land
in the Northern Territory have native title rights to the land in that region. |
Beattie urges Palm Is calm |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 February 2005 |
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has again urged Palm Island residents to be patient and
let the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) and coroner properly investigate the death of islander Cameron Doomadgee in police
custody. |
Robinson trial reviews casino records |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 February 2005 |
A jury has heard Brisbane Treasury Casino records show ATSIC Commissioner 'Sugar' Ray Robinson
turned over $4.3 million on gambling in just over three-and-a-half years. |
