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 Aboriginal
people should say 'no' to
referendum
Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell says Aboriginal people
should take a clear position on the coming referendum, and
reject it.
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 Exercise
your traditional rights on the management of national park
lands
Queensland native title representative bodies are
undertaking consultations/discussions with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people on the review of the
Queensland national parks and protected areas
legislation.This is an opportunity for you to put your
concerns and aspirations forward regarding the future
management of your traditional
lands.
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 States
face stark choice on Wik
When the Democrats responded to the passage of the Wik
legislation through the Senate in July last year by
announcing that we would oppose unfair state native title
regimes, our warning went unreported in the media.
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 First
step in landmark deal
In something of a landmark for south-east Queensland, an
Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) was signed-off at
Morayfield on Friday September 10.
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Traditional
owner conference
FAIRA and the Brisbane City Council (BCC) held a three-day
land interest forum in late June 1999, at the Ridge Hotel,
Brisbane.
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Talks
to come on regional autonomy
The
Federal Government has announced it will embark on a
consultation process to explore ways in which the autonomy
of Indigenous people may be enhanced.
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Call
for young to vote in ATSIC elections
Across Queensland on October 9, Indigenous voters will elect
81 councillors to seven ATSIC Regional Councils. Four of
these councillors will go on to be elected as commissioner
for their zone and sit on the next board of
ATSIC.
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Djerrkura
decides to stand
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission chairman
Gatjil Djerrkura has nominated as a candidate in the October
9 ATSIC Regional Council elections.
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Four
out of five students worse off
Almost 80 per cent of tertiary Indigenous students will be
worse off after Abstudy changes come into effect from
January 1, an ATSIC report shows.
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Cartoon
By Kevin
Lindeberg
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Qld-ATSIC
initiatives aim at self-empowerment
A small piece of history was made in late August, when
senior officers of the Department of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Policy and Development (DATSIPD) met with
their counterparts in ATSIC, Queensland. Despite
increasingly good relations between the organisations, it
was the first meeting of its kind.
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Caring
for country
Recognition
of native title is remaking the way in which land is dealt
with.
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Blueprint
for legal protection against cultural
rip-offs
A landmark report on Aboriginal and Islander cultural rights
is a blueprint for legally protecting Indigenous knowledge
that in the past has been monumentally ripped
off.
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Sea
rights myth must go, says Djerrkura
It's time Australians rejected the absurd notion of mare
nullius - that the waters off the coasts have no owners and
that Indigenous Australians have no pre-existing sea rights,
ATSIC chair Gatjil Djerrkura has told a national conference
on sea rights.
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Cape
York goes digital
A new world of digital communications was unveiled at Hope
Vale last month. The Cape York Digital Network has the
potential to revolutionise many aspects of life for people
in remote communities on Cape York Peninsula
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TV
service begins test transmissions
The successful test transmission of a potential
coast-to-coast Indigenous television network has made
broadcasting history. The two-hour trial on September 2 was
received in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South
Australia and Western Australia.
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Questions
hang over justice system
ATSIC Commissioner Colin Dillon has welcomed the
Queensland Government's decision to appeal against a
"manifestly inadequate " sentence given by a Cairns judge to
five teenagers who attacked a homeless Aborigine in a Cairns
park.
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Beattie's
blueprint for confusion
The period since the passage of the amendments to the
Federal Native Title Act through the Senate may have lulled
some into a false sense of security.
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Traditional
owners win majority of Alice Springs
claim
Traditional owners in the Alice Springs area won a major
native title claim in the Federal Court last
month.
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In
Brief
- A
controversial motion to "terminate native title issues
and claims at the end of 1999 so that all people can live
in this country and enter the new millennium as equal
Australians"
- NSW
Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge has called for a national
summit of all State and federal Aboriginal affairs
ministers.
- An
inquest into the death of a man who spent his last hours
of life with chains around his ankles.
- Building
work on the Indigenous cultural centre in Brisbane's
Musgrave Park is due to begin soon.
- The
Waanyi people have combined all previous claims over
Century Zinc Mine into one claim and lodged it with the
Federal Court.
- Mining
companies will be able to write off as a tax deduction
millions of dollars spent defending native title
claims.
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Call
to dump Bill as Pilbara hearing
starts
The Federal Court began a seven-week hearing into a
native title claim covering the Burrup Peninsula and
Millstream National Park last month. It is only the second
time a West Australian claim has reached the courts.
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Genocide
cases have no basis: court
The Federal Court rejected last month the notion that the
crime of genocide could be prosecuted in an Australian
court.
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Prevention
and punishment Bill
The Australian Democrats have moved to introduce a Bill for
the prevention and punishment of the crime of
genocide.
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ATSIC
elections
Where to vote in South-East Queensland and the full list of
Queensland candidates.
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Sharing
stories a focus of Cherbourg meeting
A small group lingered long after the Cherbourg consultation
- a cross-section of the 100 who had just spent the day
having their say on the Draft Declaration for
Reconciliation.
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Reconciliation
partnerships flourish in Caboolture
A diverse group of Sunshine Coast and northern Brisbane
residents attended the reconciliation consultation in
Caboolture, and were able to view two historic documents of
reconciliation.
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Learning
from the PNG experience
This article is the seventh in a continuing series
dealing with valuation and native title issues by John
Sheehan.
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ANTaR
News...
I am pleased to take this opportunity to let you know about
ANTaR's activities over the past few months and what is
planned for the coming months.
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Message
of solidarity with East Timorese
Indigenous leaders last month issued a statement expressing
solidarity with the East Timorese people and their
leadership in their enduring fight for
self-determination.
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Cybertracker
Capers
Finally I have got the training packages together for
computers. The courses start in November and there are a
number of choices.
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Bookmarks
Links to interesting places on the internet.
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Book
Reviews
Book reviews on Mabo - Life of an Island Man - the
screenplay, Yumba Days and Compensation for
native title - Issues & challenges.
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Bunya
festival to revive age-old tradition
A festival planned for early next year in the Bunya
Mountains north-west of Brisbane aims to offer the
opportunity to reaffirm cultural, social and racial identity
in ways that are generally accessible and not dependent on
individual performance skills or sporting
ability.
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