Feed aggregator

ABC Online
Indigenous rangers on the frontline of coral bleaching in remote Australia
ABC Online
In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land. Leonard Bowaynu, who has fished the same reef since he was teenager, had seen small scattered patches of ...

The Guardian
Federal election 2016: 'Be brave' on indigenous treaty
The Australian
Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra has laid down a blunt challenge to Malcolm Turnbull on treaty talks, telling a packed awards ball that indigenous Australia is ready to begin discussions if the Prime Minister and other leaders have the “courage” for it ...
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we knowThe Guardian

all 4 news articles »

Radioactive Waste and the Nuclear War on Australia's Aboriginal People
Truth-Out
From 1998-2004, the Australian federal government tried -- but failed -- to impose a national nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land in South Australia. Then the government tried to impose a dump on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory, but that ...

and more »

The Guardian
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know
The Guardian
Your work honours Aboriginal Australia and Torres Strait Islander Australia and the teaching profession. And I salute you for this. For as long as I can remember, thanks to my mum and my dad, I've always known that being Aboriginal was awesome. That I ...

The Guardian
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know
The Guardian
This honour in some way belongs to Indigenous parents and communities, across Australia, who are working with schools to deliver on the life-giving promise of a stronger smarter future. It also belongs to more than 2,000 school and community leaders in ...

and more »

An excerpt from ABC 2010 report when people were moving into the Kennedy Hill area after being hunted off country by the WA government and mining companies.

ABC Online
The future of WA's 35 Aboriginal town reserves in the spotlight
ABC Online
Town-based reserves are Aboriginal communities that formed around townships around the middle of the 20th century, as Aboriginal families were displaced from their bush homes and moved off cattle stations. In Western Australia, they are clustered on ...

ABC Online
Australia struggling to improve placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
A third of Indigenous children in out-of-home care are currently placed in non-Indigenous care, despite legislation and policy deeming it the last resort, a Productivity Commission report has shown.

and more »

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: First Indigenous nurse graduate among winners at 2016 awards
ABC Online
The first Indigenous person to graduate as a nurse and the man who turned a small Aboriginal dance company into an internationally-recognised organisation are among the Indigenous Australians honoured at this year's NAIDOC Awards in Darwin.

and more »

Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal Storytelling In Fashion: Meet Designer Lyn-Al Young
Huffington Post Australia
"I can be a young Aboriginal woman using my culture in a respectful way to achieve whatever I put my mind to for the next generation to come." Lyn-Al Young will be exhibiting four of her eveningwear pieces at Westfield Doncaster until Sunday July 10 as ...

The Australian
Jenayah Elliott makes history as first Aboriginal in US pageant
The Australian
“Last summer holidays I was trying on school ball gowns at the local dress shop and the lady said 'Would you be interested in joining Miss Teen Galaxy Australia pageant?' By the time I'd got the paperwork done and found a sponsor, it was 10 days to go ...

ABC Online
Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (the Principle) asks Indigenous children to be placed with relatives first, then within their community, and failing that, in other Indigenous care. However, according to the ...

and more »

ABC Online
Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (the Principle) asks Indigenous children to be placed with relatives first, then within their community, and failing that, in other Indigenous care. However, according to the ...
Australia, it's time. Open your eyes to reasondailytelegraph.com.au
A treaty with first Australians is divisive and dangerousThe Australian
Young Victorians show Aboriginal support9news.com.au
ABC Local -Community Newspaper Group -Mirage News
all 40 news articles »

NEW ABORIGINAL PARTNERSHIPS UNIT FOR STATE'S PRIMARY INDUSTRIES::
Invest in Australia
It will also become a central point of contact within PIRSA, supporting staff to identify and pursue new opportunities for Aboriginal South Australians to participate in primary industries and economic development. Several new projects that include new ...

ABC Online
NAIDOC 2016: Australia's first Indigenous Start-up Weekend aims to empower young business minds
ABC Online
Young Indigenous people will be encouraged to make their mark and create a ripple effect at Australia's first Indigenous Start-up Weekend later this month. Brisbane will host the not-for-profit event, which will run day and night for 54 hours and teach ...
Putting Indigenous imprisonment rates on the national agendaThe Age
Aboriginal struggle gets the silent treatmentWarrnambool Standard

all 3 news articles »

National Indigenous Times
[ July 7, 2016 ] Fabulous Five heading for Canberra to fight the fight NEWS
National Indigenous Times
It's been an extraordinary election for Indigenous Australia, with five MPs set to take seats in the new parliament, regardless of who forms government. Australian National University political expert Jill Sheppard says the proportion of MPs bound for ...

The Age
Putting Indigenous imprisonment rates on the national agenda
The Age
The Working Group conducting the dialogue accepted the recommendation of Kenya that Australia "intensify efforts in enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians: by addressing the underlying causes of their plight, by providing opportunities in ...
Aboriginal struggle gets the silent treatmentWarrnambool Standard

all 2 news articles »

TRANSCRIPT MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: A number of leading Australian academics are expressing deep concern about the viability of many government Aboriginal community programmes. At a book launch in Sydney's inner west, researchers vented their frustrations at policy makers using words like "shameful" and "absurd" to describe many projects currently being implemented in outback communities. Our reporter, David Taylor, was there for AM. DAVID TAYLOR: Mark Moran has being looking at Indigenous policies over the past 20 years and whether or not they're working. He's just written a book highlighting how governments have fallen well short of what's needed to support Indigenous communities. MARK MORAN: You just arrive, you make it up and you leave after six months. And we wonder why we're not getting these long-term developmental gains. DAVID TAYLOR: He says, over a given fortnight, an Aboriginal youth could be swamped by as many as 10 so-called community reengagement programs. MARK MORAN: You end up with these quite ridiculous situations, where you'll have 50 disengaged youth and 10 programs that are specifically working to re-engage them. So in any one fortnight, an individual can have six, seven different programs hitting them at the same time. And the net effect of all these programs pushing and pulling people in different directions: it really is becoming absurd. DAVID TAYLOR: Mr Moran has support. Eva Cox is an adjunct professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and specialises in Indigenous affairs. EVA COX: I mean, we've just stuffed up. I think basically we've stuffed up at least over the last 20-odd years and I think it's time we actually went back and fixed it. DAVID TAYLOR: She argues many Aboriginal policies haven't improved since the late 1990s. EVA COX: Because I think we've grossly neglected anything to do with Indigenous policy in this last election. It's just disappeared. We've had bipartisan negligence from both the major parties. And it's something which I think is shameful and we need to do something about it. DAVID TAYLOR: Leanne Townsend is the CEO of the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy. She grew up in the northern New South Wales community of Uralla and identifies as Anaiwan. She says policy needs to be led by community elders to be effective. LEANNE TOWNSEND: And the removal of politics to realise the genuine change driven by Aboriginal people themselves. DAVID TAYLOR: In a written statement, a spokesperson for the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Nigel Scullion, said that the Coalition Government's focus in Indigenous Affairs has been on getting children to school and adults to work and making communities safer. The statement went on to say that the Coalition's policies have seen progress made in these areas, but the Minister recognises a lot more work needs to be done. DAVID TAYLOR: Leanne Townsend again: LEANNE TOWNSEND: We have this approach and reference tonight, taken largely from the corporate sector of KPIs and measurements. And I agree that's absolutely what's required in performance. But who holds government to account equally with their failures? And we understand that as the mob who are experiencing those failures, but what is the broader Australia doing about that accountability? MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Leanne Townsend from the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy, ending David Taylor's report.

The Guardian
Indigenous Australians unfairly jailed due to racism in legal system – research
The Guardian
The primary recommendation of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody was 'that imprisonment for Aboriginal people should be an option of last resort', according to Indigenous legal affairs expert Dr Stephen Gray. Photograph: Lloyd Jones ...

and more »

The Guardian
Indigenous Australians unfairly jailed due to racism in legal system – research
The Guardian
The primary recommendation of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody was 'that imprisonment for Aboriginal people should be an option of last resort', according to Indigenous legal affairs expert Dr Stephen Gray. Photograph: Lloyd Jones ...

and more »