In the fifth and final chapter in a special report into the family feud in the indigenous Noongar community, Kayt Davies sums up an enduring environment of unemployment, disadvantage and race-fuelled tension.
Townships
Part four: race relations in WA — is Narrogin a redneck town?
In part four of a special report into the family feud in the indigenous Noongar community that made national headlines, Kayt Davies examines the prickly issue of race relations.
Part three: Hatred and retribution after gunfire in town
In part three of a special report into a family feud in the indigenous Noongar community that made headlines around the country, Research Journalism’s Kayt Davies examines the aftermath of the gun fight.
Part two: The family feud that made national headlines
In part two of a special report into the family feud in the indigenous Noongar community that made national headlines, Kayt Davies details the night in question.
The simmering family feud in a WA town
Shots fired during a brawl last November in a tiny Western Australian township made national news. In the first in a series of special reports on the incident, Kayt Davies explains what they’re fighting about.
No protection for ceremonial and sorry business in the NT
Crikey has seen legal advice on how Brough’s new laws will negatively affect Aboriginal religious and ceremonial practices, particularly in relation to the closure of land and country outside of the townships now seized by the Commonwealth, writes Bob Gosford.
The Economy: Radical reform a red-hot go to end child abuse
This is a watershed. No one can predict the outcome, but failure to act would have been a national disgrace. Indeed, one cannot help observing that the problems in remote Aboriginal townships have been known about for decades — one had only to visit them to see.
