Audio: Fracking in the Kimberley - Forum 3
Water contamination, mining regulations, and the concerns of traditional owners were all discussed at a mining and fracking forum on 22 January 2014. About 40 people gathered at the ABC studios in Broome to hear a discussion on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, with a focus on the Canning Basin. The forum was broadcast live on the ABC Kimberley Mornings program, hosted by Vanessa Mills.
17m Mar 04, 2014
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Audio: Fracking in the Kimberley - Forum File 2
Water contamination, mining regulations, and the concerns of traditional owners were all discussed at a mining and fracking forum on 22 January 2014. About 40 people gathered at the ABC studios in Broome to hear a discussion on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, with a focus on the Canning Basin. The forum was broadcast live on the ABC Kimberley Mornings program, hosted by Vanessa Mills.
19m Mar 04, 2014
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Audio: Fracking in the Kimberley - Forum 1
Water contamination, mining regulations, and the concerns of traditional owners were all discussed at a mining and fracking forum on 22 January 2014. About 40 people gathered at the ABC studios in Broome to hear a discussion on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, with a focus on the Canning Basin. The forum was broadcast live on the ABC Kimberley Mornings program, hosted by Vanessa Mills.
17m Mar 04, 2014
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Audio: Nyoongar Embassy rejected WA's draft recognition bill
Gerry Georgatos and Warren Barnsley, National Indigenous Radio (NIR) Western Australia - The Nyoongar Tent Embassy in Perth has rejected the state Government's draft recognition bill, introduced into Parliament last week. The bill recognises the Nyoongar as the traditional owners of south-west and is a key component of the controversial Native Title settlement offer. Nyoongar woman and Embas...
1m Mar 04, 2014
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SBS World News - APY elders share sacred songline with the world
APY elders share sacred songline with the world
9m Mar 02, 2014
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AUDIO: Racism affecting health in First Nation peoples'
It's well known that Indigenous Australians have much lower life expectancy than other Australians, and have disproportionately high rates of diseases and other health problems. The Social Determinants of Health Alliance is a group of Australian health, social services and public policy organisations. It lobbies for action to reduce inequalities in the outcomes from health service delivery. ...
5m Feb 22, 2014
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Audio: "Legal Aid Cuts Deep" Living Black Radio
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Corrective Services report shows the number of Aboriginal men in prison has risen by eight per cent and women by 12 per cent in the 12 months.
7m Jan 14, 2014
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Audio: Mother punished after young inmates escaped from Serco prison van
ABC PM - 8 January 2014 The spotlight is on Western Australia's prison transfer system after the escape of two prisoners triggered the cancellation of some transfers and prevented a mother attending her son's funeral. The two prisoners broke out of a Serco prison van at Geraldton Airport last week. "I can't think of any good reason that would explain why she could not attend the funeral of h...
4m Jan 12, 2014
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Western world seeking absolution by washing the feet of Nelson Mandela
Source: Phillip Adams, ABC Radio National 'Late Night Live' South African journalist R.W.Johnson discusses whether idolising Nelson Mandela is overlooking more urgent problems. He suggests that the outpooring over Nelson Mandela may be an enormous hunger by the developed world to find a hero/saint/leader from the third world to displace their feelings of guilt from slavery and colonisation. He...
11m Dec 10, 2013
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Audio: Mandela upset some Aboriginal activists in 1990
When Nelson Mandela visited Australia months after his release from prison in 1990, he upset some Australian First Nations activists. How do they feel today? By Ron Sutton SBS 6 December 2013
8m Dec 09, 2013
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Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country
The Coranderrk Inquiry was the only official commission in 19th century Victoria which addressed Aboriginal peoples’ calls for justice, land rights and self-determination. It was one of the few times Aboriginal witnesses were called to give evidence on matters concerning their own lives and interests. Phillip Adams from 'Late Night Live' on ABC Radio National interview with Giordano Nanni and ...
21m Dec 05, 2013
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Maralinga atomic bombs - 'Eye' witness account
British atomic bomb testing began at Maralinga in South Australia in 1956 and 1957 with minor trials continuing into the early 1960s. But it's only more recent decades that stories have emerged about what happened to the people living near the site. One of those stories is Yami Lester's, a Yankunytjatjara man, who was only 10-years-old when the testing began. "I was a kid. "I got up early i...
4m Nov 16, 2013
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Audio: Long awaited Aboriginal Heritage Bill disappoints
Damien Brown ABC Hobart 18 October 2013 A new bill has been tabled in Parliament this week. The Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill is designed to protect the Aboriginal community with a clear statutory role in the protection and management of their heritage. It's also designed to provide landowners and developers with clearer procedures and greater certainty than the current system, a system ...
10m Nov 12, 2013
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Audio: $260,000 fine for practicing Aboriginal culture
Thomas Wright - National Indigenous Radio - 12 November 2013 A Tasmanian Aboriginal lawyer says Aboriginal people in the state could be fined up to $260,000 for practicing their culture. As Parliament resumes its 44th sitting, the Tasmanian State Parliament is expected to address the controversial Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage bill. Tasmanian Aboriginal lawyer Michael Mansell says, the bill ...
18s Nov 12, 2013
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Audio: Scullion's lease deals - forced assimilation - CAAMA News
A respected top end Yolngu elder has warned that 99 year leases of Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory will lead to loss of language and culture and the assimilation of his people. Caama News Report
2m Nov 10, 2013
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Audio: Traditional Owners reject 99-year leases - 'The Wire'
Annie Hastwell - The Wire - Radio Interview with Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra Aboriginal Land Rights are again in spotlight as the Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion seeks to negotiate 99-year township leases in Arnhem Land. Traditional owners are expressing displeasure, claiming they have been excluded from consultations about the the plans. Traditional owners in Arnhem Land are claiming t...
5m Nov 10, 2013
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Coronial Inquiry hears emotional plea from daughter
October 18, 2013 by Gerry Georgatos The daughter of a man who died while in prison hospital custody last year, has given an emotional appeal to a Coronial Inquiry investigating the circumstances of his death. Family members spoke of being distressed by his maltreatment and of him shackled to the hospital bed. Daughter, Kylie Hampton told the Coroner that prisoners are treated like animals, a...
1m Oct 18, 2013
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Audio: Most disadvataged First Nations people in Australia
A new report shows that indigenous Australians in WA's regional centres are struggling more than any other group in the country. The report, written by Dr Nicholas Biddle and Francis Markham from the Australian National University, looks at the socioeconomic differences between indigenous and non-indigenous groups in Australia. Go to www.sovereignunion.mobi for more info
6m Oct 16, 2013
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Audio: Activists target G20 in 1982 games rerun
Aboriginal activists hope their actions at next year's G20 meeting will draw attention to their concerns about the Abbott government's handling of Indigenous rights. World leaders and the international media will gather in Brisbane in November and a massive security operation will lockdown the C-B-D. Activists hope for a repeat of the media attention given to the 1982 Commonwealth Games prote...
3m Oct 09, 2013
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Audio: Australia 'rates poorly' on asylum and Indigenous policies
An assessment of Australia's performance in areas ranging from asylum seekers to climate change has produced a mixed report card. The report states that Australia has failed by international standards on the treatment of Indigenous Australians. The report praises moves towards holding a referendum on the recognition of Indigenous Australians in the federal constitution. However it also criti...
7m Oct 09, 2013
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Labor wannabe leader calls for Indigenous preselections
Australia's oldest political party has never had an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander take up a seat in the House of Representatives. But Labor leadership aspirant Bill Shorten says he is determined to change that. Bill Shorten says the party has had a lot of success in preselecting more women in winnable seats since it introduced a 40 per cent quota for women in preselections in 2002.
6m Oct 07, 2013
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West Papuan activists leave Australian consulate in Bali 'voluntarily' after scaling wall
Three West Papuan activists who occupied Australia's consulate in Bali have left the compound after making pleas for the Government to take up their cause. Student activists Rofinus Yanggam, Yuvensius Goo and Markus Jerewon climbed the wall of the consulate in the early hours of this morning. They say they "took refuge" there and brought a letter addressed to the Australian people. In it, th...
4m Oct 06, 2013
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Case over Aboriginality in sentencing to begin - ABC
The High Court, for the first time in 30 years, will consider whether aboriginality can be used as a defence in sentencing. William David Bugmy, who's spent most of his adult life in jail, was convicted of assaulting a prison officer at the Broken Hill prison in 2011. The sentencing appeal judge ruled that special consideration for Aboriginal background can't be applied to repeat offenders.
5m Oct 02, 2013
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Jan Mayman, journalist who covered John Pat's death in Roebourne in 1983
Jan Mayman, journalist who covered John Pat's death in Roebourne in 1983 Picture: Mavis Pat at her son's memorial, 29 years later(Photo, Gerry Georgatos)
7m Sep 28, 2013
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Maisie Pat speaks with Geoff Hutchison, 26 September 2013
Maisie Pat speaks with Geoff Hutchison, 26 September 2013 Image: John Pat is buried in Roebourne and his Mother visits him regularly. (Photo: Margaret Bertling)
9m Sep 28, 2013
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Audio: Warren Mundine 'Military Intervention' - SBS - The Observer Effect
Warren Mundine on the role of the military in Aboriginal communities: “Actually the military does have a place … In the tsunami of Indonesia, you know at Sumatra and the Indian Ocean. And I said the military has got to train for emergency services and war situations.”
1m Sep 09, 2013
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Noel Pearson rejected by Cape York councils - Aurukun Mayor, Dereck Walpo
Mayors from Aboriginal and mainstream council in far-north Queensland say they don't recognise Aboriginal academic Noel Pearson as a leader and want his Cape York Institute to get out of their communities. Mr Pearson has been hailed as a prophet by federal opposition leader Tony Abbott and been tipped as a key indigenous adviser, if the Liberal-National Coalition wins Saturday's election. Eig...
3m Sep 05, 2013
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Community glad that minister will visit Muckaty
Penny Phillips, who says she is a Traditional Owner from the Wirntulki group, says the community is excited that a minister has finally accepted their invitation.
2m Aug 27, 2013
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Kevin Gilbert discussion lead by Humphrey McQueen
Kevin Gilbert was a 20th century Indigenous Australian activist, artist, poet, playwright and printmaker. He is also a past winner of the National Book Council prize for writers.- 3CR Solidarity Breakfast 17 August 2013 live discussion - with Bill Deller, Melbourne, Humphrey McQueen, Canberra, Lalitha Chelliah and Annie McLoughlin, Melbourne.
30m Aug 20, 2013
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A new look at Aboriginal sentencing?
An application to the High Court has a chance to reopen some serious questions about Aboriginal life and imprisonment in Australia. An application to the High Court has a chance to reopen some serious questions about Aboriginal life and imprisonment in Australia. It involves the case of a New South Wales man named William David Bugmy. But it could end up affecting many more cases -- or, more...
8m Aug 04, 2013
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Audio 2 - Keeping Palm Islanders out of prison
Palm Island Community Justice Group's Deniece Geia discusses the over representation of Indigenous Australians in the prison system and the support by the elders Margie Parker and Bonnie Noble.Source: ABC Radio - North Queensland - 1 August, 2013
8m Aug 01, 2013
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Audio 1 - Keeping Palm Islanders out of prison
They have no formal legal education but Palm Island elders Bonnie Noble and Margie Parker are determined to do something about the over representation of Indigenous Australians in the prison system. Source: ABC Radio - North Queensland - 1 August, 2013
8m Aug 01, 2013
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Tasmanian Aboriginal community prepares for battle over heritage laws
Tasmanian Aboriginal community prepares for battle over heritage laws This audio file was taken from an ABC TV News report - video available - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVrgdhXp3I
10m Jul 29, 2013
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Concerns over future for indigenous languages in Australia
When it comes to indigenous languages in Australia, the situation is grim, according to a leading linguistics professor. Concerns over future for indigenous languages in Australia (Credit: ABC) It's one of the topics being discussed at an international conference in Adelaide starting today, focussing on loss and the revival of language. But all is not lost. Endangered languages are being recla...
2m Jul 26, 2013
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Audio - Frank Hytten on a better future for Indigenous children
Right Now Radio - In June 2013, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child handed down a critical report following its review of Australia. Australia is a wonderful place for most of its children, however not necessarily all of its children, especially Indigenous children. Ben Schokman and Evelyn Tadros (Right Now Radio) spoke with Frank Hytten, who recently returned from briefing the UN Comm...
20m Jul 21, 2013
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The Thomas Davis Massacres - Dr Timothy Bottoms
Cairns-based historian Timothy Bottoms has drawn a new map of Queensland, that places many more sites of massacres of Aboriginal people into the story than have ever been acknowledged before. And while he argues that this is a story of deep silences, what he demonstrates is how public and discussed these killings were in the nineteenth century. Read by Timothy Bottoms - Recorded by ABC Radio N...
2m Jul 18, 2013
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AUDIO: Gamilaraay Protecting Culture from Coal - ABC Radio
Toni Comber, CEO of the Red Chief Land Council says there are concerns with the methodology associated with the collection process, and storage of the artifacts. Toni explains the concerns of the protesters who gathered outside the office of Whitehaven in Boggabri on 10th July, 2013, calling for a halt to salvage works at the Maules Creek mine site because of threats to local indigenous cultur...
6m Jul 10, 2013
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Audio: Vince Coulthard: Indigenous traditions run deep at Wilpena
ABC Radio National with Matthew Crawford: According to the tradition of the Adnyamathanha people, the indigenous inhabitants of this part of South Australia, Wilpena Pound was formed when two Dreamtime serpents travelled south and carved the landscape in their wake. Vince Coulthard, the chair of the Adnyamathanha Land Association, says it is a source of great pride for the local indigenous pe...
7m Jul 09, 2013
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Audio: When Nelson Mandela came to Australia
23 years ago, Mr Mandela had a rough encounter with some of the country's best known Aboriginal activists. Ron Sutton looks at what they have come came to feel about him, all these years later. "What about Aborigines, Mr Mandela? Why doesn't someone say something about the Aboriginal people in this country?" It was October 1990, eight months after Nelson Mandela's release from prison in Sout...
8m Jul 07, 2013
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Audio: Gillard will be remembered for doing nothing - Michael Mansell
Transcript of Michael Mansell and CAAMA's Paul Wiles in CAAMA Radio News. PAUL WILES:: First Nations rights campaigner Michael Mansell says outgoing Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be remembered in the context of Aboriginal Affairs as a woman who did nothing for his people. Mr Mansell said, under Gillards leadership the government extended the Northern Territory Intervention by 10 years and ...
2m Jul 02, 2013
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Audio - Treaty Now - Chris Graham Radio National Interview
Chris Graham is the former managing editor and founder of Tracker magazine and also the former and founding editor of the National Indigenous Times (NIT). Chris got his start in the media at age 15 as a copyboy at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1988. In 1990 he started a cadetship at Magazine House, and from 1996 he headed bush to work in regional papers. In late 2001, Chris was part of a small...
10m Jun 30, 2013
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Can't expect disempowered people to successfully respond to child abuse issues
An expert in Aboriginal and Islander child welfare and wellbeing, Professor Muriel Bamblett, Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, says that it is too simplistic to expect people who have been disempowered and are not self determining, to be able to come up and respond to issues of child abuse in the Northern Territory. CAAMA News Team - Paul Wiles
2m Jun 21, 2013
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Kado Muir 1
9m Jun 19, 2013
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Audio: Kado Muir talks on the Walkajurra Walkabout journey - 3CR
3CR 'Radioactive show' recorded Kado Muir on the Walkajurra Walkabout - walking for Country - The full interview - http://www.3cr.org.au/radioactive/podcast/radioactive-show-08062013 Walkajurra Walkabout was led by the Walkatjurra Rangers, in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the C...
9m Jun 18, 2013
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Audio: Is the White Australia policy still being used on refugee selection?
Somali refugees claim immigration discrimination Somali refugees waiting in Indonesia, say they're being forced to take dangerous boat voyages because Australia is refusing to resettle Africans. The refugees say they have been told by the United Nations refugee agency, in Jakarta, that there's no point applying to be resettled in Australia. They wonder whether they're being rejected automati...
3m Jun 18, 2013
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Audio - Ms. Marta Mauras, Former UN Committee member on the Rights of the Child - CAAMA News
CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles 17 June 2013 A former member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child says Australia has to do more to understand the cultural sensitivity associated with removing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and culture.
5m Jun 17, 2013
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Audio: Michael Mansell - PHASE ONE of Treaty/Sovereignty Talks Brisbane (May 18/19
Brisbane 2013Source: First Nations Telegraph Quality - Variable
17m Jun 17, 2013
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Audio: Frontier history revisted with new research - CAAMA Radio
A Queensland based historian has branded the pioneering myth of the early white settlers as a lie. In his book Conspiracy of Silence, Doctor Timothy Bottoms claims that Australia has been let down by historians. Dr Timothy Bottoms Interview: Paul Wyles, CAAMA Radio
11m Jun 14, 2013
11m
Michael Anderson - Occupy London 2011
14m Jun 09, 2013
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Audio - Fighting for land nothing new for Murra Wurra Paakintji woman
An aboriginal elder from far western New South Wales is threatening to take a case to the high court to prove her ownership of Lake Victoria. 0The lake supplies parts of South Australia with drinking water.Dorothy Lawson's family has been in the area for thousands of years, but will argue a legal technicality, under a law known as Nullum Tempus.That means they had rights as squatters on the lan...
4m Jun 07, 2013
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