Author: Michael Murphy

04 Nov Aboriginals have right to sell seafood they harvest, court says: But some restrictions still apply, judge rules (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 18:17h in News, Posts

The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council claimed a legal victory Tuesday after the B.C. Supreme Court affirmed the right of aboriginals to sell the seafood they harvest. In a lengthy written decision, Justice Nicole Garson gave the aboriginal people of the west coast of Vancouver Island the...

02 Nov Govt not rushing to make Foreshore and Seabed changes (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 09:01h in News, Posts

The prime minister says the government will repeal the Foreshore and Seabed legislation but it will not be rushed. Mr Key told this afternoon's post-Cabinet news conference that it's important first to work out what to replace it with and that process could take months...

29 Oct Truancy warnings fall on deaf ears (The Australian)

Posted at 09:07h in News, Posts

A Report on a trial in four Cape York communities, in which parents of children who do not attend school are counselled, shows that more than half of those whose conduct is questioned ignore the initial counselling. But that is the only negative identified in...