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Indigenous Gap Widens (6 Jul 09) |
| by WGAR News |
2009-07-06 1:55 PM +0800 |
WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
Contents:
Indigenous Gap Widens
Demise of CDEP (Community Development Employment Projects)
Bilingual Education in the NT
Alice Springs Town Camps
Other NT Intervention articles |
INDIGENOUS GAP WIDENS:
- Full text of Productivity Commission report
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009
http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/indigenous/keyindicators2009
- Media Releases
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney Media release:
“Sickening” Hypocrisy: The Gap Will Widen as Rudd Cuts Thousands of Indigenous Jobs
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/sickening-hypocrisy-gap-will-widen-rudd-cuts-thousands-indigenous-jobs
6 Jul 09: "Aboriginal rights advocates have renewed calls for the government to save the Community Development Employment Projects scheme following the release of the Productivity Commission’s report which shows Indigenous disadvantage increased under the Howard government. The report made clear that Indigenous ownership and control are crucial components of any programs which successfully combat Indigenous disadvantage. Advocates have condemned as hypocritical Kevin Rudd’s commitment to redouble efforts to ‘close the gap’, in the same week that tens of thousands of CDEP workers are made unemployed and Aboriginal organization across the country lose a crucial source of funding."
Australian Human Rights Commission:
Report highlights need for things to be done differently
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/60_09.html
2 Jul 09: "Today’s Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report shows little progress has been made in closing the gap for Indigenous people but provides the strongest argument yet for the need for a new way of working with Indigenous people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has said. ... "We need fresh approaches which acknowledge and work from the basis that the answers to many of the long-term problems facing Aboriginal and Torres Trait Islander communities will not come from Canberra, but from those communities themselves," he [Commissioner Calma] said. "National planning that involves Indigenous people, their representative bodies and peak organisations is the only way forward in truly overcoming Indigenous disadvantage." "
Greens: Widening gap in Indigenous disadvantage symptomatic of a failing approach
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/widening-gap-indigenous-disadvantage-symptomatic-a-failing-approach-greens
2 Jul 09: "The release today of a report showing that indicators of Indigenous social and economic disadvantage haven't improved and in some cases have got worse should be a strong signal to Government that the dictatorial, top-down approach taken by both the Howard and Rudd Governments simply isn't working and needs to change. ... "The unprecedented level of investment of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) and the COAG 'Close the Gap' commitments have not resulted in any significant improvements in outcomes to date," said Senator Siewert."
ANTaR: COAG meeting welcomed, but work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
http://www.antar.org.au/media/coag_meeting_welcomed
1 Jul 09: "ANTaR emphasised that the investments governments are making in Indigenous affairs must be accompanied by a measurable, long term action plan and genuine partnerships with Indigenous people. Continued public support for investment in this area demands that funds are spent wisely, based on evidence of what works in the long term. Dr Hunt also cautioned that the goal of Closing Gaps could not be achieved by governments working alone or against the aspirations [of] Indigenous people, for example, through failing to support homelands communities, bilingual education, or their ability to manage their own income."
Close the Gap:
Will COAG deliver on Indigenous health?
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/58_09.html
1 Jul 09: "The Close the Gap campaign will be watching tomorrow’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin to see if governments commit to genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ... Mr Calma said money alone was not enough and that closing the unacceptable life expectancy gap would not happen unless COAG supports four critical measures: ... "
- Opinion
Green Left: Racism kills: Close the gap
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/801/41232
4 Jul 09: "A report released at the COAG meeting, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009, said on all social indicators Aboriginal wellbeing had remained static or gone backwards since 2000. ... Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 found that, overall, the programs and policies addressing Indigenous disadvantage that have positive results have focused on community involvement approaches. However, Rudd’s policies all say the same thing to Aboriginal people: You can't be trusted to run your own affairs. If Rudd continues with these policies that demean and punish Aboriginal people, the gap won't close - it will continue to widen." Peter Robson & Emma Murphy
Crikey: Closing the gap: let’s talk about things that work
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/closing-the-gap-lets-talk-about-things-that-work/
3 Jul 09: "Closing the Indigenous gap was never going to be easy, but the reception of the Productivity Commission report will unfortunately make it harder. Media and political responses have focused on the child abuse and extreme deviance increases and have generally reinforced the widespread views that nothing has worked. These media responses are problematic because they reinforce the propensity of governments to look for quick fix authoritarian responses, based on assumptions that the faults are with the intransigence of the communities, who fail to respond to good intentions." Eva Cox, member of Women for Wik
- Video
ABC 7.30 Report: Sobering statistics show Indigenous gap widening
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2615468.htm
2 Jul 09: "Today state and federal leaders were confronted with a sobering set of statistics that suggest things just keep getting worse for indigenous Australians, including some staggering increases in areas like child abuse and aboriginal incarceration, with little or no gains in education and health. Peter Sutton argues that some harsh realities have to be addressed if there is to be any hope for long term solutions and that government policies over decades have been misguided and denied the inevitable."
ABC Lateline: Accusations of indifference as Indigenous gap widens
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2008/s2615515.htm
2 Jul 09: "The indigenous apology gave Kevin Rudd one of his early defining moments, but today came the disturbing dose of reality with news the gap in living standards between black and white Australia is actually widening."
[includes comments by PM Kevin Rudd, Gary Banks of Productivity Commission, Jenny Macklin and Mal Brough]
- News
ABC: Indigenous disadvantage findings 'sickening'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2615658.htm?site=news
3 Jul 09: "A western New South Wales Aboriginal leader, Dr Beryl Carmichael, says she is not surprised by a bleak report released by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin. ... Dr Carmichael says the results are sickening and she says the Government needs to stop throwing money at the problem. ... "Go out to the communities, listen to the aspirations of the communities and then work with the community to find the solutions." "
National Indigenous Times:
Govts don't know full picture on Indigenous Australia: Rudd
http://www.nit.com.au/story.aspx?id=18131
3 Jul 09: "Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted governments across Australia do not have a clear picture of what's happening on the ground in remote Indigenous communities. His comments were prompted by a national report which found Indigenous child abuse had become worse since 2001."
National Indigenous Times:
Closing the gap a long-term and 'huge' project: Gillard
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18136
3 Jul 09: "The Rudd government knew it would take time to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage, which is why it set targets for 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says."
National Indigenous Times:
Closing the gap report reflects poorly on coalition: Macklin
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18135
3 Jul 09: "A report showing lack of progress in closing the gap between black and white Australia is an indictment of the Howard government, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin says."
National Indigenous Times:
Indigenous leaders call for COAG to spend dollars wisely
http://www.nit.com.au/news/story.aspx?id=18123
2 Jul 09: "Government leaders are being warned not to squander the millions of dollars set aside for Indigenous health on state and commonwealth bureaucracies. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Aboriginal disadvantage will be a top priority at the meeting of state and territory leaders in Darwin on Thursday. But lobby groups are warning a national plan will only work if the money hits the ground, and it's developed in consultation with Aboriginal people."
National Indigenous Times:
Little achieved in raising Indigenous equality: report
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18128
2 Jul 09: "A new report shows how little has been achieved in closing the disadvantage gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and how much work is ahead, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says. Mr Rudd described as "devastating" the fourth Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report, released today."
ABC: Indigenous gap 'widening, not closing'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614635.htm?section=justin
2 Jul 09: "A national report on Indigenous social and economic trends has shown a worsening in the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on child abuse. The report titled Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage has been released by Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin."
ABC: Damning report: Indigenous gap grows
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2615420.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "The gap between Aboriginals and Torres Strait islanders and the rest of Australia seems to be widening instead of narrowing when it comes to child abuse. The Prime Minister, premiers and chief ministers today got a 700-page report on the appalling social and economic prospects facing Indigenous Australians."
National Indigenous Times:
COAG must work with Indigenous groups to close gap: Calma
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18126
2 Jul 09: "Government leaders meeting in Darwin must commit to genuine partnerships with Indigenous people if they're serious about closing the gap, an Aboriginal leader says. Today's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in the Northern Territory will focus on Indigenous health, education and employment. ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma welcomed the focus but said Indigenous disadvantage couldn't be addressed by governments alone. "COAG must ensure Indigenous Australians are able to participate in all decisions regarding their health needs," he said."
National Indigenous Times:
Rudd calls child abuse rise "devastating"
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18129
2 Jul 09: "Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says a national report which has found a worsening in Indigenous child abuse is "devastating". Aboriginal children are six times as likely to be abused as non-Indigenous Australians, according to the the Productivity Commission's report."
National Indigenous Times:
We're not `civilised' if Indigenous people worse off: Barnett
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18127
2 Jul 09: "Australia can only think of itself as a civilised and successful nation once it ends Indigenous disadvantage, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says."
Koori Mail: Bleak appraisal but we'll do better, says PM
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
2 Jul 09: "Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted that advances to date in closing the gap between black and white Australians represent 'barely a step'. Mr Rudd and state and territory leaders met in Darwin today and announced 'rigorous' reporting on progress, a national licensing scheme for Indigenous community stores, and funding for improved data collection."
Koori Mail: Mixed progress in closing the gap, says report
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
2 Jul 09: "The fourth Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report has revealed some improvements in Indigenous income levels, employment and infant mortality but a big jump in substantiated Indigenous child abuse cases. However, Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks said insufficient data made it impossible to say if there'd been improvements in about half of the indicators."
ABC: Rudd meets Aboriginal leaders in Darwin
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614558.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "... Asia South Pacific Association for Basic Education released a report on how policy is failing to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The association's Bernie Lovegrove says today's COAG meeting provides a great opportunity to change policies to help close the gap. "It exists and it's large and policies aren't working," he said."
ABC: Indigenous gap 'hardens our resolve'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2615068.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "The Federal Government says improving the social and economic standards for Indigenous Australians is tough and requires a long-term commitment. The latest report card on Indigenous disadvantage has been released in Darwin today."
ABC: Abbott blames all governments for Indigenous gap
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2615173.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "The latest report on national Indigenous disadvantage is tragic, the federal Opposition's spokesman on Indigenous affairs, Tony Abbott, says. The 'Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage' report shows improvements in just 10 out of the 50 indicators measured by the Productivity Commission."
ABC: Rann says COAG made Indigenous advances
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2615345.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "South Australian Premier Mike Rann says the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin reached agreement aimed at advancing the interests of Indigenous people. The meeting coincided with release of a report by the Productivity Commission showing there had been few improvements in social and economic indicators for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders."
DEMISE OF CDEP (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS):
- Background
Greens: CDEP jobs cut in favour of dole (18 Jun 09)
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/cdep-jobs-cut-favour-dole
Greens: CDEP in the NT (18 Jun 09)
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/speech/cdep-nt
WGAR News: Demise of CDEP (Community Development Employment Projects) (30 Jun 09):
[scroll down page]
http://wgar.info/2009/07/01/300609-united-nations-concerned-over-northern-territory-intervention/
- Media Release
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney Media release:
“Sickening” Hypocrisy: The Gap Will Widen as Rudd Cuts Thousands of Indigenous Jobs
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/sickening-hypocrisy-gap-will-widen-rudd-cuts-thousands-indigenous-jobs
6 Jul 09: " "Howard initiated the closure of CDEPs in all urban areas, and in the NT alongside the Intervention. Far from taking a "new approach" to Aboriginal affairs, the Rudd government is expanding this disastrous agenda, cutting CDEPs across the country last week and stripping community control from the few that remain", said Paddy Gibson from Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney. "The hypocrisy is sickening. Whilst the government is telling employers across Australia to tighten their belts and maintain secure jobs, abolishing CDEP is creating massive unemployment”, said Roy Kennedy Chair of the Illawarra Aboriginal Lands Council and Ambassador of Sandon Point Tent Embassy."
- Radio
CAAMA News: />
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association)
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-news-02072009/
2 Jul 09: [includes comments on CDEP]
CAAMA News Radio:
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association)
CDEP-Work For The Dole Changeover - Strong Voices Interview
http://caama.com.au/radio/cdep-work-for-the-dole-changeover-strong-voices-interview/
1 Jul 09: "Steve Gumerungi Hodder speaks with Harry Scott form CDEP Communities NT, who has concerns that welfare to work policies have not been co ordinated in collaboration with Indigenous communities."
- News
ABC: Yarrabah 'in limbo' over CDEP axing
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614415.htm?site=news
2 Jul 09: "But Yarrabah Mayor Percy Neal says he has serious concerns for the 4,000 people affected by the change. "Realistically, you'll really know in about six weeks' time, because a lot of the training things that they've spoken about hasn't kicked in yet," he said. "There's no real certainty I can tell you - people are just in limbo now, they don't know where to go next, so God knows what's going to happen in six weeks' time."
ABC: Chaney slams poor Indigenous employment consultation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614561.htm?site=alicesprings
2 Jul 09: "A former Aboriginal affairs minister says he was horrified at the level of consultation with Aboriginal people about the recent changes to the Indigenous employment schemes. ... "Quite frankly I was pretty horrified because this was only 13 days before the changes were actually going to start on July 1," he [Fred Chaney] said."
Australian: Jobs bonanza for indigenous youth in WA
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25720799-5013945,00.html
2 Jul 09: "WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett will today tell state and territory leaders that the axing of the Aboriginal work-for-the-dole program and new ventures in northern Australia will create unprecedented opportunities to get young Aborigines properly trained and working."
ABC Alice Springs: Jobless 'worse off' under CDEP axing
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613316.htm?site=alicesprings
1 Jul 09: "Harry Scott from CDEP Communities NT says most people will be worse off under the changes. "We started off in the Northern Territory with 8,000 people on CDEP and they spent a year-and-a-half talking about real jobs and ended up giving it to 1,600 people," he said. "Now the remainder of 6,500 people are heading for the unemployment queues or for Centrelink payments." "
ABC: Indigenous leaders worried by dole changes
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613388.htm
1 Jul 09: "Indigenous community leaders across Western Australia have spoken out against the scrapping of the Aboriginal work-for-the-dole-scheme, which takes effect today. ... The president of the Unity of First People of Australia, Ernie Bridge, says it is unrealistic to expect Aboriginal people to move straight into the mainstream economy."
ABC: Indigenous workers say Government program will force them onto welfare
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200906/s2612579.htm
30 Jun 09: "A group of Aboriginal organisations say the Federal Government is about to force thousands of indigenous people from work onto welfare. From tomorrow the Federal Government will shift all newly employed Community Development Employment Project, or CDEP, workers onto Work for the Dole, where they don't get extra wages and other employee rights."
BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE NT:
- Media Release
Friends of Bilingual Learning media release:
Bilingual Education Symposium reveals deep flaws and irresponsibility regarding NT English policy
http://foblmail.googlegroups.com/web/FOBL+MediaRelease+010709+BilingualEd+flawed+policy.pdf?gda=JEQ4BWgAAACvCLB-PR_omkP4jQl0EsFcLjwIjZezBXRicUYLBBwcd_UdZf08K2T44UcUwiN-YZiZRrMuQPHg12OL5B438DBMIgyyclroJOw_OJVVZlnssKbDCaaNjyUsSSbkax1xal8aNWB3A2L4HCtTMEZPaE7O
1 Jul 09: "The Bilingual Education Symposium held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra last Friday (June 26) has revealed a number of flaws in the infamous ‘4-hours-of-English’ policy, established last year by the Northern Territory Department of Education and Training (NT DET). Broken promises and misdemeanours by the NT Government surrounding the policy also came to light."
- Radio
SBS Aboriginal program: Bilingual education threatened
http://www20.sbs.com.au/podcasting/index.php?action=feeddetails&feedid=65&id=35991
1 Jul 09: "Linguists, organisations and concerned Aboriginal leaders from around the country say the Northern Territory Government must reverse a decision to slash bilingual school education from next year. This policy represents a major shift in educational practice in the Northern Territory. The public debate that's followed this policy change has revealed a need for further research on the models, achievements and challenges of bilingual education in Indigenous communities. Tom Calma from the Australian Human Rights Commission says he supports overwhelming national and international evidence on the benefits of bilingual education."
SBS Aboriginal program: Peak TESOL organisation says bilingual must stay
http://www20.sbs.com.au/podcasting/index.php?action=feeddetails&feedid=65&id=35981
1 Jul 09: "The issue of bilingual education is considered so important, the Australian Council of TESOL Associations says it will begin lobbying with Aboriginal organisations to reverse this policy. TESOL means - teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The Council says governments are not adequately addressing the education needs of Aboriginal children for whom English is a second or third language. Indigenous Education spokesman Adriano Truscott has told Michelle Lovegrove, the Northern Territory and the Federal Governments are also ignoring a national pledge given when endorsing the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
- News
Australian: Call to save bilingual education
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25720797-5006790,00.html
2 Jul 09: "AUSTRALIAN governments suffer from a "deep monolingualism" that has discriminated against teaching in Aboriginal languages, according to a new report criticising the dismantling of bilingual education in the Northern Territory. In an assault on the territory's decision last year to teach the first four hours of the school day in English, the report's authors say the decision "could spell the death of the remaining endangered indigenous languages in Australia" and marked a return to the "English-only" approach of the assimilationist era of the1950s." Stuart Rintoul
- Background
For up-to-date info on the issue, see:
Friends of Bilingual Learning - Google Group
http://groups.google.com.au/group/foblmail
"Supporters of Bilingual & Multilingual education,
living and learning in the Northern Territory.
Recognising the importance of language in
human development, identity and wellbeing."
For background on the issue, see:
WGAR News:
Restrictions on Aboriginal Languages in NT schools (20 Nov 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/restrictions-aboriginal-languages-nt-schools
WGAR News: NT Aboriginal Languages Policy (25 Nov 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-nt-aboriginal-languages-policy-cont
WGAR News: Restrictions on NT Bilingual Education (30 Nov 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-restrictions-nt-bilingual-education-30-nov-2008
WGAR News:
Restrictions on Aboriginal Languages in NT schools (4 Dec 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-restrictions-aboriginal-languages-nt-schools-4-dec-08
WGAR News: Restrictions on NT Bilingual Education (15 Dec 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-restrictions-nt-bilingual-education-15-dec-08
WGAR News:
NT Aboriginal languages restrictions delayed one year (18 Dec 08)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/nt-aboriginal-languages-restrictions-delayed-one-year-18-dec-08
WGAR News: Attempts to phase out Bilingual Education in the NT (23 Jun 09)
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-attempts-phase-out-bilingual-education-northern-territory-23-jun-09
WGAR News: Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory (30 Jun 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.info/2009/07/01/300609-united-nations-concerned-over-northern-territory-intervention/
ALICE SPRINGS TOWN CAMPS TAKEOVER:
- News
Crikey: Aboriginal radio banned from Macklin town meeting
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/aboriginal-radio-banned-from-macklin-town-meeting/
3 Jul 09: "On Monday this week indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin held a public meeting at Alice Springs to listen to the views of the town campers whose homes she intends to compulsorily acquire in the very near future. ... But when the CAAMA crews fronted up to cover a public meeting of great relevance to their listeners - the unprecedented seizure of their homes and land by the Commonwealth Government - they were shown the door."
ABC: Macklin meets town camp residents
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/30/2612124.htm
30 Jun 09: "The federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, has met with about 60 Alice Springs town camp residents to discuss the possible compulsory acquisition of the camps. ... Residents of the town camps have until July 29 to provide submissions about the possible takeover."
Age: Govt to spend $11m more on town camps
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/govt-to-spend-11m-more-on-town-camps-20090629-d2dl.html
29 Jun 09: "The federal government will put another $11 million into improving conditions in the troubled Alice Springs town camps. Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, who was in Alice Springs on Monday, said the extra $11 million would bring to $138 million the amount the government was planning to invest in the town camps."
- Background
WGAR News: Takeover of Aboriginal Land in Alice Springs (26 May 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-takeover-aboriginal-land-alice-springs-26-may-09
WGAR News: Compulsory Acquisition of Alice Springs Town Camps (30 May 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-compulsory-acquisition-alice-springs-town-camps-30-may-09
WGAR News: National support for Tangentyere Council (3 June 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-national-support-tangentyere-council-3-june-09
WGAR News: Alice Springs town camps takeover (6 Jun 09):
[scroll down page] http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-marion-scrymgour-resigns-labor-party-alice-springs-town-camps-takeover-6-jun-09
WGAR News: Alice Springs town camps takeover (12 Jun 09):
[scroll down page]
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-darwin-town-camps-takeover-12-jun-09
WGAR News: Alice Springs Town Camps (19 Jun 09):
[scroll down page]
http://wgar.info/190609-northern-territory-intervention-two-years-on/
National Indigenous Times: The Boxed Seat: A pox on all their houses (25 Jun 09)
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=18076
OTHER NT INTERVENTION ARTICLES:
- New Website
What's Working: Aboriginal women have answers themselves
http://www.whatsworking.com.au/
"www.whatsworking.com.au is a website set up by Women for Wik. We are a small informal group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women including academics, writers, Indigenous elders, filmmakers, artists and teachers. Our email list has about 2000 active supporters. We believe that racism, negativism and disinformation still cloud public debate on Indigenous policies. To help counter this, the website will document the many successful initiatives taken by Indigenous communities throughout Australia as well as listing projects that were working well before they ran out of money or were defunded. ... "
- Opinion
The 2009 Community Leadership Oration - Communities in Control Conference:
Professor Mick Dodson AM
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/files/cic/MickDodson.pdf
16 Jun 09: "The compulsory acquisition of all prescribed communities for five years was introduced. [as part of the NT intervention] A lot of people don’t understand that Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory is ordinary freehold. These traditional owners are freeholders like any other freeholder in Australia. They are now the only freeholders in Australia who don’t have the right to control access to their freehold land."
Stop the Intervention:
Infamy of the Intervention - by Waratah Rose Gillespie
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/your-voice/waratah-rose-gillespie-jan-09
Jan 09: "As a result of the Intervention in the Northern Territory, many Aboriginal enterprises, businesses and cooperatives, have been closed down or are under the threat of closure. Initiative has been stifled as a result of legislation which claims to protect children. ... "
- Video
ABC Message Stick: Intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s2603108.htm
21 Jun 09: "Two years ago, the Howard Coalition Government announced its "intervention" into Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. For the last 18 months of those 2 years, Central Australian producer, Vincent Lamberti has tracked the impact of the controversial policy on the residents of Alice Springs. What is revealed is the initial hope that was invested in the intervention, has been replaced by disappointment with the bureaucratic bungling at the implementation stage to smouldering anger at the discriminatory nature of the plan."
- News
ABC: Bishop calls to extend NT intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2616033.htm?section=justin
3 Jul 09: "Federal deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says the Northern Territory intervention should be extended to remote Western Australia."
ABC: 10 years in toilet block hell
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614576.htm?site=alicesprings
2 Jul 09: "A resident [Louie James] of the Mutitjulu community near Uluru in the Northern Territory has told a consultation session on the federal intervention that he has been living in a toilet block for almost a decade."
ABC: Rudd meets Aboriginal leaders in Darwin
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614558.htm
2 Jul 09: "The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has had breakfast with several Aboriginal leaders in the lead-up to today's Council of Australian Governments meeting in Darwin. The representatives include leaders from Darwin's town camps."
Australian: Stop indigenous truancy: Tony Abbott
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25716320-5013871,00.html
1 Jul 09: "PARENTS of indigenous truants should be fined and teachers should be empowered to physically take them to schoolgrounds, the opposition said yesterday."
ABC: Welfare threat sees truancy fall
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/30/2612122.htm
30 Jun 09: "The spectre of welfare payment cuts for the Indigenous parents of children not attending school has seen a slight decrease in truancy rates. The Federal Government is running an anti-truancy trial in six Northern Territory locations, where welfare payments can become dependent on children's school attendance."
ABC: Indigenous intervention prompts more to find jobs
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200906/s2612568.htm
30 Jun 09: "More aboriginal community members in the Northern Territory are looking for cattle station work since the Federal Government's intervention, according to a station manager."
IPS: AUSTRALIA: Policy May Force Indigenous Communities From Traditional Lands
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47417
29 Jun 09: "A government plan purporting to improve the lives of people living in isolated areas of Australia’s Northern Territory will be implemented at the expense of surrounding homeland communities and ignores the cultural and health benefits for people living on those traditional lands, warn critics."
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