Tag: Indigenous
Govt petitioned to preserve Indigenous languages
A peak national Indigenous language group is petitioning the Government to step up measures to preserve native languages.[MORE]
Doctor says NT health services not working
A remote Aboriginal community doctor says health services in Indigenous communities like Wadeye are not working.[MORE]
Income management to begin in two WA communities
Income management will begin next week in Kununurra and the Cannington district of Perth in Western Australia, Federal Indigenous Minister Jenny Macklin has announced.[MORE]
Economic stimulus could spark violence: Barnett
The West Australia Premier, Colin Barnett, has attacked the Federal Government's economic stimulus package saying it will cause problems in the state's indigenous communities.[MORE]
The Victorian Government's decision to rename Niggerhead mountain has thrown up a whole new problem, this time with a local Aboriginal nation.
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Traditional land owners appeal against nuclear storage
Traditional owners from sites earmarked for a potential nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory have begged a Senate Inquiry not to store nuclear material on their land. [MORE]
Rodeo out to buck Palm Island's bad news image
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Palm Island locals say there is renewed spirit in the community after its first rodeo in 32 years.[MORE]
Miner to pay into Indigenous fund
Mining company Rio Tinto is injecting $500,000 a year into a development fund for Indigenous people in Clermont in central Queensland.[MORE]
Indigenous abuse campaign targets truckies
The sexual exploitation of Aboriginal children along highways in regional New South Wales is the focus of a new campaign being launched today. [MORE]
Race Discrimination Commissioner labels bilingual education 'a success story'
Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner says bilingual teaching is one of few success stories in the history of NT education. [MORE]
Class language limit 'death of our culture': Aboriginal school head
The head of a remote Aboriginal school says the Government's plan to limit the hours classes can be taught in traditional languages could lead to the death of their culture.[MORE]
Don's conqueror honoured in Brisbane
Queensland Cricket will honour the memory of Indigenous fast bowler Eddie Gilbert in a ceremony at Allan Border Field in Brisbane today.[MORE]
Palm Island rodeo a 'welcome relief'
Organisers of the first rodeo in 30 years at a north Queensland Aboriginal community say the event could provide a turning point for Palm Island.[MORE]
Stats reveal Territory's grog toll
New Justice Department statistics reveal Northern Territorians drank 4 million litres of pure alcohol in the last financial year.[MORE]
Exhibition aims to raise profile of fibre art
The curator of a new exhibition on Indigenous fibre art hopes it will raise the profile of the contemporary works.[MORE]
Campbell takes out Ken Stephen Medal
Gold Coast full-back Preston Campbell has won the NRL's Ken Stephen Medal for his tireless work with Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Cabinet decision stopped me in sorry walk: Costello
Peter Costello says Cabinet decided that all or none of them would take part in Sydney's 2000 reconciliation walk.[MORE]
Bishop calls for more consultation on gas hub
The Catholic Bishop of Broome has asked the Premier, Colin Barnett, for a "stay of execution" over a proposed gas processing hub on the Dampier Peninsula. [MORE]
Museum to return Indigenous skulls to Australia
A German medical museum will return the skulls of 18 Indigenous Australians that were taken from Australia more than a century ago.[MORE]
Palm Island rodeo a time to heal
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Rodeo riders are heading to Palm Island for the Aboriginal community's first rodeo in 32 years.[MORE]
Sex victims safety compromised: Police Union
Police have described as "appalling" a court decision to return two alleged child sex offenders to a remote West Australian community where the alleged offences occurred.[MORE]
Palm Island royal commission request lodged
The Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, Mike Reynolds, has lodged a petition calling for a royal commission into recent events on Palm Island, off Townsville.[MORE]
General Sanderson reinstated as Indigenous adviser
The West Australian Government has reappointed former Governor John Sanderson as an adviser after the previous government allowed his contract to lapse.[MORE]
Indigenous communities gear up to tackle school truancy
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Six Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory are preparing to tie welfare payments to school attendances.[MORE]
Closing the gap could take a century: researchers
ANU researchers say closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians could take 100 years. [MORE]
