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Lack of insurance cover threatens youth performance project

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

12th May 2002

The future of an indigenous performance company specialising in workshops for outback youth is under threat because it cannot get insurance cover.

More arrests after Goulburn Jail riot

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

10th May 2002

Seven more prisoners have been charged over last month's riot at Goulburn Jail.

Church offers in-home aged care program for Indigenous Australians

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8th May 2002

Older indigenous people in the far west of New South Wales are being given the option to take part in a new aged care program, which does not require people to leave home.

Court halts Lake Cowal gold exploration

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

7th May 2002

The NSW Land and Environment Court has granted a permanent injunction preventing one of the world's largest gold mining companies from continuing exploration at Lake Cowal, near West Wyalong in central NSW.

Book to boost indigenous language

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

7th May 2002

The revival of indigenous languages in the Walgett region, in northern NSW, has been furthered by a new book containing 100 words of the Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay language.

Agreement proposed to guarantee WA station access

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6th May 2002

The pastoral industry is being urged to negotiate a better system of ensuring access to land by Aboriginal people.

Traditional owners welcome Gammon Ranges decision

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6th May 2002

The traditional owners of South Australia's Gammon Ranges National Park have complimented both the former Liberal and current Labor state governments for saving the area from mining.

Rock art group calls for clarification of development plans

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22nd April 2002

The International Federation of Rock Art Organisations says it is still waiting for written assurance that ancient Aboriginal rock art on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha in Western Australia will not be removed from sites earmarked for development.

Rejection of Stolen Generation case alarming: NT Attorney-General

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

4th May 2002

The Northern Territory's Attorney-General says the failure of two Territory members of the Stolen Generation to win a High Court appeal is a wake-up call.

Govt welcomes High Court's Stolen Generations ruling

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3rd May 2002

The Federal Government has welcomed a High Court decision which it hopes will bring an end to the issue of compensation for the Stolen Generations.

High Court rejects 'stolen generation' compensation appeal

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3rd May 2002

The full bench of the High Court has rejected an appeal by two Northern Territory members of the stolen generations who sought compensation.

NT to market Arnhem Land tours

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3rd May 2002

The Northern Territory's Tourist Commission says Aboriginal culture and heritage tours in Arnhem Land will be a major selling focus at an international trade show in Brisbane this month.

ATSIC claims abuse in communities reaching an 'epidemic'

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3rd May 2002

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has described problems of sexual abuse and domestic violence in Aboriginal communities as "serious and frightful".

WA Govt hands land over to traditional owners

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

1st May 2002

The Western Australian State Government has handed almost three hectares of land, near the WA town of Cue, to its ancestral owners.

Aboriginal corp harvesting croc eggs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22nd April 2002

An Aboriginal corporation based at Maningrida, Arnhem Land, is harvesting crocodile eggs as part of a sustainable but slightly dangerous enterprise that utilises wildlife.

Funds disappear from bank agency

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

19th April 2002

The Torres Strait's Islander Board of Industry and Service (IBIS) says it was "totally out of its depth" when it took on the operations of a banking agency at Weipa.

Mismanagement claims at NT mines prompt call for Senate inquiry

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

19th April 2002

The Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation is calling for a Senate inquiry into allegations of environmental mismanagement at the Ranger and Jabiluka uranium mines in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park.

Teenager detained for attack on homeless Aboriginal man

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

19th April 2002

A 17-year-old from Darwin will spend a minimum of 12 days in detention for the bashing of a sleeping homeless Aboriginal man.

Indigenous health group considers outlawing junk food

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

19th April 2002

An Aboriginal health organisation says soft drinks and fast foods may soon be illegal in the Pitjantjatjara lands in central Australia.

Jury finds Yunupingu not guilty of woman's murder

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

18th April 2002

A Northern Territory Supreme Court jury has taken less than three hours to deliver its verdict in the murder trial of a 28-year-old man from Arnhem Land.

Traditional owners calling for clean-up of Jabiluka mine site

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

18th April 2002

An organisation representing a group of Kakadu National Park traditional owners is again calling on Rio Tinto to rehabilitate the Jabiluka mine site.

Committee wants Aboriginal court for NT

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

16th April 2002

The Aboriginal Justice Advocacy Committee says the Northern Territory should introduce a court to deal specifically with Aboriginal offenders.

WWF to extend WA conservation initiatives

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

16th April 2002

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) is launching a new program of conservation activities for Western Australia.

Jabiluka uranium mine to remain closed for 10 years

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

15th April 2002

Representatives of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the Territory's Jabiluka uranium mine site say the lease owners have reconfirmed their intention not to proceed with the mine for at least 10 years.

Yunupingu murder trial begins

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11th April 2002

A jury has been empanelled in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, to hear the murder trial of 27-year-old Gavin Yunupingu.

Aboriginal community divided over alcohol licence plan

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11th April 2002

Opinion is divided among Aboriginal leaders over the Queensland Government's plan to curb alcohol abuse in indigenous communities.

Jabiluka traditional owners call for full Senate inquiry

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

10th April 2002

The Aboriginal traditional owners of the Jabiluka uranium mine site on a lease surrounded by Kakadu National Park are calling for a full Senate inquiry into operations at the mine.

Fitzgerald grog inquiry response still pending

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9th April 2002

State Cabinet has considered a draft response to an inquiry which found Cape York Peninsular indigenous communities were in crisis.

QLD Govt considers draft response to indigenous report

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9th April 2002

The Queensland Cabinet has considered a draft response to an inquiry which found Cape York Peninsula indigenous communities were in "crisis".

Indigenous culture is Australia's greatest treasure

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

7th April 2002

The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock says Australia's greatest treasure is arguably its indigenous peoples and their cultures.

Indigenous films used to mark bicentenary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6th April 2002

Films made by indigenous people have been presented to the French Government to mark the bicentenary of Nicolas Baudin's exploration of Australia.

Scheme to map areas of important indigenous culture

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

5th April 2002

It is hoped a major project beginning in western Queensland will lead to future job and industry development in areas of indigenous significance by cutting red tape.

NT website hopes to unite refugee and Aboriginal experiences

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

4th April 2002

Refugees from Liberia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Yugoslavia and schoolchildren from the Aboriginal community of Ngukurr have participated in today's launch of a website at the Northern Territory Museum in Darwin.

Corruption widespread in communities says ATSIC rep

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27th March 2002

A senior Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) representative claims corruption and bribery are widespread throughout indigenous communities, but nothing is being done to stop it.

Indigenous communities warned of ute dangers

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27th March 2002

Remote indigenous communities are being encouraged to buy new vehicles to try to stop people from riding in the back of utilities.

'Tell it like it is', Ruddock tells indigenous leaders

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

26th March 2002

The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock, says more Aboriginal leaders need to be willing to embrace change so their communities can get past what some suggest is a sense of victimhood.

Barrick suspends lake gold drilling

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

25th March 2002

Barrick Gold says it has removed heavy equipment from the Lake Cowal gold project near West Wyalong in central New South Wales.

Indigenous group signs canopy land use agreement

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

25th March 2002

An indigenous group has signed a land use agreement over a proposed $7 million canopy walk in far north Queensland.

NT rangers say no to sunscreen, repellent in waterways

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24th March 2002

Northern Territory park rangers are asking tourists and residents not to wear insect repellent or sunscreen while cooling-off in park waterways because the chemicals kill aquatic animals.

WA Govt considers joint management of national parks

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

23rd March 2002

The Western Australian Government is investigating new ways in which conservation lands can be owned by indigenous groups and managed as national parks.

Community considers future for skeletal remains

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22nd March 2002

The Eurobodalla Aboriginal community is expected to take several weeks to decide the future of Aboriginal skeletal remains unearthed at Surfside Primary School near Batemans Bay.

Court to decide on Lake Cowal gold mining injunction

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22nd March 2002

The NSW Land and Environment Court will decide today whether to grant an injunction stopping gold mining exploration work at Lake Cowal, north of West Wyalong.

Rock art safe from chemicals Woodside Energy

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22nd March 2002

Woodside Energy has denied claims chemical emissions from its operations on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha are damaging some of the oldest rock art in the world.

Rock art data base preserves culture

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

21st March 2002

Cultural Heritage officers at the Uluru-Kata-Tjuta National Park say they are setting up a database of rock art as part of a plan to protect indigenous culture.

Meeting to consider strategies to reduce alcoholism

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

20th March 2002

The first meeting of a working party created by Australian liquor licensing commissions will get underway in Alice Springs today.

Condoms growing on trees in safe sex push

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

20th March 2002

A health service in Western Australia's Kimberley region has come up with an innovative way of promoting safe sex in Aboriginal communities.

Garma Festival forum to focus on environment

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

17th March 2002

This year's Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land will feature a forum on indigenous people and the environment.

Figjam concert to be held in Jabiru

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

17th March 2002

The Northern Territory's annual Figjam concert featuring local indigenous bands, will take place in Jabiru this year for the first time.

Police avert riot between interrelated Aboriginal families

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

13th March 2002

Talks yesterday in the town of Mount Magnet have brokered a temporary peace between several interrelated Aboriginal families from surrounding regions.

Ah Kit rejects claims Darwin's racial divide could turn violent

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11th March 2002

The Northern Territory Labor Minister, John Ah Kit, has dismissed claims Darwin could become one of the world's most violent cities because of the economic divide between the indigenous population and the rest of society.

Claims funding crisis is 'stealing' indigenous children

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9th March 2002

Indigenous women say their children are still being stolen away from them because of a funding crisis in community legal services.

Traditional owners dispute court dugong finding

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8th March 2002

Mackay traditional elders say they are disappointed over the acquittal of a man who killed a dugong at Clairview three years ago.

ANU says Aborigines may be able to claim cane toad compo

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8th March 2002

A researcher from the Australian National University (ANU) says Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory who lose traditional food sources because of the cane toad may have grounds for compensation.

Company apologises following report of uranium leak

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6th March 2002

The uranium mining company, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), has apologised to traditional owners for failing to report high uranium levels found within Kakadu National Park in January.

Aboriginal bashings prompt call for prevention protocol

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

26th February 2002

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) wants to establish a protocol with Northern Territory police to prevent attacks on Aboriginal people in Darwin.

Aboriginal Treaty information sessions to be held in NSW

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

23rd February 2002

A series of information sessions will be held around New South Wales over the next three months for Aboriginal people to learn about the concept of a treaty and how a treaty between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians may work.

ATSIC welcomes uni's apology for Aboriginal experiments

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8th February 2002

The South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner (ATSIC) has welcomed an apology from the Adelaide University for scientific experiments done on Aboriginal people early last century.

Aboriginal activist seeks leave to spear policeman to death

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

27th January 2002

An Aboriginal activist is seeking permission from Australia's High Court to spear a senior policeman to death because the officer allegedly desecrated a sacred fire.

Yalanji people granted freehold title over north Qld land

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24th January 2002

In an emotional ceremony, an indigenous group has been handed freehold title over land in far north Queensland.

Papal email reignites 'sorry' debate

Guardian Unlimited

26th November 2001

The Pope's apology to Australia's Aboriginal population has put pressure on the prime minister to follow suit

Parliament honours black land

Sydney Morning Herald

9th September 2001

Aboriginal ownership of Australia is likely to be acknowledged in an indigenous opening ceremony for the new Federal Parliament.

Stolen Generations compensation appeal lost

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

1st September 2001

Two members of the Stolen Generations lose a court appeal over compensation from the Commonwealth.

Indigenous Health - AMA Calls for Action - and a Treaty!

Australian Medical Association

18th July 2001

Extract from a Speech to the National Press Club, on July 18th 2001, by the
Federal President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Kerryn Phelps

30th anniversary of Aboriginal flag

Frog and Toad's Indigenous Australia

12th July 2001

July 12th 2001 is the 30th anniversary of the first use of the distinctive red, gold and black Aboriginal flag - now used by indigenous Australians throughout the continent.

Aboriginal artists sue US TV giant over Survivor music

Hollywood.com

3rd July 2001

Far north Queensland Aboriginal artists - including the well-known didgeridoo player David Hudson - are suing the creators of the American reality TV show Survivor for what they claim is exploitation of their music.

Murray Islands handed back after court ruling

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

14th June 2001

Australia's Federal Court today recognised native title over two more of the Murray Islands. The famous 'Mabo' High Court case a decade ago, which first gave legal recognition to native title in Australia, was over these same islands in the Torres Strait to the north of the continent.

New South Wales landmarks to get Aboriginal names

Sydney Morning Herald

7th June 2001

The NSW Government has initiated a program aimed at providing dual Aboriginal names for appropriate landmarks.

No progress on native title in Australia's southern states

The Melbourne Age

3rd June 2001

Nine years after the High Court's Mabo judgment, and seven years after the Victorian State Government pushed through laws to apparently reflect the changes, native title has not been recognised anywhere in Victoria. Nor is there any immediate prospect of a claim being resolved...

Labor will say sorry in first week: Beazley

Sydney Morning Herald

26th May 2001

Australian Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, today pledged to apologise to Australian Aborigines over the stolen generation if the Australian Labor Party is elected in a Federal election due by the end of 2001.

Forget apology from the PM, a treaty is the way to go

Sydney Morning Herald

25th May 2001

Calls for an apology have got nowhere. Rod Towney, Chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, says it is time to move on and take a more effective step towards reconciliation.

Bush hit by didgeridoo demand

News Ltd

27th April 2001

Following concerns that tourist demand for didgeridoos is taking an alarming toll on Top End bushland, Northern Territory Environment authorities are planning a tagging system to curb the problem.

Forum boosts support for apology

The Melbourne Age

19 February 2001

Two out of three Australians who participated in a special reconciliation forum believed the Federal Government should officially apologise to Aborigines, and more than half supported a treaty between blacks and whites.

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