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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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