Author: Michael Murphy

19 Mar First Nations end blockade of Ring of Fire deposit (The Toronto Star)

Posted at 07:55h in News, Posts

Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle is lauding First Nations for ending blockades that prevented mining companies from studying the Ring of Fire chromite deposit in northern Ontario. Two aboriginal communities had been manning the blockade since January but say they will officially end the protest...

18 Mar Nunavik housing shortage a ‘crisis’: Inuit (CBC)

Posted at 08:00h in News, Posts

Inuit leaders in Nunavik are pleading with the federal government to step up efforts to build social housing to fill skyrocketing demand for safe, healthy homes in the North. Nearly 49 per cent or one in two Inuit in the northern region live in an...

16 Mar Indigenous ceremony proper ‘welcome’ (The Australian)

Posted at 08:02h in News, Posts

Mr Madden, who performs two or three welcomes a week to Sydney's Gadigal land at $250 to $300 for each welcome, said the Opposition Leader's comments were "just political noise to get a headline". Mr Abbott told The Advertiser the ceremonies were an "empty gesture",...