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An irresistible dash

By Chris Munro, May 15, 2013

19 members of the 33rd. William Allan is in the centre, second row from the back with the moustache.

NATIONAL: In September this year, a tough little Aboriginal woman living in a tiny country town called Werris Creek in New South Wales, turns 100 years of age. Not one to make a fuss, Aunty Mary Porter dismisses talk of a party to celebrate her latest and greatest birthday. “I’ve told the family I’m not [...]

Posted in Editor's Pick, Features, History | Tagged RUNNING SCAREDD | Leave a comment

AT LARGE: All roads lead to Byron… and blackfellas

By Tracker, May 8, 2013

The Aboriginal flag flying high at the Byron Bay Bluesfest

NATIONAL: Music, at least for me, is an intensely personal thing. I was fortunate to be raised by parents who have a great love of music, so they made sure that my three brothers and I got a good musical education, writes CHRIS GRAHAM.

Posted in Features | Tagged Byron Bay Bluesfest, Racism | 1 Comment

BOURKE: All quiet on the Western Front

By Tracker, May 7, 2013

The front cover of Tracker's May 2013 edition.

NATIONAL: Steven Ronayne knows a fair bit about danger. He was born and bred in Bourke, a small community of less than 3,000 in the far north west of New South Wales.

Posted in Editor's Pick, Features | Tagged Bourke, Fairfax, Indigenous employment, Indigenous unemployment, Media, Nulla Nulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, Sydney Morning Herald | Leave a comment

Wasted millions

By Tracker, April 5, 2013

Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin poses with Aboriginal dancers from Arnhem Land Benny (left) and David Wilford in Canberra on April 3, 2009 at the ceremony to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
(APA IMAGE/ALAN PORRITT).

NATIONAL: Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion last month accused Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin of wasting $150 million on Labor’s Alice Springs Transformation Plan, slamming her for letting down residents of the town camps. But CHIRS GRAHAM reports that both sides of politics have let town campers down.

Posted in Features | Tagged Alice Springs, Alice Springs Town Camps, Alice Springs Transformation Plan, Jenny Macklin, Nigel Scullion, Tangentyere Council | Leave a comment

The man who stands to be minister

By Tracker, April 3, 2013

Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson Nigel Scullion (FILE PHOTO)

NATIONAL: Meet the man who stands to become the next Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

Posted in Features | Tagged Indigenous Health, Indigenous housing, Jenny Macklin, Julia Gillard, Mal Brough, Nigel Scullion, NSW, NSW Aboriginal Land Council, NSW Land Rights Act 1983, Tony Abbott | 1 Comment

The rise of Adam Giles

By Tracker, April 2, 2013

Adam Giles, who is Australia's first Indigenous head of government, said parents must take responsibility for their children.

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Last month, Adam Giles became the first Aboriginal person to lead an Australian government, after successfully challenging for the Chief Minister’s job in the Northern Territory. CHRIS GRAHAM reports from Darwin.

Posted in Features | Tagged Adam Giles, Alison Anderson, CLP, Tamara GIles | 1 Comment

Unmet need: The people land rights forgot

By Brian Johnstone, March 13, 2013

Aboriginal-flag

NATIONAL: There are about 26 children living in Bellwood mission in Nambucca Heads, a picturesque town on the mid north coast of New South Wales.

Posted in Features | Tagged Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, CDEP, Former Reserves and Missions, Infrastucture, Land Rights | Leave a comment

Bowraville’s heartbreak

By Amy McQuire, March 12, 2013

The main street of Bowraville mission in northern NSW. CREDIT: Chris Graham

NATIONAL: From 1990-1991, three Aboriginal children disappeared from the same street on Bowraville mission, on NSW’s mid north coast. There has only ever been one man accused of the three murders, but flaws in the original police investigation and the criminal justice system have meant he has never been convicted.

Posted in Features | Tagged Andrew Stoner, Bowraville, Clarice Greenup, Clinton Speedy-Duroux, Colleen Walker, Diane Greenup, Evelyn Greenup, Gary Jubelin, Greg Smith, Justice, Leonie Duroux, Muriel Walker, Thomas Duroux | 10 Comments

Land Rights: Breaking new ground

By Brian Johnstone, February 28, 2013

NEW SOUTH WALES: Brian Johnstone reports on the Aboriginal Land Rights Act Review.

Posted in Features | Tagged Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, Land Rights, NSW Aboriginal Land Council, NSWALC, O'Farrell Government, Stephen Wright, Victor Dominello | Leave a comment

Beer Goggles

By Tracker, November 19, 2012

NATIONAL: The politics of backing grog bans despite scant evidence they actually work.

Posted in Features | Tagged Alcohol Bans, Alcohol Management Plans, Aurukun, Campbell Newman, CLP, Indigenous Health, Kevin Foley, LNP, Marcia Langton, Noel Pearson, Terry Mills | 2 Comments