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Date |
Summary |
Kimberley native title claim agreement reached |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 November 2003 |
After almost a decade of litigation, an agreement has been reached on a landmark native title case in the East Kimberley
in the far-north of Western Australia. |
NT gorge recreated in US aquarium |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
27 November 2003 |
Construction is under way in the United States of a $100 million, seven-storey exhibit featuring the replica of a Northern
Territory gorge. |
Aboriginal activist Clarrie Isaacs dies |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
27 November 2003 |
Western Australian Aboriginal activist and Nyoongah elder Clarrie Isaacs has died. |
Sweden to return Aboriginal remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
27 November 2003 |
Sweden has agreed to return the remains of 13 Aborigines it collected illegally in Australia almost 100 years ago. |
Clark's lawyer accuses publican of lying |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 November 2003 |
The lawyer for suspended ATSIC chair Geoff Clark has accused a publican of telling a "complete and absolute lie" about
events that led to his conviction on charges of obstructing police and riotous behaviour. |
WA police condemn for Aboriginal death |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 November 2003 |
The West Australian police service has been heavily criticised in a Coroner's report into the death of an Aboriginal teenager. |
Abbott backs Indigenous health deal |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 November 2003 |
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has overseen the signing of a memorandum of understanding between general practitioners
and Aboriginal health authorities at a forum in Brisbane this morning. |
Aborigines to sign unique NT pearl deal |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 November 2003 |
Traditional owners in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory will sign a landmark agreement today giving them a stake in a
lucrative pearl farming venture near Croker Island. |
Power station lights way for solar scheme second stage |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 November 2003 |
The second phase of Australia's largest solar project is nearly complete, with the launch today of the Kings Canyon solar
power station in central Australia. |
Survey to help save Aboriginal tongues |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 November 2003 |
A national survey of Aboriginal languages will be undertaken in an effort to stop a further deterioration of traditional
dialects. |
'Uncle' enlisted to battle Aboriginal health, education issues |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 November 2003 |
The Northern Territory Government says an Aboriginal computer character called "Uncle" is set to improve health
and education outcomes in Aboriginal communities. |
Kimberley Aborigines cheer land handover |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 November 2003 |
A group of traditional owners in the far-north Kimberley is celebrating the return of land held for 15 years by another of
the region's Aboriginal corporations. |
ATSIC dubs Indigenous report 'shocking' |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 November 2003 |
The Australian Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) says a report into the welfare of Aboriginal people contains some
shocking statistics. |
Advisory committee asked to consider change to fishing act |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 November 2003 |
Concern has been raised at the number of Aboriginal people being charged with offences under the New South Wales Fisheries
Act. |
Govt study of Indigenous disadvantage says more info needed |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 November 2003 |
A Government committee considering Indigenous disadvantage has found a lack of data makes it impossible to tell whether conditions
are getting better or worse. |
CD belts out 'freedom to sleep' message |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 November 2003 |
The Northern Territory's Longgrass Association has launched a live CD in conjunction with its annual 'Freedom to Sleep' event. |
Call for probe into integration of Aboriginal law |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 November 2003 |
There are calls for a national inquiry to be held into Aboriginal customary law and how it can be combined with mainstream
law. |
Weather study embraces Indigenous knowledge |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 November 2003 |
A university project is using Indigenous knowledge to record historical weather patterns in an effort to improve forecasts. |
'Eternal flame' extinguished at protest camp |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 November 2003 |
Authorities have extinguished a fire known as the eternal flame at an Indigenous protest camp at Lake Cowal in central western
New South Wales. |
Concert celebrates Jabiluka rehabilitation |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 November 2003 |
The rehabilitation of the former Jabiluka uranium mine site in the Northern Territory has been celebrated with a party and
concert at nearby Jabiru. |
ATSIC proposes 'smart card' welfare plan |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 November 2003 |
Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone says legislation would have to be changed to allow the introduction of a so-called "smart
card", replacing welfare payments for Indigenous communities. |
Indigenous falling behind rest of society: census |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31 October 2003 |
New census figures show Indigenous Australians are falling behind the rest of the community in at number of key areas. |
Survey shows Indigenous people earn less, rent more |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 October 2003 |
A new snapshot of Indigenous Australians shows they earn less and are less likely to be employed or to have completed year
12 than other Australians. |
WA council eyes condom tree plan |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 October 2003 |
The shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley in Western Australia's north-west is considering adopting so-called "condom trees" to
reduce sexually transmissible infections in Kununurra. |
Indigenous tobacco dependency must be treated: AMA |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 October 2003 |
The Australian Medical Association says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health agencies should be required to treat
tobacoo dependency. |
AMA calls for Indigenous health boost |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 October 2003 |
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants the Federal Government to allocate $250 million annually for five years to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. |
The Aboriginal Community happy to be high and dry |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 October 2003 |
Imagine living in a place where the arrival of the wet season is likely to mean you'll have to pack up and move house due
to flooding. |
Concern over increase in Indigenous HIV rate |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 October 2003 |
Health authorities are concerned about a rise in the rate of HIV infections among Indigenous Australians. |
Central Australian fires destroy luxury resort |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 October 2003 |
Northern Territory Police say two fires burning near Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park have already caused an estimated $4 million
in damage. |
Abstudy changes cut Indigenous students |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 October 2003 |
The National Indigenous Postgraduate Association Aboriginal Corporation (NIPAAC) is calling on the Federal Government to
release a report on the impact of cuts to subsidies for Aboriginal students. |
Aboriginal jail rate 'disturbingly' high |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 October 2003 |
A new study has found that the rate at which Aboriginal people are jailed in New South Wales is 16 times higher than for
the rest of the population. |
Inquiry told reforms will decimate Indigenous education |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 October 2003 |
A Senate inquiry has been told the Federal Government's proposed higher education reforms will decimate education for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander students. |
Moves to ban petrol in more communities |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 October 2003 |
The communities of Papunya and Haasts Bluff in central Australia have banned the sale of petrol in an effort to stop petrol
sniffing. |
Investigators probe SA uranium mine spill |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 October 2003 |
Mining giant WMC Resources is confident it has contained a spill of 110,000 litres of radioactive liquid at its Olympic Dam
uranium mine in South Australia's north. |
Study says Govt's Indigenous policies failing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 October 2003 |
A study has found Aboriginal health, education and job prospects declined during the first five years of the Howard Government. |
Death toll call marks nuclear test anniversary |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 October 2003 |
Atomic test veterans have called for a study into just how many of those involved in the tests remain alive as Australia
marks the 50th anniversary of mainland nuclear testing in Australia. |
Indigenous ref makes international debut |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 October 2003 |
Queenslander Adam Neale will today become the first Indigenous person to referee an international rugby league match. |
Call for tribal law recognition |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 October 2003 |
The Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) in Western Australia says the rest of Australia should accept that tribal pay-back is
a part of Indigenous culture and happens daily across the nation. |
Anu, Cassar-Daley take out top Deadlys |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 October 2003 |
Musicians Troy Cassar-Daley and Christine Anu have been honoured at the national Indigenous music, sport, entertainment and
community awards at the Sydney Opera House. |
NSW schools fail Aboriginal literacy test |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 October 2003 |
The annual literacy test in New South Wales primary schools has shown not enough is being done to improve basic skills among
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pupils. |
Indigenous leader hits out at High Court |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
10 October 2003 |
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has attacked the High Court, claiming it has failed to correctly to interpret native title
in several recent cases. |
Traditional owners to regain Maralinga land |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
10 October 2003 |
The Federal Science Minister, Peter McGauran, says he is confident of handing back land affected by British atomic bomb tests
to its traditional owners, despite concerns about what it will cost the Commonwealth. |
Senate report aims to put reconciliation back on track |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
9 October 2003 |
A report resulting from a year-long inquiry into Aboriginal reconciliation in Australia has recommended greater accountability
from government departments involved in Indigenous issues. |
NT abandons impoverished children: report |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 October 2003 |
A national report on child protection in the Northern Territory has blasted the system, saying it has abandoned the most
impoverished children and families in Australia. |
ATSIC commissioner to remain on committee |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
2 October 2003 |
ATSIC's central zone commissioner has decided to stay on a national committee into violence against women in Aboriginal communities. |
Qld Govt rejects Indigenous stolen wages claim |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 September 2003 |
The Queensland Government says "a few postcards" will not make it increase its stolen wages compensation offer
after Indigenous leaders renewed a protest campaign. |
ATSIC welcomes new Indigenous minister |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 September 2003 |
New ATSIC chairman Lionel Quartermaine says he is not concerned by Amanda Vanstone taking over from Philip Ruddock as the
Minister for Immigration and Indigenous Affairs. |
Teen death in Kimberley linked to petrol sniffing: police |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
27 September 2003 |
There is renewed urgency to tackle the petrol sniffing problem in Western Australia's Kimberley following the death of another
teenager at a remote community. |
Partnership to tackle Aboriginal children's health issues |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 September 2003 |
Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley has called for a sense of urgency in tackling the serious health problems
facing Aboriginal children. |
Rock art collection listed as endangered |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
25 September 2003 |
The collection of ancient Aboriginal rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia's north-west has been listed as
one of the world's most threatened monuments. |
NT massacre mourned 75 years on |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
24 September 2003 |
More than 1,000 people are expected to gather in central Australia this morning to mark one of Australia's worst massacres. |
