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Thursday, January 18, 2007. Thursday, January 18, 2007. 19:00 AEDT Lawyer questions Clark accuser's memoryLawyers have continued cross-examining a woman who claims she was pack raped twice in 1971 by a group led by former ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark. Thursday, January 18, 2007. 15:20 AEDT Beattie Government urged to finalise Indigenous reportThe Queensland Government has been called on to finalise a draft report on the problems facing the Indigenous community and to act on its recommendations as a matter of urgency. Thursday, January 18, 2007. 11:10 AEDT Indigenous report not shelved, Pitt saysQueensland's Communities Minister Warren Pitt says a draft report on the numerous problems confronting the state's Indigenous community will be used to find solutions once it is finalised. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. 14:46 AEDT More support sought for football academyThe south-west Western Australian branch of the Clontarf Football Academy is set to open soon, but the foundation says it needs more local support to run its program effectively. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. 14:36 AEDT Indigenous police scheme extends to north QldThe North Queensland Police Academy will offer a specialised program for Indigenous people to study to become police officers from August. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. 13:12 AEDT Indigenous band gets funds to raise profileMid-west Western Australian Indigenous band the Bartlett Brothers will use a State Government grant to raise its profile by building a website and shooting a video clip. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. 08:33 AEDT NSW Govt aims to reduce HIV infection rateThe New South Wales Government says it is aiming to reduce HIV infections by a quarter by 2009. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. 08:17 AEDT Footy bosses furious over rebel Aboriginal leagueOrganisers say they will push ahead with a rebel Aboriginal rugby league competition whether it is sanctioned by the Australian Rugby League (ARL) or not. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 21:18 AEDT Government says car seizures 'a glitch'The Northern Territory Government has played down the significance of a legal blunder involving the Licensing Commission that has forced the return of 20 cars seized in dry communities. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 17:05 AEDT Mulrunji witness found deadA man who gave evidence at the coronial inquest into the 2004 death in custody of an Aboriginal man on Palm Island in far north Queensland has died. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 15:00 AEDT Clark led pack rapes, court hearsFormer ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark faced the Victorian County Court today for his civil trial involving rape allegations. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 14:38 AEDT Federal Govt to help Davenport Aboriginal communityThe Port Augusta council in South Australia says the Federal Government will help supply part of a $1 million bill required to fix vital infrastructure in the city's neighbouring Aboriginal community. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 13:00 AEDT Police make progress in desert deaths investigationWestern Australian police have a clearer picture of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two men who perished in remote desert country east of Kalgoorlie at the weekend. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 10:31 AEDT Ancient graves washed away in Esperance stormAboriginal elders in Esperance in Western Australia have revealed ancient graves were washed away in the storm that ripped through the area over a week ago. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 09:00 AEDT Port Augusta considers youth curfewThere are plans to set up a curfew in Port Augusta, in mid-north South Australia, to stop juvenile crime in the city. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 08:42 AEDT Indigenous elders to open lookoutAn upgraded lookout on Mount Yarrahapinni, 10 kilometres south-east of Macksville on the New South Wales mid-north coast, will be opened today by Aboriginal elders of two local tribes. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 08:00 AEDT Aurukun Mayor underscores importance of cultureThe Mayor of Aurukun in Queensland says he believes he has sent his message successfully to government officials about the importance of Aboriginal customary law and culture. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. 06:49 AEDT Palm Is review to get parliamentary privilegeThe Queensland Government says a review of the Palm Island death in custody case must be tabled in Parliament before it can be released. Monday, January 15, 2007. Monday, January 15, 2007. 19:47 AEDT Compensation claim possible over confiscated carsThe Northern Territory Licensing Commission could face a compensation claim over a bungle which saw it illegally confiscate cars using the Liquor Act. Monday, January 15, 2007. 15:33 AEDT Fewer AP lands visitors head to Port AugustaThere are reports that visitors to Port Augusta from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AP) lands in South Australia's north have been down on previous years. Monday, January 15, 2007. 14:48 AEDT MP backs Sir Laurence Street's Palm Is visitThe Member for Townsville, Mike Reynolds, has welcomed Sir Laurence Street's decision to visit Palm Island, in north Queensland, as part of his review into a death in custody case. Monday, January 15, 2007. 14:16 AEDT Indigenous golfers head for Alice SpringsAlice Springs will host Indigenous golfers from around the world, after securing an Australian championship event in October. Monday, January 15, 2007. 13:49 AEDT Desert tragedy claims Indigenous artistIt has been confirmed one of two men who died on a remote track in Western Australia was a prominent Indigenous artist. Monday, January 15, 2007. 13:00 AEDT Forest funds come late: Indigenous groupThe Framlingham Aboriginal Trust says Federal Government assistance to help restore the fire ravaged Framlingham Forest, in south-western Victoria, is a belated result. Monday, January 15, 2007. 12:29 AEDT Plans to test Aboriginal remains unchanged: museumThe Natural History Museum in London says it is going ahead with tests on the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines. Monday, January 15, 2007. 08:45 AEDT Seized cars returned after legal bungle revealedThe Licensing Commission has been forced to return about 20 seized cars to their owners after discovering they had been illegally forfeited under the Northern Territory's liquor laws. Sunday, January 14, 2007. Sunday, January 14, 2007. 08:00 AEDT Healing process begins for Stolen GenerationsThe Tasmanian Government has begun the next step in the process of compensating members of the Stolen Generations. Saturday, January 13, 2007. Saturday, January 13, 2007. 13:51 AEDT MP denies victimisation after police re-arrest Aurukun suspectThe Queensland Member of Parliament representing the far northern community of Aurukun has denied the re-arrest of a man whose allegations of police brutality sparked a riot last week will create more tension in the town. Saturday, January 13, 2007. 10:30 AEDT Man at centre of Aurukun riots arrested againThe man whose claims of police brutality sparked this week's riot in the far-north Queensland Aboriginal community of Aurukun has been re-arrested in Cairns for allegedly breaching his bail. Saturday, January 13, 2007. 08:37 AEDT Mulrunji family in court bid for case reviewThe family of a Palm Island man who died in police custody two years ago has launched its own bid in the Supreme Court of Queensland to review the case. Saturday, January 13, 2007. 08:28 AEDT High Commission urges museum against testing Aboriginal remainsAustralia's High Commission in London has stepped in to help the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre prevent a British museum gathering data from the remains of 17 Aboriginal Tasmanians. Friday, January 12, 2007. Friday, January 12, 2007. 16:22 AEDT NT assault rate outstrips national averageThe Northern Territory has a rate of assault five-and-a-half times higher than the national average. Friday, January 12, 2007. 12:47 AEDT Aurukun officers relocated after riotsThe police officers who were in Aurukun at the time of this week's riots have been temporarily transferred elsewhere. Friday, January 12, 2007. 11:48 AEDT Govt says Doomadgee mayor 'disqualified'The Queensland Government says the mayor of a north-west Queensland Aboriginal council was not sacked, but automatically disqualified under law. Friday, January 12, 2007. 10:11 AEDT Booderee National Park to boost Indigenous jobsThe Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, on the New South Wales south coast, is looking at expanding employment and training opportunities for members of the Wreck Bay Indigenous community. Friday, January 12, 2007. 08:38 AEDT Telstra accused of double standards over Indigenous treatmentTelstra has been accused of applying double standards to Aboriginal groups, after the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre's Launceston office, in the state's north, was left without phone services yesterday. Friday, January 12, 2007. 07:03 AEDT 15 charged over Aurukun riotPolice have charged 15 people over this week's riot at Aurukun on Queensland's Cape York. |
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