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Wirrpanda ready for another brutal contest

By Tracker, June 13, 2013

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: It had seemed his days of flying east every week to battle interstate foes were long gone.

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Protesters stake-out Gillard’s WA venue

By Tracker, June 13, 2013

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A grab-bag of more than 100 protesters have gathered outside a Fremantle venue ahead of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s interview with comedian Ben Elton.

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Drunk, naked West Australian uni students hit the streets to sell racist hate-speech… all in the name of charity

By Chris Graham, April 18, 2013

Some of the team behind Prosh, directors Maitlyn Hansen and Raymond Maujean and Prosh editor Sam Bayford (2nd, 3rd and 4th from left) with Perth's Nova morning crew, Nathan (far left), Nat and Shawn (right).

MORE than 1,000 West Australian university students – many of them drunk and at least some of them naked – hit the streets of Perth early yesterday morning to help promote racist hate-speech which depicts Aboriginal people as lazy, alcoholic, petrol sniffers, and which attacks land rights, tent embassies and Aboriginal art.

Posted in General News, News, WA | Tagged Cameron Barnes, ICEA Foundation, Lockie Cooke, Maitlyn Hansen, Professor Paul Johnson, Prosh, Racism, Raymond Maujean, Sam Bayford, University of Western Australia | 198 Comments

NSW Labor condemns federal party policy on income management

By Chris Graham, July 14, 2012

The annual NSW state Labor conference, staged at Town Hall in Sydney.

NATIONAL: In a sign that the political cracks are starting to appear, the NSW Labor Party’s annual state conference has passed a resolution calling on federal Labor to abandon compulsory income management across the nation, and instead direct funding to boost social services and job creation.

Posted in Breaking News, National, News, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA | Tagged Income management, NSW Labor | 1 Comment

Free Telstra calls to welfare hotlines

By Tracker, June 27, 2012

NATIONAL: Indigenous people in remote communities will be able to call Centrelink hotlines from Telstra mobiles for free.

Posted in General News, National, News, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA | Tagged Centrelink, Senator Kim Carr, Telstra | Leave a comment

Network to share Aboriginal land knowledge

By Tracker, June 27, 2012

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

NATIONAL: Australian Aboriginal people’s knowledge on managing the environment will be shared through a new global network, announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Posted in National, News Region, WA | Tagged Ardyaloon people, Julia Gillard, Rio+20 | Leave a comment

WA police want protection, or a ban on high-speed pursuits

By Tracker, June 26, 2012

WEST AUSTRALIA: State police have voted to ban all high-speed car chases unless the government passes laws to protect them from prosecution in the event of death or injury.

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Children stable after playing with fire

By Tracker, June 18, 2012

BALGO, WA: Two children from the remote Balgo Aboriginal community in Western Australia’s Kimberley region are in a stable condition after being flown to Perth with serious burns.

Posted in Breaking News, News, WA | Tagged Balgo, Royal Flying Doctor Service | Leave a comment

Traditional Owners backdown over $1.3b threats

By Tracker, June 15, 2012

The Perth headquarters of Woodside Petroleum.

WEST AUSTRALIA: Threats to suspend a $1.3 billion native title deal for traditional owners of Woodside Petroleum’s proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub site have seen the owners drop a bid to discontinue their claim over the area.

Posted in Breaking News, News, WA | Tagged James Price Point, Woodside Petroleum | Leave a comment

No Browse compensation deal, says WA govt

By Tracker, June 14, 2012

WEST AUSTRALIA: The state government has dismissed reports claiming a new native title deal has been struck for Woodside’s Browse gas hub project in the Kimberley region.

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