Genocide is Unavoidable: Gary Foley
Gary Foley 'in a past life' was a well known throughout Australia and beyond as an Aboriginal activist that didn't mince his words. Dr Gary Foley is now an academic, writer and actor. In a lead up to his 2014 Melbourne University lecture, 'Tangled up in black' he speaks with Jonathan Green from ABC's Radio National.
10m Oct 13, 2014
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Ghillar Michael Anderson - Sydney University 2014 Part 1
Part 1
20m Oct 07, 2014
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Delegates at a bush meeting by the Yule River vote to reject the proposed changes to the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act.
Delegates at a bush meeting by the Yule RiverRepresentatives from Pilbara Aboriginal communities vote to reject the proposed changes to the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act.
5m Oct 05, 2014
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Government of Western Australia trying to a "stolen heritage generation"
'The Wire' interview with Simon Hawkins - CEO, Yamtji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation - September 2014 Western Australia paved the way for Australia in the issue of Aboriginal heritage. But now, it's making a huge backflip. The state passed the nation’s first laws to protect sites of Aboriginal Heritage. The Government of Western Australia has proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Act, ...
4m Oct 02, 2014
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Yidindji on Land, Seas, Sky and Sovereignty
Murrumu Walubara Yidindji in a frank, informative and inspiring conversation with Michelle Lovegrove - SBS Living Black Radio 30 September 2014
24m Sep 30, 2014
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First Nations women account most imprisonment increase
ABC - AM - Michael Brissenden Across Australia female imprisonment rates have doubled in the last decade and Indigenous women account for almost the entire increase. That's the shocking finding of new research conducted by criminologist Professor Eileen Baldry, who's labelled the situation appalling and scandalous. The first Indigenous magistrate in New South Wales, Pat O'Shane, says handing...
3m Aug 27, 2014
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19th century tintype portrait of young Aboriginal woman
John Paul Janke from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs with the story of a 19th century tintype photo of a young Aboriginal woman. Source: ABC TV 66 Canberra  -
6m Aug 26, 2014
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Mick Gooda calls Abbott to bring CON-stitution rehash forward
Mick's eyesight must have got worse if he hasn't seen the growing skepticism regarding the CON-stitution recognition farce by many First Nations people. He fronted up for the the Nulungu Reconciliation Lecture at the University of Notre Dame, Broome with a lot of hoo har on the topic 'The Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Australian Constitution as an Act of R...
1m Aug 22, 2014
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More shipping container cells for growing prison population
The Victorian Government has bought another 27 shipping containers to house the growing number of prisoners in the state's jails. There will be 18 new shipping containers, or prefabricated buildings known as dongas, at Fulham Correctional Centre in Gippsland and another nine at the Marngoneet Correctional Centre near Geelong. AUDIO: More shipping containers to house Victoria's prisoners (The ...
4m Aug 15, 2014
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Book Review: Larissa Behrendt "Indigenous Australia for Dummies"
Not a real Book Review, but rather an interview with the author Larissa Behrendt about the book. How much do you know about Australia's indigenous culture? Michael Pavlich speaks to Prof Larissa Behrendt, author of "Indigenous Australia for Dummies" she's also a barrister and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. Recorded in...
37m Aug 12, 2014
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Three castaways living with First Nations people
In the early 1800's, when a fourteen year old French cabin-boy Narcisse Pelletier, who was abandoned by his captain and crew to die beside a dried up waterhole on Cape York but was rescued by the Uutaalnganu Aboriginal people. He also lived for seventeen years with them near what is now Lockhart River, going far out to sea in canoes with tribe members, hunting dugong, ray and turtle. He only l...
54m Aug 01, 2014
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Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe - RN
Bruce Pascoe feels a visceral urge to write. His latest novel is a story about solitude, mateship and dying set in the Victorian bush. It's hero is that most reviled of introduced species - the fox. But his forthcoming work of non-fiction Dark Emu challenges what can only be described as a startling lack of intellectual curiosity about Aboriginal agriculture.
30m Jul 29, 2014
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“Australia’s First Nations History Misrepresented”: Bruce Pascoe (CAAMA)
CAAMA Radio broadcaster Mikaela Simpson caught up with Mr Pascoe to discuss his discoveries, which date back to the first European explorers and their interaction with the First Nations Peoples. Bruce Pascoe joined the Mildura’s Writers Festival to talk about his latest book Dark Emu. The book challenges the idea that the first Australians were hunters and gathers, claiming this label was inve...
9m Jul 29, 2014
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'Dark Emu' challenges modern re-tellings of early Aboriginal history
Radio National Breakfast with Fran Kelly The centuries-old notion that pre-European Aboriginal people were hunter-gatherers who did not farm the land they occupied is under further challenge. A new book by award winning indigenous author Bruce Pascoe draws on the diaries of early explorers to provide evidence that Aboriginal people across the continent were sowing, harvesting, irrigating and ...
10m Jul 29, 2014
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War Memorial recognition of Frontier Wars - Sam Watson Interview
Sam Watson interviewed by Tim Cox on 612 ABC Brisbane Last week was NAIDOC Week, and you may have heard us talking here on Breakfast about formal recognition for Indigenous soldiers. But what do you think about recognition for the dealths of Aboriginal people during conflicts between them and white settlers? A UQ academic has said that more than 65,000 Aboriginal people died in Queensland alo...
4m Jul 22, 2014
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Murujuga National Park on the Burrup Peninsula
Ngarluma elder and park ranger Geoffrey Togo explains that it is on sacred land, steeped in culture and tradition."It's very spiritual in lots of ways for us," he says."Basically, I've been brought up to look after the place, with all the rest of the Ngarluma people."
7m Jul 12, 2014
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Did legalised slavery exist in Australia?
Verica Jokic reports on ABC Radio National -10 July 2014 For almost a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous Australians were forced to work for pastoral stations, missions and government reserves for little more than pocket money. Some have called it legalised slavery and are now fighting to recoup stolen wages. . Between the 1860s and the 1970s, Aboriginal people of all ages were taken fr...
24m Jul 11, 2014
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Audio: Undeclared "Wars" defined by Michael Anderson
6m Jul 08, 2014
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Family sues WA Gov't, Police over daughters murder
Unprecedented legal action has begun in Perth, with the family of a murdered indigenous woman suing the WA Police service and the State Government for negligence. Andrea Pickett was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in Perth in 2009 after he repeatedly breached restraining orders. An inquest in 2012 found that police had failed to investigate or act on the multiple breaches. Andrea Pick...
4m Jul 02, 2014
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks wins Human Rights Award!
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks wins Human Rights Award! 2014 - Caama Radio News http://caama.com.au/rosalie-kunoth-monks-wins-human-rights-award
11m Jul 01, 2014
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Howards Biggest Con
Howard plans constitutional recognition of Aborigines11 October , 2007 - Reporter: Gillian Bradford MARK COLVIN: The Prime Minister has tonight announced a new agenda on reconciliation. John Howard says if re-elected the Coalition will hold a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the preamble of the Constitution. For more on the Prime Minister's speech, I'm joined now from Canberr...
6m Jun 24, 2014
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Nth Lismore Tent Embassy: Protect plateau from development
Gerry Georgatos, Correspondent - National Indigenous Radio New South Wales – A tent embassy at North Lismore has gathered to protect a sacred plateau from a property development of over fifteen hundred houses. Bundjalung Wyia-bal elder Mickey Ryan says the Department of Planning hasn't consulted on sacred sites and cultural heritage and he's lodged a writ in Court to prevent the development. ...
1m Jun 23, 2014
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Spirits in the balance: Ngangkari healers
In the Anangu Pitjintjatjara Yangkunjatjara (APY) lands in northern South Australia, traditional health knowledge is alive and well, and working in a contemporary setting. ABC AWAYE program - Presented by Rhianna Patrick Image: Ngangkari healers Rama Simpson (left) and Cyril McKenzie More at:http://nationalunitygovernment.org/
16m Jun 21, 2014
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Aboriginal healers working to keep traditional medicine alive
Aboriginal health may be high on the policy agenda, but traditional Aboriginal healers hardly rate a mention in Australia’s official health policies. Annie Hastwell meets an Italian researcher who is determined to raise their profile and bring them into the mainstream. From the ABC AWAYE program - Read More:http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/first-nation-healers-working-keep-tradition...
16m Jun 21, 2014
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Muckaty Trial moves to Darwin to hear NLC evidence - Caama
On the 18 June 2014 - Damian Williams from CAAMA Radio speaks with Paddy Gibson, Senior Researcher from Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
9m Jun 18, 2014
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Audio - Muckaty Waste Dump Trial moves to Darwin - CAAMA News
Muckaty traditional owners are happy that they have finally been able to tell their version of events that led to the nomination of their land as a proposed site for a nuclear waste dump.
1m Jun 18, 2014
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Smallpox: An act of biological warfare in 1789 ?
ABC Radio National 'Ockham’s Razor' An outbreak of smallpox in Sydney in 1789 killed thousands of Aborigines and weakened resistance to white settlement. Chris Warren argues that the pandemic was no accident, but rather a deliberate act of biological warfare against Australia’s first inhabitants. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/was-sydneys-smallpox-outbreak-an-act-of...
13m Jun 16, 2014
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How powerful is the IPA?
They've been called the faceless men of the right; the Institute of Public Affairs, or IPA, a Melbourne based think tank which enjoys what some feel is a large amount of political influence. Before the recent election, the IPA issued a wish list of policies it would like to see implemented and many of the items match the Abbott government's own. So who is the IPA and how much political clout d...
20m Jun 16, 2014
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CAAMA News - Paddy Gibson with Paul Wiles: Interview
Paul Wiles from CAAMA News interviewing Paddy Gibson. IMAGE: Warlmanpa ladies dance at Manuwangku court hearings - no Muckaty nuke dump! photo Paddy Gibson - via @IndigenousX pic.twitter.com/eRZMfSwLXs
6m Jun 15, 2014
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Rethinking Indigenous Australia's agricultural past
It has long been thought that prior to white settlement, Indigenous Australians lived a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Now some scholars argue that the first Australians practised forms of agriculture and aquaculture ... More http://www.sovereignunion.mobi
55m Jun 13, 2014
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Calls to reopen case on Eddie Murray's death
The death of 21 year old Eddie Murray was one of the cases that led to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Today his family are holding a national day of action and calling for another inquiry. More: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/murder-eddie-murray
3m Jun 13, 2014
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Audio: Coleman's dream of a White Australia
Peter Coleman, White Supremacist and non believer in global warming uttered out loud what many Neo-Liberals in Australia believe but are rarely game to say. The majority of Australians are extremely racist and the fundamental issue behind the suppression of First Nations Peoples.
26s Jun 11, 2014
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Rosalie Kunoth Monks Q&A story - CAAMA Radio
Covered by Paul Wiles, CAAMA News A Central Australian Aboriginal Elder challenged the moral conscience of the nation when she told a pro assimilationist championing the integration of her people that she is not “the problem” that white Australians have been trying to solve since colonization.
2m Jun 11, 2014
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Amelia Kunoth-Monks backs grandmother's stand
The granddaughter of Northern Territory Arrernte rights campaigner Rosalie Kunoth-Monks says she was inspired to see her grandmother take a stand against assimilationist policies. The Utopia elder appeared on the ABC's Q&A program this week, saying her culture had survived despite colonisation. She also praised the documentary film 'Utopia' for bringing Indigenous issues to light. Amelia Kun...
1m Jun 11, 2014
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Ceremonies have become almost a 'bullshit' process, says Mundine
Chair of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, says ceremonies should not be an excuse to avoid other responsibilities.
2m Jun 05, 2014
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Friction within the Coalition
The Abbott government is in damage control following reports the Liberals tricked their coaltion partners the Nationals into accepting the reintroduction of indexation of petrol excise. Ellen Fanning ABC RN
4m Jun 05, 2014
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Treasurer sues Fairfax for defamation
Joe Hockey has launched defamation proceedings against Fairfax over its 'Treasurer For Sale' story from 5 May. The front-page article went on to claim that Mr Hockey offered privileged access to businessmen and lobbyists in return for donations to the Liberal Party. The proceedings again the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times and their online services were filed in the Fede...
5m Jun 05, 2014
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Mundine does a backflip on his treacherous ceremonies statement
The Chair of Abbott's Indigenous Advisory Council is trying to claw his way out of yet another hole he has dug himself. He is now gobbling off at full speed to try justify comments he made regarding First Nations culture and ceremonies. Last month, it was reported Warren Mundine suggested in a speech to an employment conference in Darwin that ceremonies, such as Sorry Business, went for too lo...
1m Jun 05, 2014
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Audio: Archive ABC Report on 'The Block' redevelopment
ABC Radio National's 'The World Today' produced this shallow report in January 2012
3m Jun 04, 2014
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Redfern Embassy protesting Block development proposal
Some of the original founding members of the Aboriginal Housing Company have this morning launched a Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy. 26 May 2014 Jenny and Lyall Munro have pitched the first tent, claiming The Block is for Aboriginal people and saying they feel betrayed by the Housing Company. The Embassy is opposed to a draft for a prime real estate and retail precinct at The Block, released...
1m May 26, 2014
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Medical centre giants panic regarding the Medicare co-payment
Abbotts $7 Fee: Big medical chains could charge fees rather than bulk bill Pat McGrath reported this story on ABC RADIO 'PM' Tuesday, May 20, 2014
4m May 22, 2014
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Aboriginal stolen wages petition to WA Parliament
In 2012 the WA State Government announced the stolen wages reparation scheme which invited people born before 1958 to apply for payments of up to $2,000 if they had directly experienced government control over their income.Kimberley Community Legal Service solicitor Judy Harrison, says that Aboriginal people her organisation has spoken to are not happy with the 2012 reparation scheme."The gover...
13m May 03, 2014
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High rate of Australian First Nation youths under supervision
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's latest report on youth justice has revealed a significant drop in the number of young people within the system. The Institute says the decrease of over 1000 youths is a promising trend. But concern remains over the fact that almost half of the total numbers of youths under supervision are Indigenous. Marc Tong reports on SBS World News Radio
4m Apr 19, 2014
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First Nations elders report on youth suicide - April 2014 - ABC AM
3m Apr 15, 2014
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Indigenous Elders reeling from suicide deaths
Featuring Lorna Hudson from Derby, West Kimberley WA
17m Apr 15, 2014
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Warriors in a forgotten war - 2 - Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheneer
Tunnerminnerwait and MaulboyheneerInterview with Dr Clare LandABC Radio National 'Hindsight' - Presented by Lorena Allam Sunday 16 March 2014 The colony of Port Phillip was just eight years old when it held its first execution. The first people hanged in 1842 were two Aboriginal men from Tasmania. How did they come to be on the mainland? The story of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheneer is sho...
12m Mar 20, 2014
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Warriors in a forgotten war - 1
ABC Radio National 'Hindsight'Sunday 16 March 2014
30m Mar 20, 2014
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Project investigates Indigenous self-identification
What factors come into play when people are deciding whether to self-identify as Indigenous? By Peggy Giakoumelos Source World News Radio UPDATED 28 MINS AGO (Transcript from World News Radio) Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? It's a question that appears on many government forms across the country but for some indigenous Australians, it's a question loaded with conf...
8m Mar 19, 2014
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AUDIO: New book argues against 'hunter gatherer' history
ABC Radio 774 A fresh perspective of Indigenous history showing evidence of village populations, crop harvesting, and irrigation, is all explored Bruce Pascoe's new book Dark Emu. The common perception of Indigenous Australians leading a 'hunter-gatherer' lifestyle before European settlement is ignoring strong evidence of sophisticated farming and agriculture practices, argues Mr Pascoe.
9m Mar 17, 2014
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Audio: Indigenous incarceration rates still rising
Don Weatherburn's the man who translates the statistics on robberies, assaults and drug trafficking. Over many years as director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, he has tracked the disturbing ascension of the numbers of Aboriginal people in Australian gaols. Interview: 666 ABC Canberra - 7 March, 2014By Clare Blumer (with Genevieve Jacobs)
12m Mar 07, 2014
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