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ATSIC,
NIWG Flag Race
Violations
by Howard
The National Indigenous Working Group (NIWG) and ATSIC have
made their own submissions to members of the Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for
consideration by a meeting in Geneva later this
month.
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 Land
Rights Under Threat in
NT
Australia should rethink its future if Aboriginal people
defending cultural obligations are to be punished as
criminals, say jailed Aboriginal rights campaigners Jacqui
Katona and Christine
Christophersen.
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 Senate
Showdown Likely on Indigenous Cultural
Heritage
Legal protection of Indigenous cultural and spiritual
heritage is weak and inferior to legislation protecting
white heritage areas.
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 Herron
announces new Boundaries for Representative
Bodies
Federal Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Affairs, Senator John Herron, recently released proposed new
boundaries for Native Title Representative Bodies around
Australia.
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 focus
on QIWG
This
month again LRQ puts the spotlight on members and
representatives of Queensland Indigenous Working Group
(QIWG) asking them about issues of particular concern with
the Queensland legislation and their perspectives on the
past, present and future of Native Title in the State. The
series of spotlights continues next
month.
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 Jabiluka
- at a glance....
An overview of the issues about the Jabiluka mine including
the views of the Mirrar people and
ETA.
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ATSIC
Report to CERD on Racial
Discrimination
The Government's response to the United Nations Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), analysed in
LRQ last month, has drawn strong criticism from the
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission
(ATSIC).
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NLC
slams Reeves Report
The Northern Land Council (NLC) outlined serious flaws in
the Reeves Report when it responded to the public inquiry on
the Report.
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NT
Rail Lease Signed
The Northern and Central Land
Councils and the Northern Territory Government signed a
198-year lease providing land tenure for the Darwin to Alice
Springs railway corridor early last month.
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Landmark
NSW Native Title Agreement
A unique agreement between three groups of Traditional
Owners, Hillgrove Mining and the NSW Department of Mineral
Resources was celebrated in Armidale on 18
February.
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Stolen
Generations Case Begins
Two people forcibly removed from their families when they
were children started their compensation case in the Federal
Court in Darwin earlier this month.
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Torres
Strait Native Title Claims Succeed
The Federal Court has determined Native Title exists on
Saibai and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait.
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Traditional
Owners sign historic Moreton Island
Agreement
The Brisbane City Council has signed a symbolic accord with
the traditional owners of Moorgumpin, or Moreton Island,
marking what they called 'a significant step
forward'.
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On
the road to Reconciliation
Gregory, in the heart of the Gulf country, might seem an
unlikely place to make reconciliation history. But last
month the tiny township became the focus of the Queensland
Government's drive to foster racial harmony, when we held a
'Reconciliation Barbecue' at the Gregory Hotel.
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Malimup
agreement shows a way forward
Despite numerous examples of environment groups and
Indigenous people working harmoniously together in campaigns
to protect country such as Jabiluka, Shelburne Bay and
Starcke, the relationship between conservationists and
Indigenous people has not been without
disagreements.
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Call
for action over park attacks
Townsville ATSIC has called for urgent action by the police
and State Government to prevent further attacks on
Indigenous people in the city's parks.
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Minjehla
Dhagun - Towards the New Millennium
Several months have passed since the historical hand back of
land to the Yugambeh people at the foothills of Mount
Barney, twenty minutes drive from Rathdowney, via Beaudesert
in south-east Queensland.
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Tent
Embassy Update
Tent Embassy protesters have set up a camp outside
the gates of the Governor-General's residence in Yarralumla
because they say he has refused two invitations to visit
their 'fire of peace'.
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The
SEQ Forestry Project: An Opportunity for Getting a Better
Deal?
There has been considerable debate about the use of forest
areas for economic benefit and recreation.
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Native
and Non-Native Americans unite to protect
buffalo
The delicate relationship between the tribes of Plains
Native Americans and the herds of buffalo that once roamed
their homelands is the stuff of legend.
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Howard
gambit just a sick joke
There is no doubt that John Howard is a cunning chap.
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In
Brief
- The
Northern Land Council says it was neither surprised nor
sorry to hear of the resignation of Shane Stone as Chief
Minister of the Northern Territory.
- 'Partners
against racism' is a new coalition of "concerned
individuals and organisations" from around the State
which is already planning its first public
event.
- The
Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has welcomed an
announcement by State Mines and Energy Minister Tony
McGrady to prohibit uranium mining and processing in the
State.
- Pressure
on Prime Minister John Howard to expand his draft
constitutional preamble is increasing.
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What
They Said...
The
words from the people who made the headlines this
month.
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Establishing
Rules/Constitutions for Organisations
This month National Solicitor
for the National Aboriginal & Islander Legal Secretariat
Services (NAILSS), Geoffrey Atkinson (LL.B), takes a look at
"a very basic outline of what needs to be considered when
setting up organisations". LRQ would like to remind readers
to always obtain proper legal advice as early as possible in
the drafting and creation of constitutions or rules for a
new organisation.
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ANTaR
News....
The struggle for acknowledgment of rightful ownership of
Land by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is
central to the much larger objective of justice and
rights.
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Cybertracker
Capers
I have been asked a number of times if computers and in
particular the Internet is culturally appropriate.
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Bookmarks
Links to interesting places on the internet.
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Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
catalogue goes world-wide
The Acting Chairperson of the Institute of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Studies, Mr Mick Dodson, recently
launched Mura, the catalogue of print and archival materials
on the World Wide Web. The catalogue comprises details of
over 180 pictorial collections, 4,400 films and videos, over
100 recorded sound collections, 4,700 manuscripts, 1,400
rare books, 21,000 books, 7,600 serial analytics, 2,000
language items and over 12,000 pamphlets.
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Book
Reviews
Book reviews on Citizenship and Indigenous
Australians, Maybe Tomorrow and Across Country
- Stories From Aboriginal Australia.
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