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30 Sep Circle sentencing expanded in NSW (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 15:07h in News, Posts

A radical justice scheme that brings indigenous offenders face to face with their victims and allows Aboriginal elders to help decide sentences is being expanded across NSW. The state government will on Thursday announce the rollout of Circle Sentencing to regional centres Moree, Ulladulla, Wellington and...

24 Sep Why privatization of reserve lands risks aboriginal ruin (The Lawyers Weekly)

Posted at 06:46h in News, Posts

The federal government is exploring a voluntary regime of private ownership of reserve lands in Canada. This is an idea that is premature and short-sighted. Advocates of this proposal say that the current communal stewardship of traditional lands by First Nations stifles development and stunts financial...

23 Sep Locals lead fight to cut Aboriginal disadvantage (The Australian)

Posted at 15:03h in News, Posts

THE outback town of Wilcannia has set ambitious targets to reduce chronic Aboriginal disadvantage. The town has struck a pioneering agreement with the federal and NSW governments to establish nurses in schools, indigenous-run small businesses, and better healthcare for pregnant women. The former opal mining town has become...