Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
Rio Tinto shelves Jabiluka plans |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Sept 5th, 2002. |
Mining giant Rio Tinto has agreed to shelve the proposed Jabiluka uranium
mine in Kakadu National Park, once and for all. |
Mirrar call for Jabiluka action after Summit promise |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Sept 4th, 2002. |
The Mirrar people of Kakadu have demanded Rio Tinto starts rehabilitating
the proposed Jabiluka mine site immediately. |
Not enough support for treaty: Ruddock |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 29th, 2002 |
A three-day national conference has ended in Canberra, pledging widespread
support for a treaty between indigenous Australians and the wider
community. |
Tribal law to go under WA microscope |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 28th, 2002 |
Western Australia's Law Reform commission is to conduct Australia's first
extensive inquiry into Aboriginal tribal law and how it can be recognised
in a state's legal system. |
Govt has 'moral obligation' to address reconciliation: Ridgeway |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 28th, 2002 |
Government inaction towards reconciliation will be the focus of a Senate
inquiry launched in Canberra today. |
Governor-General returns traditional lands |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 27th, 2002 |
The Governor-General, Peter Hollingworth, has handed back the Barrow Creek
Telegraph Station Reserve in the Northern Territory to its traditional
owners. |
Inquiry examines indigenous governance |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 19th, 2002. |
Indigenous groups are hoping a new federal inquiry will give Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people far greater control over the management
of their own communities. |
Greenpeace installs solar panels at Tent Embassy |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 18th, 2002. |
Members of the Tent Embassy in Canberra say the donation of solar panels
to restore electricity to the site in front of the old parliament house is
proof there is strong community support for the embassy. |
Yolngu-language radio service to teach life skills |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 16th, 2002. |
A new community radio service to be broadcast in the Yolngu language of
north-east Arnhem Land, will teach essential life skills. |
Aboriginal communities facing abuse crisis |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 16th, 2002.
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Aboriginal communities facing abuse crisis: ATSIC
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) says a huge
effort is needed to address what it is calling the horrific abuse of its
children at alarming rates. |
Thousands take in indigenous culture at Garma Festival |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 15th, 2002. |
More than 1,000 people have pitched tents overlooking the Arnhem
escarpment at the annual Garma Festival. |
DNA tests divide Aboriginal community |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 14th, 2002 |
Moves by 20 Tasmanians to have DNA tests to prove they are indigenous have
the Aboriginal community divided. |
Native Title holding up defence centre construction: Hill |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 12th, 2002 |
The Defence Minister Robert Hill says unresolved native title issues have
left construction of the new Bradshaw Station Defence Training Centre
almost two years behind schedule. |
Claim Govt needs to do more to recognise indigenous artists |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 10th, 2002 |
Federal Opposition Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Arts
spokeswoman, Dr Carmen Lawrence, says the Government is not doing enough
to recognise indigenous artists. |
Aboriginal languages to be taught in schools |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 10th, 2002 |
Aboriginal languages in danger of extinction are to be taught in schools
in New South Wales. |
Mabo website logs off |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 9th, 2002 |
A website bearing the name, Mabo, has closed down following controversy
over the proposed sale of the site. |
Mabo family furious at website sale |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 8th, 2002 |
The son of late land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo has expressed anger and
outrage over the proposed sale of a website containing his family's name. |
Calls for native title review |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 8th, 2002 |
There are renewed calls for a political solution to native title, after
today's High Court rulings in two key cases. |
Indigenous home ownership growing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 6th, 2002 |
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) says the
Northern Territory's main centres are showing signs of growth in
indigenous home ownership rates. |
Call for funds to boost Aboriginal tourism |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 6th, 2002 |
The Indigenous Tourism Leadership Group (ITLG) wants the Federal
Government to inject funds into a venture capital investment scheme to
boost growth in the Aboriginal tourism sector. |
Research to spark rethink on indigenous history |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 5th, 2002 |
Research commissioned by the Gunditjmara people in south-west Victoria
looks set to revolutionise theories about the way Aborigines lived before
white settlement. |
Rally ends with claims Govt using emotional blackmail |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 3rd, 2002 |
Aboriginal groups have accused the Queensland Government of using
emotional blackmail to try to pressure them into accepting a compensation
offer for decades of withheld wages. |
NT to organise probe into indigenous retail habits |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
Aug 2th, 2002 |
The Consumer Affairs Minister, Peter Toyne, says the Northern Territory
has been asked to organise investigations into national strategies for
managing indigenous consumer issues |
Community farewells Aboriginal artist |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
July 31st, 2002 |
A burial ceremony is taking place in central Australia for the acclaimed
Aboriginal artist Kumantjayi Possum Tjapaltjarri. |
Memorial service held for Aboriginal artist |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
July 30th, 2002 |
A memorial service celebrating the life of the Aboriginal artist,
Kumantjayi Possum Tjapaltjarri,has been held in Alice Springs this
afternoon. |
Program to address substance abuse in remote Aboriginal communities |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
July 29th, 2002 |
A series of pilot programs is planned in remote Aboriginal communities
aimed at addressing substance abuse, including petrol sniffing. |
Indigenous peoples meet at UN |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
July 26th, 2002. |
Representatives of the world's indigenous peoples meeting at the United
Nations have accused some Western countries, Australia among them, of
trying to shut down their main forum in the United Nations. |
TOURIST demand for didgeridoos is taking a worrying
toll on Top End bushland, it was claimed today. |
News.com.au |
Jan 25th, 2002 |
Northern Territory environment authorities are planning a tagging
system to curb the problem.
Estimates of the numbers of didgeridoos being produced reach the
hundreds of thousands. |
