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WA welfare trial announced
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ms Jenny Macklin has today announced that the West Australian government will join with the federal government in imposing welfare payment management in selected Indigenous communities in and effort to combat parenting and behavioral issues. As part of the trial, funding will be provided to establish parent responsibility teams to […]
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Ebony Williams
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Making the Connection If you want something done, do it yourself, so the saying goes. One woman is doing just that. We all know that Indigenous music is a growing force, but that it needs our support to help it on its way ” going to gigs, buying albums, […]
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Our National Shame
Open letter urges ” let’s fix Indigenous health within 25 years. An open letter published in The Australian newspaper in December last year has called for an end to the national scandal in Indigenous health. Australia’s leading health, human rights, aid and development organisations have urged the Prime Minister John Howard, State Premiers, Territory Chief […]
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A New Call for Justice
It’s time to Close the Gap. Join the campaign today. This month Australia celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the 1967 Referendum ” when 90 per cent of Australians voted to give Aboriginal people equal rights. It was an important step in our nation’s history and in granting Indigenous Australian the rights that they so […]
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Bringing Them Home – You Don’t Have To Do It Alone
Bringing Them Home counsellors came into existence in the late ’90s in response to the growing number of Indigenous families dealing with the effects of the Stolen Generations. Sandy Laughton is a Bringing Them Home (BTH) counsellor at the Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Dalby, Queensland. Goondir Health Service looks after […]
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Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Thirty-two years on, the Aboriginal tent embassy still has special significance. On the afternoon of January 26, 1972, a tent appeared on the lawns in front of what is now Old Parliament House. This was the beginning of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the oldest active protest site in Australia. […]
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Life’s A Beach
We all know it’s not hard to have fun at the beach, even if we are not surfers. The beach is a great place to go for a walk, lie in the sun or sit in the shade, play in the sand, go fishing, swim, scuba-dive or just simply explore. LOOK AFTER OUR BEACHES CLEAN […]
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Trackers
Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Making Tracks An inborn understanding of the land gives Aboriginal trackers an ability to see what others cannot. Many of us have seen the role of the Aboriginal tracker depicted in feature films such as Rabbit Proof Fence and The Tracker, an d t here are many more historical […]
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Esmai Manahan
Remembering the Referendum As a teenager, Esmai Manahan joined her father, mother and brothers in the fight to have Indigenous people recognised as citizens in their own country. Forty years on, Esmai reflects on one of the most remarkable and inspiring times in Indigenous political history. When Esmai Manahan looks back on her memories of […]
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Faith Bandler
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Keeping the Faith Faith Bandler’s father was one of more than 60,000 South Sea Islanders who was brought to Queensland by slave traders to work in the cane fields. There were no laws to protect them, and they were paid nothing. After 14 years, he escaped and fled to […]
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Charles Perkins
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Hitching a ride to freedom During the 1950s and ’60s in the United States, something big was going on – black people were standing up for their rights. After years of segregation, protest and resistance by African-Americans, justice was finally done. The American Civil Rights Act was passed in […]
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Permit changes to be reversed in NT
After the permit system was scrapped as part of the coalition government’s controversial intervention into NT Aboriginal communities last year – draft laws reversing the changes will be introduced into Parliament this week. Under legislation introduced by the coalition last year, anyone would have been able to access common areas of Indigenous communities without a […]
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The 1967 Referendum
Remembering the Referendum As a teenager, Esmai Manahan joined her father, mother and brothers in the fight to have Indigenous people recognised as citizens in their own country. Forty years on, Esmai reflects on one of the most remarkable and inspiring times in Indigenous political history. When Esmai Manahan looks back on her memories of […]
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Senator Aden Ridgeway
Deadly Vibe Issue 99 May 2005 Take a Seat An inspiring politician? Yes ” it can exist. Aden Ridgeway blazes a trail for young Indigenous people everywhere. In July 1999, Aden Ridgeway entered the Senate as Australia’s only Indigenous Federal politician ” becoming only the second Aboriginal person ever to take a seat in Federal […]
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Vincent Lingiari
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Vincent’s victory “We want to live on our land, our way” – Vincent Lingiari, 1966. Vincent Lingiari was a soft-spoken man, who possessed an unwavering will and passion for his people’s rights to their land. He inspired an incredible landmark victory, in a time when Indigenous Australians faced terrible […]
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Marion Scrymgour
Deadly Vibe Issue 89, July 2004 Marion makes a difference Marion Scrymgour made political history as the first Indigenous woman to be appointed as a government minister in Australia. In December last year, Marion was sworn in as the Minister for Family and Community Services, Environment and Heritage, as well as the Minister Assisting the […]
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