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Date

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Theft trial begins for tent-embassy activist

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

30 March 2005

The trial of an Aboriginal activist charged with stealing a bronze plaque from outside Old Parliament House in Canberra has started in the ACT Supreme Court.

Media warned at Palm Island hearing

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 March 2005

A directions hearing into the death of a Palm Island man has heard newspaper articles published ahead of a second inquest may be in contempt.

Doomadgee family pushes for interpreters at inquest

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

29 March 2005

To Queensland now, and the second inquest into the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee opens with a directions hearing in Brisbane today, and language is shaping up as one of the key issues of contention.

Beattie cleared of Palm Island bribery allegations

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24 March 2005

Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) has cleared Premier Peter Beattie of any official wrongdoing in the alleged Palm Island bribery affair.

ATSIC is no longer

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

24 March 2005

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been officially abolished.

Tas to hand land to Aboriginal communities

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

23 March 2005

Parcels of land in the Furneaux Group of islands will be handed back to the Aboriginal community after a historic vote this afternoon in Tasmania's Legislative Council.

Mourners honour first Aboriginal judge at state funeral

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22 March 2005

Australia's first Aboriginal judge, Bob Bellear, has been given a state funeral at Sydney's Town Hall today.

Govt defends human rights record to UN

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

22 March 2005

The Federal Government says it is not dragging its heels on human rights.

Rights groups say Govt dragging heels on reforms

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

21 March 2005

The Federal Government has been accused by various human rights groups of dragging its heels, following criticism of Australia's racial discrimination record by the United Nations.

Ingrid clean-up to take months

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

20 March 2005

The head of the Nhulunbuy Corporation in north-eastern Arnhem Land estimates it will take about three months to clean up debris from Cyclone Ingrid.

Work inquiry wants Indigenous success stories

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

19 March 2005

Australians with positive stories or experiences about Indigenous employment are being invited to make submissions to a new federal parliamentary inquiry.

Indigenous leaders lament ATSIC's demise

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

17 March 2005

Indigenous leaders say Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have lost their voice with the formal scrapping of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

Rock throwers attack Palm Is police

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

16 March 2005

Rock throwers targeted police on Palm Island in north Queensland last night after a heated community meeting.

First Aboriginal judge dies

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

16 March 2005

The country's first Aboriginal judge, Robert Bellear, has died.

Return Aborigines to traditional lifestyle: Egan

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

15 March 2005

The Northern Territory's Administrator has proposed a radical new approach to Aboriginal housing saying the building of houses has done Indigenous people no favours.

Parties divided over timetable to abolish ATSIC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

15 March 2005

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is one step closer to being abolished, with amended legislation to dissolve the Indigenous body passing the Senate last night.

ATSIC became 'too strong', Clark says

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

15 March 2005

The head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) remains indignant over the Government's decision to abolish the organisation.

Rann Government denies ignoring petrol sniffing issue

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

14 March 2005

The South Australia Government insists it has not ignored the issue of petrol sniffing in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in the state's far north-west.

Opposition dismisses legal advice clearing Beattie

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

14 March 2005

The Queensland Opposition has dismissed legal advice that clears Premier Peter Beattie of personal wrongdoing in the alleged bribery matter at Palm Island.

Croker Island reeling after cyclone

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

14 March 2005

Cyclone Ingrid has left the 200 residents of Croker Island, about 200 kilometres north-east of Darwin, with no running water and only enough food for two days.

Asbestos devastates Aboriginal community

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

13 March 2005

There are a lot of very sick people among the Bunjalung Aboriginal people of Baryulgil in northern New South Wales.

Protesters demand new Hickey inquest

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

11 March 2005

A small but angry group of protesters have gathered outside the New South Wales Parliament as part of their campaign to re-open the inquest into the death of Thomas "TJ" Hickey.

Vanstone rejects call for nationally-elected Aboriginal group

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9 March 2005

Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone has rejected the findings of a Senate report that wants a new nationally-elected Indigenous body set up to replace the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

Rally to seek fresh Hickey hearings

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

9 March 2005

A community rally calling for the reopening of the inquest into the death of Aboriginal teenager Thomas 'TJ' Hickey will be held at Walgett in northern New South Wales today.

Report seeks nationally elected body to replace ATSIC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

8 March 2005

A report expected to be tabled in Federal Parliament today is set to call for the establishment of a nationally elected Indigenous body in Australia.

Stomach ulcers plague Indigenous Australians

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

6 March 2005

Indigenous Australians are almost four times more likely than the rest of the population to carry the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers, according to a report in the "Medical Journal of Australia".

ATSIC chairman stands by assets decision

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

5 March 2005

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) chairman Geoff Clark says he is yet to receive a letter from the Indigenous Affairs Minister asking him to justify why he should not be suspended.

New inquest into Palm Is death

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3 March 2005

A new inquest will be held into the death in custody of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee.

Beattie names new Indigenous Policy Minister

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

3 March 2005

John Mickel is Queensland's new Indigenous Policy Minister.

Report criticises Indigenous housing, education

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

2 March 2005

A new report has proposed the granting of individual property rights in Aboriginal communities as one way of helping to address serious social problems facing Indigenous Australians.

Palm Island inquest adjourned amid bias concerns

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

1 March 2005

Queensland coroner Michael Barnes has adjourned the coronial inquest into a death in custody on Palm Island until Thursday.

Clark leaves Qld Cabinet amid CMC inquiry

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online

1 March 2005

Liddy Clark has resigned as Queensland's Indigenous policy minister, after only a year in the role.

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