Traditional owners


Indigenous community pleads with minister on NT nuclear dump

The federal government is pushing ahead with plans for a nuclear waste dump in the NT. But traditional owners of the site say claims they support the dump are false, writes Freya Cole.

Tiwi lease gives the lie to Aboriginal permit policy

A document has fallen into the hands of Crikey that clearly reveals that, if Aboriginal communities tow the line, they can retain the permit system—irregardless of the national emergency over child abuse on Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, writes Henry Ivrey.

Shock! Howard’s war on child abuse threatens European drinking culture

I live on a dry community on Aboriginal land. Well, dry for the Aboriginal people but not for those Europeans who can apply to have and consume alcohol at their home, writes Bob Gosford.