Tag Archives: Edition 8

A stronger future, or repeating the mistakes of the past?

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin and Member for Lingiari and Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon launching the Stronger Futures report earlier this year.

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Gillard government has come under fire for failing to consult properly with communities after announcing it was extending many planks of the NT intervention.

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A boost to social enterprise

By Chris Graham, November 1, 2011
CEO of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Geoff Scott... NSWALC (publisher of Tracker) is a key partner in a new consortium, Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), which includes as its aims assisting Aboriginal businesses.

NATIONAL: The Australian Government has backed a new consortium, including the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC), which will seek to address some of Australia’s largest unmet development finance needs, including loans to Aboriginal-specific business ventures.

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Seeing red over media’s food security coverage

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
An aerial view of the tiny community of Frejon, in the APY Lands in South Australia. The town made headlines recently, with simplistic media reporting about starvation in the community.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: When the media conjured up images of the Red Cross sending emergency food parcels to an Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land community last month, the cries about the “starving children” were immediate.

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The nuts and Bolts of a racial vilification case

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
A file shot of controversial Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt on his regular radio segment on Melbourne radio station MTR. Bolt lost a racial vilification case involving nine light-skinned, prominent Aboriginal leaders who he claimed were falsely claiming Aboriginality to gain career advances. (AAP IMAGE)

NATIONAL: : It’s been a big month for News Limited’s most read columnist Andrew Bolt.

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Foster Care: All you have to do is love them

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
Aboriginal foster carer Helen Nancarrow.

NEW SOUTH WALES: For Helen Nancarrow, a 28-year old Aboriginal woman from Western Australia, fostering a child was something she always thought about doing. But it wasn’t until four years ago that she took the plunge.

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NEWS ROUND-UP: Fed govt releases seven-year economic plan

By Tracker, November 1, 2011
Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin.

NATIONAL: The federal government has launched a seven year plan aimed at boosting Indigenous participation in the economy.

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Indigenous protestors notch up win

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
Indigenous people at Plaza de Armas square in La Paz this October. They arrived after a two-month march from their ancestral homeland in the Amazon lowlands to press Bolivian President Evo Morales to cancel a road project through a reserve. Morales announced recently he was scrapping the controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests. (AFP PHOTO/AIZAR RALDES)

BOLIVIA: Bolivia’s first Indigenous President has scrapped a controversial super highway that would have cut into the homelands of Indigenous tribes.

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Not everyone is celebrating Columbus Day

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011

CHILE: Over 10,000 Indigenous people marched in the capital city of Santiago on the 519th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival to the Americas.

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US police use pepper spray on performers

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011

UNITED STATES: It was a common occurrence in the lead up to this year’s Rugby World Cup, but the Americans have a different view of the haka.

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Shining a spotlight on the bottom end

By Brian Johnstone, November 1, 2011
NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour.

NATIONAL: Politicians must take heed of the latest reports coming out of the state Ombudsman’s office, writes BRIAN JOHNSTONE*.

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AFL Indigenous Round

AFL INDIGENOUS ROUND: This weekend the AFL celebrates and honours the contribution of Aboriginal players to the Aboriginal game of Marngrook, or as its commonly known, AFL.

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AMAZING PEOPLE, PLACES: Chris Graham travelled to Central Australia to research the affects of the Northern Territory intervention.