Author: Michael Murphy

07 Jul Ottawa pushes plan to boost native economy (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 10:15h in News, Posts

Ottawa has unveiled a new blueprint to boost the economy of Canada's exploding first nations population, pledging to increase access to business loans, provide more government contracts and speed the pace of development on reserves...

05 Jul Post-handover Treelord negotiations begin (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 10:19h in News, Posts

The assets have been handed over, now central North Island iwi will work out who gets what. A ceremony was held near Turangi yesterday in which the Crown transferred around $450 million in land and cash to a group representing eight iwi...

03 Jul Sorry state of indigenous abuse, says Productivity Commission report (The Australian)

Posted at 09:25h in News, Posts

ABORIGINAL disadvantage is worse than previously thought, with indigenous children almost seven times more likely to be abused or neglected despite a massive government effort to close the gap with the rest of the population...