It’s now clear that the act of parliament that set out the “prescribed communities” will have to be changed. Word has it that an overlay has been done on one of the Top End’s largest Aboriginal communities, to find that about 90% of the community has been left out.
Aboriginal communities
The indigenous land grab will mean more suffering, not less
I am a senior traditional owner of the Yirrkala community land, which the Federal Government is trying to take from my family, without even having the guts or the courtesy to speak to us, writes Banduk Marika, community leader and artist in Yirrkala, Arnhem Land.
Voters and baseball bats – in Queensland and elsewhere
Will the Queensland local council kafuffle cost Kevin Rudd seats in Queensland? Maybe. But it might cost John Howard seats elsewhere, writes Peter Brent.
Tales from the Territory: racism is abuse too
For the last four years, I have worked as a GP in remote NT Aboriginal communities, a position which privileges me to be both doctor and friend to many Aboriginal people, most of whom are delightful, loving, law abiding citizens. Rarely has child sexual abuse been brought to my attention, writes Dr Glynis Johns.
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The anatomy of a national emergency
The government’s intervention in the Northern Territory has dominated much of the media for a close to a fortnight, but appears to have passed voters by.
Funding the latest weapon in PM’s emergency
Much of what we are seeing in the Northern Territory is mediated by television images of diggers taking up positions in central Australian communities as part of the government’s “intervention and stabilisation” strategy.
Fear and loathing in the Northern Territory
On a road trip through the top end from Alice Springs to Darwin, Crikey passed through a number of Aboriginal townships that were hesitant and wary about the PM’s plan, writes Bob Gosford.
Territory alcohol blame game a little shy of facts
The blame game about grog on Aboriginal communities is deeply offensive to the 100-plus towns, town camps and communities that have used the law to try and ban alcohol.
Malcolm Fraser and Lowitja O’Donoghue: Without respect, this will not stand
While we must all hope that any measures introduced will assist Aborigines achieve their rightful place within the Australian community, a place that recognises their own history and culture, we must at the same time ask how the Government has come to this point?
