Author: Michael Murphy

27 Jul Tony Abbott pledges to extend quarantine on indigenous welfare cash (The Courier Mail)

Posted at 15:13h in News, Posts

A COALITION Government would consider extending welfare quarantines across Australia, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. Currently some welfare payments in Aboriginal communities are ''quarantined'' so that money can only be spent on necessities. Mr Abbott posed the question: ''If it's right and just in...

27 Jul Ecuador’s indigenous justice system on trial (BBC News)

Posted at 15:08h in News, Posts

A few thousand people are gathered in La Cocha, an indigenous community in the Ecuadorean Andes, as a naked man is forced to carry a heavy bag of rocks around the town square. The 22-year-old man, called Orlando Quishpe, is then tied to a...

23 Jul Liberal hopes to become first Aborigine in House of Representatives (The Australian)

Posted at 15:06h in News, Posts

So when Tony Abbott launches Dr Wyatt's campaign for the marginal Perth seat of Hasluck today, the 57-year-old again finds himself on the verge of another great adventure. He may well become the first Aborigine to be elected to the House of Representatives. He's in...