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Backlash against Western Australia’s new Cultural Heritage laws has caused the state government to amend the legislation, in favour of the resource and mining sectors. At the centre of the new laws is greater involvement of traditional owners, higher protection for sites of cultural significance and local representative groups playing a key role in the …
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In Alice Springs, a local elder says the town is coming under ever increasing pressure because there has been a failure to fund services in the surrounding areas. He says hospitals and other services are becoming stretched as a result. Arrente Arunda Elder, Graham Smith has set up a series of foot patrols to help …
First Nations people are descending on Alice Springs due to rural medical crisis Read More »
Thirty-one years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Indigenous fatalities remain alarmingly high. Findings from the Australian Institute of Criminology reveal sixteen Indigenous Australian people died in custody over the past year. Mia Rakhit talked to Robyn Newitt about why some of the landmark commission’s key recommendations are still going ignored. Image: …
The recently released Closing the Gap report of 2022 reveals that out of 18 targets, four targets are on track, and four are getting worse. It will be the first report since the national agreement on Closing the Gap took effect in 2020, aimed at working collaboratively to improve outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Although many …
Closing the Gap shows mixed progress across 18 targets Read More »