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 Racist
laws will hurt Olympics
The Federal Government will suffer wide criticism during the
Olympic Games if it does not repeal the Native Title
Amendment Act passed last year, says the deputy chair of the
National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title (NIWG),
Les Malezer.
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UN
sees need for world conference to combat
racism
The decision by the United Nations General Assembly that a
World Conference to Combat Racism should be held during 2001
is the culmination of the International Decade to Combat
Racism and arises from the frustration felt by many that
efforts to combat racism are not
working.
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 Ranger
training program kicks off
In 1998 the Brisbane Council of Elders (BCE) was granted
funds to establish and administer a Community Development
Employment Program (CDEP) for 100 Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people in the South East Queensland ATSIC
region.
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 Women's
Task Force on Violence
At the time of writing, I am waiting to receive the final
report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's
Task Force on Violence.
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 Indigenous
Peoples, Constitutions and
Treaties
This
is an edited text of the speech given by ATSIC chair Mr
Gatjil Djerrkura at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in
London on 23 July 1999
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Djerrkura
fears black-white split in Australia
ATSIC Chair Gatjil Djerrkura fears that if Aboriginal land
rights are kept out of the declaration for reconciliation, a
damaging split between white and black Australia may
eventuate.
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Government
announces Land Court appointments
Minister for Environment and Heritage and Natural Resources,
Rod Welford, last month announced appointments to the Land
Court and the Land Tribunal.
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Brisbane
land handed back to traditional
owners
Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage and Natural
Resources, Rod Welford, last month handed a special Deed of
Grant in Trust to the Brisbane City Council for a portion of
land in Musgrave Park in South Brisbane.
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Have
a voice on your council
TAFE Queensland is offering a semester-long course for
prospective candidates for the March 2000 Local Government
elections.
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ATSIC
elections fast approaching
The October 9 ATSIC Regional Council elections are almost
upon us. These elections are historic, in that, the ATSIC
Commissioners elected from the process will themselves elect
the next ATSIC Chairperson.
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Perth
to host International Language Expo
Queensland's Indigenous languages will be represented at an
International Language Expo to be held in Perth on 1 and 2
October, 1999.
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Letter
to the Editor
- No
changes to Aboriginal land rights
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Victoria's
first ILUA into public notification
Victoria's first land use agreement moved into public
notification last month.
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Australia's
second ILUA registered
The Northern Territory's first, and Australia's second
Indigenous Land Use Agreement was given the final seal of
approval by the National Native Title Tribunal last
month.
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Jabiluka
mine not a certainty
The United Nation's World Heritage Committee has called on
the Australian Government to report by April 15 next year on
how it has addressed Committee concerns about the mine's
impact on Kakadu's cultural values.
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Teachers
to learn about Native Title
An innovative new scheme to be piloted in Western
Australia will involve primary and secondary school
Aboriginal studies teachers to be introduced to Native Title
concepts.
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Money
'wasted' on title appeal
The WA Government was wasting millions of taxpayers'
dollars in its latest attempt to poison the community
against native title, according to Aboriginal Legal Service
chief executive Dennis Eggington.
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University
reconciliation forum
A forum on the Draft Document of Reconciliation will be held
at the University of Queensland on Thursday August 5, from
11am to 3pm at the Staff and Graduates Club, in the Kathleen
Room, to be accompanied at 5pm the same day by a screening
of the movie 'Bulworth' starring Warren Beatty, in the
Schonell Theatre. Tickets for the movie are $5, and can be
obtained either at the door of the Theatre or at the Unity
stall during the Wednesday Market Day at UQ.
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Indigenous
Board has reconciliation, justice on
agenda
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy,
Judy Spence, outlined reconciliation, law and justice, and
social and cultural matters as priorities of the new
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board.
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Democrats'
GST vote in good faith
"Fear and uncertainty about the impact of the new tax
package are understandable." - Senator John
Woodley.
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Kakadu's
non-listing a disgrace
No matter how the World Heritage Committee phrased its
decision not to list Kakadu as "World Heritage in Danger",
it was achieved at enormous cost to the integrity of both
the committee and the Australian Government.
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In
Brief
- Indigenous issues academic and
activist Marcia Langton has been appointed as the first
professor of Australian Indigenous studies
- The ACT Government has offered
Aboriginal people legal title over the Namadji National
Park
- The sixth International
Rangelands Conference in Townsville last month heard that
the conquest mentality of Australia's pastoral and
grazing industries
- Queensland Police Commissioner
Jim O'Sullivan has apologised to the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander community
- Need help with your tax affairs
but can't afford to pay a registered tax
agent?
- Protection of sacred sites at
Uluru and Kakadu national parks will be
upgraded
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What
They Said...
The words from the people who made the headlines this month.
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ANTaR
News...
The Political Strategy Taskforce at ANTaR QLD believes that
the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD) decision is the most significant political event to
affect the direction of native title since Senator Brian
Harradine caved into the pressures of the Federal government
in mid 1998.
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Belittling
of culture disguised as debate
"Aborigines don't need white experts to validate their
traditional beliefs" - Robert Lee
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Reconciliation:
Brisbane consultations
The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation has embarked on
its final journey before presenting the Declaration for
Reconciliation to Parliament during National Reconciliation
Week 2000.
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NT
communities discuss the Draft Document for
Reconciliation
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation members hit the road
in Central Australia during NAIDOC week, holding the first
round of public consultations about the Council's Draft
Document for Reconciliation.
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Murray
Bridge gives the thumbs up
Nearly 100 people at South Australia's first historic
meeting to discuss the Draft Document for Reconciliation in
mid July overwhelmingly supported the need for a statement
of reconciliation between Australian people.
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Quotes
about Native Title Amendment Bill
LRQ reproduces some views expressed at the time the Native
Title Amendment Bill was released. How can the Government
express surprise at the decision of the United Nations
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination?
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Federal
Govt's record on Indigenous affairs since assuming office in
1996
When will this Government tell the Australian people its
"real" agenda on Indigenous affairs?
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The
Colour of Democracy
Tony Koch ("Give Black voters a proper say" - reprinted in
July 1999 Land Rights Queensland) raises a disturbing point
about the blatantly unequal democratic rights of Aborigines
in Queensland. He quotes the 1991 EARC Review Committee's
condemnation of the exclusion of Aboriginal voters from
local shire elections, effectively rendering them voiceless
over local government matters which might dramatically
impact on their way of life.
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Resolving
coexisting multiple property rights and
compensation
This article is the fifth of a continuing series, by John
Sheehan, dealing with valuation and Native Title
issues.
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Cybertracker
Capers
This month I have a few things I need to run through. The
first is the problem with software, its usage and the
purchase of and the license that goes with it.
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Bookmarks
Links to interesting places on the internet.
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Book
Reviews
Book reviews on Fighting Words - Writing about
Race, Regional Agreements. Key Issues in
Australia, In the Wake of Wik and Djabugay
Country.
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