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The Prime Minister did not invite the local media to join his official delegation during his recent Torres Strait trip, but thanks to the generosity of the community the local paper was able to be present anyway.

Torres media snub a blessing in disguise

Sep 02, 2015

Andrew Bolt has mentioned ambulance volunteer <b>Rachelle Irving</b>'s <em>Crikey</em> story on witnessing remote Aboriginal communities first hand. But of course, he has missed the point entirely.

Thanks for the shout-out, Bolt, but you’re wrong again

Mar 13, 2015

A long history of confrontations and bad behaviour within the Northern Territory's Education Department culminated recently in a very strange public apology.

Lies, death threats and identity theft: a tale of NT bureaucracy

Jan 07, 2015

Policies are made in Canberra with the best of intentions, but in remote Western Australia, the outcome is very different to what politicians imagined. East Kimberley Homelessness Project co-ordinator <b>Rachelle Irving</b> details life on the ground.

Trauma in the Kimberley: what life is like in remote indigenous communities

Dec 17, 2014

The WA government has announced it will close down some remote indigenous communities. Is that legal? And what will happen to the people living there? <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Diana Hodgetts</b> reports.

Crikey Clarifier: how can the government ‘close down’ WA communities?

Dec 02, 2014

"Remoteness" alone is not the core problem for Indigenous Australians, writes <b>Mark Moran</b>.

On questioning the “viability” of remote Aboriginal settlements

Mar 19, 2009

If you are a black parent don't expect your kids to get the same access to schooling as white kids. It just doesn't work that way in the Northern Territory, writes <b>Linda Miller</b>.

Mapuru school kids “starving” for maths and English

Nov 19, 2008

As the Federal Government considers what changes are needed to the NT Intervention, it might wish to learn from the impressive efforts of three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land which have been working to prevent youth substance misuse and to increase respect for culture, writes Kylie Lee and Kate Conigrave.

Why “one size fits all” doesn’t work in Indigenous communities

Dec 20, 2007

Burringurrah Community is experiencing its own mini APEC courtesy of WA ''security forces'' as I write.

Law of the gun at work in Burringurrah

Sep 13, 2007

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