Author: Michael Murphy

07 Sep Indian Brook signs ‘historic’ deal between government and First Nations (The Weekly Press)

Posted at 09:23h in News, Posts

MILLBROOK: The provincial government declared a new era in First Nations relations Sept. 1, as Nova Scotia’s 13 Mi’kmaq chiefs filed into the Glooscap Heritage Centre in Millbrook to sign off on an agreement that could improve the economic future of aboriginal people. Indian Brook Chief...

07 Sep NSW Parliament to recognise Indigenous Australians (ABC News)

Posted at 09:20h in News, Posts

Indigenous leaders will gather at the New South Wale Parliament today for the introduction of a new bill recognising Aboriginal people as the first people in the state. Premier Kristina Keneally has described the legislation as historic. She will introduce the bill to amend the New South...

04 Sep WA gov’t seizes Aboriginal land (Green Left)

Posted at 09:22h in News, Posts

On September 2, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett began the takeover of land at James Price Point in the Kimberley so the company Woodside can build a gas-processing hub. Barnett claims this is necessary, after two years of negotiating with the local Aboriginal community and...