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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...

03 Sep 2010 Remote indigenous communities thriving in new ‘dry’ (The Australian)

Posted at 09:10h in News, Posts

MERVINA Henry is the shy face of change in Queensland's remote indigenous communities, where alcohol consumption has been curtailed and children are staying in school. Five years after alcohol restrictions were imposed on the state's 19 communities, and two years after Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson...