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April 1998 |
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NO RACE ELECTION, PLEASE!
ABORIGINAL people have returned to street protests and marches, chanting land rights slogans, and confronting an immense police force decked out in full riot gear. |
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Enough, No More Whittling of our Rights - Dodson
IN 1967, the Australian people voted overwhelmingly to rewrite the race power in the Constitution so that Aboriginal people be treated in a fair, just and honorable way in this country. At least this has been the assumption for the past 31 years. |
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Native Title in Yarrabah Nears Resolution
NATIVE Title claimants in Yarrabah, east of Cairns, are confident of a successful partial determination by June this year. |
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Sea of Hands Promotes Co-Existence Sanity
Supporters for Native Title and reconciliation showed their hands in Brisbane earlier this month with the installation of the Sea of Hands in the City Botanic Gardens. |
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Howard Reckless as Australia Reels with Racism
Phillip Adams: "John Howard is not my prime minister. How could he be? I don't live in his Australia. I live in an Australia that celebrates diversity, that believes in tolerance, that regrets centuries of injustice to the indigenous people." |
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Obituary Mick Miller - Champion of the Oppressed On 5th April 1998, the Aboriginal community lost a respected campaigner for social justice. His eulogy highlights the important contribution made by him to the Aboriginal struggle in his country. |
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Herron Seen as Minister of No Real Purpose
Lois O'Donoghue recently referred to Minister John Herron as "likeable and friendly" but "without influence or purpose". After many clashes between Herron and Aboriginal leaders, ATSIC has passed a unanimous vote of no confidence in the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. |
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Native Title and the Racial Discrimination Act
One outcome of the debate about the amendments to the Native Title Act has been that the Senate has approved a clause relating it to the Racial Discrimination Act. |
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Indigenous Leaders in Parliament
DEMOCRATS Aboriginal Affairs Spokesman, Senator John Woodley, has enjoyed a long association with Indigenous people through his years as bush pastor in regional Queensland. Senator Woodley is a Uniting Church Minister and was convener of the church's Social Responsibility Unit in Queensland for several years. |
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Aboriginal & Ethnic Leaders Send Message to Australians
A NEW book, labelled as the "Hanson buster", has been launched by FAIRA in conjunction with leaders of the ethnic communities of Australia. "Bringing Australia Together" is a book which advocates racial tolerance and richness of cultures. The message is the opposite from the message given by Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party. |
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Innisfail Takes Reconciliation Step
PEOPLE in Innisfail agreed the history of interaction between the Indigenous and non-indigenous communities was not good, at their first public reconciliation meeting recently. |
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Sandinista Leader on Land Rights Visit
Leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Dorotea Wilson is touring Australia this month to speak about how the Nicaraguan indigenous peoples have fought for their land rights. |
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Bus Protest on Wik Debate
A BUS to Canberra was organised so that as many people as possible could be there in time for the critical debate on the amendments to the Native Title Act. Pam Jones took pen and paper to Canberra to report on the trip. |
| High Court Split on Racist Constitution
ON April first, the High Court handed down the decision in the Hindmarsh Bridge Case (Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth [1998] HCA 22). | |
| Connolly Points At Queensland Contempt
CHAIR of the Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council (ACC) Wayne Connolly has called for amendments to the Community Services (Aborigines) Act, which he says is "in dire need of surgery". | |
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Protecting Hunting Rights Through International Action
Aboriginal people should support Murrandoo Yanner in his bid for hunting and fishing rights says Bama Ngappi Ngappi General Manager Percy Neal. |
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Herron sells out on heritage
IN the Native Title debate, the Federal Government promised better protection of Indigenous heritage. Minister Herron now proposes to give these functions back to the States. |
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Kalkadoon Sign Heritage Plan with NORQEB
More than 60 representatives of Mount Isa's Kalkadoon people on March 4 oversaw the historical signing of a cultural heritage management plan over the proposed Hilton to Gunpowder electrical transmission line. |
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Kanaky Chiefs Link with Aboriginal Leaders
IN March and April this year, two Chiefs, representing Kanak communities of the French territory of New Caledonia, are visiting eastern Australia. They are Grand Chief Louis Paita and Petit Chief Charles Haudra of the Noumea region. |
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REGIONAL AGREEMENTS- COUNCILLORS TOLD OF BENEFITS OF AGREEMENTS WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLE "REGIONAL Agreements between Traditional Owners and Local Governments are the way to go in developing a new understanding and recognition of the historical links Aboriginal People have with the land," Les Malezer, General Manager of FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation (the Native Title Representative Body for South-East Queensland) said as the rep body began a round of presentations to Local Government Authorities in South-East Queensland. |
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UK Museum Hoards Our Ancestral Remains
AN Australian researcher seeking to document Aboriginal remains held overseas has been denied access to the Natural History Museum in London. |
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Sorry Book Signed by London Celebrities
THE Australian High Commissioner in London declined an invitation to join prominent Australians in a show of support for Aboriginal Rights on March 26, 1998. |
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New Railway to Proceed with Aboriginal Agreement
The signing of a breakthrough agreement over Native Title land in the Northern Territory was what the 'right to negotiate' is all about says Chief Executive of the Northern Land Council, Norman Fry. |
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British Parliamentarians Concerned by Native Title Bill
BRITISH Members of Parliament have spoken out against the Australian Government's current position on Native Title, labelling Howard's Ten Point Plan as racist. |
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Borbidge Flaunts Aboriginal Rights in Fraser Island Plan
Premier Borbidge's extension of Fraser Island National Park left many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with a sense of deja vu. |
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RFA Committee Gives OK to Indigenous Projects
Indigenous issues have received short shrift in the Regional Forest Agreement processes for nearly a year. But after a recent meeting between the RFA Steering Committee and representatives of FAIRA, Gurang Land Council and Goolburri Land Council there finally seems to be some progress. The Steering Committee recognised the lack of progress on Indigenous projects and approved the NTRB proposal to proceed with two projects. |
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Dayak Leaders Challenge Miners
A group of Indigenous Indonesians, the Dayak people of Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, were in Brisbane recently as part of their campaign against Australian mining giants Rio Tinto and Aurora Gold. |
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