Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
Lack of services creating new Stolen Generation: committee |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 September 2003 |
The National Sorry Day Committee says another Stolen Generation is being created because there is a lack of culturally appropriate
support services for Indigenous families. |
Museums repatriate Aboriginal remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 September 2003 |
Aboriginal remains collected from museums across Australia will be returned to their origins in Kimberley in Western Australia,
as part of a repatriation program. |
Aboriginal to run for Labor's national presidency |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 September 2003 |
One of the leading Aboriginal political figures in New South Wales says he has secured the support of Labor's right wing
to run for the ALP's national presidency. |
New Tas Aboriginal leaders promise land fight |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 September 2003 |
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre's new leadership team has promised to continue to fight for the return of Crown land. |
ATSIC targets delivery of Indigenous health services |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 August 2003 |
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) says a new report showing the state of Indigenous health is
trailing far behind the general population, highlights the need to look at how services are delivered. |
Plans afoot for first Indigenous university |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 August 2003 |
The management council of the Batchelor Institute in the Northern Territory says it is considering proposals to become Australia's
first Indigenous university. |
WA Premier to meet Aboriginal leaders over boy's death |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
26 August 2003 |
West Australian Aboriginal leaders want today's meeting with Premier Geoff Gallop to solve long-running issues between the
Nyoongah community and the Government. |
Publisher pictures more Indigenous dictionaries |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
26 August 2003 |
The publisher of the first picture dictionary for a central Australian Aboriginal language says it has received funding for
another six books. |
Black amputee wins right to matching foot |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
26 August 2003 |
A black woman in Britain has won the right to be given an artificial foot which matches her skin colour, after first being
told to make do with a white one. |
Aboriginal group wins SA land care award |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22 August 2003 |
A group of traditional Aboriginal landholders has won a South Australian land care award for its work in reducing the numbers
of feral animals and pest plants, and revegetating with native trees. |
Ruddock launches Aboriginal domestic violence program |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 August 2003 |
The Indigenous Affairs Minister, Philip Ruddock, has launched a program in partnership with ATSIC to combat domestic violence
in Aboriginal communities. |
T-shirt sparks NT vilification debate |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 August 2003 |
The Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner is recommending changes be made to territory laws so complaints
can be based on vilification. |
Sniffer dogs proposed to stamp out Indigenous drug abuse |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20 August 2003 |
A Federal Government senator is proposing to use Customs sniffer dogs to help stamp out drug abuse in Aboriginal communities. |
NT 'ahead of the times' on Indigenous initiatives |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 August 2003 |
One of the people conducting the review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) says many of the
Indigenous initiatives Prime Minister John Howard went to see on the Cape York Peninsula have been operating in the Northern Territory for
at least a decade. |
Brisbane artist wins richest Indigenous art prize |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15 August 2003 |
The winner of Australia's most prestigious award for Indigenous art says he cannot believe he has been chosen. |
Research partnership to improve Aboriginal health |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 August 2003 |
Adelaide's Flinders University has joined a seven-year research partnership designed to improve Aboriginal health across
Australia. |
Clark lashes Labor, Democrats for lack of support |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 August 2003 |
The suspended head of the Australian and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Geoff Clark, has criticised Labor and
the Democrats for not speaking out against his standing-down by the Government. |
The PM has backed Geoff Clark's suspension |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 August 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard has backed moves to suspend the chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission,
Geoff Clark. |
Govt, Rio Tinto team up for Indigenous health scheme |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 August 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard has launched a partnership program with mining company Rio Tinto aimed at improving the health
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. |
NT's Indigenous art copyright proposal yet to go to Fed Govt |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
9 August 2003 |
Northern Territory Attorney-General Peter Toyne says he is yet to deliver a letter to his Federal counterpart detailing the
NT Martin Government's proposals on Indigenous art are copyright. |
Indigenous leaders want Govt 'partnership' |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 August 2003 |
Aboriginal leaders on Cape York have called for an equal partnership with the Federal Government to fix difficult social
problems such as substance abuse and welfare dependency. |
Govt funds Cape York finance scheme |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6 August 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard has announced $1.5 million to promote better management of personal finances in Indigenous communities
in Cape York. |
PM to tour nth Qld Indigenous communities |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5 August 2003 |
Prime Minister John Howard today begins a rare two-day visit to Queensland Indigenous communities. |
Survey raises concerns over Indigenous fishing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 August 2003 |
A national survey of Australia's fishing habits has raised the possibility that some Indigenous communities may consider
capping the take of dugongs and turtles. |
PM to take closer look at Indigenous community policy |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
4 August 2003 |
The Prime Minister says he will use his visit to Cape York this week to see how programs aimed at helping Indigenous communities
are working. |
Ruddock rules out witch-hunt over leaked tape |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31 July 2003 |
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock says he will not engage in a witch-hunt to find out who leaked a taped
recording about an ATSIC commissioner to the ABC. |
Indigenous violence discussed at conference |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31 July 2003 |
Co-chairman of Reconciliation Australia believes anger over past wrongs is at least partly to blame for violence in Indigenous
communities. |
British museum faces legal action over Aboriginal remains |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31 July 2003 |
An Aboriginal delegation in London seeking the return of Aboriginal human remains in British museums, says it will sue the
British Natural History Museum, if it refuses to return Indigenous body parts in its collection. |
Overlapping native title bid confusing: claimant |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 July 2003 |
A Federal Court decision to allow an overlapping native title bid for part of Western Australia's south-west has been described
by one of the claimants as confusing. |
Labor demands Ruddock resign over ATSIC tape |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30 July 2003 |
The Federal Opposition says the Indigenous Affairs Minister must now resign, after admitting it was his voice on a taped
conversation about a prominent Aboriginal leader. |
Tribal elders concerned over embassy changes |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
Some elders from the Ngunnawal tribe in Canberra are concerned they were not told about the future of the Aboriginal Tent
Embassy site before the ATSIC regional council approved a raft of recommendations. |
Report backs Tent Embassy camping ban |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
An ATSIC-commissioned report into the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra has recommended camping be banned on the site. |
Aboriginal skulls handed back |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
A British museum has handed back Aboriginal remains to a group of Indigenous Australians. |
Ruddock rejects bias claims |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock has rejected suggestions he is biased against key Aboriginal figures. |
Ruddock admits his voice is on tape |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock has admitted it is his voice on a tape-recorded conversation which discusses the
financial dealings of ATSIC commissioner Ray Robinson. |
Indigenous artworks fetch record prices |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29 July 2003 |
Aboriginal artworks have sold for record prices at a Sotheby's auction in Sydney. |
Indigenous art interest growing: Sotheby's |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 July 2003 |
One of Australia's largest Indigenous art auctions will be held in Melbourne today, featuring some of the Northern Territory's
best-known artists. |
PM meets Indigenous leaders on violence |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 July 2003 |
Indigenous leaders from around Australia will appeal to Prime Minister John Howard today to help them tackle domestic violence
in their communities. |
PM calls for action on Indigenous domestic violence |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 July 2003 |
The Prime Minister says it is time to try some bold measures to tackle domestic violence in Indigenous communities. |
Robinson charges to be changed |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
21 July 2003 |
Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that charges against the former deputy chairman of the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Ray Robinson will be amended. |
Aboriginal legal service loses funding |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 July 2003 |
The National Aboriginal Legal Service says its loss of annual funding by a new Federal Government body is politically motivated. |
Uncertainty dictated approach to tent embassy raid: police |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 July 2003 |
Police have defended their actions during an early-morning raid at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. |
Police move in on tent embassy |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17 July 2003 |
More than 40 police officers have removed a structure at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra after a pre-dawn raid. |
Music enlisted in petrol-sniffing battle |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
16 July 2003 |
Youth workers hope a music recording studio built at the Aboriginal community of Papunya north-west of Alice Springs will
deter young people from petrol sniffing. |
Project to re-establish Aboriginal language |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
13 July 2003 |
A project to revive an Aboriginal language that has not been spoken formore than 100 years is about to start in Lake Macquarie
near Newcastle. |
More Indigenous kids seeking help |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11 July 2003 |
The national counselling service Kids Help Line says it has recorded a significant increase in calls from young Indigenous
people over the past 12 months. |
Mirrar people set for Jabiluka victory |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
9 July 2003 |
Mining giant Rio Tinto and traditional Aboriginal owners are to sign an agreement to formally shelve the Jabiluka uranium
mine. |
Purnululu gains World Heritage status |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 July 2003 |
The unusual beehive structures of Purnululu National Park in Western Australia have won the area a World Heritage listing. |
Aboriginal groups win native title bid |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3 July 2003 |
Two Aboriginal claimant groups have been granted partial native title rights over a 20,000 square kilometre area of Western
Australia's Pilbara. |
Art found in place that time forgot |
The Australian, Newspaper |
2 July 2003 |
Scientists have unveiled a 4000-year-old Aboriginal rock art site in a wilderness area that has already yielded a tree species
still living from prehistory. |
Wollemi rock art sheds light on Aboriginal culture |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
1 July 2003 |
A 4,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art site has been found deep in rugged bushland in the Wollemi National Park, north-west
of Sydney. |
C'wealth to address low Indigenous immunisation |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28 June 2003 |
The Federal Government will fund an education initiative in central Australia to address the low immunisation rates among
Aboriginal people. |
Kemp rejects tent embassy heritage application |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
26 June 2003 |
Federal Heritage Minister David Kemp has rejected a last-minute attempt to retain a burnt-out building at the Aboriginal
Tent Embassy in Canberra. |
Last-ditch bid to save tent embassy building |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
23 June 2003 |
The Australian Heritage Commission has given the Federal Government the go-ahead to remove a burnt-out structure from the
Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. |
Independent review suggests new look ATSIC |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 June 2003 |
An independent panel set up to review the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has found there is very
little support for the way it is performing. |
WA Govt breaks off Bropho native title negotiations |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18 June 2003 |
The Western Australian State Government has terminated negotiations with Aboriginal activist Robert Bropho and other native
title claimants who have lodged claims over the entire Perth metropolitan area. |
Police to investigate Aboriginal tent embassy fire |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14 June 2003 |
Police are investigating a fire that destroyed a temporary building at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. |
Council says street children a common problem |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 June 2003 |
A central Australian Aboriginal council says towns across Australia are having similar problems as Alice Springs with children
roaming their streets. |
Violence 'out of control': health group |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 June 2003 |
A prominent Aboriginal health organisation has backed calls for brutality against women and children in indigenous communities
to be treated as a national emergency. |
Man fined for fishing at sacred site |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 June 2003 |
A Darwin man has been fined $1,500 for fishing at an Aboriginal sacred site. |
Aboriginal 'knowledge centre' to protect sacred objects |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 June 2003 |
A centre aiming to preserve Aboriginal culture for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people will open in the remote east
Arnhem community of Galiwinku today. |
Aboriginal violence at crisis point: Dodson |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12 June 2003 |
A respected Aboriginal leader has called for extreme action to stop what he calls the increasing brutality against Aboriginal
women and children. |
