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WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous plan

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 8:38am
“Imagine the situation for an Aboriginal family who must be almost every day ... Aboriginal affairs minister Peter Collier said there would be “enormous” ...

<b>Aboriginal</b> people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA Government

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 8:03am
Aboriginal people will be consulted on changes to service delivery in remote communities, the WA Government says, under plans it expects to result in ...

Reflections of Anzac Day

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 7:41am
The exact number of Aboriginal Australians who fought in WWI is difficult to pin down as they were not included in the census and generally not ...

The difference 1000 days make in the life of a child

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 7:29am
Dr John Boffa, from the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, described the trial of a seven-week program designed to increase attendance and ...

WA Govt to outline remote communities plan

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 6:33am
He then pointed to social problems in the communities, including child abuse, drawing the ire of opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman Ben Wyatt, ...

&#39;Bickering&#39; over remote community sex abuse statistics misses point: O&#39;Callaghan

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 4:30am
"Bickering" about the source of statistics on sexual abuse of children in remote Aboriginal communities is missing the point, West Australian Police ...

Celebrating Indigenous health achievements

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 3:09am
... who are helping to close the gap in health outcomes for Māori, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. ... nose and throat surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Western Australia, and Dr Ollapallil Jacob, ...

Indigenous rangers call for expansion of &#39;world-leading&#39; jobs scheme

Thu, 2015/05/07 - 12:45am
A Ngurrara Ranger with a boy in the Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Indigenous protected area in Western Australia. Photograph: Kimberley Land Council/Pew ...

Blame booze, not the past: Pearson

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 11:15pm
NOEL Pearson says Australia's indigenous people are more degraded by ... The major challenge facing Aboriginal communities today was alcohol and not the ... Mr Pearson told the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of ...

Letters: Flag issue need cultural awareness

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 7:07pm
Aboriginal means; The First Inhabitants of a Country, also relates to our ... The invasion of Australia by the British was in fact contrary to both the ...

Gudirr Gudirr is <b>Australian</b> dance with a universal message

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 5:03pm
Her experiences as a woman of Asian-Aboriginal descent growing up in Broome, northwestern Australia, which are vividly captured in the hour-long ...

new fight begins for Shelburne Bay

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 2:04pm
The subsequent media coverage by The Australian placed enormous ... confronting Aboriginal communities across remote and regional Australia.

Get over historical indigenous wrongs: Noel Pearson

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 2:03pm
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has challenged indigenous Australians to get over their traumatic history in the same way that Jews survived the ...

<b>Australian</b> Politics at the Venice Biennale

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 12:00pm
Aboriginal advisers to the government quickly criticized his comments, and thousands attended public rallies across Australia — including one last ...

Water dangers in remote WA communities

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 9:16am
A report into the delivery of power, water and wastewater services to 84 remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields ...

E Coli, uranium and nitrates found in water of WA remote communities

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 9:11am
Eighty per cent of remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia whose essential services are delivered under a state-run program failed water ...

Indigenous legal services peak body wins last-minute pre-budget reprieve

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 8:26am
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services provides ... or billions,” the chairman of Natsils, Shane Duffy, told Guardian Australia in ...

<b>Aboriginal</b> land claim success in Gulf of Carpentaria after 40-year battle

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 7:30am
After a near 40-year fight, the final 200 hectares of a contentious Aboriginal ... The land rights claim – Australia's first – was initially lodged in 1977, ...

The 2015 Venice Biennale and the myopia of <b>Australia&#39;s</b> arts leaders

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 6:45am
An Aboriginal performer at the the opening of the Australian exhibit at Venice yesterday. In background L-R: Rupert Myer, architect John Denton and ...

Land from first ever Indigenous land claim handed back to people near Borroloola

Wed, 2015/05/06 - 5:30am
"It is terrific to be part of a process that reflects Australia's new view of the world – 36 years ... Aboriginal people have come to the table with good will .

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