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 Treaty
ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark says a treaty is the only
appropriate response to the huge turnout for the Corroboree
2000 walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge..
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 The
message from Corroboree
2000
In an address at the official ceremony on May 27 for the
presentation of reconciliation documents at the Sydney Opera
House, the chair of ATSIC, Geoff Clark, called on Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples to step up the struggle
for recognition, rights and reform.
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 The
Brisbane march
Community members at the Brisbane march across the William
Jolly Bridge and into the King George Square rally on Sunday
June 4.
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 Police
drop charges against
academic
Police
have dropped charges against prominent health adviser and
former associate professor at the University of Southern
Queensland, Gracelyn Smallwood "in the interests of trying
to forge a better liaison between Townsville police and the
Indigenous community", an agreement between the parties
stated.
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 Campaigners
reject conditions on human remains
returns
News that the British Museum of Natural History is prepared
to return Aboriginal remains to Australia was welcomed in
Australia, but brought words of warning from campaigners.
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 Messages
from Corroboree 2000
Quotes from Joe McGinness, Commissioner Roy Robinson &
Terry Waia on Corroboree 2000.
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Pictures
fom Corroboree 2000
More
pictures from the Corroboree 2000 celebrations in the Sydney
Opera House and the march over the Sydney Harbour
Bridge.
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Air
for sale - but what about the native title
rights?
With
the latest federal budget, and running out of other state
assets to sell, Treasurer Costello has used the sale of
parts of the spectrum to plug a two-billion-dollar budget
hole.
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New
dimensions in the reconciliation
debate
When
it comes to information about inter-racial relations, about
how Aboriginal lives have been ordered and controlled by
governments, most Australians have only the official story
to guide them. And this limitation necessarily compromises
their view of the reconciliation process.
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Research
delves into Tarampa and Lockyer areas
Research by south-east Queensland Murri Sonny
Thompson into his family has led to a book about a family of
German settlers and their descendants.
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ANTaR
News...
- Upcoming Events
- No reconciliation without negotiation
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Budget
fails Indigenous community
The federal
Budget has again failed the Indigenous community on several
fronts.
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QWIG
rejects state native title law
The Queensland Indigenous Working Group (QIWG) has
restated its objection to the Queensland native title
legislation approved by the Commonwealth Attorney-General
late last month.
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Access
and funding key repatriation issues
The British
Government should ensure museums, galleries and universities
are obligated to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities with access to information about their
holdings of human remains and significant cultural property,
a FAIRA submission to a UK House of Commons committee
says.
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Stuck
between the Rock and a hard place
The heat
haze shimmered and little whirlwinds played over the
saltpans as a lone figure staggered in a north-westerly
direction across the Simpson Desert. The figure, that of a
small bald-headed man with spectacles, paused, wiped its
head with a handkerchief and trudged on. After a dozen more
steps the figure fell to its knees and began to crawl on
hands and knees. It had crawled a few hundred metres when a
vehicle drove up from behind a sand dune and came to a stop
beside it. Someone within the vehicle called out: "OK, Mr.
Prime Minister. That's enough for today".
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An
opportunity to challenge the myths
Make no mistake, the handing over by the Council for
Aboriginal Reconciliation of the Australian Declaration
Towards Reconciliation to the Australian people was a
significant moment in the history of relations between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Pioneering
Yumba Hostel reopens in West End
Twenty-seven years ago on a visit to Brisbane, the late
Neville Bonner, Charles Perkins and Neville Jansz from the
then Department of Aboriginal Affairs were appalled at the
conditions local Aboriginal people were faced with. Many
were forced to shelter under bridges or camp in derelict
houses to escape the elements.
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Linking
cultural heritage and native title
This is the 15th in a continuing series by John Sheehan
dealing with the developing accommodation between
compensation law and valuation practice, and native
title.
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Reconciliation
sharpens the focus
At the time of writing, thousands of people are preparing to
stride for reconciliation across the William Jolly Bridge in
Brisbane. This event will be the climax of a week of
activities around the state and the nation, when people of
all backgrounds have taken some action to show their support
for reconciliation.
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Coming
to terms with the business of the
past
Earlier this
year we were visited by an esteemed elder and religious
philosopher, his eminence, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I was
one of few who had the pleasure to hear him speak but I was
profoundly struck by his wisdom when he said:
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Cybertracker
Capers
In the light
of the recent virus scares I thought it timely to look at
the problem of virus attack and how to avoid such a thing
happening again to your system.
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Bookmarks
Links to
interesting places on the internet.
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In
Brief
- A further
four native title representative bodies have been
recognised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Affairs Minister, Senator John Herron, under the amended
Native Title Act (1998).
- The NSW
Aboriginal Land Council says a NSW government decision to
formalise rate exemptions on undeveloped land council
land is "a giant step forward".
- Remote and
rural-based artists will have an extra 12 months to come
to terms with the administrative demands of the new tax
system.
- Aboriginal
educator Penny Tripcony has been appointed to head the
Indigenous Education Consultative Body.
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Book
Reviews
Book
reviews on
When Darkness Falls, Essays on Australian
Reconciliation and Wik, Mining and
Aborigines.
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