Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
Prison guard claims no foul play over death in custody |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 April 2005 |
A prison guard accused of involvement in the death of an Aboriginal man in custody has told a Darwin court there
was no foul play surrounding the man's death. |
Scott's widow calls prison guard a murderer |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 April 2005 |
The widow of a man who died in custody has disrupted Darwin court proceedings by accusing a prison guard of murdering
her husband. |
Indigenous doco first to screen at Cannes |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 April 2005 |
A documentary that follows the star of the film "The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith" in a journey across
northern Australia is the first Indigenous documentary to be officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival. |
Land council calls for more govt support |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 April 2005 |
The Central Land Council (CLC) is calling for more government support of Indigenous land management programs. |
Fuel to flow for Aboriginal community |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
19 April 2005 |
Fuel bowsers are set to be installed at a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia's Kimberley - in exchange
for improved child health. |
Govts 'full of rich racists', Yanner says |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 April 2005 |
Gulf of Carpentaria Indigenous leader Murrandoo Yanner has told a community forum in Brisbane that state and
federal governments are dominated by racist politicians who will stop at nothing to wipe out Indigenous affairs in Australia. |
Douglas Scott death in custody autopsies clash |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 April 2005 |
Two new autopsy reports on the body of an Aboriginal man who died while in a Darwin jail 20 years ago say there
is no evidence lesions on his body were caused before death. |
NT councils back non-sniffable fuel roll out |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 April 2005 |
Local councils in the Northern Territory have banded together to unanimously support the roll out of a non-sniffable
fuel to combat petrol sniffing in Aboriginal communities. |
Court shown footage of Palm Is riot |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 April 2005 |
A court has been shown video footage of the Palm Island police station on fire and rocks being thrown at police
during last year's riot at the north Queensland Aboriginal community. |
Survey reveals higher Indigenous child stress levels |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 April 2005 |
A survey into the health of Aboriginal children in Western Australia has revealed they have higher levels of
stress than non-Indigenous children. |
Officer knew of preparations for Palm Is riot, court hears |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 April 2005 |
A police detective has denied last year's riot on Palm Island off north Queensland could have been prevented. |
Baton could have caused mark on dead prisoner's neck: expert |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 April 2005 |
A forensic specialist has told a Darwin court a mark on the neck of an Aboriginal man who died in custody could
be from significant pressure being applied to the area. |
Aboriginal elders lodge genocide case in High Court |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 April 2005 |
A group of Aboriginal elders has vowed to disrupt next year's Commonwealth Games unless Prime Minister John Howard
and others are charged with genocide. |
Vanstone accused of dodging Indigenous meeting |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 April 2005 |
A Northern Territory Indigenous leader says Federal Government support for retaining regional representative
bodies has dissolved since the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). |
Guards in cell on night of prisoner's death, court hears |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 April 2005 |
A witness has told a Darwin court he heard a man cry out in prison the night before a fellow prisoner was found
hanging in his cell. |
Barrister protests security checks at Palm Is hearings |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 April 2005 |
A north Queensland barrister has objected to security checks for legal representatives at the committal hearing
into last year's riot on Palm Island. |
Palm Island riot committal hearing delayed |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11 April 2005 |
There has been a delay on the first day of the committal hearing of 23 people charged over
last year's riot on Palm Island in north Queensland. |
Mutual obligation scheme costs communities: senator |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11 April 2005 |
A Northern Territory senator says many small Indigenous communities are worse off under the Federal Government's
Indigenous mutual obligation scheme. |
Aboriginal prisoner's death was foul play, court hears |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11 April 2005 |
A defence counsel has told a civil trial being held in Darwin that an Aboriginal man who was found hanging in
a jail 20 years ago died from foul play. |
Native title report urges new approach to prosperity |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 April 2005 |
A report into native title agreements has recommended a new approach to lifting the prosperity of Indigenous
communities. |
Howard urged to do more for reconciliation |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 April 2005 |
A former chairwoman of ATSIC says the Federal Government has allowed the issue of Aboriginal reconciliation to
stall. |
Coroner calls for policing change after death in custody |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
8 April 2005 |
The Queensland coroner has called for the state's police service to be given control over Aboriginal community
police to avoid future deaths in custody. |
WA apologises to children abused in care |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 April 2005 |
The Western Australian Government has issued an official apology to people who were abused in institutional care
between the 1920s and the 1970s. |
Land Council casts doubt on home ownership plan |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 April 2005 |
The director of one of the Northern Territory's land councils says anyone advocating private land ownership in
Aboriginal communities needs to think twice. |
Indigenous leader warns against dramatic land rights changes |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 April 2005 |
A member of the Prime Minister's National Indigenous Council is cautioning against sweeping changes to Australia's
land rights legislation. |
Aboriginal bone theft under investigation |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
7 April 2005 |
Queensland's first investigation into an alleged theft of Aboriginal bones and coffins is under way. |
PM seals Indigenous services deal |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 April 2005 |
Prime Minister John Howard and Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin have signed a five-year agreement
aimed at improving the delivery of services to Indigenous Australians. |
Labor cautions over Indigenous land ownership laws |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 April 2005 |
The Federal Opposition has warned the Commonwealth to consult widely before making any changes to the system
of Indigenous land ownership in Australia. |
Community to raise land tenure with PM |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 April 2005 |
The council at the Northern Territory's largest Indigenous community says it would like to hear Prime Minister
John Howard's views on land ownership in communities. |
Aboriginal community of Wadeye seek changes to land holding laws |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 Apri 2005 |
This morning the Prime Minister John Howard will hear how the Aboriginal people of Wadeye want to scrap the communal
ownership of land in their town. |
Aboriginal activist given good behaviour bond |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 April 2005 |
An Aboriginal activist has been given a 12-month good behaviour bond for stealing a bronze
coat of arms from Old Parliament House in Canberra. |
Tributes flow for Stolen Generations' hero |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 April 2005 |
Indigenous leaders have paid tribute to the man at the centre of a landmark compensation test case that internationally
highlighted the plight of the Stolen Generations. |
Police storm Canberra tent embassy |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 April 2005 |
There were clashes at the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra last night. |
Indigenous babies slip through immunisation net |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 April 2005 |
A national immunisation expert says Aboriginal babies are not being immunised early enough. |
Death in custody autopsy finds signs of torture |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 April 2005 |
A second autopsy examination of the body of an Aboriginal man who died in custody in Darwin 20 years ago has
contradicted the findings of a coronial inquiry into his death. |
Project underway to record disappearing Indigenous music |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 April 2005 |
A national project is under way to archive every genre of Indigenous song and dance before they disappear. |
Man tries to leave court with coat of arms |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 April 2005 |
The defence for an Aboriginal activist charged with stealing a coat of arms from Old Parliament House in Canberra
has been accused of concocting a stunt in front of jurors after trying to leave court with the same coat of arms. |
