Category Archives: INDIGENOUS NEWS
NEW NATIONAL CREDIT LAWS: SOME BOOK UP PROVIDERS MUST BE LICENSED
‘Book up’ is a common practice in many remote and regional communities of Australia, particularly many Indigenous communities. From 1 July 2010, consumer credit will be regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) under the National Consumer Credit … Continue reading
WILL CROCODYLUS PARK BE ANOTHER FRASER ISLAND DINGO DISASTER?
DARWIN CROCODILES TARGETTED TO CAPTURE TOURIST DOLLARS Conservation groups are concerned that Native Dingoes are dying of starvation, stress from being tagged and also shot by keepers, at the tourism oriented Fraser Island National Park [Sanctuary] in Queensland. A similar “attraction” (park, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Government’s National Long-Term Tourism Strategy, “No Leave No Life” campaign, coober pedy regional times, Crocodylus Park "attraction" and Zoo, Fraser Island National Park, Martin Ferguson, Northern Teritory tribes, The Gumatj people, TQUAL Grants program, Wangarr or Dreaming crocodile
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATIVE TITLE SERVICES APPOINTS INAUGURAL BOARD
The first board of directors has been appointed to South Australian Native Title Services. The inaugural chairperson is Tauto Sansbury who has worked as a consultant with the State Government’s Social Inclusion Unit
NEW SHOPPING GUIDE CD AIMED AT ANANGU IN SA
“People from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands will be more empowered to protect their rights as consumers”, says Minister for Consumer Affairs Gail Gago following yesterday’s launch of an informative CD called Talk About Shopping, in Coober Pedy. Ms Gago was accompanied by … Continue reading
Posted in COOBER PEDY News & Events, INDIGENOUS NEWS
Tagged apy lands, APY TAFE, coober pedy regional times, Families SA, gail gago, Indulkana group Iwantja Band, Lyn Brueur, Office of Consumer and Business Affairs, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunyjatjara, remote South Australia, Service SA, Talk About Shopping
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RANKINE: ANANGU ON APY LAND TO TAKE OUT HOMESTART LOANS FOR NEW HOUSING
According to Ms Jennifer Rankine the Minister for Families and Communities, in Coober Pedy on Tuesday (today), Anangu on the APY Lands will be able to apply for home loans through a HomeStart program to purchase homes being built on their homelands … Continue reading
Posted in GENERAL News, INDIGENOUS NEWS
Tagged Amata housing, anangu home loans, apy lands, budget of $292 million, coober pedy regional times, far north south australia, Homestart program, Housing SA, Indulkana, Memorandum of Understanding, Minister for Families and Communities, Ms Jennifer Rankine
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UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS EXPERT ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA
GENEVA / CANBERRA – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya, arrived in Australia, 17th August. Mr. Anaya’s visit will visit until the 28th August.
UN SUBMISSION – ABORIGINAL PEOPLE BECOMING REFUGEES ON THEIR OWN LAND
Australia gets bad rap to UN rapporteur over Aborigines Canberra, 17 August 09 - A northwest NSW Aboriginal leader has put a submission to a visiting high United Nations official on indigenous rights, alleging that Australian governments are trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged CERD, CESCR, coober pedy regional times, Euahlayi Nation of northwest NSW, Gumilaroi nation, Michael Anderson, Minister Baume, Native Title Act, Northern Territory intervention, Professor James Anaya, The Cherokee Nation v The State of Georgia (1831), The Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UN Special Rapporteur
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$672 MILLION INDIGENOUS HOUSING PROGRAM – “THE BIGGEST SCANDAL”
“Grotesque amounts of money” that have not produced a single house. Natasha Robinson | August 15, 2009 ABORIGINAL politician Alison Anderson yesterday labelled the $672 million indigenous housing program the biggest scandal she had seen in her political career, as Labor … Continue reading
SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS HUMANTARIAN OBLIGATION TO ERADICATE ITS AFFLICTIONS ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
The Coalition Advocating Indigenous Human Rights has been specific since 2005 that it is South Australia which has allowed a catastrophic situation to enmesh all the Aboriginal peoples in South Australia since its inception. Because the State has compelled these … Continue reading
WHERE ARE THE SEX OFFENDER CONVICTIONS MACKLIN & RUDD?
Statement by Michael Anderson, leader of the Euahlayi tribe and spokesman for the Gumilaroi nation of northwest NSW and southwest Queensland It is time for the federal government to inform the public of the number of prosecutions for child sex … Continue reading
ANANGU PITJANTJATJARA (APY) LANDS COMMUNITY STORE GOVERNANCE
Public hearings and meetings –Wednesday 29 April 2009 On its third day of hearings in Central Australia, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs will visit the small communities of Amata and Kaltjiti in … Continue reading
IS INDIGENOUS WELLBEING A RESULT OF RACISM?
New Project for Flinders University - focusing on how Aborigines and Torres Straight Islanders adapt to foreign society, including the effects on their general wellbeing. What motivates racism? Effects of racism? Possible solutions? (If members of the Aboriginal community find this … Continue reading
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Tagged australian aborigines, coober pedy regional times, flinders university, health, racism
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MAN MISSING FROM APY LANDS IN FAR NORTH
Far North Police are seeking the assistance of the public in attempting to locate a man who has been missing since early in January.
CALLS FOR CHANGE TO NATIVE TITLE
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Tagged aboriginal, coober pedy regional times, indigenous, justice, native title reform, Tom Calma
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