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Clark says Australia lagging behind on Bill A BILL of Rights should be put in place immediately to secure a future for Australia’s Indigenous peoples. |
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QUEENSLAND Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Karen Walters has objected to the proposed state Corrective Services legislation, saying that it “flies in the face” of rules set in place by the United Nations for the minimum treatment of prisoners. |
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AS FAIRA moves ahead with processing the payments of compensation by Government to people who were paid less than the award rates during the 1970s and 1980s, we are moving further afield - most recently to Yarrabah and Cherbourg. |
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition currently on display at the Yugambeh Museum Language and Heritage Research Centre at Beenleigh reflects the strength, pride, pain and triumph of people who have overcome adversity, as well as their hopes for the future. |
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The original Stolen Generation WITH continued scientific testing being carried out on those Indigenous remains currently being held in museums, Traditional Owners want their ancestors home. |
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Cultural heritage: we want ownership A message from Bob Anderson, of the Indigenous Advisory Board: CULTURAL heritage forms the very fabric of our society, our spirituality and our connection with our lands and our very existence. |
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AUSTRALIA’S highest-ranking Indigenous police officer says racism is well entrenched within the upper levels of the Queensland Police Service. |
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The QIWG position on Queensland’s alternative provisions THE Queensland Indigenous Working Group says the Queensland Alternative State Provisions would represent a significant downgrading of Indigenous people’s rights in terms of use of country. QIWG representative Tony Johnson says: “We’re encouraging the Senate to make a conscience decision, do the right thing and to make sure Indigenous people’s rights don’t come last and that in fact they’re considered equal to other Queenslanders. “We are in fact protected by the safety of a federal scheme which is consistent across the board and which does in a limited way at least, give us some opportunity to protect and assert our native title rights on country.” |
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Under award wages claim - The background - IN May 1999, the Queensland Government agreed to make restitution to thousands of Indigenous people who were paid at wages under the award rate by previous Governments in the years 1975 to 1986 - in total, a $25 million payout. |
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Britain agrees to return of Indigenous remains THE outstanding issue of the repatriation of Indigenous ancestral remains has received a show of apparent goodwill. During Prime Minister John Howard’s Centenary of Federation trip to London recently, it seems he struck a deal with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to move on the issue. |
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THE UN is apparently puzzled by Australian governments who have been inclined to ratify conventions then forget what that means. |
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE This chart, from the United Nations Human Rights Website, is not exhaustive, but is intended to describe the functioning of the United Nations system in the field of human rights. |
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Amnesty reveals gag option for government AMNESTY International’s International Secretariat has raised concerns over the lack of domestic human rights protection in Australia. |
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ALL sessions are in Geneva. The full calendar is available online at www.unhchr.ch/html/calen2000.htm |
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Neva goes to the heart of mediation As FAIRA’s new International Projects Officer based in Geneva, Neva Collings has the next 12 months to lobby the United Nations on issues that impact on Indigenous Australians, presenting information to committees and keeping the CERD decision alive. |
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Notice of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement for a Proposed Gas Pipeline between Gatton and Gympie FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation, situated at 37 Balaclava Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, hereby notifies all persons who hold or may hold Native Title in South-East Queensland, including all UNDUMBI, GUBBI GUBBI, KABI KABI, UGURAPUL, JINABARA, YUGGERA, GARUMGAR and DUNGIBARA persons, of a proposed Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) under section 24 of the Native Title Act which may affect your Native Title rights and interests. |
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ON Friday 28 July, the United Nations Human Rights Committee made its concluding observations from its consideration in the previous week of Australia’s human rights record over the last ten years. Ironically, in view of recent events, the Committee praised Australia for ‘strengthening the Sex Discrimination Act, 1984’. |
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Two strokes to midnight for state Wik laws QUEENSLAND Premier Peter Beattie’s proposed native title regime will live or die on the floor of the Senate when the vote is taken on Wednesday, August 30. |
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Stolen Generation ruling disappoints THE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission says it is disappointed by this month’s Federal Court ruling on the Cubillo-Gunner claims for compensation but is not deterred from its campaign for justice for the Stolen Generations. |
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IN one month ATSIC has taken the concern of Indigenous people to Geneva, Canada and even Nundah. Commissioner for Brisbane Pat Thompson addressed the Noonga Reconciliation Group early this month, where she outlined the need for a treaty. |
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Indigenous media gear up for Olympics THE National Indigenous Media Association of Australia Limited (NIMAA) is gearing up to finalise preparations for the Sydney Olympics. |
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The paper, it’s a-changing |
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NEWS of the Federal Court ruling in the case of Lorna Cubillo and Peter Gunner is disappointing from an outsider’s perspective. |
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Links to interesting places on the internet. |
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