Having conquered the world Supercross circuit twice, Chad Reed has returned to home to Australia to take motor sport to a whole new level. It was touted as the most amazing finish to a world Supercross series yet. Only three weeks after breaking his shoulder in a crash during practice, Chad Reed needed to finish […]
For the third consecutive year, Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to present Our Mob, a statewide celebration of remote and regional South Australian Aboriginal artists, on display in the Festival Centre Artspace and foyers from 2 August – 7 September 2008. Exhibited during the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, the exhibition features work by […]
The Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, is urging young people to ensure they are enrolled to vote as part of the Australian Electoral Commission’s national Enrol to Vote Week. http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/enrol_to_vote_week.htm National Enrol to Vote Week runs from July 28 to August 3. This year’s event highlights the importance of enrolment outside of federal election years, […]
Despite being knocked to the canvas early in the fight and needing to overcome a nasty gash above the right eye, Anthony Mundine was the clear winner last night in his bout with Japan’s Crazy Kim. Held in Newcastle, the bout was Mundine’s first outside of the super middleweight division in which he was twice […]
One week into its election campaign, The Northern Territory government has promised $11.7 million over five years to employ 20 early childhood educators. NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson says he wants to boost Aboriginal literacy and numeracy and also wants the educators to improve health standards and “general wellbeing”. The NT heads to the polls […]
The Vibe3on3™ has been on the road again, bringing the hugely popular travelling basketball and hip hop challenge to two communities over the past two months – Mildura in Victoria and Coonamble in NSW. This is the sixth time that the 3on3 has been to Mildura – one of the most successful locations for the […]
Nominations are now open for the 14th annual Deadly Awards. Who do you think deserves to win a Deadly in 2008? The past 12 months have seen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accomplish some truly amazing things. Now’s your chance to show them just how proud you are by nominating your favourite achievers for […]
Celebrity guest role models for Vibe Alive 2008 have been announced, with singers, dancers, athletes and actors coming together to ensure that students across Australia have the time of their lives at Vibe Alive. Vibe Alive is a two day festival for young Australians that incorporates music, sport, art, education and healthy living in a […]
Surrounded by children from his community, Galarrwuy Yunupingu today handed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a petition on behalf of 13 of Arnhem Lands’s most senior traditional men calling for their “self-evident” rights to be recognised in the Constitution. In Arnhem Land for a historic cabinet meeting, Mr Rudd said the Government would “give attention to […]
Move over school of rock, the school of hip hop is coming. The Vibe Alive team are bringing the Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (IHHP) to a school near you. IHHP is a unique team of talented artists skilled in all elements of hip hop, media, entertainment and performing arts. The deadly team of talented hip […]
The all new National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3® – is coming to Newcastle on Saturday August 9, 2008. This will be the first time the popular sport and music festival has visited the steel city and marks the start of the 3on3s 10th season! The Vibe 3on3® brings […]
Former federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has joined the chorus for an independent review of how the Northern Territory Government spends federal grants. Accusations the NT Government annually misspends hundreds of millions of dollars meant for remote and regional Aboriginal communities, on Darwin centric projects, has been denied by Territory Treasurer Delia Lawrie. Brough […]
An intimate concert of songs that lament, uplift, inspire and may even bring you to tears. Blind from birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a quiet but deep well of musical creativity and expression. Gurrumul is from the Gumatj nation, his mother from the Galpu nation both First Nations peoples from north east Arnhem Land. A […]
Two of Australia’s foremost musical forces come together for an historic musical event that celebrates songs of hope and resistance from the open heart of Australia’s contemporary Indigenous music. Since the stunning national response to murundak that had its world premiere as part of the 2006 Melbourne Festival, The Black Arm Band has experienced huge […]
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClellan has described a meeting of commonwealth and state government ministers in Perth as an “historic opportunity” to advance the interests of Indigenous Australians. Ministers responsible for native title met today to discuss a planned overhaul of native title law, which Mr McClelland believes will make it simpler and more effective in […]
Indigenous hip hop is quickly gaining steam on the Australian music scene, steadily moving from dusty outback workshops to the big stage of the country’s major cities. All around the country, Indigenous acts are leading the way when it comes to innovative and socially conscious hip hop music that is finding an audience – not […]
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