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Friday, April 7, 2006

• MP says more work to be done addressing truancy (14:00:05 AEST)
  The NSW Government says it is continuing to improve the education of Aborigines, particularly in the state's far west.
• Police chief continues northern tour (10:33:16 AEST)
  The Police Commissioner is today continuing a tour of Western Australia's north where he is hoping to address chronic problems amongst Aboriginal communities.
• Govt urged to maintain learning centre's support services (09:37:00 AEST)
  The Irrkerlantye Learning Centre in Alice Springs says it would like the Education Department to sign a joint agreement to keep the centre's support services running for students, despite its closure.

Thursday, April 6, 2006

• Lawyer seeks ways to involve Govt in stadium court case (10:55:08 AEST)
  The lawyer representing a Toowoomba Aboriginal activist says he will continue to try and have the Queensland Government included in a court case to have the name of a local sports stadium changed.
• Doors set to close on learning centre (10:52:47 AEST)
  It is the last day of school for students at the Irrkerlantye Learning Centre in Alice Springs as the facility shuts down after 10 years of operation.
• South Hedland Aborigines urged to consider housing loans (09:50:26 AEST)
  Aborigines in South Hedland, in north-west Western Australia, are being encouraged to think about taking out housing loans as part of a renewal project for the town.
• Funds boost for mental health (08:33:51 AEST)
  The NSW Government has announced a $1.3 million funding boost for the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health in Orange.
• Reynolds seeks assessment of alleged Palm Is alcohol breach (08:30:50 AEST)
  The Child Safety Minister says he has asked his director general for a briefing about possible disciplinary action against two of his staff charged with breaching alcohol laws on Palm Island in north Queensland.
• Boil cases on the rise in Indigenous community (08:25:01 AEST)
  The NSW North Coast Area Health Service is investigating reports that up to a third of Corindi's Aboriginal community is suffering from boils.
• Council wants funds for youth academy (07:50:46 AEST)
  Moree Plains Shire Council, in northern New South Wales, is seeking $250,000 to develop a "positive lifestyle academy".

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

• Council won't remove park activists (21:06:12 AEST)
  The Melbourne City Council says it will not forcibly remove a group of Indigenous activists camping at King's Domain.
• Miner rejects flood study, native title claims (14:04:46 AEST)
  The owner of the Lake Cowal gold mine near West Wyalong, in central western NSW, has rejected claims that it has not done a flood study or that native title is in question.
• Indigenous life expectancy 17 year less than other Australians: study (11:08:46 AEST)
  A new study has found that the life expectancy for Aboriginal people is 17 years less than other Australians.
• Academic highlights Indigenous health failings (10:30:41 AEST)
  A health academic says the Western Australian Government has done nothing to address Aboriginal health issues since the Reid Report was released two years ago.
• Too many alcohol outlets in Alice: Govt (07:05:48 AEST)
  The Northern Territory Government says there are far too many liquor outlets in Alice Springs.

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

• Govt officers charged with breaking Palm Is drink rule (19:00:16 AEST)
  The Queensland Government is facing another 'winegate' style controversy, this time on Palm Island in north Queensland.
• Crustacean crop growth surprises farmers (17:21:50 AEST)
  A new crab farm at the Kulaluk Indigenous community in Darwin says its trial crop of crustaceans will soon be ready for harvesting.
• Govt doubles 'sly grogging' penalty (09:31:30 AEST)
  The penalty for bringing alcohol into "dry" communities will be doubled under the Western Australian Government's proposed new liquor laws.
• Aboriginal corporation placed into liquidation (09:27:15 AEST)
  A Western Australian Indigenous corporation has folded.
• Skin problem affecting Indigenous community (08:40:18 AEST)
  The Aboriginal community of Corindi, north of Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid-north coast, is calling for the Health Department to investigate a mysterious outbreak of boil-like skin rashes.
• Fed Govt moves to clean up Indigenous art fraud (07:17:55 AEST)
  The Federal Government is set to investigate allegations of criminal activity and exploitation in the Aboriginal art industry.

Monday, April 3, 2006

• Dunes road work worries traditional owners (12:57:06 AEST)
  Traditional owners in Broome, in northern Western Australia, says a local landowner has disturbed a culturally significant site at the dunes on Cable Beach.
• Memorial to honour leprosy victims (12:53:41 AEST)
  The Aboriginal Lands Trust is set to commission a memorial to recognise the hundreds of people buried at the Derby Leprosarium in northern Western Australia.
• Indigenous group threatens legal action over gold mine (10:05:17 AEST)
  Aborigines opposing the newly operational Lake Cowal gold mine near West Wyalong, in central western NSW, are threatening to sue its owners for up to $200 million.

Sunday, April 2, 2006

• Call for Aboriginal studies to be compulsory in education courses (12:38:23 AEST)
  The New South Wales Teachers Federation is calling for Aboriginal studies to be compulsory in all university education courses.

Saturday, April 1, 2006

• Indigenous health workers gain Medicare recognition (12:04:39 AEST)
  Aboriginal health workers in the Northern Territory will have the same recognition as general practice nurses in other parts of the country under a new Medicare rebate.

Friday, March 31, 2006

• Yankunytjatjara people 'devastated' over native title loss (19:19:11 AEST)
  The Central Land Council says it will be tough for the Yankunytjatjara people to recover from the Federal Court's rejection of their native title compensation claim.
• Court rejects native title compensation claim (14:33:08 AEST)
  The Federal Court has ruled that a group of Indigenous people from central Australia did not have native title rights over the town of Yulara.
• Palm Is council rejects new homes offer (12:42:53 AEST)
  The Palm Island Council says overcrowding and a lack of suitable accommodation is still the biggest problem facing the largely Indigenous community in north Queensland.