26th October 1999

Amnesty for all aboriginal prisoners in year 2000
FAIRA strongly supports the call for an amnesty in Year 2000 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners held in Queensland and Australian prisons. [FULL STORY]

16th August 1999

CERD Examines Situation in Australia, Adopts Decision
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted a decision this morning expressing serious concern that envisaged changes in policy by the Australian Government risked creating an 'acute impairment' of the land rights of indigenous communities. [FULL STORY]

16 August 1999

CERD Maintains Pressure on Australian Racism
Todayís decision by the International Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), to continue to monitor the Native Title laws in Australia, is a major success for the human rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [FULL STORY]

29 July 1999

Australian Government Report to UN Offends Human Rights Principles
The Australian Government is offending the Charter of the United Nations, the UN Charter of Human Rights and the various human rights treaties of the United Nations, said Les Malezer, spokesperson for the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title (NIWG). [FULL STORY]

28 July 1999

Racist Laws Will Hurt Olympics
The Australian Government must repeal the Native Title Amendment Act passed last year or suffer wide criticism during the Olympic Games, says Les Malezer, Deputy Chair of the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title (NIWG). [FULL STORY]

Rio Tinto at UN - Aborigines Complain
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups attending a United Nations meeting for Indigenous peoples have complained about a display presented by the Australian Government and mining company Rio Tinto. [FULL STORY]

19 March 1999

Australia: government's dismissal of UN criticism undermines hard-earned credibility in human rights diplomacy
The Australian government's inappropriate attitude to United Nations criticism on its "racially discriminatory" practices puts at stake the credibility of Australia's human rights diplomacy, Amnesty International said today. [FULL STORY]

18 March 1999

Indigenous People of Australia Welcome CERD Findings
We congratulate the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for its astute decision that the Native Title Act is in breach of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. [FULL STORY]

16 July 1998

Spare us the myths of 'rorting'
The National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title slams the Government's new "crackdown" on ATSIC. [FULL STORY]

22 June 1998

Indigenous Rights held to ransom
The National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title said that Indigenous rights should not be held to ransom in a bid to avoid a double dissolution election. [FULL STORY]

18 June 1998

Prime Minister Must Affirm Reconciliation
The Prime Minister must give assurances that he supports advancement of Aboriginal people in Australia through Reconciliation, says a spokesperson for the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Action (FAIRA). [FULL STORY]

15 June 1998

One Nation Government Rejected By Aborigines
Any government formed in Queensland with Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party will not be recognised by the Aboriginal people, says the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA). [FULL STORY]

Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council Attacks Pauline Hanson's One Nation Policy Statement
The Deputy Chairman of Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council Cr Thomas Hudson has described Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Statement that was released over the weekend as being insensitive to the needs of the most disadvantaged group of people in Australia, the Indigenous Australians. [FULL STORY]

9 June 1998

One Nation is Australia's Nazi Party
The One Nation Party's policies could lead to the same racial hatred which became the basis for Nazi Germany and, in its extreme, lead to the extermination of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander races in Australia. [FULL STORY]

2 June 1998

Meet a Murrie on Mabo Day
The people of Brisbane will be given the opportunity to meet Aboriginal elders from south-east Queensland at a breakfast sausage sizzle tomorrow, Mabo Day. [FULL STORY]

29 May 1998

Beattie must approach Native Title wisely
The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) insists that Queensland's political leaders to adopt a more civilised approach to the Native Title rights of the Aboriginal people. [FULL STORY]

Liberals should vote for Democrats or Greens
The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) strongly condemns the Liberal Party of Queensland for preferring that preferences go to a racist party. [FULL STORY]

Hidden agendas on Native Title
The recent release of John Pilger's book Hidden Agendas is a timely reference to the dangers in contemporary media coverage of an important issue like the Native Title debate. [FULL STORY]

26 May 1998

Aboriginals Want Better Government
The Queensland Government is yet to deliver the form of democratic government which guarantees equal representation for all Queensland people. [FULL STORY]