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Friday, April 21, 2006

• Hope for development not to repeat Hindmarsh litigation (07:54:30 AEST)
  The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement says it wants to ensure there is not a repeat of the litigation over a development on Hindmarsh Island in negotiations for a development at Port Wakefield in South Australia.
• Land council 'hasn't proposed' dump site (06:48:01 AEST)
  The office of federal Science Minister Julie Bishop says the Northern Land Council (NLC) has not made any formal proposal for an alternative site to build a national nuclear waste dump.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

• Native title agreement covers 'culturally significant' site (12:41:12 AEST)
  Mining company MidWest Corporation and the Warraji Aboriginal people have signed a landmark native title agreement covering the Weld Ranges, east of Geraldton in mid-west Western Australia.
• Concerns for Indigenous health in remote Victoria (10:53:29 AEST)
  The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine is worried Aboriginal health levels may slip in remote parts of Victoria.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

• Community service providers to feel move-on effects: QCOSS (17:19:55 AEST)
  The Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) says it is disappointed the Police Minister is going ahead with plans to widen move-on powers.
• Aboriginal elder 'an extraordinary woman' (14:29:26 AEST)
  Queensland's Education Minister Rod Welford has paid tribute to a high profile Aboriginal elder, who died this week.
• Move-on powers no cause for alarm: Spence (11:10:53 AEST)
  Queensland's Police Minister Judy Spence says new statewide move-on powers cannot be used to harass Indigenous or homeless people.
• Kimberley visitors urged to protect Indigenous sites (10:47:13 AEST)
  Tourists visiting the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, have been encouraged to help protect the region's Indigenous cultural attractions.
• Operation Breakwater labelled 'publicity stunt' (08:07:21 AEST)
  Aboriginal sea rangers say a recent operation targeting illegal fishing off the Northern Territory coast was a two-week publicity stunt.
• Outstations better than town camps: academic (07:01:32 AEST)
  An academic at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra is urging the Federal Government to fund Aboriginal outstations as an alternative to socially-troubled town camps.
• Indigenous broadcasters welcome funding review (06:02:20 AEST)
  There has been a positive response from Indigenous broadcasters to the Federal Government's announcement it is reviewing funding programs.
• Aborigines mourn 'outspoken' Wik elder (05:55:50 AEST)
  Aboriginal leaders are mourning the loss of a respected female elder who fought tirelessly against injustice.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

• Govt mulls new funding model for regional Indigenous broadcasting (19:47:57 AEST)
  The Federal Government has proposed a new funding model as part of its review of the Indigenous broadcasting program.
• Minister hopeful Palm Is plan will reduce alcohol harm (10:25:49 AEST)
  The Queensland Minister for Child Safety, Mike Reynolds, hopes the alcohol management plan for Palm Island will reduce the harm caused to families by excessive drinking.
• New project prompts calls to protect sacred sites (08:07:58 AEST)
  A row is brewing over a major housing project and sacred Aboriginal sites on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
• Federal-state agreement offers hope to Indigenous communities (08:05:45 AEST)
  The peak Indigenous body for western New South Wales hopes an agreement between the state and federal governments will provide more practical ways of delivering services to Aboriginal communities.

Monday, April 17, 2006

• Govt signs Aboriginal services agreements with SA, NSW (18:25:57 AEST)
  The Federal Government has signed five-year agreements with South Australia and New South Wales to improve services for Aboriginal people in both states.
• Tassie youth join Uluru pilgrimage (10:49:38 AEST)
  More than 90 young people from across Tasmania have embarked on a pilgrimage by bus to Uluru in central Australia.
• Ceremony to remember Indigenous massacre (09:34:43 AEST)
  Wollondilly residents on the NSW south coast will gather today to remember one of the most turbulent periods in the shire's Indigenous history.
• Restoring order 'a priority' in Alice Springs camps (07:29:46 AEST)
  Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough says law and order must be restored in the Aboriginal camps in Alice Springs.
• Larrakia dialogue ongoing despite native title ruling, says Martin (06:50:46 AEST)
  The Northern Territory Chief Minister says the Government is working with the Larrakia people, despite last week's Federal Court decision dismissing the group's native title claim over pockets of Crown land in Darwin.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

• Camp ruling angers Indigenous protesters (06:55:28 AEST)
  Security guards remain on watch at Melbourne's King's Domain as a handful of Aboriginal protesters tend to their sacred fire.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

• Aboriginal protesters spend another night outdoors (20:10:53 AEST)
  A small group of Aboriginal protesters is spending another chilly night in Melbourne's King Domain gardens.
• Deadline passes to remove Indigenous camp (12:19:41 AEST)
  The deadline has passed for a group of Aboriginal protesters camping in Melbourne's King's Domain to dismantle their shelters.

Friday, April 14, 2006

• Dozen protesters remain at King's Domain camp (19:01:28 AEST)
  Despite an incident this morning at the Aboriginal protest camp in Melbourne, all has been calm at King's Domain today.
• Indigenous protesters 'threaten jogger' (11:10:47 AEST)
  A woman has told police she was threatened by a protester as she jogged through the Aboriginal camp site in Melbourne's King's Domain.
• Qld police seek Indigenous recruits (07:57:12 AEST)
  Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who want to become police officers are being encouraged to apply for traineeships with the Queensland Police Service.
• Aborigines maintain park protest (06:57:32 AEST)
  Aboriginal protesters have spent their first night at King's Domain in Melbourne without tents and camping equipment.