Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
Injunction delays funeral of respected Aboriginal artist |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17th July 2002 |
The funeral of Aboriginal artist Clifford "Possum" Tjapaltjarri will not go ahead today because of a Territory Supreme
Court injunction preventing his family burying him at Mt Allan. |
Indigenous people seek out their roots |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15th July 2002. |
There is a growing number of requests from indigenous Queenslanders for information on their personal and family histories. |
Mining could be allowed at Aboriginal sites |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12th July 2002 |
An Aboriginal heritage group says it is deeply concerned that a recent native title agreement will allow significant cultural
sites in Western Australia's Goldfields to be destroyed by mining. |
Wrong man imprisoned in mix-up |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
12th July 2002 |
The Katherine Regional Aboriginal Legal Aid Service says an identity mix-up that resulted in the overnight imprisonment of
the wrong man highlights how indigenous clients do not understand the court process. |
NT scientists seek rare marine life |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
11th June 2002 |
A Northern Territory fish expert says if a team of scientists can find significant numbers of rare sharks, rays and swordfish,
it could downgrade their critically endangered classification. |
Aboriginal group buys 50 per cent share in WA dolphin resort |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
10th June 2002 |
Aboriginal group buys 50 per cent share in WA dolphin resort A Western Australian Aboriginal group has purchased a 50 per
cent stake in the famous Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort at Shark Bay on the State's northern coastline. |
Judiciary aims to reduce Aboriginal prison population |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
9th June 2002 |
Australia's judiciary is adopting new sentencing procedures to reduce the high percentage of Aboriginal people in the nation's
prison system. |
Petrol sniffing inquest ends |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
6th June 2002 |
A South Australian coronial inquest into petrol sniffing deaths has concluded after hearing evidence for a fortnight. |
Traditional owners concerned at depth of Govt mine review |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5th June 2002 |
The traditional owners of the Jabiluka and Ranger uranium mine sites surrounded by Kakadu National Park say a Northern Territory
Government review of the mining operations will not go far enough. |
Burial site recognised for cultural significance |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5th June 2002 |
The New South Wales Government has officially recognised the burial site of an Aboriginal man near Tumut as a place of Aboriginal
cultural significance. |
Federal Court hears native title sea claim |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
5th June 2002 |
A hearing is underway in the Federal Court in Perth to determine if an Aboriginal group has native title over land and sea
within a 90-kilometre radius of Perth. |
Mabo judgment marks 10th anniversary |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
3rd June 2002 |
Celebrations are planned throughout the country today to mark the 10th anniversary of the Landmark High Court Mabo decision. |
Indigenous leader cries while telling of petrol-sniffing horror |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31st May 2002 |
The coordinator of a women's council on traditional Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north was in tears as she told
a coroner's hearing of the problems associated with petrol sniffing. |
Martin Luther King III keeps the dream alive |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
31st May 2002 |
Martin Luther King III, the son of the famous American civil rights activist, says problems affecting indigenous Australians
are similar to those of African-Americans. |
Remote communities feel abandoned on petrol sniffing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30th May 2002 |
Remote communities feel abandoned on petrol sniffing The Central Australian community of Mutitjulu says it is sick and tired
of waiting for governments to adequately address the problem of petrol sniffing. |
Workshop told self-esteem vital to indigenous people's wellbeing |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
30th May 2002 |
The deputy director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health says self-esteem is vital to the
wellbeing of the Northern Territory's indigenous communities. |
Martin Luther King's son calls on PM to apologise to indigenous |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
29th May 2002 |
Martin Luther King III, son of American civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King, has urged Prime Minister John Howard
to show leadership by apologising to indigenous Australians for past wrongs. |
Judge critical of Aboriginal treatment |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28th May 2002 |
A Victorian judge who sentenced an indigenous man for an assault has been critical of society's treatment of aboriginal people
in his verdict. |
Amnesty highlights ongoing justice issues |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28th May 2002 |
Amnesty International's newly published annual report has found that indigenous Australians remain disproportionately represented
within Australia's criminal justice system. |
Public gallery welcomes reconciliation initiatives |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
28th May 2002 |
Applause rang through the public gallery at last night's Adelaide City Council meeting when a raft of Aboriginal reconciliation
initiatives was endorsed. |
Former PM critical of Govt's reconciliation policy |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
26th May 2002 |
Former prime minister, Malcolm Fraser has used National Sorry Day to hit out at Australia's treatment of Aborigines. |
Rising insurance costs claim Aboriginal clinic |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22th May 2002 |
Aboriginal health organisations are the latest to be hit by the medical indemnity insurance crisis. |
Ruddock launches renewable energy project |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
22th May 2002 |
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister says a $24 million renewable energy project launched in Alice Springs today will significantly
improve the quality of life in remote indigenous communities. |
Concerns raised over indigenous drugs problem |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20th May 2002 |
A Northern Territory politician has claimed that substance abuse has reached crisis point in Aboriginal communities. |
Qld MP demands movie poster removal |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
20th May 2002 |
Sunshine Coast federal MP Peter Slipper has demanded the withdrawal of posters promoting the film Rabbit-Proof Fence in America,
claiming they are immoral and offensive. |
Deane urges all non-indigenous to say sorry for past injustices |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
18th May 2002 |
The former governor-general, Sir William Deane, has urged all non-Aboriginal Australians to apologise for the injustices against
indigenous people in the past. |
Lhere Artepe group delays plans for Alice Springs native title |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17th May 2002 |
The Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation says it will take some time before releasing its plans for native title land in and
around Alice Springs. |
More indigenous workers to join forest efforts |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17th May 2002 |
NSW State Forests says it is expecting more Aboriginal workers to join its ranks or provide consultancy on the heritage values
of forests. |
Land handed back to traditional owners in NT |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17th May 2002 |
Traditional owners in the Northern Territory's Roper River region have received the title deeds to the 1,800 square kilometre
Urapunga Station. |
Park residents and council to discuss homelessness |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
17th May 2002 |
Townsville's park residents will hold court with the city's mayor today when they meet to discuss public drunkenness and homelessness. |
Indigenous commissioner says reconciliation going nowhere |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15th May 2002 |
The Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner, Bill Jonas, says reconciliation has gone nowhere since hundreds of thousands of
Australians marched for the cause two years ago. |
HREOC calls for inquiry into reconciliation process |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
15th May 2002 |
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has called for a Senate inquiry into the reconciliation process. |
Inaugural UN conference for indigenous peoples |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC Online |
14th May 2002 |
Hundreds of delegates representing indigenous peoples from around the world have gathered at the United Nations (UN) headquarters
in New York for a landmark conference. |
