Article |
Source |
Date |
Summary |
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. |
