September 2000

WHO’S TO BLAME?

Deaths in Custody :
A Deadly Business

Concerns are being raised about the soaring rates of deaths in custody

Deaths in custody stalwart Ray Jackson is frustrated by a system which he says is killing our people. It’s a system he says is determined to guard its secerts and relutant to address concerns.

Taking the olympics out to the community

“It’s important that Indigenous people are able to get a broad coverage of the Olympics."

If you’re one of the few not heading to Sydney who still wants to keep up-to-date with what’s happening down there, a team of Indigenous broadcasters from around the country will have all the latest.

Howard and the U.N.

The ideals a nation holds for itself, and for others, are often found more in the everyday speech of its people than in the rhetoric of politics or diplomacy.

Australia shuns UN

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says she hopes Australia will revisit the issue of signing the UN’s Optional protocol on discrimination against women.

A history of resistance and disposession

A pictorial collection

Elizabeth Evatt hits back

A Statement by Elizabeth Evatt.

Let us have the truth about the treaty committees. THE TREATY COMMITTEES ARE NOT UNELECTED UNREPRESENTATIVE BODIES

Activists' Rights guide

Police and SOCOG boast of the many thousands of police, army, security guards and volunteers who will be available to police the Sydney Olympics.

Traditional Owners touch base

This month’s SEQ Land Summits will provide a valuable opportunity for Traditional owners to touch base, at a time when native title legislation provides for more confusion than certainty.

Give me a break

Allow me to indulge myself in a little venting, I mean how’s Howard’s form? Seriously? Am I the only one who sees all this nonsense about Australia reforming the UN as a dose of egomania and a dash of bruised pride?

Editorial

Flicking through archived photos of old protests for this edition has us geared up for the Olympics.

Land Rights QLD contact in Sydney

LRQ will be dropping in and out of Sydney to cover alternative Olympic activities as required.

In Brief

Townsville Council on Notice
The Townsville Council is understood to be in the process of locking the region’s homeless people out of the city’s parks. This is a major concern to FAIRA who has been involved in a long-running battle to protect the rights of those the Council considers undesirable. The FAIRA legal team is currently assessing the decision...next issue they’ll report back on the legalities and implications for Townsville’s park people.

Bookmarks

Links to interesting places on the internet.

FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation
Phone +61 7 3391 4677 • Fax +61 7 3391 4551 • email letterbox@faira.org.au
Post Office Box 8402 Woolloongabba Q 4102 Australia
37 Balaclava Street Woolloongabba