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 Beattie
Government Stalled on Native
Title
The Native Title legislation tabled
in the Queensland Parliament on 21 October represents the
next step down from the promise which seemed to emerge from
the recognition of Indigenous common law rights by the High
Court in the Mabo case.
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 Reconciliation...or
recrimination?
As early as his victory speech on
election night, the Prime Minister, John Howard, committed
his new Government to achieve 'lasting reconciliation with
Aboriginal people'.
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 Journey
to Reconciliation and Justice
(Part
1)
"...references
to white goodwill towards Indigenous people are not intended
to deny that there is racism in the Australian community, or
to suggest that the dominant white community really
understands what it means to be a member of a tiny minority
treated as an inferior in your own land..." - the
Honourable Justice Tony
Fitzgerald
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 Peris-Kneebone
to carry Torch from
Uluru
INDIGENOUS Australian culture, rather
than the Third World living standards of Aboriginal people,
should be shown to the world at the start of the Olympic
torch relay at Uluru, says one prominent Aboriginal
woman.
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Herron
'a true friend' - TSRA
The Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority
(TSRA), Mr John Abednego, has warmly congratulated Senator
John Herron for being reappointed Minister for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
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Ridgeway:
Reconciliation still possible
It was still not too late for Prime Minister John
Howard to achieve reconciliation with Indigenous Australia,
said Australian Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway.
Mr Howard reiterated his commitment to the cause of
reconciliation in his election victory speech.
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In
Brief
- From sport to politics?
- State of Hawaii "illegal"
- New system for Indigenous offenders
- Community Services Act Review
- IPC: "Resist, oppose and reject"
- Lack of "constructive contributions"
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Interview
with Terry O'Shane
"Well the Bill dilutes the rights of Indigenous
People under common law. It dilutes our Right to Negotiate
(RTN). We're not terribly happy about that. But on the other
hand, the RTN isn't completely gone, so we're going to be
waiting with interest to see further detail of how the
Tribunal's going to work." - Terry O'Shane
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Native
Title Bill would wind back rights, says
QIWG
Queensland's Native Title legislation would
contribute to the further watering down of Aboriginal land
rights by governments throughout Australia, said the
Queensland Indigenous Working Group (QIWG).
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Move
towards greater self-determination
"It makes good sense to give the people who live
in and understand Indigenous communities more control over
infrastructure programs" - Judy Spence, Queensland
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Policy
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ACC
Infrastructure funding for
communities
Aboriginal communities across Queensland have
welcomed the announcement and implementation of a funding
agreement that will strengthen remote Aboriginal control
over essential services and infrastructure.
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Townsville
Coroner Slams Jail Conduct
An inmate of Stuart prison in Townsville should never
have been left locked up with the dead body of his cellmate,
according to a Coroner's report released last
week.
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Black
Jobless Rate May Rise: CAEPR
The rapid growth in the Indigenous population
threatens to overwhelm existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander employment programs, according to ongoing research
into Indigenous economic issues.
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Ruddock
open-minded on 2001 Reconciliation
target
The minister responsible for Aboriginal
reconciliation has said he is not committed to Prime
Minister John Howard's target date of 2001.
Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock, who has been given
the responsibility of Minister assisting the Prime Minister
for Reconciliation, said his mind remained open on a
timetable for achieving an agreement on reconciliation with
Indigenous Australia.
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Effect
of the GST on Australia's Indigenous
Peoples
The newly returned Howard Government has promised to
introduce a 10 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the
year 2000. The tax will apply to everything you buy and
everything you use will be levied at the retail level.
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Past
Truths are essential to Future
Harmony
In his election night victory speech, John Howard
pledged his new Government to the reconciliation process.
Yet, only two weeks later, the Prime Minister has again
showed himself to be part of that awful Australian ignorance
that has so marred the path to reconciliation in the past
few years.
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Democrats
step up campaign for Native Title and
Reconciliation
"The election of Aden Ridgeway means that for the
next six years at least, there will be an Indigenous voice
added to debate in the National Parliament." - John
Woodley, Democrats Aboriginal Spokesperson
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"I
Don't Want to Exclude Anyone" says Wakka Wakka
Claimant
Vice-President of the Ipswich Legal Service, Robert
West, has lodged a Native Title claim over an area of land
within Wakka Wakka boundaries.
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The
Cultural Genocide of the Sydney Olympic 2000
Games
The Homebush Bay area and those lands adjoining
Sydney's Olympic village are on Bidjigal land. This is
special land, as special as the people whose spirits still
walk it.
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Support
for Indigenous Sport
The Indigenous Sports Program is a national strategy
aimed at improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
participation in sport and recreation across Australia.
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Ancient
Cultures, New Worlds
Any discussion of cultural diversity in Australia
needs to acknowledge the country's extraordinary success in
building a peaceful and harmonious multicultural society
through and since the great post-World War II immigration
program with its many racial and ethnic strands.
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Native
Title Myths: "My Backyard's Under a Native Title
Claim"
During the period of the first Howard Government,
Australians were sometimes encouraged to think that their
suburban backyards might be subject to Native Title claims.
These extremely misleading ideas caused a lot of
unnecessary fear and heightened emotions among
non-indigenous people, and contributed to a rise in
anti-Aboriginal racism generally.
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Historical
Notes: The Bunya Pines of Southeast
Queensland
The Southeast corner of Queensland is home to
thousands of species of plant life but few are as physically
impressive or culturally significant as the Bunya Pine.
Despite its name, the tree is a Queensland native and
completely unrelated to European species of pine.
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The
New John Howard Ministry
...John Howard, was explaining to the 7.30 Report's
Kerry O'Brien that he was going to be a different sort of
prime minister this time around, more interested in social
issues like the republican referendum and reconciliation
with the Aboriginal people.
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Regional
Forest Agreements
FAIRA, Goolburri Land Council and Gurang Land Council
have been consulting with Indigenous people of the Southeast
Queensland region over the past two months to develop
principles for the management of Indigenous cultural
heritage for the forest areas of the region.
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Letters
to the Editor
Your views on current issues.
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Ten
Point Quiz
Test your knowledge.
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"Cost-Efficient,
Triple-documented Ethnic Cleansing":
Langton
The idea of public culture in Australian life has
become complicated in the last three years by the emergence
of a peculiar movement of neo-fascists claiming to be
nationalists. They claim a special love, even a maternal
love, for the ' the nation', as they define it, and claim a
special right to define the nation.
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Robert
Riley Scholarships
If you are a young Indigenous person (under 25) and
you want to study law, human rights or juvenile justice, the
Robert Riley Scholarship scheme might be for you.
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