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No new Aboriginal houses under NT Intervention (12 Jul 09) |
| by WGAR News |
2009-07-12 9:20 AM +0800 |
WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
Contents:
Lack of Aboriginal Housing in the NT
Leaked documents concerning NT Intervention
Bilingual Education in the NT
Indigenous Gap Widens
Other NT Intervention Articles
Other Aboriginal Articles |
LACK OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING IN THE NT:
- Media Release
Come out with the numbers, Macklin and Rudd!
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/come-out-numbers-macklin-and-rudd
8 Jul 09: "Statement by Michael Anderson, leader of the Euahlayi tribe and spokesman for the Gumilaroi nation of northwest NSW and southwest Queensland ... Can Aboriginal Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin inform the public why in two years the feds have failed to commence work on new houses that were promised to Aboriginal people? Why is preferential treatment only for the white bureaucrats’ housing? Can Minister Macklin inform the public whom the government has engaged to build these houses and how much is each house costing the public purse? Is this money coming from the housing funding promised for Aboriginal housing or are the bureaucrats’ housing costs additional to the Aboriginal housing budget? ... "
- Opinion
Australian: Roadblock on remote housing as progress stalls on indigenous response
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25730613-601,00.html
4 Jul 09: "NOT one of the hundreds of new houses promised in 2007 for remote communities as part of the Northern Territory intervention has been built. A day after Kevin Rudd declared that indigenous disadvantage was worse than previously thought, The Weekend Australian can reveal that layers of bureaucracy are strangling a $700 million plan to address poor and overcrowded housing." Paul Toohey
- Radio
CAAMA Radio News
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association):
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-radio-news-06-08-09/
6 Jul 09: "Easing overcrowded housing should be Governments top priority"
- News
Northern Territory News:
Macklin 'same as Brough': Scrymgour
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/08/65001_ntnews.html
8 Jul 09: "INDEPENDENT MLA Marion Scrymgour has accused Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin of becoming a clone of her predecessor Mal Brough. Ms Scrymgour said the delays in building houses in remote communities were not caused by bureaucracy - but "ideology"."
National Indigenous Times:
Housing failure due to "trashing": commission chair
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18143
8 Jul 09: "The man behind a report into Indigenous disadvantage which the prime minister labelled "devastating" has defended the Rudd government against accusations it's not moving fast enough to build new housing. Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks says the "unpleasant" fact is that housing problems are partly due to occupants "trashing" them."
Northern Territory News:
Red tape costs $100m but nobody's at home
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/07/64621_ntnews.html
7 Jul 09: "THE Territory Government has budgeted to spend more than $100 million on red tape for a federal project that is yet to produce a single house."
ABC: Indigenous housing program defended
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/07/2618883.htm
7 Jul 09: "The Northern Territory housing department has defended the amount of money that has been spent on the administration of a new housing program for Indigenous people."
ABC: Overcrowding the key to Indigenous disadvantage: NT Shelter
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617041.htm?section=justin
6 Jul 09: "The Northern Territory's peak housing group says easing overcrowding in remote communities should be governments' first priority in improving outcomes for Aboriginal people."
National Indigenous Times:
No new houses under intervention branded 'unacceptable: CLP
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18141
6 Jul 09: "The Northern Territory opposition has branded as "totally unacceptable" the failure to build a single new house in a remote Aboriginal community in the past two years - despite federal funds having been earmarked for construction."
National Indigenous Times:
Divisions over NT intervention: opposition
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18140
6 Jul 09: "The federal government has failed to take action on Indigenous issues because many MPs in its own ranks are opposed to the federal intervention, the opposition says. The government has not delivered any of the houses it promised for remote Indigenous communities in 2007 as part of the Northern Territory intervention, initiated by the previous Howard government."
ABC: Housing delays a 'disgrace': NT Oppn
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/06/2617601.htm?site=news
6 Jul 09: "It is unacceptable that no houses have been built under an Indigenous housing project two years after it was launched, the Northern Territory Opposition says."
Australian: We'll get NT housing right: Jenny Macklin
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25737961-2702,00.html
6 Jul 09: "JENNY Macklin has defended the Rudd government over revelations that not one house in any Northern Territory Aboriginal community has been built with the $672 million in intervention money allocated since 2007."
LEAKED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING NT INTERVENTION:
- Top Story
National Indigenous Times:
Special NIT Investigation: Leaked advice reveals Rudd government's deceit on NT intervention consultations and Alice Springs town camps land grab
http://www.nit.com.au/news/story.aspx?id=18137
6 Jul 09: "Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land because it would be too expensive, tie up too many resources, and was unlikely to get the outcome the government wanted, leaked documents reveal." Chris Graham
- Articles & News
Crikey: Macklin advised not to consult Aboriginals over town camps
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/06/macklin-advised-not-to-consult-aboriginals-over-town-camps/
6 Jul 09: "Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land ... The revelations are contained in a suite of sensitive government documents, including private briefings from the Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) to the minister, copies of which have been obtained by the National Indigenous Times." Chris Graham
ABC: Leaked documents reveal intervention concerns
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/06/2618228.htm
6 Jul 09: "Leaked documents have revealed the Federal Government was warned some of its intervention measures could become illegal with the reinstatement of the Racial Discrimination Act. ... a departmental minute obtained by the National Indigenous Times, and seen by the ABC, reveals the reinstatement of the Act and the continuation of the leases could be found to be illegal if tested in court."
Age: Rush to stop NT leases becoming illegal
http://www.theage.com.au/national/rush-to-stop-nt-leases-becoming-illegal-20090705-d977.html
6 Jul 09: "THE Federal Government has been warned its five-year leases over Northern Territory Aboriginal townships could become illegal when it removes their exemption from the Racial Discrimination Act. ... Preliminary advice from the Australian Government Solicitor earlier this year outlined the problems the Government could face." Michelle Grattan
news.com.au: Racial laws 'a risk to intervention'
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25744769-421,00.html
7 Jul 09: " THE Rudd Government was reportedly advised earlier this year that key elements of the Northern Territory intervention could be at risk if it reinstated racial discrimination laws. The National Indigenous Times website today reported Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin had also been advised by her department against consulting with indigenous people over compulsory land acquisition ... "
National Indigenous Times:
Aboriginal activist calls on Macklin to resign over intervention consultations
http://www.nit.com.au/news/story.aspx?id=18142
8 Jul 09: "A prominent Aboriginal activist has dubbed Minister for Indigenous affairs Jenny Macklin a liar and called on her resignation after it was revealed that she has deceived Aboriginal communities over the NT intervention consultations. Documents obtained by NIT reveal that Ms Macklin was warned in March this year that her threat to acquire the Alice Springs town camps on 40-year leases would contravene the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) and raised the possibility of a court challenge when the act is restored."
Green Left: Leaked documents reveal Macklin’s deceit
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/802/41276
11 Jul 09: "Indigenous Affairs minister Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land ... They reveal the minister for Indigenous affairs has deceived Aboriginal people over the current Northern Territory intervention consultations and the government’s moves to compulsorily acquire the Alice Springs town camps." Chris Graham
- Media Release
Greens – Serious concerns about Macklin's consultations
http://greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/greens-%E2%80%93-serious-concerns-about-macklins-consultations
6 Jul 09: "The Australian Greens are calling on the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin to explain her actions, as more worrying information about consultations with Aboriginal communities comes to light. "I am extremely concerned by recent reports that the Minister appears to be ignoring legal advice that reflects the concerns I raised in the Senate last sitting about compulsory acquisition of Alice Springs town camps," said Senator Rachel Siewert today. "We can see no way that compulsory acquisition of the town camp leases can be consistent with the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), and we suspect the Government's lawyers will have told them the same thing." "
BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE NT:
- Video
Vimeo: Bilingual Education in NT: Assoc. Prof. Brian Devlin (CDU)
http://www.vimeo.com/5372254
29 Jun 09: "Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory and the continuing debate over its effectiveness and value
AIATSIS Symposium: Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory: Principles, policy and practice
National Museum, Canberra, 26 June 2009"
- Paper
Friends of Bilingual Learning:
Bilingual education in the Northern Territory and the continuing debate over its effectiveness and value
by Brian Devlin, Charles Darwin University
[download paper] http://foblmail.googlegroups.com/web/Devlin%2CAIATSIS%2C260909.pdf?gda=aZOhy08AAACvCLB-PR_omkP4jQl0EsFcn5SiQpdHmiEkn56tuPyHGXG-4n4KsSnE32JlQ9ZxOYUlV7AjCqVFIPny8bAO395qnHMhSp_qzSgvndaTPyHVdA
"Paper presented to an AIATSIS Research Symposium, “Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory: Principles, policy and practice”, Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, on Friday June 26, 2009"
- Speech
They are our children, this is our community:
AIATSIS Research Symposium on Bilingual Education
by Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/speeches/social_justice/2009/20090626_bilingual.html
26 Jun 09: "The title of this presentation: “They are our children, this is our community” is a quote from Yolgnu parents and community members – spoken in response to the government policy aimed at dismantling Bilingual education."
INDIGENOUS GAP WIDENS:
- Background
WGAR News: Indigenous Gap Widens (6 Jul 09)
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=144662
- Radio
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
9 Jul 09: "Tiga Bayles spoke with West Australian Senator and Greens Spokesperson for Indigenous Affairs Senator Rachel Siewert. They spoke about COAG Council of Australian Governments and the Productivity Commission and Indigenous issues in Western Australia."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/get.php?web=98fm-podcast-2009-07-09-73287.mp3
- Public Forum (Sat 18 July 09 - 3pm, University of Technology, Sydney)
Why is Rudd's 'Close the Gap' closing communities down?
[scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
"Speakers include:
Walter Shaw - President Tangentyere Council, Alice Springs
Nicole Watson - Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS"
"Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations contained two clear commitments - to never repeat the destructive policies of the past and to invest substantial resources to Aboriginal communities. The Rudd government's investment program has been called 'Close the Gap', taking the name of a long-term, community-based Aboriginal health campaign. So why, two years into a Rudd government, are most of the 580 remote communities in the NT being told they will have to leave their lands to access vital resources? Why are successful Aboriginal organisations such as the Tangentyere council in Alice Springs facing the seizure of their lands and assets? Why are tens of thousands of Aboriginal people facing unemployment with the impending closure of CDEP?"
- Opinion
Australian: Statistics obscure the truth
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25742310-7583,00.html
7 Jul 09: "THE media has been quick to sensationalise the statistics in the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report released last Thursday, particularly those figures that show that indigenous child abuse has increased." Sara Hudson
Open Forum: Drawing Level VS Closing the Gap
http://www.openforum.com.au/content/drawing-level-vs-closing-gap
5 Jul 09: "One of the key components in restoring full health and well-being to Australia's First Peoples is to lighten the load placed on them, day in and day out, by introduced practices. This requires non-indigenous people to change our ways. An example is provided by the campaign aimed at closing the standards of living gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. As commendable and fundamentally important as this campaign is, there is a real risk that it fails to address a much more difficult challenge." Bruce Reyburn
Australian: Remedies are the things we suggested
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25729338-7583,00.html
4 Jul 09: "The Prime Minister and his colleagues across the country have little clue about what to do to achieve their stated aim of "closing the gap" on Aboriginal wellbeing. The COAG partnership agreement gives me no confidence that we are on the right road to turning around the plight of indigenous Australians. Putting the words "closing the gap" in front of every policy initiative does not magically turn useless policies into effective ones." Noel Pearson
Australian: Indigenous policy on trial
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25729335-12250,00.html
4 Jul 09: "THE legitimacy of Kevin Rudd's 2008 historic apology to indigenous people remains on trial after this week's Productivity Commission report showing in most areas Aboriginal disadvantage is static or deteriorating." Paul Kelly
Canberra Times Editorial: It is all happening again...nothing
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/it-is-all-happening-againnothing/1558906.aspx?storypage=0
4 Jul 09: "The Productivity Commission's latest biennial report on social indicators in indigenous Australia, released this week, brings to mind the memorable quote of baseball great Yogi Berra: ''This is like de{aac}ja vu all over again.'' "
- News
National Indigenous Times:
Close gap between rhetoric and action: coalition
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=18138
6 Jul 09: "The federal coalition has criticised the Rudd government's response to a damning report showing the gap between black and white Australia is widening in some areas. Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's promise to take "decisive" action rings hollow."
Canberra Times: Closing the gap a 'long term journey'
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/closing-the-gap-a-long-term-journey/1558313.aspx
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. A report released on Thursday shows when it comes to some key indicators, including child abuse and imprisonment rates, the situation is getting worse rather than better for Aboriginal Australians."
ABC: Grog key to Indigenous problems: Macklin
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2615853.htm?site=news
3 Jul 09: "A Productivity Commission report released yesterday found little progress for Aboriginal people and some indicators are getting worse, including child abuse and incarceration rates. The Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, says alcohol abuse is linked to the high statistics."
ABC: 'Bureaucracy to blame' for Indigenous gap
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2616419.htm?site=news
3 Jul 09: "Dr Sullivan, an adjunct associate professor at the National Centre for Indigenous Study at the ANU, believes the gap is widening because there is "in a nutshell, too much bureaucracy". "There are too many steps in the chain in the delivery ... and there are too many chains," he said."
OTHER NT INTERVENTION ARTICLES:
- Powerpoint Presentation
National Indigenous Times:
NIT consultation slides - NT intervention [2.3 MB - Powerpoint]
[download powerpoint] http://www.nit.com.au/downloads/files/Download_207.ppt
"Part of the process involved in the a Rudd government consultations over the NT intervention is a Power point slide. But it is notable for what it doesn't say. This is a guide to cutting through the spin."
- Video
Vimeo: Prof. Larissa Behrendt on NT Intervention
http://www.vimeo.com/5449223
4 Jul 09: "At Stop The Intervention Rally - Two Years On
Belmore Park, Sydney, 20 June 2009"
Vimeo: Talking Strong: Maurie Japarta Ryan Speech
http://www.vimeo.com/5356210
27 Jun 09: "To Stop the NT Intervention Rally - Two Years On
Belmore Park, Sydney, Australia, 20 June 2009"
- Media Releases
Come out with the numbers, Macklin and Rudd!
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/come-out-numbers-macklin-and-rudd
8 Jul 09: "Statement by Michael Anderson, leader of the Euahlayi tribe and spokesman for the Gumilaroi nation of northwest NSW and southwest Queensland ... It is time for the federal government to inform the public of the number of prosecutions for child sex abuses made in the past two years of the Northern Territory Intervention program. The states need also to reflect on the number of convictions for this offence."
Northern Land Council:
Both sides of politics must support reinstating the Racial Discrimination Act
http://www.nlc.org.au/html/files/Both%20sides%20of%20politics%20must%20reinstate%20RDA.pdf
7 Jul 09: "The Northern Land Council (NLC) has called on Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin to not shy away from reinstating the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (RDA) and to give Aboriginal people a reason to support Closing the Gap initiatives into Aboriginal disadvantage. NLC Chief Executive, Kim Hill today also said that the Federal Opposition should support Minister Macklin because it is the right thing to do. “Whilst the RDA is suspended Aboriginal people know that they are treated less than equally to every other Australian citizen,” he said."
Northern Land Council:
COAG must reinstate Racial Discrimination Act
http://www.nlc.org.au/html/files/COAG%20must%20reinstate%20RDA.pdf
1 Jul 09: "Northern Land Council (NLC) CEO, Kim Hill has called on the Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and to restore Aboriginal people’s legislative human rights - rights which are taken for granted by every other Australian citizen. Mr Hill also said that the Federal Government’s failure to do so means that Aboriginal people will continue to have no legal redress under Australian law in relation to the Northern Territory Emergency Response laws i.e. the federal intervention. “The Racial Discrimination Act was suspended with the express purpose of denying Aboriginal people everyday, common law human rights so that the federal government could implement its intervention into every aspect of our lives,” he said."
- Opinion
SMH: Promises galore, but change slow to come
http://www.smh.com.au/national/promises-galore-but-change-slow-to-come-20090705-d98s.html?skin=text-only
6 Jul 09: "Many feel the intervention has failed to deliver, writes Paul McGeough in Gunbalanya."
SMH: Anger reigns in a place shamed before the world
http://www.smh.com.au/national/anger-reigns-in-a-place-shamed-before-the-world-20090703-d7sk.html?skin=text-only
4 Jul 09: "Two years on, child abuse and sex abuse cause anger, disquiet and uncertainty in the central Australian community that became a target for the Howard government's military-led intervention into Aboriginal affairs in the Northern Territory. Anger - that the media and the government singled out Mutitjulu as so much worse than other communities." Paul McGeough
- News
ABC: Opposition says intervention working
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/08/2620099.htm?site=news
8 Jul 09: "The Federal Opposition's Indigenous affairs spokesman says a tour of central Australian Aboriginal communities this week has provided him with confidence that the federal intervention is working. Peter Dutton yesterday visited the remote community of Mutitjulu at the base of Uluru."
Age: Pedophile ring claims unfounded
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pedophile-ring-claims-unfounded-20090704-d8h9.html?skin=text-only
5 Jul 09: "AN INVESTIGATION by Australia's main crime-fighting agency has found no evidence of organised pedophilia in Northern Territory indigenous communities. The finding by the Australian Crime Commission demolishes one of the central claims used by the Howard government to support its controversial NT intervention."
ABC: WA Aboriginal group supportive of intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617089.htm?site=news
5 Jul 09: "An Aboriginal health group in Western Australia wants a Federal Government intervention in this state to be considered. ... Darryl Kickett from the Aboriginal Health Council of WA says services need to be streamlined."
ABC: Intervention not an option in WA: Sue Gordon
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/04/2616689.htm?site=news
4 Jul 09: "The former head of the Northern Territory intervention says Western Australia's Indigenous issues need a more complex approach than an NT-style intervention. ... Sue Gordon has told Stateline part of the solution to WA's problems could be found in a partnership between government agencies and Aboriginal community workers."
ABC: Recruitment excuses not helping Indigenous children: Opposition
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/04/2616696.htm?site=news
4 Jul 09: "The Northern Territory Opposition says the Government must do whatever it takes to recruit more child protection workers. ... The Country Liberals' spokeswoman for Children and Families Jodeen Carney says the Government should do whatever it takes to recruit more frontline workers."
ABC: Intervention call sparks anger from state MP
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2616507.htm?site=news
3 Jul 09: "A call by the Federal Opposition to extend the Northern Territory intervention into WA has drawn an angry response from a state MP. ... the member for the Kimberley Carol Martin has described the call as ignorant and out of touch. Ms Martin says Ms Bishop has no idea of the progress already being made to improve indigenous living conditions in the state's north."
OTHER ABORIGINAL ARTICLES:
- Opinion
Australian: Locked out of the economic future
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25729484-7583,00.html
4 Jul 09: "Let me go to two main themes that dominate the parliament and command my thinking. The first is economics. The second is leadership. Largely, Aboriginal people are left out of the economic life of the nation. If we are in the debate, it is as a threat to economic development or as a disappointing participant in an economy. The reality for us is that we are un-economic." Galarrwuy Yunupingu
- News
National Indigenous Times:
Don't climb Uluru: CLC
http://www.nit.com.au/story.aspx?id=18205
10 Jul 09: "Traditional owners have been calling for an Uluru climbing ban for years and many tour operators are supportive of the idea, the Central Land Council (CLC) says. But the council says if Australians can't bring themselves to respect the culture of Aboriginal traditional owners, then they should at least consider the safety issues associated with the climb."
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