Tag: Aboriginal
Calls to fast-track Aboriginal housing
The Member for the Pilbara says there is an urgent need for additional housing across regional Western Australia to address overcrowding in Aboriginal communities.[MORE]
Aboriginal artefacts could move bypass
Tasmania's Department of Infrastructure is considering re-routing the Brighton bypass around an aboriginal heritage site. [MORE]
Grand final loss still a win for Bombers
A grand final loss is still a win for the Tiwi Island's football team.[MORE]
40yr leases a human rights issue: Yanner
A Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria leader says the State Government's 40 year leases to build Indigenous houses are a human rights issue.[MORE]
Commissioner considers Wild Rivers human rights impact
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner says he will look at whether the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers legislation has violated Indigenous people's human rights.[MORE]
Nod for more gas hub talks
Aboriginal people from across the Kimberley have formally endorsed traditional owners continuing negotiations over the proposed Kimberley gas hub in Western Australia.[MORE]
Land council wants shires alternative
The Central Land Council (CLC) says the Northern Territory shires system has disenfranchised Aboriginal people living in communities.[MORE]
Aborigines recognised by Catholic Church
The Catholic Church in Tasmania has for the first time recognised the state's Aboriginal community as the traditional owners of church land.[MORE]
Teen was 'refused medical help' before death in custody
Queensland's Indigenous community will march on State Parliament today, enraged over a death in custody last month.[MORE]
Bridge plan to protect Aboriginal heritage
Tasmania's Department of Infrastructure plans to extend a bridge on the Brighton Bypass to protect an aboriginal heritage site. [MORE]
Roadworks dig finds millions of Aboriginal artefacts
Archaeologists say they may have found proof of the oldest and most southerly human habitation in the world at the site of a major road project in Tasmania.[MORE]
New evidence presented at Doomadgee inquest
The reopened inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island man in 2004 continues today.[MORE]
Injured prisoner died in police cell, inquest told
A man who died from a head injury was left unattended in a police cell for more than an hour, a coronial inquest in Alice Springs has heard.[MORE]
Footy clubs tackling domestic violence
Four western New South Wales rugby league clubs have committed to an anti-domestic violence campaign.[MORE]
Doomadgee inquest hears more evidence
The reopened inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island man in 2004 continues today.[MORE]
Court sequel to bypass protest
A group of 16 Aborigines have faced court in Launceston charged with trespass after a protest at the Brighton Bypass construction site in southern Tasmania.[MORE]
Tourism rethink may end Uluru climb
Tourism Central Australia has met Parks Australia and traditional owners for the first time to discuss the new management plan for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.[MORE]
Residents rally for medical centre review
Residents in south-east Queensland's South Burnett region say the Federal Government is ignoring their concerns over the management of a local Indigenous medical centre.[MORE]
Call for Indigenous red gum management
On the eve of a Government decision on river red gum forests in the Riverina, traditional owners have made a call for the area to handed over to them for protection.[MORE]
Council to raise Aboriginal flag
The Aboriginal flag will be raised in Shoalhaven City Council's chambers for the first time at a ceremony this morning.[MORE]
'Urgent' fix sought for APY dialysis woes
A Labor MP says it is hoped her party will make a strong commitment in the next couple of weeks to fixing problems with access to kidney dialysis on Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north-west.[MORE]
Payment not seen as hostel barrier
The federal Indigenous Affairs Minister says she expects people will be happy to pay to stay in a new Alice Springs facility for visitors from the bush.[MORE]
UN's intervention report finds racial discrimination
Australia will face the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva in September accused of racially discriminating against Indigenous communities during the Northern Territory intervention.[MORE]
Indigenous people to be recognised as 'first Queenslanders'
Queensland Parliament has passed legislation to insert a preamble into the Queensland Constitution.[MORE]
Constitutional preamble opposed by Indigenous leaders and Opposition
The Queensland Opposition says it will not support putting a preamble into the Constitution because it will divide Queenslanders.[MORE]
