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22 Jul Kalahari Bushmen to appeal against court ban on well in game reserve (Guardian)

Posted at 15:00h in News, Posts

The Kalahari Bushmen are to appeal against a decision by the Botswana high court forbidding them to use a well in the central Kalahari game reserve, one of the driest regions in the world, a spokesman announced today. The Bushmen, Africa's oldest inhabitants, won...

21 Jul One Nation calls for indigenous seats (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 14:55h in News, Posts

The political party founded by firebrand Pauline Hanson has called for two dedicated seats in federal parliament for indigenous people. Queensland One Nation Senate candidate Rod Evans said the two major parties had a paternalistic attitude towards Aborigines. "For too long we are hearing and...

17 May Explain native title, Rann urged (The Australian)

Posted at 19:53h in News, Posts

Determined to forge a new legal-historical narrative in South Australia, native title groups are asking Premier Mike Rann to begin negotiations on "unfinished business" arising from the state's 1836 Letters Patent. A meeting of the 27 native title groups at Clare over the weekend unanimously...