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 Second
Indigenous Senator
Likely
In a federal election which has been
full of mixed messages for Indigenous people one clear
triumph is emerging - the likely election of prominent
Aboriginal activist Aden Ridgeway to the Senate.
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 Livid
Alive with Indigenous
Acts
Apart from being one of the country's
most popular and successful youth music festivals, the
recent 1998 Livid Festival also made a loud statement about
the rights of Australia's Indigenous people.
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 Elders:
in the International Year of Older
People
The International Year of Older
People is designed to increase the recognition of the
contributions which Older people make to society, to improve
community attitudes to Older people and growing older, and
to create a better awareness of issues important to the
elderly.
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 Heritage
Act to Change
The Commonwealth is acting to move
responsibility for indigenous cultural heritage protection
and conservation, environmental laws and native title
administration to the States and
Territories.
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Costello
Lashes Howard Over Reconciliation
The Reverend Tim Costello, who is the brother of
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello, has attacked John Howard's
approach to reconciliation as 'dangerous' and 'like
Deutchland Uber Alles' (a reference to the politics of Nazi
Germany).
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Milk
of life blacklisted
Northern Territory laws which have incarcerated a
nursing mother for a minor offence and separated her from
her newborn baby reflect a brutal attitude and contravene
human rights.
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We
will fight to protect Country:
Margarula
When Mirrar Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula
is asked how the Mirrar will win their campaign to stop the
proposed Jabiluka uranium mine - against the might of the
Commonwealth Government and mining giant ERA - her response
is straightforward: "We will fight to protect Country. That
is a fact of life."
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Queensland
Native Title: The State of Play
The Federal Government passed its amended Ten Point
Plan legislation in July this year, and in doing so
effectively passed the buck on Native Title to the States.
Now State governments are in the position of having to pass
their own legislation on Native Title.
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The
Ten Point Plan - Beattie Style
ON August 26th 1998, the Queensland State Government
passed the Native Title (State Provisions) Act 1998,
effectively adopting much of John Howard's so called 'Ten
Point Plan'.
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One
Nation in Queensland feeble, racist:
Spence
"While One Nation members continue to make feeble
claims that they are not racist, the Department of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development
is working on co-ordinating a whole of Government
reconciliation strategy." - Judy Spence, Queensland
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Policy
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Howard's
Mandate
Australia has been to the polls and the outcome is
one of bewilderment on the part of observers as the issue of
'mandate' has surfaced. Who has what mandate to
govern?
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Karma
Waters Agreement Welcomed
ATSIC Chairman Gatjil Djerrkura has welcomed the
Federal Court's recognition of the first Native Title
agreement on a pastoral lease.
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History-making
Claims on Magnetic Island
Two Native Title claims launched by the Wulgurukaba
People of North Queensland have been making history in the
Native Title Tribunal.
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Radio
4UM - The New Sound of Cherbourg
Cherbourg Community Council, ATSIC and the ABC have
joined forces to enable Cherbourg Aboriginal Community a new
voice - Radio 4UM.
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Pat
O'Shane stirs Native Title debate
Dr PAT O'Shane challenged a Brisbane audience
recently to question the very framework of Native Title in
the context of the current legislative climate in
Australia.
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Author!
Author!
Land Rights Queensland recently spoke with Auntie
Ruth Hegarty, whose autobiography, Is That You
Ruthie? is the 1998 winner of the national David Unaipon
Award for Indigenous Writing.
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Anti-Racist
Body Attacked by Former Minister
The activities of Racewatch, a new Melbourne-based
anti-racist organisation, have been attacked by former Hawke
Government Minister Peter Walsh as
"tittle-tattle...political cleansing" and "thought
police".
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Woodley
on Native Title
"...history
shows that States and Territories can't be trusted to
protect Indigenous cultural heritage" - John
Woodley, Australian Democrats Indigenous Affairs
Spokesperson
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Black
Australia Movement Launched
A new non-government Indigenous movement was launched
in Brisbane on September 16, spearheaded by black activist
and businessman, Adrian McAvoy.
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Global
Survival and Indigenous Rights
Conference
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is organising a
three-day conference for community-based people which
focusses on Aboriginal land management practices and
decision-making structures, and on how non-Indigenous people
can work more closely and effectively through recognising
these bodies.
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Indigenous
Territorians Reject Statehood
The people of the Northern Territory appear to have
rejected a proposal that would have seen their Territory's
status change to match that of the Australian States.
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Ten
Point Quiz
Test your knowledge.
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The
Jabiluka Proposal - What ERA Wants
Energy Resources of Australia's (ERA's) current
proposal to mine uranium at Jabiluka is the latest in a
series of attempts to mine the ore since it was discovered
in 1971.
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The
Performance of Ranger
Ranger uranium mine has been operating for 17 years.
Recurring water management problems, misplaced and mislaid
uranium ore, low levels of Aboriginal employment and strikes
have been features of the history of the mine.
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What
They Said...
The words from the people who made the headlines this month.
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New
Black Books Released
The launch of two new Aboriginal community-based
books means that it will now be easier for Queenslanders to
inform themselves about local Indigenous history and
culture.
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Letters
to the Editor
Your views on current issues.
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