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ATSIC buried ATSIC acting chairman Lionel will abolish the Aboriginal and democratically-elected Indigenous •
Quartermaine ponders the future Torres Strait Islander Commission, input into how our lives are I ' r Indigenous representation the peak Indigenous body. governed, bringing a return to the • Reports, See Pages 3-8
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CAROL MARTIN WA politician
Favourite music?
Pigram Brothers. Savage Garden, Meat Loaf, Cal Stevens. Dixie Chicks. Brooks
Favourite read? I love Sara Douglas' work and read mar Indigenous publications
Favourite holiday destination? Tappers Inlet, via Beagle Bay. with my Aunty Matgo and Uncle Reg, and the te of the family.
What don't you like in life? The gimme-gimme l-wanl regardless •*.*' ihe-cost attitudes lhat have no generosity
Which black or Indigenous person, here or overseas, would you most like
Which three people would you Invite around Ihe campfire? Nelson Mandela, Pat Dodson and Noongar woman Katherine Hayes.
it inspires you? The great and strong women in my life. my grandmothers, both deceased, Mary Calvin, nee Abdullah, and Marion Ogilvie, nee Mallard. My aunls. Pal Kopasar, and cousins like Nicki Councillor. My steplalher Gerard Matsumoto, the Uncle Wharfies from Broome Port, my father Bernard Pilkington.
Situation of Aboriginal and Torres Slrait
Islander peoples? To tie honest is not jusl to tell Ihe truth, It is
Indigenous people want welfare Think about lhe facf thai Ihe only land available prior to colonisation was the land ot the First Australians, think aboul Ihe truth, and deal with it trom a position ot justice.
They aim to help! H T w o Indigenous people have joined
the City of Geraldton in Western Australia as part of a team working
on a project that will gauge the
needs of young people in the
Musician Jasson Bartlett, 22,
Rebecca (Becky) Jones. 26, joined the City ot Geraldton under a C D E P scheme organised by Wila Gutharra Community Aboriginal Corporation.
They will work with youth development officei
Yvonne Lovedee, who also recently joined the
council as patt of a sis-month project, aimed at building stronger families and communities and
funded by fhe Commonwealth Department of
Family and Community Seivices.
The two new youth workers are well-known in the community and will be helping organise a
number of events. Mrs Lovedee said thai a! the
end of sin monlhs the team aimed lo have a strategic plan that would guide the development of
youth initiatives for the next five years.
Jasson and Rebecca said they were looking
lorward to working in a supportive team environment and accomplishing Ihe most they
could in the community. "Young people are the
tulure, so w e have to help them as best we can,"
said Rebecca. "The idea is that the community
and young people in particular have ownership ol
that plan and that they ate the ones lhat will make
it happen.".
Rebecca Jones and Jasson Bartlett -aiming lo make a difference in
Geraldton in Western Australia.
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Future of 1200 staff uncertain The future ot 1200 Aboriginal
and Torres Strail Islander Services (ATSIS) employees remained uncertain loilowing the Government's decision to abolish
ATSIC, a union said,
ATSIS was created last year to take responsibility for the running
ol Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
Community and Public Sector
Union (CPSU) national deputy president Jen nes s Gardner said
the Government had made no
n Howard and Indigenous Affairs Mi the abolition of ATSIC.
they will have a job, and where
they will be working after July 1, 2004," M s Gardner said.
About 500 ATSIS employees
were of Indigenous origin, making ATSIS one of the largest employers
of Indigenous people in the public r, M s Gardner said, "We need
tokt the
End for ATSIC Government is going to put in
place to address the massive effect
the closure of ATSIS could have on Indigenous employment," she
"Many of the jobs in ATSIS are
located in counlry towns and small rural centres ... the closure of the
agency could be devastating for some rural economies."
• The Federal
Govemment will
Indigenous body ATSIC and ils
regional s, Ptime Ministet John
would be abolished with
immediate effect It would not be replaced by another tx>'Jv
T h e regional councils wi.i ne abolished by the 30th June
2005," he said The decision follows a
review of ATSIC, which the
Government commissioned la J year. However, review team
member Jackie Huggins said
abolition of ATSIC was not a
ATSIC acting chairman Lionel Quartermaine has
Australian Labor Patty Leader Mark Latham of having
'cynically decided lo make
ATSIC the scapegoat in a bid ti
thai if his party won govetnme
in this year's election he woul also scrap ATSIC but would
Mr Quartermaine he said
ATSIC 'looks forward' to meeting with the Opposition
Howard, ALP 'make ATSIC a
scapegoat' proposals tor a replacement
nai oiidi peak Indigenous .iiganglion involving
dc - r UL i j ur ally-elected representatives.
id ATSIC was
C O A G meeting.
"I look forward to close cooperation with the States. This is an area where surely we can
put aside political differences." Mr Howard said regional
play ai
communities and Stale governments.
Mi Howard said there were
the failure of ATSIC. "I do
ied wilh what might
was ivire ntenl on symbolism
iha'> do ivering services to Abonginal people.
"I don't think the money
(going to ATSIC) has been
wisely spent," he said. 'The
nepotism that is surrounded
that body has become notorious."
of examination of (ATSIC review) and also a vety extensive examination ol
Indigenous affairs policy, we can announce that when Pariiament resumes in May we
will introduce legislation to
abolish ATSIC." He said said the move would
nol tesult in less money lor
Indigenous affairs. "It will in fact result in more
iesources being focused on challenging areas of Indigenous
with delivering real outcomes for indigenous people," he said.
Indigenous Affairs Minister
review had found many Indigenous Australians fell
disconnecled Irom the job being done by ATSIC.
"ATSIC was not serving
point," she said. "Indigenous Australians haven't been getting
value for (the) money we've been spending."
Senator Vanstone said she
believed grassroots Indigenous Auslralians would support the
. "What the Government is
>ul is delivering belter sen/ices to Indigenous
Australians, giving them a better chance to share in our prosperity, which the current
arrangements simply have not
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Clark vows to fight on
G E O F F C L A R K
Suspended ATSIC
Geoff Clark ould fight using
necessary'
the
said the
ATSIC
would be abolished was
Ihe result of a lack of government action on
Aboriginal affairs false
allegations of corruption
controlled media.
democracy there would
have been a genuine
debate," he said. "What
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filtered debate, not a
full debate, with
selected pieces of information.
"(Aboriginal) people are
crying in frustration at
not been addressed." Mr Clark said he
would fight on to have
ATSIC restored. "We will keep fighting. W e
will light by whichever
means necessaty to gel it back," he said.
Mr Clark said Indigenous people
would be incensed by ATSIC's abolition. "(Minister) Vanstone
says they want us gone
but that is just a heap
xildn 11
had a el lot
elping Abotiginal
people lhan ATSIC, and I challenge anyone to
appoint a board.
Breast-plated
Aboriginals have been appointed befote and
they wete sent to the museum 150 years
ago." Mt Clark said the
general public might
want ATSIC abolished, but that opinion was
falsely based 'They probably
would want us gone bu
it's all based on
misinformation ...
Mt Clark denied his
recent legal troubles had brought ATSIC into
disrepute. He had beer
suspended on lull pay from his $240,000-a-
yeai job since August last year, following his
obstructed police trying
to eject a drunken
Aboriginal man Irom the
Criterion Hotel in Warrnambool on May
1, 2002. Mr Clark
successfully appealed
against one ol the
County Court, fc
Court hearing this
Minister Amanda
Vanstone gave M
Clark until last ws
he should nof be
sacked. Mr Clark
Warrnambool p
w omen ol raping them
more than 30 years ago
and is fighting a civil
action they have brought. He denies the
vindicate me. It's all a matter of time and a
MiClaiksaidlhe (ate of ATSIC miiratM* that of the National
Aboriginal Conference
(NAC) in the 1970s. "The NAC became
very powerful in its last
12 months," he sak). 'The N A C had been a
very powerful force for Aboriginal people.
"But il was vilified in
its last 12 months,
before il was abolished. But history has shown ...the Department ol Aboriginal AH airs tailed
Aboriginal people. "That's why we haw
the ATSIC model (t
improvement.
"Aboriginal people
have been further scapegoaled when
State and Commonwealth
programs have tailed.
'Tell IT
'Biackfellas overboard' First it was children
overboard, now it is blackie I las
overboard. ATSIC's former deputy chaiiman 'Sugar' Ray
Robinson said.
The Queensland South commissioner, who resigned
from the position of deputy
chairman last June amid
allegations ol financial impropriety, said lhe Howard
Government had laken
Indigenous people back 50
yeais wilh the decision to
abolish ATSIC and its regional
councils. "It has gone now Irom
children overboard lo black lellas overboard," Mi Robinson
said. "I think it's a decision that
will pul Indigenous Aboriginal
and Tones Strait Islander people
back 50 years. "I think it has laken away oui
sell-deter mi nation and our
democratic light to elect our own representatives in this counlry."
Mi Robinson said ATSIC would fight the decision, with a
High Court challenge a possible way forwaid. "We have survived
the last 215 years, and w e will
RAY ROBINSON
p. m.
I gol a very negative attitude
towaids Indigenous people in this countiy and I think he has
South-East Oueensland Commissioner Robbie Williams
said it was a daik day' toi
Aboriginal people. "Democracy
foi Aboriginal people has been
damaged veiy, veiy much by this move by the Howard
Government," Mr Williams said.
He said a change in ATSIC's
leadership following the
suspension of chairman Geoff Clark and lesignation ol Mi
Robinson might have saved the
otganisation. ATSIC Regional Council
chairman Terry O'Shane said Prime Minister John Howard had misled the Australian public
ovei the reasons lot his
tad misled the
Australian public by talking about improving outcomes and opportunities lor Indigenous people in heallh, education and
employment T h e truth of il is, ATSIC
doesn't have the responsibility
for those three areas." he said.
Mr O'Shane said the Govern m e nt-commissioned
review indicaled there should M a reunification ot ATSIC and its
service aim ATSIS and a
devolution of programs fwnJ national to tegional council lew.
"John Howaid's gone oui aw
misled the Australian public again and indicated that a repon
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Solve our problems ATSIC acting c
Quartermaine has called on both major poitical paitiee to 'show maturity* and st
a bipartisan approach to achieving meaningtul solutions to Indigenous sufli ing
"After moie than 200 years of genocide,
misrule, abuse and tolal failure in Indigenous policies, it is frankly pathetic that the best idea our political leaders can come up with is to abolish the only government agency showing any measuie ol success in
addressing Indigenous problems," Mi Quartermaine said.
"Both leaders aie fully awaie of who the real culprits are when it comes to failure in
the job ol delivering the same standards ol govemment service to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people as to all othet
Latham, had 'cynically decided to make ATSIC the scapegoat in a bid to win over
the supporl of former One National voters
Bipartisan approach called for
Government's decision to mainstream
ATSIC-ATS IS programs "Mi Howard has effectively thrown inti
the rubbish bin all of the findings ol the ATSIC review for which his Government paid$1 million ot taxpayers'funds.
"He has similarly trashed the findings
major government institutions including t
Productivity Commission and the Commonwealth Giants Commission, wh have clearly identified mainstream departments and agencies at all levels o
government as service delivery tailures t
Indigenous people. -His decision to try to abolish ATSIC
belore the Federal election and shut dov regional councils in 12 months are also
viewed with deep concern as they are an attempt to silence Indigenous voices and deny Ihem access lo any levers ol power."
Mi Quartermaine said mainstreaming
sen/ices had been a disaster for indigenous Austialians in the past, with no prospect
they would be improved. He said ATSIC was being unfairly
targeted because white governments had
failed indigenous people.
n black. II
ornlng and
black rill always
in will shine. *
:ee and face .
be here loday and tomorrow,' ATSIC N T North Zone Commission
Akarriyuwu Hill said he was extremely
right to
elect their own representatives," he said.
Mr Hill asked: "How do you give the first peoples ol this nation a say in their future without a peak Indigenous organisation?"
Tasmanian commissionei Rodney Dillon
said he was more disappointed lhan angry. He said he believed the Government's
response to the ATSIC review would be to adopt some of its recom mend alio ns and adjust the organisation accoidingly."
LIONEL QUARTERMAINE
'Political chicanery'
p?J
response by the How3id
Govemment," he said.
'That's not so. That is
Australian public." N S W East Commissionei
announcement 'is nothing m
nd is using ATSIC
to try to divert the electorate's
attention," he said. "Instead ot doing tne right
thing and calling a Royal
Commission into Australia's intelligence seivices, Howard and his cynical Cabinet cronies
are desperately trying to save Iheir political skins by gutlessly
reverting to whal Ihey do best -
political wedging. "Mi Howard and the
Govemment are frustrated about not getting the outcome
that they wanted from the review of ATSIC commissioned
"After spending $1 million of
Aboriginal taxpayers money on Hie revnjw. the Government was
told that ATSIC functioned well
and was Important to Aboriginal people - and they didn't like it.
"The Government is turther
Commissioners in going to the
High Court to challenge Iheii illegal action in creating the Aboriginal and Tories Stiait
Islander Sen/ices as an executive agency."
ATSIC acting deputy
chairman Terry Whitby said
had failed Aboriginal people. "He's failed Aboriginal people
government with an
unwillingness to work with
them," he said '"II he's nol going fo sfatl
recognising the first people of
this countiy, which is the idigenous, then as fai as I'm
id by w icityolt ie ATSIC
Earned us for is the Tampa"
Mr Whitby said designated
seats lor Aborigines were
passed by both houses ot Parliament and that Aborigin:
leaders had been having
federal opposition.
"Every time we offer our hand of friendship (to the
Federal Government) they'vt
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GALARRWUY YUNUPINGU
NLC in call for rethink Northern Territory traditional
the Federal Government to
reconsider its decision Io scrap
ATSIC.
The Northern Land Council
(NLC). which represents traditional
owners in the Northern Tenitoiy's Top End, said the Federal
Government's decision would not benefit indigenous Australians.
N L C chairman Galarrwuy
Yunupingu urged the Government
to establish a new framework for
Indigenous sell-govetnance.
"I accept that the decision to
abolish ATSIC was going to be
made," Mr Yunupingu said. "But the
decision tc mainstream services does nothing to benefit Indigenous
people Ihioughout this country.
"Indigenous people should be
afforded the abilify to make
is that directly impact on
removed fiom them.
"Responsibilities loi ptogiam
delivery should be translened to State and regional bodies, with
funds foi those bodies provided
fiom a new accountable national
Mr Yunupingu said the door was
open foi a truly bipartisan approach' to solving Indigenous
disadvantage.
"I encourage both parlies to work togethei and with appiopiiate
Indigenous and State bodies to solve the problems confronted by
Indigenous peoples in this country,'
People will be 'devastated'
Aboriginal people were
devastated at drastic m o v e s to abolish ATSIC, Indigenous leadei
Lowilja O'Donoghue said.
Dr O'Donoghue, the inaugural
chair of the peak Indigenous
body, said the announcement by
Prime Minister John Howard that
he would abolish ATSIC would nol
solve any problems. "I think that the action is very
drastic, and I think (hat certainly
that he's taken su* drastic action, even though w<
path he was taking," she said
Di O'Donoghue said it w a s first time M t Howard had spoken
about ATSIC since a $1 million
review of the organisation w a s
conducted.
S h e said abolishing the organisation w a s not a m o n g the
report's recommendations.
ATSIC had been in big trouble
and so this is
LOWITJA O'DONOGHUE
and was wracked by leadership problems. Di O'Donoghue said.
"On the other hand I need to
make Ihe point that
mainstreaming is not the answer,'
Geoff Clark, the suspended
ATSIC chief, had to take responsibility for some of the
organisation's problems. 'There have been pioblems, of
couise, wilh the leadeiship," Dr
O'Donoghue said. "I (hink thai Geoff Clark has
got to take some responsibility
lor that. All the attention on
Geoff Claik and his problems
have not done the cause any
Di O'Donoghue said he could
have lesigned some time ago so
thai ATSIC could move on in the
eyes ol the Abonginal and general
Cape York leader Noel
Pearson said the Government had laken a step backward in
abolishing ATSIC, and gone even
further' '
mainstreaming proposals.
He said education and heallh, Ihe two areas of most complaint
for Indigenous Australians, had been mainstreamed for at least the past decade, foi no benefit
"This is complele folly," ha
The Uniting Church
paternalism ol colonial days when Indigenous people had no say in
then Ijtuie." national
adn mstratoi ol the Uniting
Abonginal anc islandei Christian Congress, Heverend Shayne Blackman said
"By drowning Indigenous people in the 'mainstream- health.
community and education
systems, the circumstances ol the Indigenous peoples of this
country can only get ivorse.'-M0
Decision 'wastes $1 million' The Howard Government's decision
on ATSIC had already cost $1 million in Indigenous money, say the Australian
Democrats.
Democrats Indigenous Alfaiis spokesman Aden Ridgeway said the
ATSIC review provided a chance to make valuable structural changes to
the organisation, a chance which the
Government had now squandered. T h e IE lar-
Indigenous representation altogether."
said Senator Ridgeway.
"Australian taxpayers are entitled lo ask this Government why that money
"Indigenous Australians especially
have Utile reason to tiust anything this Government says from now on. W h o
will oveisee the Govemment departments who will be responsible
foi Indigenous programs, who will
id taigets. where is lhe
accountability?
The Democrats can see no reasc
to support legislation to get nd of
AfSlCas f will remove any effective national repiesentaiion.
"This type ot change in Indigene
representation is almost irrevetsible and the Prime Minister knows that.
saw the long and tortuous process
creating ATSIC in the lirst place am
the Democrats will not be part ol th wholesale demolition of national
Indigenous representation" ADEN RIDGEWAY
cultural t O U n n g The Australian Government's cultural giants programs provide financial assistance fot performing aits touting,
regional and community festivals and developing and louring exhibitions.
| THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 2004.
PM's 'been misled over west'
^t^T I regional Aboriginal councils have
^r 1 called on the piime ministet to I W A I rethink abolishing ATSIC in 'distant'
m i L L
mgm\ K | t 1
AIATSIS visiting scholar Gordon Briscoe, Jack Horner, Barrie Dexter, AIATSIS archivist Jann Kirkham and AIATSIS acting piincipal Steve Larkin with one of boxes which form the Papers ot Barrie Dexter'.
of ATSIC WA's ^ " ^ ^ ^ ^ State Council, Sandy Davies, said lat ATSIC's tout W A commissioners had always
layed a helpful and constructive role throughout Vestein Australia, which was 'really different and smote country to the rest of Australia'.
"Phme Minister John Howard's advisers just aven't checked theii facts foi the prime ministei
i claim thai Western Australia's 200 Indigenous ommunities are disconnected Irom their ATSIC
New AIATSIS collection more than a page in our history
"In the west, out Aboriginal communities are least 3000km from the power games in eastern Australia, and 76,000 Aboiiginal people ovei he
live in a completely different woild. "In the west, lhe four commissioneis have bi
doing a fantastic job constantly travelling the
length of W A consulting and representing the
special needs of 200 separate Aboiiginal " at are spread over one-third ot
"Frankly, John Howaid has been misled by h staff to liken what happens in the west to easier
| Australia." Mi Davies said lhat WA's four ATSIC
J had always communicated well with the State
Government and been equal partners in a W A (Statement of Commitment, a Housing Bi-lateial
Agreement, an Aboriginal Justice Agreement an
• guidelines for Consulting and Engaging with
^fr ~ ^ B of Aboriginal and Tone:
f 1 Strait Islander Studies L ^ ^ . J (AIATSIS) in Canbena
^ B « has acquired the ^ * personal papers ol a
lormer top-ranking bureaucrat in national Indigenous affairs.
The 'Papers on Aboriginal Affairs c Barrie Dexter1 were transferred to the AIATSIS Library in 2002. Following
extensive cataloguing, aichiving, editing and digitising ot the 31 -box
collection, AIATSIS held a reception t thank Mi Dexter for his contribution.
The papets date back almost 40
yeais, chronicling the peiiod from 19£
to f976 when Mi Dextei was execute member ol the Council foi Aboiiginal Affairs, directoi of the Office of
Aboriginal Affaire and later secretary ol
lhe Department of Aboriginal Affairs. While the papers were not part of
the official filing system, Ihey include a considerable amount of material
originating iron, DI relating to, Herbert ('Nugget') Coombs and Professor William Stanner, chairman and
member, respectively, of the Council for
Aboriginal Affaiis.
AIATSIS acting principal Steve Laikin welcomed the transfer of the Dextei papers to AIATSIS.
"The Institute's function is to
promote knowledge and understanding ol Aboriginal and Tones Strait Islandei affaiis, peoples and cultures," he said.
"Certainly, Banie's papers make a magnificent contribution lo this puisuit.
It was also something of a coup to
s, which
of this Mt Dexter said the pape
included reports, photographs. conespondence. minutes of meetings
and personal noles, came from a filing cabinet behind his desk.
"I do emphasise that they are not
the official files and aie therefore not
the whole story II you want the whole story, you must go to official ate hives,"
Soi of the Dextei papers have
:losed access. Foi a complete listing o naterial by or about Mi Dextei, held by
he Institute, consult the Institute's /ura online catalogue at
To gain access to any audiovisual naterial, contact the AIATSIS
Audiovisual Aichives Program.
ATTENTION Developments on the Northern Tablelands:
• Men's Gathering • Women's Gathering
• Elder's Gathering • Regional Summit
With a view to setting up a regional framework to establish greater regional Aboriginal autonomy and self-determination, the Northern Tablelands Aboriginal Communities Planning Forum, made up of nine local working parties on the Tablelands are holding a series of gatherings with the view to formulating community driven policy on all Aboriginal affairs issues.
The above gatherings have been programmed to take place during the course of the next six weeks leading up to a regional summit on April 28 and 29.
Further contact Tom Briggs, convener
0417228895.
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Language kept alive | Hit songs such as
J Stand By Me' and I N S W ^ *| A m Australia',
' Stolen Generations
anthem Brown Skin Baby', have
been recorded in language as part
Of a broad-ranging Gamilaraay
Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay
language revival project.
Also included in the project are
Ihe Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay
Yuwaalayaay Dictionary, a
songbook for the C D and a
resource book containing
illustrations and photographs
•accompanying language words,
as well as a language CD.
The Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay
Yuwaalayaay language revival
language of north-western New South Wales and southern
Queensland regions.
The performers are mainly
Gamilataay-Yuwaalataay people
who have been involved in
language revival. As well as the
C D ol songs there is a C D ol the
performances, tin ftc-a ve-stans ol
a version of 'Silent Night', the C D
includes original compositions
such as 'Maliyan.gaalay Ngay -
My Morning Star'.
The main performers include: Kelsey Strasek-Barker, a nine-
year-old Yuwaalaraay girl from Lightning Ridge;
Tracy Dodd. a Yuwaalaraay woman originally from Walgett. Ms
language program in Walgeti for a
John Brown, a Gamilaraay man who has worked in the
Walgett ptogtam for many years;
Bernadette Duncan, a
Gamilaraay woman who works in
the language program at
Toomelah-Boggabilla; Roger Knox, a Gamilaraay
man and well-known singer,
Chris Hunt, a Gamilaraay man
teachet at Walgett Primary
School, and professional singer
who has also heen involved in
language programs:
Ross McGregor, an Aboriginal
man from Tamworth, who also did
the production and backing tracks
for the album;
Priscilla Strasek, a
Yuwaalaraay woman from Lightning Ridge;
Don Lillyman, who works with
the Walgett program;
John Giacon, teachet-linguist
with the Walgett program.
I The C D s and songbook are
published by Coolabah Press in
Tamworth and are available.
wholesale and retail, ftom Narnia
bookshop, 352 Peel St Tamworth
2340 Phone 1800 04B 955, (02)
6766 4420. fax (02)6766 1058. The C D s are $20 each, the
songbook$15.
John Giacon, one of the people
behind the project, said: T h e Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay and
Yuwaalayaay languages were
once widely spoken throughout
the central north region of N S W .
'They were one ol the mosl widely spoken Aboriginal
language groups ol the State. Since the 1900s the number ol
speakers of Gamilaraay,
Yuwaalaraay and Yutvaalayaay
has steadily dec-easert,
threatening the loss of this
language group. Today, however a group of Elders and other are '
spearheading a revival m o v e n t anc reviialisalion a has begun
"After several years ol wotk m old word lists and newly
transcribed audio-recordings,
speakers of the dialects together with linguists have created the authoritative
Garni laraay/Yuwaal araay /Yuwaala yaay Dictionary.
The dictionary contains much extra inlormation, often giving
information about a word's range of usage, and providing example
"As well as details about grammar, there is cultural infoimation.
• G am ilaraay/Yuwaal araay/ Yuwaalayaay Dictionary, hardback 247x175 m m , mono with illustrations throughout, $39 as ISBN 1-86465-051-6. Further information: John Giacon (0!)6BJ8 103J/0421 177 932.email [email protected] or IAD Press, PO Box 2531, Alice Spring! NT, 0871. phone (OB) B951 1334,
H o m e ownership for Torres Strait Islanders
31 % of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people own or are buying a
home compared with over 7 2 % of all
Australians.
ATSIC has a self funding housing
loans scheme which can assist
eligible Aboriginal people and Torres
Slrait Islanders on low to middle
income to purchase or build a home.
These loans have concessional
interest rates and low deposits.
Naturally you will net tort
eligibility rf
ATSIC
S o m e applicants may also be eligible
for a State/Government Grant of up
to S70O0 under the First H o m e
Owners Grant Scheme which may
For more information, contact the
Contact your nearest ATSIC H o m e
Loan Office on
Free call Number; 1800-107-107
Boomerang comes back after 50 years
yarn wilh a police
tracker w h o worked
from the pub.
The Victoria Police Remount,
where Victorian
police kept their
horses, w a s across
the road from the pub and an
Aboriginal man,
Tim Powder, looked
children and they
decided they wanted to give the
boomerang back to Mr Powder's family
in Brisbane.
W e w
k to tt
with people w h o
have been adopted, foslered or
removed to help them find their
said he had this boomerang that
wa s handed to him
back in 1954 in
Melbourne and could w e find the
family of t h e m a n
w h o made it," Mr Nultley said.
search for the family of Tim
Powder to return the boomerang.
"I rang m y friend
you know where the
Powder family are
'Woorabinda'," Mr Nuttley said.
all of Australia I
w a s going to Woorabinda for
work and that
boomerang had
week before I
Mr Nuttley went
to Woorabinda, in
Oueensland, and
walked inlo Ihe council chambers
where s meeting wa s in progress.
does Tim Powder
belong to?' and
Mr Nuttley said
Powder's great
Tilberoo, and she w a s astounded'
when he handed her the boomerang
and told her the
And so, 50 Vears
on, Tim Powder's
boomerang
returned.
ffl THE KOORI MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y . APRIL £1. i
Disabled get more say in SA will be heard by government
following the launch ol a major report Into disability
issues. The Need to Know Report'
was launched by Minister for Disability Jay Weatherill and Aboriginal Health Council of South
The repori addresses disability
issues among the Aboriginal
population in SA and focuses attention on how to improve people's knowledge of. and
The report results frojn work
conducted by the inaugural State Aboriginal Disability Conference
Information with Aboriginal
departments and sen/ice
The committee and the State Disability Services Office have
held regional forums in metropolitan Adelaide, Port
Augusta and on the Anangu piiianijatjara Yankunytjatjara
Other regional forums are planned for Ceduna, Murray
Bridge, Point Pearce, Mt Gambier,
Port Lincoln, Yalata and the Coober Pedy/Oodnadatta region.
The SA Disability Netwotk
Committee is interlinked with the National Indigenous Disability
Network and supported by the Fedetal Department of Family anc
Community Services.
Anger flares over Lake Cowal mine
new chair The Central Land
Council, representing
traditional Aboriginal
land owners in central
chairman. Warlpiri man William Brown
Jampijinpa was elected to the post for three
years by council members representing
74 remote communities and outstations in
central Australia at the latest meeting.
Mr Brown became the ninth chairman of the
council since its first meeting in 1974, the C L C
Deputy chairman Sid
Anderson, from the remote community of
Papunya, retained his
T h e C d Mr
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1 NSW^n».™-l ffi,iM'«lal«.
^^^^ ^ H 1 '.nwul a\\WLtL%.M\W rant™ •...«».-lu.n MI.W
during a Wiradjuri smoking ceremony
led by iraditional owner Neville 'Chappy Williams. As proleslers
was theit illegal occupation of Wiradjuri land, the Wirad|uri sacred lire was carried around Barrick offices
at the compound.
The action was held in protest against a cyanide heap leach mine that the Canadian gold mining company is developing 47km from
West Wyalong. The Cowal Gold Project will use cyanide lo process
the gold Irom ore extracted from a 350m-deep pit covering 70ha on the western edge of Ihe lake, extending
Into the lakebed.
Traditional owners were joined b more than 150 supporters from a coalition gathered at ihe Wiradjuri
"We have supporters Iron Tany parts of Australia as well as Belgiun
Canada, New Zealand, Ihe Philippines, Holland, England, Germany and America. Mr Williarr
heartland of the Wiradjuri Nation. V,
have connections to Ihis area which dale back thousands of years.
"We ate trightened of the dangei of carting 6000 tonnes ol cyanide a year Irom Queensland into Lake Cowal and the Lachlan water
"II is my birthright to stand up an protect Lake Cowal at all costs. Our
I vino culture, land and heritage are not for sale. Our religious freedom must be respected."
330km north-west of Alice Springs, played a leading role in
commemoration ceremony last year
anniversary of Australia's last recorded
massacre of Aboriginal people, the Conniston Massacre of 1926.
A member of the
replaced outgoing chairman Kunmanara
Breaden.
A new executive of nine members representing the nine
C L C regions was also elected at the meeting in Tennant Creek, the C L C
Neville Williams during the mine protest.
Coe named CEO of Metro Land Council
office Metropolitan Lc
Council. Metropolitan is potentially the 120 local Aboriginal land
councils in New Soulh Wales, with major properly holdings on
Sydney's northern beaches. Mr Coe, struck off as a barrister
leAborigin;
He reportedly won Ihe chief executive's position 22 voles lo '
Mr Coe will report to Metro's office bearers
and be responsible to the organisation's members. As well as being responsible for the
management and administration of Metro's offi
he will supervise the organisation's 10 staff. Metro chairman Rob Welsh said thai Mr Co
ie to the position after 35 years' expei ling on major Ausiralian land righls
ipaigns on behalf Aboriginal people, h
He said thai Mr Goes extensive
knowledge ol the N S W Aboriginal
Land Righls Acl and Ihe issues affecting the local Aboriginal community would be of particular
value. "Paul's many years as a leader ol
NSW's Aboriginal community will
help Metro Land Council achieve
our top priority - providing adequate sr Indigenous people in the Sydney
area." Mt Welsh said.
Mr Coe said he was thanklul to Ihe members of the land council for appointing him as CEO. so
that he would be given Ihe opportunity lo return
Australian Government
;r' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services
n THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 2004.
'Nyoongah people have to maintain a voice of solidarity and unity, w e have a democratic right to gather in public and voice our concerns regarding issues
of human rights and social justice' - Robert Eggington
Marching proud ... the
Yenna Wumbudin rally o Perth streets.
Walking proud 0 A resurgence in political power
by Nyoongah people and their
supporters saw the West Austtalian capital witness hundreds ol people marching
through Perth streets. The Yenna Wumbudin (Walk
Proud) Rally comprised a passionate and committed crowd, who gathered in the heart of Northbridge, outside the Alexander Library.
a central inner-city location which falls under Ihe Slate Government's controversial Youth Curlew policy
The policy, introduced last year, is
enforced by police officers and targets young people, most of them Indigenous, who frequent the Northbridge entertainment
precinct in the evenings. Apart Irom this issue, many marchers
were there to air their concerns about the
limited allocation ot resources the State has made available in response to last year's Gordon Inquiry and other social justice and
MC for the gathering Selina Eggington introduced respected Elder Ben Taylor, who
gave a Nyoongah Welcome in language. This was followed by readings from
Nyoongah poet/writer Graeme Dixon.
Robert Eggington, co-ordinator ol Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporaiion which
participants a message he had once read on a poster while working In Aboriginal Health a
quarter of a century ago "We can run, walk and even crawl our way
Mr Eggington reminded the gathering of
the proud history of resistance, by evoking the memory ol the Nyoongah warrior Yagan,
who said on the eve ol his death 'You come 10 our country, you have driven us Irom our lands, we can no longer walk in our own country. W e are tired upon by white men, why
He told those gathered that Ihe event
offered ihe opportunity lo 'march Ihrough fhe city and locus on Our human rights' and he spoke ol the Importance tor young people 'to understand and be proud ol your Identity'.
id old
tithe 1905 Act and the forced remc
is also the scientific experimentatioi
Robin and Greg
Oakley left ho doubt
as to their feelings
during the march and rally in Perth.
suflered by many, along with the
Institutionalised racism and colonial system of oppression and spiritual genocide
Donna Kickett. from ATSIC. addressed the crowd, focusing on the legacies of
abuse issues. Another speaker, Djooraminda director Glenda Kickett. expanded on this theme by observing lhat m a n y financial
resources, which b e c a m e available after the Gordon Inquiry into abuse, had been
channelled inlo mainstream organisations, which traditionally had nol been accessed by Indigenous people.
The current policies and legislation .; in,-,: • •• -i • -..- i -. • ,;,),• •;•••••; ,.- • ,
context by Aboriginal Legal Seivice ol
W e s t e m Auslralia chief executive Dennis Eggington, w h o descnbed Ihem as a continuation of Australia's 'infamous history of ensuring its Indigenous peoples are out of
sight and out ot mind' H e also reminded lhe gathering that the
exclusion ol people Irom Northbridge w a s not
a new approach and that, 'the so-called protection legislation of the late 19th anil
early 20th centuries were examples ol wfiere Indigenous peoples were told to live ana to exclude us Irom public spaces and town
precincls. It is the s a m e language used by our current G o v e m m e n l when they talk oldie
Northbridge precinct1. Mr Eggington's message was also loud
and clear. " W e are dying younger, we are
being jailed like no others, and Ihe shame ot il is thai the average Aussie doesn't care and governments have nof cared tor over SOO
years ... M y dream Is that one day a Nyoongah baby will be born and will have the opportunity lo grow in a world free trom the ••lii.;;jlo= ol .i)|'j-.;|.;.-'.-•" be said.
The rally also saw Ihe powerful connection with the past through the presence ol bush medicines to strengthen
the spirit and ochres to symbolise respect to the enduring spirit ol ancestors. Two flames were also lit in remembrance of Aboriginal people w h o have died in custody and lor the
strength and solidarity of all Nyoongah people.
Reflecting after ihe rally. Robert Egglnglon
said he w a s pleased with the cross-section of people w h o had attended Ihe rally, specifically
lhe number ol young people present. H e also thought that opportunities such as
this rally were an important forum tor the community to tackle the Northbridge curfew
"Nyoongah people have to maintain a
voice ol solidarity and unity, w e have a democralic right lo gather in public and voice
our concerns regarding issues of human
rights and social justice," he said.
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Report translated into Yolngu Matha
0 l n a landmark cross a Northern Territory-based mining operation and an Indigenous educa* have collaborated to translate a corporate report Into an Indigenous
language. The 16-page report examines
potential environmental and social impacts of a proposed expansion of the Alcan Gove alumina
refinery The reline-y is on the Gove Peninsula in the NT East Arnhem region, home to the Yolngu people, most ot whom speak English as a second, third or even fourth language. Yolngu Matha is the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the
region. Alcan Gove worked with
educaloi linguist and reconciliation advocate Raymattja Marika to translate the repori into Yolngu Matha
Ms Marika said the translation would improve
Yolngu people's understanding of the proposal ai also contribute to cross-cultural understanding.
"Yolngu people often speak English as their second or even third or fourth language, so that | up a language barrier but bilinguai cr
"Having :h :. translation in '-'oingu Matha clarifies
the Alcan operalions and the expansion for Yolngu people, so Yolngu people can undersland what needs lo be done for the expansion
"We need lo work logether to develop better communication and other links and pathways between our cultures through schools and
11 nd Ig e n ou s) o rgan I salions. Ms M :e lo hi
'Having this translation in Yolngu Matha clarifies the
Alcan operations and the expansion for Yolngu people'
late husband who encouraged t to take on the project belore he
passed away. "He believed there Is a need
us to help Napaki (non-Yolngu) people understand our culture so
he encouraged m e lo do Ihis translation," she said.
Alcan Gove general manager of community affairs Klaus Helms praised Ms Marika's dedication to
the project. "This project involved cross-cultural
communication on many fronts as Raymattja sharec cultural insights and her linguistic knowledge wilh ui while also involving the older women in her community lo ensure absolute accuracy in the
choice of language," he said. Raymattja Marika shows her report translation lo
APY face battle By LESLEY J O H N S d schooling Is also ar
M
Wagga Wagga hosts family history day
NSW^ Indigenous Records Information Day in
Wagga Wagga on April 27to provide advice and assistance to Aboriginal
people on accessing records for personal, family and community history. The one-day eventruns from 10am until 4pm at the Historic Council Chambers, Baylis Street,
Wagga Wagga. For more Information contact
Kirsten Thorpeon (02) 8247 8612 Or Claire Campbell on (02) 6926 9700.
'... it's not just our old people out here who
suffer - the kids who live on the
homelands miss out on
health checks...'
although none ii
response to dea
The APY COL
Some of the issues or which require urgent actii sniffing and othet drug at
(Hon by si •nily gto
e generally o m.. I.-
outside of the small townships a n d usually only consist of o n e ot Iwo
houses and a bore and power supply). One homelands occupant, who did
not wish lo be named, has told Ihe Koor Mail that she is considering leaving her
jn following a spate of suicides, some ot which had been linked
to the petrol-sniffing crisis on the lands. The Government also criticised Ihe
APY Council t|i.esliu"ing i". validity .i"d suggested il was not handling money
properly. nstalled three
lath situation If we stay here
hing happens, she could die. ave to lace the reality ot
moving to Adelaide lo bi al attention she needs.
"But it's nol just our old people out
;re who suffer - the kids who live On e homelands miss out on health
"People don'l realise It is estimated that th
e Government is
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IN BRIEF
Infrastructure improvement An independent review into the Torres Strait's Major Infrastructure Program (MIP) has found that
the ability of government agencies to deliver
infrastructure projects in region's remote island
communities has improved significantly since 2001,
according to the Torres Strait Regional Authority
(TSRA).
The MIP is a joint Australian and Queensland
government initiative managed by the TSRA,
which has delivered $60 million worth ol
environmental health infrastructure to 15
communities since 1997.
T S R A cfiairman Terry Waia said that the
findings of the review conducted by consultants
Cardno M B K were extremely encouraging and
rellected the success that a whole-of-governmeni
approach had had in providing capital works to one
of the most geographically challenging areas of
Austtalia.
"Some of the key findings of the review were
that planning and staging ol Ihe MIP had improved
since 2001. lhat our communities were effectively
engaged in all projects and that the co-ordination
ol working relationships between State funding
agencies had significantly improved," he said.
Jail promise 'broken' Aborigines on the mid-north coast of NSW are disappointed about the appatent failure of the N S W
Department of Corrective Service (DCS] to fulfil its
promises about Aboriginal staffing levels at the new
Kempsey jail.
Local Aborigines say they had been given to
understand, by way of an extensive two-year
formal community consultative process about the
jail's construction and operation, that the new
Kempsey facility would institute culturally
appropriate staffing practices. This consultation
process was fully supported by DCS, they said.
They also said that if the department did not
honour its commitment about Aboriginal staffing at
the jail - 30 to 40 per cent of the inmates ol which
will be Aborigines - much faith would be lost.
The terms of reference tor the project included
consideration of the recommendations of the Royal
Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and
to 'identify opportunities available for Indigenous
employment and training, given the decision by tbe
N S W Government to locate a correctional facility
SA staff strike Public service staff at Adelaide's Housing Trust
and Aboriginal Housing Authority walked off the job
lasf weed in anolfter snap one-day slrike in support
ol a wage rise.
More than 50 Staft stopped work from 9.30am
last Wednesday in protest against the South
Australian Government's refusal to increase a pay
The Public Seivice Association (PSA) is
campaigning lor a 12 per cent pay rise over two
years but has indicated to the Government that it is
prepared to accept 10 per cent
Yugambeh wins award Yugambeh Land Enterprises has won $1500 in
prizemoney for its Rocky Creek Project' which
incorporated assistance by government and
community groups to restore and focus on Ihe
long-term management of ancestral homelands
near Beaudesert in south-east Queensland
The Yugambeh Land Enterprises group won
prizemoney alongside five other category winners.
Traditional owners of Ihe land in the Beaudesert
area have been successfully rehabIIHaling around
2km ol Rocky Creek and 50ha of land in the
surrounding catchment.
B3 THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 2004.
'Ironically, the Bass
Strait islands of Flinders and Cape Barren provided
the highest number of early
Aboriginal enlistments'
Tasmania's Anzac pride By DAVID HUGGONSON
El introduced ai
1900.
Aborigin,
' Imperial Force during
Ihe 1914-18 War. This is a significant lumber when it has been estimated by
. R Smith of the Australian National
Jniversify lhat the Aboriginal population nf Australia in 1911 was only 80.721
The number is more remarkable
when it is realised that an army
-egulation of 1913 banned men not
substantially ol European origin o ,* 110 mly in
is, Prank and Edward
Maynard, from Flinders Island, enlisted
in May 1915. Although both were described as having a dark complexion,
no mention was made of their
Abonginality.
Frank was posted lo 26th Battalion. which was a composite battalion ol
Queenslanders and Tasmanians After
some very basic training in Brisbane
the battalion landed at Gallipoli in September 1915. After surviving the
lasl phases of Ihe Dardanelles Campaign and a bout ol mumps, Frank
was transferred v
ive other Maynard men saw ce with Tasmania's 12th Battalion am was killed in April! 917 during
Battle ol Bullecourt and ived a bullet wound to II
:e August 1918. George Mansell.
her Bass Strait Isl
May 1917 that the army order a
the enlistment ol 'half-castes' due to a
shortage of volunteers and the carnage
of the Western Front. Ironically, the Bass Strait islands of
Flinders and Cape Barren provided the
highest number of early A' "
He was 35 when hi killed in
>. These e the
descendants of European
Aboriginal women who had been
kidnapped or purchased by sealers
Irom 1798 Lyndall Ryan's research shows that by the 18301'
Aboriginal women living with sealers
the Bass Slrait Islands. Their liveliho by now depended on multon-birding
which the Tasmanian government
74
iring the Battle of Poziei
Heavy losses Edward sailed with the 6th
Reinforcements to the 15th Battalion
and was killed six days alter reaching
the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula on Augusts, 1915.
Volume two of Charles Bean's oft cial history describes tbe attempt
that the 15th Battalion made to capture
the Turkish position on Hill 971 at 3am
on August 8. The 15th Battalion lost 10 officers and 380 other ranks during the
assault. Edward Maynard's sacrilice is
Memorial.
20 days after being taken on strength
by the 52nd Battalion in France.
Cape Barren Island, with a population of 170 people, had one of
the highest enlistment rates of any
Tasmanian centre The island's monumenl shows 18 men enlisted.
Geoflrey Archer and George Fisher were killed in action. M B Brown died ol
wounds. Morgan Mansell and Thomas
Mansell died ot disease in France.
Despite sen/ice in two World Wars.
the descendants of Tasmania's Aboriginal people have had lo struggle
to obtain equalily before Ihe law. In
1987. Anthony Maynard won a legal
action against an holelier who refused
lo serve him because he was
Aboriginal. Hopefully, this brief article highlights
the role of Aboriginal people in the Australian Army since its formation.
Aboriginal service personnel have
served in every major conflicl in which Australia has been involved since the
.,.«
,%, ANZAC DAV ^ /
Saved by an Angel With Anzac Day being
com m e m o rated on April 25. the
Koori Mail honours another of thi many Indigenous
Aboriginal soldiei
Lake, very nearly didn't make it
home from Papua New Guinea in World War II It took Ihe quic* i- rkmg
of a P N G woman who literally was a Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel* to save his lile.
Mr Lake, born af Gulargambone in western N S W on June 23.1915.
enlisted in the Australian Army and served in P N G from 1942 wilh the
37/52 Battalion. During his lime in P N G
village not fat from win stationed He was cha
and warned everyone l approaching.
A won
and hat to put on, telling him t a nearby group of women am
a word The Japanese soldier through the village without realising
Australian Aboriginal soldier was be
New Guinea
That story Lake's daughter Judy, or
Gladys (nee Couchy, no> "Dad often speaks of tne
spent in New Guinea during War II," Judy wrole in an account
away in the Lake family memoirs, compiled by another daughler. Carol Morgan, of Goonellabah ' NSW. -'He told us ol the native people,
how they welcomed him and made the period during this stresslul time away Irom lamily and friends more bearable
for an Aussie Digger." Judy wrote that before her father
left PNG, he asked the woman who
saved his life for a photograph. 'The photo is one ot his prized possessions of his Fuzzy Wuzzy' friends and has been shown lo many friends and
members ot our lamily over the years," she wrole. (Papua New Guineans who
helped Australian soldiers were affectionately known as 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels'.)
Carol Morgan says the photo sits beside Mr Lake's bed in the Peg Cross Unit of the Walgett District
Hospital, where'
born to John Lake, a drover, and
Caroline Sophia Lake (nee Carney). He left home 'very young* tie says r
a brief account of his lite written in 1985. and travelled Ihrough N S W and
Oueensland. "In New Soulh Wales I was known
as Tom Lake and In Queensland I was known as Lou Williams," Mr Lake said.
'While travelling with a boning show in Queensland (Jimmy Sharman's troupe) I met my wife Gladys in
Gayndah and married her in Kingaroy."
The couple had three sons - Richard (Dick), Alan (deceased) and
Steven (nicknamed Sub)- and five daughters - Judith. Caroline (Carol),
Kay, Wendy and Lea. As well as being a fine story-teller.
Mr Lake also was a prolific poet, penning poems ranging from his time
in P N G to his early days on the road (titles include 'The Swaggy', The
Bushwhackers', The Crutchers'. The Lonely Boundary Rider'and'The Fishing Boy').
H»
Walgett RSL manager in 1965 (when
Charlie Perki to town) had nominated
for membership of the RSL and it -service man
.Apparently they with expulsion for doing I
As you know. Dad isn't very political, but M u m was involved in supporting
settle men I
. Auxiliary for years,
belore they became first Aborigines to
admitted fo Ihe Walgett RSL Club.
i, tor Australia," I He praised Ihe mateship formed in
. 'They were good men," he said ot his lellow soldiers,
and later in the interview [old of the strong friendship he tormed wilh a
THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004. |
Family shows respect with place declaration
Education deal 'disappointing'
The Mitchell
western NSW,
landholders who acknowledge
the unique cultural hetitage of their properly with an Aboriginal
Place declaration.
The family, headed by
Shirley Mitchell, have had a
close relationship with local
Aboriginal people.
That relationship will
continue under Ihe declaration,
with local Aboriginal people and
the Mitchells arranging cultural
tours of the area.
An Aboriginal Place
declaration provides a formal
means for Ihe N S W
Government to recognise the
acknowledge and respecl
Aboriginal people's attachment ' particular areas and identify
:eofai
which are potentially ol educational value for currenl
and future generations of
Aboriginal and non-Aborig ina I
people.
Landholders are able lo
provide appropriate proteclion
(o ensure lhal (he significance
of the place is not damaged or destroyed.
Aboriginal places which have
been declared are diverse, and
each one has a unique story
Ml Dtysdale was lhe site of a
: ol Aborigines during 18B0S.
•
The Federal
Government's new $2.1 billion lunding package for Indigenous
extremely disappointing, ATSIC Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson announced the fout-year package, saying it represented a 20.5 per cent, or $351 million, jump in lunding for Aboriginal educational programs.
But ATSIC acting chairman Lionel Quartermaine said the package was extremely disappointing as it represented a
funding cut in real terms.
This was because the
Indigenous school-aged population was growing at a rate
of about 5 per cent a year, leading
to a more than 21 per cent
The funding ir
"In the face of major shortfalls
in educational performance by
Indigenous students comparer)«,
their non-1 ndigenous counterparts
w e see a failure by Government to do anything further to redress the
imbalance," Mr Quartermaine salt) Dr Nelson said (he Government
Tutoring He said tutoring would be
ottered to about 45,000 children in Years 3, 5 and 7 not meeting
national standards in literacy and
numeracy, at a cost of $105.5
m would be
. shortfall ol
Ane«-aS41.9m spent to establish a
hours tuition scheme for senior
school students, the two programs replacing existing tutorial help lor Aboriginal students.
c
y.s market,
*^jt™ .%ow j£ J*. H H $1
Page makes festival call a
tenUi-al That*•.•;.
the Adelaide Festival of lhe Arts, Dr Page, hailed by South
Australian Premier Mike Rann
as a maestro and praised by ads industry leaders, was the
driving force behind what was a
hugely popular Adelaide festival,
widely regarded as the best in
The recent recipient of the
individual award at Ihe Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards in
Melbourne, Dr Page says he is exhausted - but also looking forward to a new challenge.
He has been preparing for a return 10 Bangarra, lhe Sydney-
hased Indigenous dance thealre
he helped to found and turn inlo
an international success. "Bangarra is my bread and
butter. It is my loundalion, and I
will return lo that bul with
much more tire in my belly," he
Bul he also hopes that the
ongoing interest in the Aboriginal and Torres Slrait
Islander events in the Adelaide
feslival shows - many of which
were a sell-out - wil) prompt
more people into producing a nalional Indigenous festival.
"It's something that has been talked about before, and I think
II is a great idea. I would
certainly love to see if, and I think many other would, too," he
And now it's Dr Stephen Page Hot on the heels of his
outstanding success as
Adelaide Festival artistic
director, Stephen Page
(above) has also been
awarded an honorary doctorate by the University
of South Australia. Dr Pi
idigenc rking
d THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 31, 2004.
together on a number ol i performing arts projects.
There is no doubt lhat as the first Aboriginal person to run a
major international festival, in
Adelaide Ihis year, there wete
huge expectations on Dr Page. The 2004 festival kicked off
wilh a deficit and when he took control, the evenl was still
reeling from the controversy of
2002
But Dr Page won accolades
Festival Theatre in front ot
5000 other university
graduates. He said he was deeply honoured to recelv*
the award.
Irom SA Premier Mike Rann,
who labeled him a maestro when he revealed his program.
Mr Page followed that Ihrough
with ticket sales thai exceeded
expectations For the first time in Ihe
event's history, the Fringe and
the Festival events came together to deliver a huge
line-up ot Indigenous art and
culture And thafs sornethitg thai
Page wants lo see continue.
Dr
Torres Strait Islands celebrate
Centre opens n
G a b Titui, which cost
S3 million to complete, is the
first cultural centre in the
The Torres Strait Torres Strait.
still recovering Torres Strait Regional
after last Authority chairman Terry
weekend's huge Waia thanked the community
:mony to mark for attending and paid tribute
the opening of the to the late Ephraim Bani,
Singer Christine Anu cam* H o m e and was among (hi
opening ot the m
G a b Titui cultural centre oi
Thursday Island.
A huge crowd, ranging
from senior politicians to
local people, turned out tor
the event, which included
live entertain merit, feasting,
church services and more.
recognised as the n
behind the n e w centre.
Pictured are s o m e of trie
celebrations as well as an
interior shot of the centre.
• See our next edition for
more pictures and a feature
report on G a b Titui.
The Torres Strait's own Seaman Dan, Henry
Gibson, w a s among Ihe many performers joining the celebrations.
THE KOORI MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y . APRIL 21, 2004. :' —
Redfern mural completed complete oi
I This new mural,
I 'Growing tall in
| spirit: Slaying strong
| in culture', by artist A d a m Hill, is now
the wall of the
Redlern Community Centre, Louis Street, Redfern.
Hill (pictured with Redfern
residents), w h o created the mural with the help of local children, said: "This mural talks about
retaining connection with
spirituality and identity. No matter
where you live and where you were born, you carry your ancestors'
identity. This is why w e Kooris are
proud and strong. But to carry this pride, w e must honour our heritage and respect our Elders.
"Our mural shows the good
spirits emerging from The Block, As they pass through the sun, they
transform info totem ancestors and
return to their natural environing "The grass trees (in the mural)
represent m e n while the waratah
are w o m e n . The sky shows the spirit lines that are learnt from out
Elders. The clouds over the
country are represented here at bombers (police paddy wagons),
always hovering above and castii a shadow. Beneath the surface i<
our land's Creator (the serpent)
that gives us our country. All the biacidulla hands that make up nu
Earth in this mural come from different country, but unite here in
Redfern - yarning and attempting
to m e n d and work towards living the best environment possible."
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WILCANNIA
Court stops ACBF sales a Commiss
(ASIC) hi
obtained oi
in the Federal Court stopping the door-to-door sale of
memberships in two death
benefit funds in Aboriginal
The Federal Court ordered
the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Limited
(ACBF) and Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund No 2
Ply Limited (ACBF No 2) to
stop door-to-door selling of
memberships of their funds. The funds, which were
marketed exclusively to
members ol the Aboriginal
community, pay a benefit to a member's next ol kin upon the
death of the member, provided
that members keep up regular payments
Mr Justice Hely ruled that the memberships ol the tunds
marketed by A C B F and A C B F
No 2 were financial products
for the purposes olthe
Corporations Act and thus subject to the anti-hawking'
provisions of the Act. "Generally, the law prohibits
ACBF: A history of action ASIC has previously taken action againsl ACBF and At 2 over their marketing ot funeral and life insurance policies among Indigenous communities. Those proceeding in consent orders prohibiting them from:
• entering or transacting business on certain Aboriginal I*
in the Northern Territory and Queensland;
• using a representation of the Aboriginal flag on marketing
materials used in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and Queensland; and
• promoting or marketing the funds in Northern Territory HI
Queensland without also advising that ACBF is not coi wilh or endorsed by a governmental or similar body oi
Aboriginal organisation.
can compare financial products
free Irom any potential
pressure selling techniques," ASIC executive director of
consumer protection and
international relations Greg
Tanzer said.
"II is widely recognised that consumers teel significant
pressure to buy products when salespeople attend their homes
or workplaces uninvited, which
Is not the right environment lor
making informed decisions about complex financial
products.
"ASIC acted on complainls
received from Indigenous
consumers and other consumer protection agencies about sales
of these funds. This is the fits!
action ASIC has taken under
the new anti-hawking provisions introduced by the
Financial Services Reform Act. The matter will return to
court on June 2 to consider
what orders should be made about members who have tree"
signed up in breach of the anti-hawking provisions. ASK-is seeking orders providing that
refunds be offered to affected
I P THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, !
RED OCHRE CORROBOREE 2004
Bradley Hardy Band membei
Festival packed . More than 2000 people
J have packed Dubbo, N S W ^ central-western N S W , for
Local singer Todd Williams was just
one in a star-studded line-up of Aboriginal entertainers, with country music performer Col Hardy another of
the crowd favourites. Another popular event was the young
ash ion models on the c:
Mr Gibbs w a s looking forward to
mother successful te " "This year the num
ind it was just fantastic - so many alented people were here," he saic
Fluttery Fairies with
FUNDING GRANTS AVAILABLE
i W W t K W UfVLLfJI'MI.Nl
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANTS PROGRAM
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Our Forgotten Servicemen and W o m e n IVi-milT Miki- Kulin 'vill In- n-.-.,L'ii-riL' Ill,- , ,,uirh. ,- ,,l Suulll Ausiralian
Indigenous veterans and -i.-rvki- IU-UJIIU In laum-bint' ;m event at the State
Library in the lead u p t o A N Z A C Day.
IfliTr will br suvniillKS nf 1 1 - !-„•[„•!,-* Icu .lull, ill Rroups ; m [ | t|„. p l
the State Library from Tuesday 27 until Friday 30 April.
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inicirm.ilioii |ilfasr umt.ul Am.mil.i I'.irlilu. I ),|,.u-inrm ul Ilii- Tri.-illi
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Saving our CDEP Rally may be a forerunner to protest in Canberra
rs Of a C D E P Survival Rally I in Coffs Harbour on the N S W north I coast hope that their protest is taken
a the national stage. Aboriginal C D E P participants; d id
the Many Rivers region of northern N S W attended the rally, but an organiser," Manton, said 'this is only a front-runner' leading up lo a national protest in Canberra, possibly next month, when it was hoped C D E P representatives from throughout Australia would march on Parliament House.
Mr Manton said CDEPs ar protest.
Speakers at the peaceful rally told ol their fears for the future of C D E P and other Aboriginal services, with ATSIC commissioner Rick Griffiths saying he expected the Federal Budget next would bring in the mainstreaming of all Indigenous services, forcing thousands ol people out of work.
Mr Manton said C D E P hard been running for T, years, there were now more than 250 CDEPs nationally with 37,000 employees, ana services provided tanged from street patrols to health services and services catering lor domestic
:e abuse. C D E P was consistent wilh ie cultural values and
I practices of Indigenous | people, he said. They
programs at grassroots level," Mr Manton said.
He said C D E P compared more than favourably, cost-wise,
service programs, each C D E P pi; costing $3000, compared
IT- -id B f l with $10,000' T I ATSIC regional council ' _ * ^ B 1 J chairman Steve Blunden
, said CDEPs in the Many Neville Buchanan, of R(uers ion w e r e
Macksville, gave at. a £ bes._ . ""Passioned performed in the country, impromptu speech. a n d h e c a u e d for eqLljty h
funding allocation between C D E P providers and non-I ndigenous jobs provid<
He called for a treaty, an people needed to maintain •
"We need to march on Canberra and Parliament House; make our voice heard," he said.
Terry Rayner, principal of Corindi school Coffs Harbour, told the rally that the school had three people provided under the C D E P program
One of these workers held 'icon' status in the Aboriginal community, and all three were highly regarded by staff and students, and did 'an absolutely fantastic job1 "Without those people, there would be a huge hole in oi I'd love to see C D E P continue and wish you all best wilh your protest," he said.
Tony Perkins, of Ihe Yarrawarra Aboriginal Corporaiion. said Aboriginal culture would not survive under mainstreaming.
He said nothing had changed in white govemment treatment ot Aboriginal people ovei years, and -politicians should give up trying to destroy blacks, because they have failed'.
Another organiser, Russell Kapeen, said: "If very important lhat w e come as one body."
Mr Kapeen said Aboriginal people must ~'~ their opinions because 'we're letting State an Federal governments kick us in the guts'. "We need to voice our rights in a peaceful manner. It's your future and your kids' future,' said. IQTHE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. £004.
• PICTURES: Protesters at the C D E P Survival Rally in Coifs Harbour, northern N e w South Wales. Participants
were Irom C D E P s in the Many Rivers ATSIC region.
d Indigen
Koori Court' in Darwin? represented her Dreaming.
0 Northern Territory's
ATSIC Yilli Rreung
Regional Council
lout on the possibility vl introducing an Aboriginal Court in Darwin similar to the Koori Courts
which operate in Victoria.
The forum came one month after the release of the Y R R C Law and Justice Policy which aims to
reduce the high numbers of Indigenous people in fhe criminal
justice system Statistics in lasl December's
issue ot the NT Quarterly Crime and Justice show that Indigenous prisoners currently represent 79
per cent (576) of the prison population and lhat Indigenous
juveniles represented 81 per cent of the detainee population.
to continue The Yilli Rreung
Regional Council is keen to look at
the Aboriginal Court as a way of breaking the offending cycle of our people," said Eddie Cubiilo, Y R R C chairman and a lawyer with
local knowledge of Indigenous legal issues.
The Koori Courts are a division
of the Magistrates Court and currently operate in
Broadmeadows and Shepparton. Sentencing options are the same as any other court, with jail a harsh
reality. But the key elements of the
Koori Court a providing a more culturally
sensitive and less formal se which Indigenous people ar
participation in Che court pre
I be beaten as a way
j."said DrAuty.
in Coombs was full of Koori Court system.
former offenders When acted towards him when s? •h the community, he said;'
thei' families, their parents,
grandparents - they treat n respect. It's one of the mos
Involved in discussions of an Aboriginal Court in Darwin were, back, Daniel Briggs (Aboriginal justice worker); middle, Roxy Musk (Larrakia Nation), Kate Auty (magistrate), Natalie Hunter (president, North
Australian Aboriginal Legal Service), Sharon Payne (director, NAALAS), Eddie Cubiilo (YRRC chairman), Kimberley Hunter (Family Court), Rosemary Smith (solicitor, Victorian Department of Justice): front: Kevin
Coombs (Victorian Elder) and Terrie Stewart (Aboriginal justice worker).
The Victorian Koori Court delegation included Victorian Elder Kevin Coombs, who has been
involved with the metropolitan Koori Court since if first started.
Magistrate Kale Auty, who presides over the Shepparton Koorie Court. Ationqins' justice workers Daniel
Briggs (Shepparton) and Terrie Stewart (Broadmeadows)
and Rosemary Smith, the third Aboriginal solicitor to be admitted
to the bar in Tasmania and who currently works wilh the Victorian
" in Aborig
Agreement such as the Koori Courts, Aboriginal bail ustice
the Aboriginal liaison officer program.
Addressing Ihe forum. Dr •
explained th in Court; jt of th
nendations from tf*
objection).
She said that ot 137 cases heard in Shepparton. only accused
re-offended. In Its lirst year of
operation, the metropolitan Koori Court shows similarly impressive figures, with 32 people appearing
re-oflenders. "Ifs only sustainable if there is a
whoie-ol-government and a whole-of-community approach. Circle sentencing (Koorie Court) provides
a unique opportunity for the two
cultures to work together and
NT Minister tor Justice Peter
Toyne does nol support the
development ol a separate judicial process and says (hat the Northern
Territory Criminal Code applies to alt Territorians and that's ihe way it
will remain under a Martin Labor Government.
DrToyne said it was a credit to the Territory lhat these challenges
could be talked about in a sensible
flexible solutions could be found
'This Government will consider
options to incorporate Indigenous Culture Into court processes to
make cases and sentencing as part of our response lo the
Customary Law Inquiry Repori," Dr
'This is only pi jurisdiction where
large Aboriginal population." T h e Koori Court system has
worked well in Victcha but that State has a relatively low
Indigenous population, and it may not translate well to the NT.
"Indigenous culture has been considered during sentencing in
the Northern Territory for many decades, just as Ihe background
of any offender is considered."
NOTICE FOR KAMILAROI, G0MILAR0I &
GOMEROI NATION N S W Native Title Services
is hosting a cultural heritage - natural
resources forum between the Nation
and the State Government on:
Saturday 1 May 2004
(9.30am - 5.30pm) and
Sunday 2 May 2004 (9.00am - 3 00pm)
At The N e w Max Centre.
Cnr Balo S Heber Sts, Moree.
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Eastwood's comment " »
Your poetry
Back on Track
was doing so well
To live a life of crime without respecd'ng the help you see
I have two beautiful children with a true blue mother
W e had our share ot troubles, let
m e tell you brother
But although it's a never-ending battle I look back on history.
Men like the Hurricane 'n' Mandela
were the real mystery
A crime that was blamed on me,
One person who knows my
innocence, my angel and rny lover N o w I'm doing what I can to bring
my memory back
Until nest time, just keep in mind,
Kurt's getting back on track.
• More poems - See Page 24
From the Editor's desk The Editor, PO Box 117, Lismore, N S W 2480 • email: editorekoorimail.com • phone: (02) 66 222 666 • fax: (02) 66 222 600
Political football I N D I G E N O U S Australians are being used
as a political football In this Federal election year. With the racist spectre ol
One Nation consigned to the history books, both major parties are chasing Ihe votes of
the far right. It is no surprise that our conservative
Coalition Govemment would do so - Prime Minister John Howard has been a vocal
critic of Indigenous self-determination since the lormation ot the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission 14 years ago. What does come as a surprise, however,
is that the Labor Party, traditionally a friend
of Indigenous Australia, is loilowing the
Is this a ploy by Opposition Leader Mark Latham to gamer as much support as
possible in an attempt to win government,
and then perhaps soften his stance to a more traditional Labor outlook? Or has the
Labor Party swung so far from Ihe left lhat ii is a 'softened' replica ol the Liberal-National
Coalition?
Whatever the answers, it is obvious lhat Indigenous Australians are the tool to win
the righl-wing vote. The trealment of ATSIC over the past
fortnight Is a classic example of that.
Firstly, Latham says he will abolish the troubled organisation but set up a
regionally-structured replacement. Political
commentators descrihed that announcement as gazumping the Coalition
Soon after, Howard hits back, saying
that he will scrap Ihe system completely -there will be no replacement lor ATSIC,
regional councils will go by the middle of
next year, and mainstream services will cafer for Indigenous needs.
Along the way, ATSIC is blamed for the
poverty, poor health and educational woes
of Indigenous Auslralians. despite nof
having control ol those programs - and mainstream Auslralia believes it.
The timing of Howard's announcement
last week must also bs questioned. It is nol long before fhe Govemmenl hands down
the May Budget.
If there was to be a major shake-up for Indigenous affairs, wouldn't any outcry be
somewhat hidden by the generosity lhat the
Government obviously will hand out to mainstream Australia in an election year?
Last week's announcement waa made lor major effect
The Howard Government last week also
was under pressure with claims by a senior military official that intelligence
agencies are coerced to tell the
Government what it wants to hear. Killing of ATSIC got that slory off Ihe front page,
albeit temporarily.
for ifs
demise Stronger action in the leadership
crisis could have won wider support, perhaps maintaining the commission in ils
present form.
Indeed many Indigenous people argue
that ATSIC needed major surgery' and will nol lament its passing.
Bul the concept ol ATSIC must be
preserved for what il Indigenous Australia
sell-determination.
Otherwise, it's bac
Please read our Anzac Day stories on Pages 12 and 13. Contrary to popular
belief, our people died defending a countiy
which denied them citizenship. But one
man survived in truly astounding
circumstances (see Page 13).
:ans ol
o bad old 'mission
The Koon Mail welcomes your letters and poems. Please send them to any of the addresses listed on Page 2. Preference will be given to submissions of interest to Indigenous Australians. Please include your town and State of residence, and daytime telephone number
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vi YOUR SAY M
Let's tell the world On Thursday, April 15, Little
Johnny Coward announced the
death of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) by
adopting the One Nation anti-blacks policy.
appointing a group of our people as an advisory body on
a national level. As a long-serving activist,
I'm ashing our people to refuse
to become token Kooris. Resist becoming Uncle
Toms, Aunty Marys or Rent-a-
s. The proposal stinks of
The age-old trick of divide and conquer has once again been used by the Government to take away Aboriginal dignity
and pride. What power will a small group of such advisors
have when all they can do Is advise the so-called Minister of Indigenous Affairs who. at her discretion, can refuse their advice?
Sow Is the s<
the removal of our control of our medical and legal services, and mainstreaming them.
Overseas, Australia continually boasts of its so-called kind treatment of its Indigenous peoples.
I believe the latest bash-a-black has to be exposed
If our people stick together
ana refuse to be part of the proposed advisory committee, w e can make sure that Australia
is exposed to this blatant racist move. If. as the prime minister
s, ATSIC was not effectivi
failed overthe last 14 years of
minister did not move early to
rectify such aberrations, instead of stereotyping all of ATSIC society over the ineffectiveness
CHICKA DIXON (pictured)
75-year-old activist
La Perouse, N S W
Sorry Day activities The death knell Preparations are under way
throughout the country to commemorate Sorry Day on May 26.
In Sydney, former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and
Senator Aden Ridgeway will speak at the Opera House during an evening cfsorg. stayanfl poetry hosted by the N S W Stolen
Generations. Among tf performers will be ope
Deborah Cheetham. That afternoon, at St Mary's
Cathedral in central Sydney, a
commemorate Sorry Day. In Adelaide's Tamdanyanga
: Victoria Square), visitors will
again have Ihe opportunity to visit
tents staffed by Stolen Generations groups who attended an institution together, and learn
from those who experienced removal. Last year 3000 people attended, and more are expected
In Tasmania
al Risdon Cove, Hobart. For these and many other
- www.jOurneyofhealing.com In Canberra during the
Parliamentary sitting week of May 24-28, the Federal Government
will unveil a memorial to the Stolen Generations Situated at Reconciliation Place, near the
Mational Library in Canberra, the memorial also
those, Indigenous and n Indigenous, whose genuine care
softened the impact of what are now recognised as cruel and
misguided policies'. On Saturday, May 29. the
National Sorry Day Committee and the A C T Journey of Healing
iryone to
the Stolen
e coming fror
:he institution
TI devoted
The ent by Prin
all
themselves to the needs ot the children, and feel anguished al realising thai lhe policies under which they worked have caused
such harm W e hope
a I ing their hi
US services would be
delivered and funded through the mainstream sounds the death knell tor self-determination in this country.
This policy deserves the
sfrongesl possible opposition. This policy would return Aboriginal policy to that ol the 1950s, igi
duty. To spout 'self-determination' without supplying resources and
expertise and than mailing for failures is as bad as assimilation.
didn't
W e look forward tc
With bast wishes.
The Coalition's claim that long remembered treating Indigenous Australiai
nd different way hi lupllcitous: we hav
celebrate this
Is recognition ofthe the removal policies.
II-known Aboriginal musicians
perform There will be a free ispiays, food stalls.
A U D R E Y NGINGALI KINNEAR
RICKI D A R G A V E L J O H N B R O W N LEN B A R R A T T
Co-chairs, National Sorry Day
Committee Co-chairs, A C T Journey of
Healing Network
w w w . j ourneyofhealing.com Telephone (02) 6281 0940
Fax (02) 6232 4554
ever given self-di iv go. Rather, •ustralian governments have failed
i implement the recommendations f countless inquiries which would
ave properly tested Ihe separate nd different' approach. Under U N principles, Australia
lechanlsms lor self-determination.
adequate. Indigenous-specific services musl be underpinned by addressing the unfinished business
Between Ausrralia and Indigenous peoples.
ATSIC's genuine attempts to build on the achievements ol the Council lor Aboriginal
Reconciliation - by researching the potential for a formal settlement -must not be wasted.
The onus is now on the ALP and its leader, Mark Latham, to rise (o the task ol committing to a truly
democratic process to achieve
PETEH LEWIS Chairman, Australians for Native
Title and Reconciliation, Vic MOIRA R A Y N E R
H u m a n Rights lawyer
G R E G B A R N S Board member.
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It's assimilation read with great distress
fear Prime Minister Jl
mainstream' igenous si
to a form of
assimilation. N o matter h o w
Indigenous Affairs Min
A m a n d a Vanstone words it
RICHARD FRANKLAND
Alternative Care Services
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Services across Querns],ind. These services will deliver family and/or noil
family based alternative care services for children and young people undt-i
18 years in Queensland w h o are subjeel to statutory child [inflection
intervention and w h o have mil (I c rati* m extreme support needs.
The Departmenl nn.-nurasii.-s [inifmsak '.vhere partnering approaches suppon
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RFT SA02/0304 REVIEW OF ABORIGINAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNCIL (ADAC) OF SA INC.
A D A C was ouhM.lied over a decade ago in S.»niIi \u*lrjl.,i iiliniil;. in-.- lhal a slale body wi use mull- and ISSUL'-. linn V.I-I,: |,jOiLuljrl. imp
D H A and A D A C ag
ill he held on 21rd an
encouraged Oy John Howard and his party. His deliberate
and malicious misleading about
native title is just one ol the
w e a p o n s used against
Indigenous Australia and its supporters Scaremonger
d tor the future of
every Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal child in this country. I a m scared that they
will legislate a w a y m y people.
Olney decision in
relation to Ihe Yorta Y o n a
people sent shivers of fear d o w n m y spine - culture
w a s h e d a w a y with the tide of
history' - not bloody likely! I - of Yorta Yorta people
no sense of justice or right and
wrong. I see them blindly
following John Howard, a m a n
appealing to people's
prejudices, people's lears,
people's greed I see that Prime Minister
John H o w a r d has belittled the
suffering ot people w h o were removed from their families, ha
encouraged a nursery version of Australia's histoiy and
engineered a racial abyss in this country.
The truth
likely to any t>i : Latham? H
positive but will he tollow
through with action. His handling of the ATSIC
sv,f enrs not inspire
consultation with Indigenous
J respect, a bai
rleta.led rilan for a viable
,i K-i'i.ihvi.' giving real epreseniation to Indigenous
. which might have
I if there had been genuine consultation.
throwing empty words ai each other, politically pointscoring off
the misery of the people they
are meant to represent, I see Ihem putting the party line
before humanity. I see Ihem
blatantly lying lo us, the voters, and I see them destroying the
meaning of words like integrity
reports - just in ffie past six
months: The Senate Committee Report on the
recommendations of the
Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation - nil action; the Productivity Commission Report
on Indigenous Disadvantage -
no substantive improvement
since John Howard took office;
and lastly, the same message in the pages of fhe report by
Social Justice Commissioner Bill Jonas.
Will John Howard or Mark
Latham accept the need lor a
binding agreement - call it a treaty il you like - setting out a
plan of action to redress the
current levels of disadvantage.
One way is that w e establish a national umbrella treaty', then
te individual '*'
digenous tribe or community.
W e target the Indigenous children's mortality rate and
stop the death rate. W e do this Pv orovlding adequate
es to the Indigenous
dical centres. (The Indigen-• children's mortality rale is
;e to five times higher than
lha! lor other A us '•alia n
I am not so silly as to think we can resolve these problems
overnight, but we won't resolve them by using them as political footballs.
as an independent in the
Senate. It costs a lol to
campaign and quite frankly I
don't have the money.
But if I did stand, what would I stand for?
I would say lhat no person in this country should pay to be
educated, I would say lhat no person should pay for their
health, I would say thai no
person should pay to enter a
museum to learn ol the heritage
of this country, I would say that the issues ol Ihe homeless
need to be primary issues. I
would say that no child coming to this country seeking safety
should be under barbed wire
and 1 would say that it is lime
we began talking true about a
treaty between Indigenous and non-I ndigenous Australia.
So where are we heading as
a country? Well, I believe thai we need to regain our
need to further establish our
national identity by including Ihe 500 Indigenous nations and
tribes and the many different
nations that are here now We need to plant these seeds so
that we can become a strong
and decent upstanding society.
W e elect politicians not to lead us. but to represent us, to
RICHARD J FRANKLAND
Concert under threat The outlay tor tt
a fair ticket price si
ie performers already give
ild be able to pay for them.
ntici paled donations would . Although a number of government
funding bodies and a major union showed interest, ajl w e have received was a very
generous and immediate $25 from a member ol
Older Women's Mefwork followed by $2000 from the N S W Aboriginal Land Council and $500 from
the N S W Aboriginal Housing Office. It is disappointing lhal corporate bodies which were
approached have not even replied yel.
Preparations are well in hand. Abandoning the concert will Impact heavily on the launch and
success of the foundation. It is designed lo be
both a fitting tribute to such an inspiring person
stories, told so beautifully by Pauline, and flowing
on through the nurturing of Aboriginal
This is a plea lo the grassroots. W e are asking
everyone to send a cheque or visit a Commonwealth Bank urgently to deposit a
donation that you can afford.
Details: Account: Pauline E McLeod foundation Lid Donations Fund. Commonwealth
Bank. Revesby, NSW, BSB 062 233. account
f01636!2. A cheque can be mailed fo Pauline E McLeod
O Bo J 23, Revesby, NSW.
2212. Inqui secretary
0415 440 210oi
loPauiN d member, (02) 9773 3878 or
[email protected] Any superfluous money will flow into the
foundation The foundation is already generating
funds. Please visif www.koori.net <http://www koori. neV> lo order a video or a CD.
Please give generously and urgently to ensure
the success ol this venture and to honour an extraordinary woman on the anniversary ol her
passing. Visit www.paulinemcloud.com <http://www.paulinemdoud.com/> lor an update.
JAN BOUKABOU For the Pauline E McLeod Foundation
Sydney, NSW
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White Australia must pay us a sovereignty tax Aborigines in Auslralia rangling any real o
Aboriginal voice. 1 through In order to address this
independent dialogue with inconsistency, those w h o say white Australia. they represent us must now
Cunently this is nol so, as call on white Auslralia to pay
our peak representative body. Aborigines a tax in ATSIS, is owned and recognition of our
controlled by the white sovereignty.
reality lor Aboriginal Australians, giving Ihem a means of perpetual annua
in turn give them the abilit; invest in private enterprise
infrastructure building wilh
40,000 years or so ot research, so why nol put th
End of a n era; a new dawn The demise of ATSIC ends an era oi
unfilled promises and presents an opportunity for a new beginning
In describing the period of ATSIC's Ii as unfilled promises, no disrespect is
of ATSIC or the staff of th who, over the years, genui™
earnestly tried to use the sys
designed to adv; nation's First People
You might note so
sentiment in the previous sentence and you would not be incorrect in doing so.
W h e n ATSIC was ushered into this world, I was sceptical of its ability to deliver on
the promise of its vision and mission. However, I held out hope lhat the
individuals w h o would become a part of the system and the organisation would
prevail over its inherent and significant weaknesses Hope lost out, this time
As an observer on Ihe periphery, my
view was and remains that the concept of
ATSIC was fundamentally flawed at the outset. Identifying Ihese flaws at this
juncture m a y be useful in relation lo the forthcoming debate a m o n g Indigenous
Australians as to the question of Where
fo Irom here?' From m y limited perspective, the most
fundamental flaw with ATSIC was that it was a construct premised on Western (European) values of democracy, popular
representation and social
organisation/management. As such, ATSIC introduced a foreign
system (to Indigenous Australians) of decision-making lhat (urther undermined
traditional Elder-based decision-making and leadership systems and supplanted
the values of Indigenous Australians by lofting high and mighty the values of the
Protestant Anglo-Saxon. ATSIC continued the practice of
stealing Irom Indigenous Australians, yes stealing, by further eroding traditional
maiaga-nail aid o-ganisalion.
Interestingly, many Indigenous Australians
said Thank you'. Answer these questions if you can: "In what Indigenous Australian
communities was democracy practiced
prior to European occupation ot Australia?" "In what Indigenous Australian
communities w a s leadership determined by popular vote prior to European
occupation?"
"In what Indigenous Australian
management conducted without reg for family and community obligation duty prior to European settlement?"
To introduces system,, by ATSIC, which was so contrary to
Indigenous Australian practice and values, begged long-term failure.
particularly al that point in time (pemaps ATSIC w a s ahead of its lime) Strangely, ATSIC was marketed by its creators and
supporters as Indigenous self-determination'. But on whose terms.
based on whose cultural values and using whose processes was that sell-
OL'taaiina'JO" to ne implemented? From m y perspective, if you are nol
able to determine your path to self-
determination, then can you ever achieve the holy grail - I think not More likely, you
are going to be controlled, limiled and guided to an outcome not of your o w n
vision but that of those w h o gave you the systems and practices on a white china
Another fundamental Haw of ATSIC
and practices. It pitted Indigenous
lunities and families against each in the pursuit of 'elected' power,
History is testament to the effectiveness of the strategy ol 'dividing and conquering'
in reducing a people lo submission and .
subservience. II has Been disheartening to witness over the years the degradation of Indigenous Australian dignity brought
about by the coming ol ATSIC.
The future debate about Ihe demise of ATSIC will identify many contributing
factors, trom Ihe systemic to the
philosophical to the personalities involved. However, for the debate lo be useful
(and attributing blame is not particularly
useful - interesting, but not useful), it
must produce a way forward. In other words Indigenous Australians need to
heed the lessons Irom ATSIC. the good and the bad, and move on constructively.
Again, lo contribute to the debate.
these thoughts are offered: It is 'oddly strange' that John Howard
(the Prime Minister) thinks that he has the 'ight lo select those Indigenous
Australians w h o will advise and represent
the interests ot the body ot lhe Indigenous community to government. This is akin to
the President of ihe United Slates telling all Australians w h o will be the Prime
Minister ol Australia and I can just imagine the outcry from the Australian community
dignation that would be
Id hope that no Indigenous in would accept, on principle
Support Ihe concept of working wun wnai you have and working Ihe system to bring about change, there are
times when principles must take pride ol place and this is, perhaps, one of those
Unity ol purpose is crucial at this point in time and the Prime Minister's direction can only continue to promote division and
segmentation within and a m o n g Indigenous communities.
It is also oddly strange' that
Indigenous Australians appear to
unquestionably accepl that it is the role
is the cultural di e WIN
perplexing,
re a lack of ownership by Indigenous Australians as to how
self-defermination, including the selection of their leaders, will be achieved
independently of governments, whether Federal or State
Taking ownership is one of the first steps in leadership, being independent is another and remaining true to your values
and beliefs is also critical. Leadership is
are congruent with the spoken word, and sell-determination, like leadership, is not a spoken 'thing', it's a done 'thing', and I for
one would like to see Indigenous leadership being done.
Perhaps it is altruistic to possess an
expectation that Indigenous Australians will ever have an equitable
share of the social, political and economic
opportunities available in the modern Australia: a share which achieved
Ihrough an honest, just, assertive and independent application ol
The opening of a door, with the
passing ol ATSIC, may be an opportunity l:il:lllii;.ll--...i 11 il(',J rr:r(f. - -.[:,•,
vision and pathway lo such a
delermination. While such altruism,may not be
pragmatic in the short term, it is
aspiralional in the long term, and may m y
Anthony Alvin Wilson My name is Beryl Wilson and I am Irying to
>cate m y brother, born Anthony Alvin Wilson on ,pril 11, 1961, at Macksville and District Hospital
n the mid north coast of N S W Anthony was adopted around 1970-72.
I had Link-up trying to track him d o w n ana his i'Jkryiwii vjheteano-.it:-. v.'Cis t-Aellou-e Victors
nd they were 99 per cent sure it w a s him. II
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Wednesday 12 May 2 0 H
Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street, REDFERN
6 00pm
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in rajjioixil coiinmitte to hang out Making sure that young people can hang out with their friends
and enjoy themselves safely Is very important. One way to do
this Is to set up community spaces lor recreational, spoiling
and cultural activities.
Some regional communilies don't have these sorts of faci il es
YouthSpaces and Fadttes Find ma, be at
lOV.Od,
I.KIlllS. 01
E thel i ousting
ones where young people are virtome.
flu sLiJ-.-i-i*s foi Ihis program are flexible. Combined groups
can apply lor funding, but at least one applicant must be an
incorporated (not for profit) body. Groups can Include youth
groups, local governments and Indigenous communities.
For more Intormation telephone the OHlce lor Children and
Youth on 94TS 20001
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XI,
A scapegoat by the
Federal Government that it intends to abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission fATSIC) scapegoats it for the failures ol
programs and services lo Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The hopes pinned on the organisation -
that i! could ana would effect instant change - were not
governments. The Government's
announcement revealed ni plans for addressing the Crisis in
Indigenous communities and will turther disempower Indigenous
peoples, while further reducing the level of scrutiny of the
Government's performance on
Indigenous issues from the eyes
The Government's Is to a
: of its failing practical reconciliation' approach. It seeks lo ensure
that the Government will only
have to deal with Indigenous peoples on its own terms and
without any reference to the
aspirations and goals of Indigenous peoples.
The Government has stated
that ils goal is 'to improve the outcomes and opportunities and
hopes of Indigenous peoples in areas of health, education and
employment' and thai 'the
representation ... for Indigenous people has been a failure1
It is disingenuous to draw a connection between these
problems with the Government's
reasoning. First, as the ATSIC Review
Team stated in its final report:
"ATSIC was intended to be a supplementary funding body and
was never intended, or funded, lo be tha provider of all
forpf ir progra
responsibili* ability to address a range ol key
issues facing Indigenous peoples. ATSIC is now being
blamed for lack of progress by government in addressing
program responsibility Health, lor example n.js
been a mainstream govemmem
responsibility since 19yfi During
under-funding of Indigenous
health services, estimated 'c total approximately $350 million per year, and a worsen.no in *ey
indicators of heallh status and only marginal improvements in
others Mainstream approaches lo health service delivery have not been working for the past
decade The story is the same with
education and employmenl
programs - both are mainstream government responsibilities (with
the exception of the C D E P
scheme, which ATSIC and now ATSIS run). There has been
very little progress in reducing the inequality gap between
Indigenous and non-I ndigenous
people in these areas over the past five years.
The critical problem lacing
Indigenous people is the lack of a rigorous monitoring framework to hold the Government
accountable for its commitments
dchvp-y. It is the failure of
goviemnienf accounts »' ly tfi A'SiC is being made a
analysis that is critical of its own
at>yr jjch. The Government has
prog e=.s ive ly distanced itself
from the policy advice provided by ATSIC and acted contrary to
ATSIC's proposals for addressing Indigenous issues. This failure dates back to the
rejection by the Government in 1996 of the Social Justice
Package proposal by ATSIC The Government has
s-miurly failed to acl in accordance with the advice of
the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and has failed to
respond, yet alone implement. the findings and
Social Justice Reports lo
Parliament by the Social Justice Commissioner.
This does not reveal a failure
of representative Indigenous structures. It reveals a deep
Where will the money go? the money will go, and without details ofthe process by which
Indigenous Australians can be involved in decisions about the
II is disappointing that if ha;
taken so long to address the
problems with ATSIC. and now we have a kneejerk political reaction that ignores the real
issues. Meanwhile. Indigenous
The suggestion lhat an
appointed group of distinguished Indigenous people will advise the Government on Indigenous
issues is hardly adequate representation. Indigenous people deserve better alter years ol being shonchanged.
W e must have two main goals
clearly In mind as we decide ATSIC's future The primary concern musl be how we can
qjicMy and effectively improve
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Secondly. Indigenous Australians have insisted, year
after year, that one of the essential ingredients to improving their well-being is for them to
have a say They musl represent communilies and deal with their priorities ATSIC was set up with
the best intentions. However, chronic under-funding and
internal difficulties have left it
unable lo meei its responsibilities lo the Indigenous communilies around Australia, with many
Indigenous people tee I Ing it does no represent them. The
Govemmenl needs to ensure lhal the money it will now save Irom lhe abolition of ATSIC is used in a
way thai will benefit Indigenous
M E G LEES Australian Progressive Alliance
Senator for South Australia
antipathy on the part ol the Government towards engaging
wilh Indigenous peoples and acknowledging Ihe legitimacy of
tne asp radons and goals expressed by Indigenous
Replacing ATSIC with an appointed board of advisers will entrench Ihis problem further by
ensuring lhat ihe Government
only has to talk to select Indigenous people when it
chooses to and only on issues thai it wishes to engage.
The latest Social Justice
Report to the Federal Parliament identities Ihe current situation
faced by Indigenous peoples as
a crisis. It reveals a government approach that is failing. And it
identifies an agenda lor change to turn this situation around
This agenda identifies increased Indigenous
participation and control as a
central feature of improved
Decision is shortsighted
In time, history will prove the Howard Government's decision to rob
Aboriginal people ol the means to have an elected voice and an opportunity lor
self-determination was shamefully wrong.
The Howard/Vanstone decision is
shortsighted - ihey would be wiser to once again follow Mark Latham's lead
and at least offer a democratic
Mainstreaming Indigenous affairs
failed in the past - it is unlikely to succeed now. How will Indigenous
people now be heard, how will they now have a voice? W h o will speak for
Ihem? In South Australia, the tionontheAP Lands is
m ATSIC toe;
le of in sting that it is with governments v being representative ot and
accountable back to Indigenous communilies and people.
Abolishing ATSIC and
ensuring that Indigenous people
have no place at the negotiating table is not tha answer. It will
simply silence Indigenous people at the national level while
the deeply entrenched crisis in Indigenous c
continues *..
organisalions to deliver services. A representative panel of
distinguished people cannot, no matter
how well-meaning, replace the right of
Indigenous people to have a say in their lutures via a democratically
elected body. The Indigenous peoples of this
country are the oldest living culture on the planet - don't w e deserve the right
to have an organisation ol our own?
The United Nations says we do. but not the Howard Government.
If the tables were turned, and some power decided with the stroke of a pen
to axe the Government, there would be an outrage - not fo mention a
Constitutional crisis W e are talking
What Indigenous people need are
strong and credible leaders -Indigenous and non-Indigenous - who
will reaffirm their i
with (he recognition thai this will only
be achieved through empowerment.
self-determination and reconciliation.
PARRY AGIUS
Executive officer, Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
Adelaide, S A
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YOUR POETRY
Foul Play
Her little T J
My Hi -.in
They _,,„ tell
Propaganda s...
They can go to hell
I dedicate this ode
Gail's Little T J
W h o was full of lun
A grandfather's best
S o m e racist cops ha
A senseless death w
1 call it foul play
One day our God wil
W e all cried for a little black brother
My heart goes out
To his lather and mother
Take a stand
There's blood spilt
O n white man's hands
No matter what ever Ihey say
The Spirit in evil spirit thai lurks after r
bring m e down
;o gently
I feel it breathing on Ihe back of my ni
But when I turn around to check
It scampers away to the spirit land.
Because il knows if it ever looked me
MARK ANDEHSON
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W h o leave their homes and have to tlee
The life you had is all but gone
This stricken war has made you mourn
The dying and sultering you saw each c
Your people, young, old and frayed
Soldiers came and destroyed your plac*
W a s this a curse or was this your fate?
They've taken orders to take your land
You must be careful, all killings at hand
N o w your lamily must move quick
Can't wait a minute, nol even a tic
Collect all your belongings and what yoi
J!'s getting close lor this bomb to land.
Forn< at you've tied at
YOUR SAY
Consultation a must in reform
Reconciliation can nol be achieved wilhouf self-
determination, and Ihe N S W
Reconciliation Council, the peak reconciliation body in
N S W , condemns comments
made by Prime Minister John Howard about the Federal
abolish ATSIC.
The N S W Reconciliation Council, which represents
more lhan 1000 members ot the reconciliation movement in
N S W , shares the concerns ol other reconciliatii
the Coalition Government was
to replace the current elected
Indigenous body with a Government-appointed group whose role would be limited lo
advice only.
The Government's policy is
shortsighted and continues to display a disrespect and ignorance about the sovereign
right of Australia's Indigenous peoples to self-determination.
The most disturbing
Numerous studies, reports
Indigenous people in other
countries, such as Canada i
the United States, which ha\ some recognition and
idigenous eign rights, have show
nanaged sell-determination
ind Indigenous governance
ire not only Ihe most effective
Our leaders must begin to recognise that self-determination is the inherent sovereign and constitutional right of Indigenous people
report released by the Council
of Australian Governments, to
example, reveals that the gap belween Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal Auslralians is widening, not getting any
True reconciliation will only
be achieved when the rights of
Indigenous Australians are recognisod to the same eirtent
as non-Indigenous Australians, and this includes the righl to develop effective governing
bodies which reflect the cultural practices, values and
beliefs ol Indigenous Australian.
priority' However, we clearly stress
thai any reform process must indude extensive consultalion
wah i-digenous peoples, and include indigenous people in Hit decision-making process
• . M •.
ATSIC.
Aboriginal people was an
'experiment' and one that tailed SeJf-defermination is n
governments can 'choose' to
Our leaders must begin
Aboriginal people, but it is necessary.
Throughout his term, Prime
Minster John Howard has
consistently displayed his opposition to a rights-based
approach to reconciliation and managemenl of Indigenous
Under the Coalition's policy
of 'practical reconciliation', the position of Indigenous people
The recent Overcoming
Indigenous Disadvantage'
leaders recognise and accept
Australia's Indigenous sovereign righls, and begin to
display the political will lo move the Govemment forward in
partnership with Indigenous Australia.
The N S W Reconciliation
Council calls on the Federal
Opposition, the minor partes and the Senate independents
to block any attempts to abolish ATSIC's elected structure
before plans have been put in place for a new elected body.
PAUL NEWMAN
Chairman, NSW
Reconciliation Council
ATSIS chief must be removed The Federal Government should immediately
remove Ihe chief executive officer of ATSIS, Wayne
Gibbons. Irom oflice. He had a conflict of Interesl as ATSIC/ATSIS C E O and I believe he has an onqoinq conflict as ATSIS CEO.
ut CaV.l -;i .5,
is undue influence oi ling ATSIC staff i-
The C E O should not be involved in any transitional arrangements involving the transfer of functions from ATSIC and ATSIS to other
govemmenl agencies. I make this call to the
Government in the light of actions by Ihe ATSIS C E O in the lead up lo the Government's announcement to abolish ATSIC.
I believe the ATSIS C E O has been responsfcle
tor the provision of incorrecl and subsequently
; Government and thai lo e transition of programs and
badly needed services lo other agencies would be a turther tragedy to be visited upon Indigenous people
in this counlry.
The performance ol Mr Gibbons in the last year has, in my opinion, been detrimental to the interests
ol Indigenous people. I call on Prime Minister John Howard to show
tome 'air dinkum leadership in regards to Aboriginal affairs and place somebody in the position who has
lhe confidence and respect ol Indigenous people, organisations and communities throughout Auslralia.
The threat to Tasmania's forests I a m saddened by the suffering
caused in the name ol economic
progress by the destruction ot Tasmania's ancienf and beautiful
forests The genocide of Aboriginal
people and the extinction of the
thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) were Ihe
first wave of world's best practice in Tasmania.
N o w logging company Gunns are finishing the fob of Europeanising
Tasmania and making it a monopoly for
the filthy rich. Logging in Tasmania is
now the most wasteful industry imaginable. II wastes natural resources
like timber, soil and water It destroys
habitat and kills many native animals. It pollutes the air and reduces ecotourism
potential. It lowers the value we place
on sustainable developmenl and living harmoniously with nature. It limits
human potential to technologically
controlled drudgery and ignores the full
potential uses of a forest system. W e are losing the potential for
discovering new native sources of food
and medicine. Indigenous cultural knowledge, improved recreational
activities and all the wonder in the
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Beattie warns on grog laws
By JODI HOFFMANN,
^ ^ H restrictions introduced in 1 _. - ^ M far north Oueensland I Q L D ^ communities, as Stale • 1 Premier Peter Bealtie • • threatened lotal prohibilion il Ihe new grog laws tailed. Over the past year, alcohol management plans have been inlroduced in 10 Indigenous communilies. with a further seven now laking effect
Mr Bealtie said alcohol abuse and
were so bad the Government would consider tolal alcohol bans if the
"I don'l want lo go down the road o* prohih lum and I make that very clear, hu: Ihis ie a mailer of lile and dealh," Mr Beattie said
Mr Beattie said Tony Fitzgerald, who produced a report on the issue Ir 2001, supported prohibition if his alcohol management proposals did n work alter three years.
Bul Indigenous leaders have slammed the plans, wilh the Mapoon community launching legal action against the laws.
Aboriginal academic Associate Professor Boni Robertson said that without dealing with the reasons behind alcoholism Ihe communities were being set up to fail
"Just taking the source away, without dealing with the need, really I believe is negligent," she said.
Mapoon Communily Council : - , - ' . . . • • • " •
were angry over a lack ol conan latkH
caught In lown alter dark I thought t
wrong because the sun w, up at eight o'c
"ind found my mother at Williams and they gave me three monlhs and s'
What followed, though, was the start ot a journey thai saw Mr Franks travel throughout Auslralia finding work as a
"When you'd finish your work you'd get all paid up and the lirst place you'd look lor was a pub and then I'd (all by Ihe wayside
alcohol. I couldn' then because I'd be inlo mischief," said Mr Franks, who
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• A B O V E : The ATA R O C
Team, from left, co-ordinato
(Broome) Gary Taylor, senio
Greetham. co-ordinator (NT)
Leigh Phillips and ATA chairwoman Lois Peeler.
• B E L O W : Jocelyn Archer
and Yvonne Odegaard,
Larrakia Nation Aboriginal
Corporation staff.
• RIGHT; The R O C Team with
workshop participants.
'Proper' tourism •
A recent tourism industry
forum conducted in Darwin introduced the Respecting
Our Culture (ROC) Program. Developed by Aboriginal
Tourism Australia (ATA], the program is aimed at enhancing tourism
business management and encourages the tourism Industry to operate in ways that
respecl and reinfc-.- *
heritage and Ihe living cultures ol Indigenous
New program focuses on cultural respect
is Peeler said that businesses engaging in Indigenous tourisrr which are committed lo protecting cultural authenticity and integrity, developing sounc
business practices and having sustainable environmental managemenl systems in pia
can now be recognised through Ihe R O C Program.
"Aboriginal culture is what differentiates fhe Australian experience," said Ms Peeler.
"Despite a growing interest by overseas visitors, there is a scarcity ol Indigenous product in the normal distribution systems.
Ttie R O C Program is a tc
people and con opportunities th
industry may provide A few days before ih Darwin forum, Ihe ATA team conducted a four:day workshop, Stepping Slones for Tourism, at the Bowali Visitor Cenlre in Kakadu National Park The woi1<shop aims
to help local people who had ideas about possible tourism ventures lo document am go through the initial planning process.
supportive of the ROC Program. "It's fantai thai they're (ATA) getting people to be mor culturally aware and fo do things in a culturally appropriate manner. R O C endorsement is certainly a positive move,"
said: "An Indigenou
Indigenous culture bul a process which
educates people about who Indigenous people are, where we came from and where
'Tourists are interested in that type of stuff having worked with many tourists, I know
what they want and the questions thai they ask are aboul Indigenous people and the
state of Indigenous people and affairs. It's so much more than just giving them a bil ol show-and-lell ol a dance and song and a Dreaming slory - it's much more fhan that
Ms Williams also slated the importance of
Indigenous people within Iheir own language groups, community groups or clan groups making the decisions aboul what is or isn't
"We have to think about our intellectual cultural property righls when making these decisions as lo what information's going to be
put out inlo the public domain and who the appropriate people are wiihin the community
(NTTC) Indigenous manager Patricia Waria-
"Suggested Indigenous operators could be
included on a songline where you could travsl Irom Adelaide to Uluru (Ayers Rock), Alice Springs, Nyinkka Nyunyu (Tennant Creek],
Katherine and Darwin including the Tiwi Islands. This songline could give international and local people a cultural experience in
different aspects of Aboriginal culture." Ms Waria-Read spoke about the
Importance of developing a good business,
financial and marketing plan. "Aboriginal people need to have these strategies in place
and the plan has to be realislic and
N T T C Indigenous tourism manager Patricia Waria-Rea
senior broker Bill Warburto
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public," she said. "II there's not a consensus as to who
should be giving that information oui. there's
going to be a whole heap of tourism operations set up that Indigenous people are not going to be happy with, which causes
problems that can socially Impact upon our
"Working wilh Larrakia people, I know lhal
I have lo go through all ol lhal and have my Elders salislied with who I'm working with and who I'm either giving knowledge or teaching or helping to learn more aboul Iheir country.
It's not just aboul dragging people around country and making them talk, it's aboul our intellectual cultural property and building up people's capacity to be able to deal with
problems and giving the Elders Ihe right to be able to make decisions lhat the younger people should follow."
Northern Territory Tourist Commission
Tourism approached properly could benefit everyone in Ihe community The
developmenl ol a tourisl venture for a community needs to be approached holistically and include an educalion and
training program to lit the tourism aspect." Aboriginal grinding grooves along Ihe
Bataluk Cultural Trail (Gippsland, Vic), the
majesty of Uluru and Ihe pristine beauty of Kakadu are jusl a small sample of Ihe many
destinations that offer a unique Indigenous cultural experience, attracting many local and
In Ihe Northern Territory alone, over 1.7 million visitors spenl a record $661.2 million (Territory Tourism statistics 2002-03) and this
is estimated lo Increase by a further 3-4 per cenl by 2006-07 wilh Ihe recent arrival ofthe Ghan service lo Darwin and the Australian
Government's release ol the Tourism White Paper which will inject an extra $235 million into the industry over four-and-a-half years.
'Increasingly, people want experiences that connect Ihem wilh Indigenous people. There's Ihis desire lo undersiand a culture
lhal goes back more than 40,000 years, how our people have survived and how we as Indigenous people function in Australian
society." said Ms Peeler. The R O C Program Is an initiative ofthe
ATAand is operated in partnership wilh State and Territory tourism accreditation offices. An important aspect ol Ihe R O C Program is that
regional coordinators provide support and liaison at the local level
• For further Information, conlact ATA
on (03) 9654 38tt or by email lo [email protected] or visit the website at www.aborlglnaltourism.com.au
Congress set up H
The inaugural meeting of
Ihe Indigenous Women's
Congress (IWC) in Perth was an opportune lime to acknowledge how strong
an enduring force in
The meeting of the lirst
Governmenl-appointed Indigenous women's advisory body In Western
Australia celebrated the rich diversity of our women Irom all regions throughout the Slate and provided an important forum for the sharing ol ideas,
knowledge, concerns and support. Established as a body whose rote s
" i State Government's M ni )i Worn,
levels 0'
participants. Representatives tn
West. Kimberley, IVhealbelt.
Gascoynei'Murchison, Perth, Pilbara. Great Southern, Goldfields and Torre
Island regions will ensure that that is an extensive range of experience, with
participants from business, the general community, govemment and non-govemment agencies
The congress is an initiative of the Western Australian Departmenl ol
Community Development's Office of
Women's Policy and has been supported by the Department of Indigenous Affairs
(heir inaugural meeting.
- Your Say, is 'a fantastic
opportunity fo profile Indigenous women who have been a force
within their community', according
to Maria Osman, executive director of the Office for Women's
Policy. 'Although a I times isolated,
Inoigonous women have been
voicing community issues
separately. Mow Indigenous women will be heard as a united vrucp inrough the congress and
will have direct input to the Minister," said Ms Osman.
For Helen McNeair, the
inaugural meeting, which included
presenting recommendations to Ihe Minister, has been 'a great
opportunity fo meet a lot of really
strong women in the community
going on in other regions'.
similar bul il's good to be able to compare what's going on and to
have access to the Minister and access to issues lhat we haven't
A- up 6.
Co m m is: Unit.
id Torres Strai
the Indigenous Policy
i McHale believes that Indiger JUI, women play a key leadership role w *n n
their families and Iheir community structures and this advisory group w ll bnng iheir perspective to government'. 'The
congress will help promote equal
opportunity for Indigenous women in
With the first meeting, being chaired bi the congress' deputy chairwoman Helen
McNeair, the agenda items demonstrated thai the group is committed lo tackling difficult and sensitive issues.
"We want our congress to be one thai'; going to make a difference and our three
main focus areas will be, one, salety for o
women and families; two, access to eadersiip positions; and, three, economii
independence,* said Ms McNeair, who •, 'jased in Geraldton in the Ca""oyne/Murchison region
S~e believes lhat the number and
dive-i.iy of participants at the mee'i-.q cemonstrales the wi<
"eorcvcn-ation the body has t
nduoon last October. T h e v appointed to this congress ar.
women in theii
we will be very effective," The IWC s
more than merely an advisory body and aims io become an ongoing entity to ensure
ideas and recommendations are pursued. "We don't want to be set up as an advisory
body and then nol be followed through. W e want fo be a permanent appoinfmenl and to
continue from there," said Ms McNeair Meanwhile. Ms McNeair typifies the
il to tf- y In.- *..i
participants. W h e n not putting her efforts
into the I W C , she is kept busy in her third term as an ATSIC councillor (she is currently fhe deputy chair of the Yamaji
Regional Council), along with managing an Aboriginal resource agency which services the whole of the Murchison region of W A ,
spanning Shark Bay to Meekatharra.
T h e congress, developed as a result of recommendations by Indigenous w o m e n at the 2002 W o m e n ' s Convention Your Future
The Indigenous Women's Congress >mbers are Shirley Bennell (chairwoman)
and Shirley Hayward (South-West region), June Oscar (Kimberley region), Kerry Stack (Wheatbelt region). Helen McNeair (deputy
chairwoman) and Dianne Gray
(Gascoyne/Murchison region), Maisie Weston and Oriel Green (Perth region),
Doris Eaton and Katie Drummond (Pilbara region). Barbara Oreo and Shirley Hansen (Great Southern region), Nancy Gordon
and Vashti Sambo (Goldfields region) and Margaret Morrison and Audrey Knight
(Perth-based Torres Strait Islander representatives).
Pal Kopusar is the Women's Advisory Council representative, IJI/I (Helen) Corbett the National Indigenous Women's Advisory
Group representalive, and ex-officio
members are Maria Osman (Office for Women's Policy) and Irene Stainton (Family and Domestic Violence Unit).
2004. E l
Skills training on the agenda
HEALTH
lobbyist will be the focus of
free Iraining workshops
being held in Walgett and Bourke, N S W , this month.
The Far West Area Heallh Service and
Sydney's Public Interest Advocacy Cenlre will host
the workshops designed to provide communities wilh essential advocacy skills,
= rep--<=
initially f<
advisory
provide
ning w
chance to develop skills ir the wider community.
"Our Health Advisory
"Often people wi
like to participate bi they don't have the
"mis fype ot trai
The workshops wi i be
held in Walgett on
Wednesday, April 28, ant in Bourke on Thursday, April 29 Those in'
Ihe free workshops c; contaci Cathy Dyer oi 8080 1512.
Oral health pledge call by NACCHO •
Th, Nillonil
Aboriginal Communis Con„oll«<H„llh Organisation (NACCI i
National Rural Health Alliance
(NRHA) have sought a
MedicarePlus will give priority
attention to Indigenous patients.
N A C C H O chairman Tony
McCartney said lhat improving the health ol Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people should be the
nation's number-one priority - and
oral and dental health was one of the most serious parts ol the
challenge.
"Indigenous Australians have a
higher incidence ol cardiovascular
disease and diabetes, both of which are related to oral and dental
'The inclusion of selected dental
care in Medicare provides a major
opportunity to make progress on Ihis. Indigenous people should be a
priority because ol the higher
(heir impact on quality ol life and
life expectancy.
"Aboriginal people and Torres
Strait Islanders have poorer oral health than the rest of the
community. "Poor oral health often creates a
situation where the overall health of
a person is compromised. Too
often poor oral health results in people adopting poor diet resulting
• ii serious illness. Such illnesses
include cardiovascular disease and
"An Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Oral Health Action Plan
was produced at a workshop in September 2O02 and no time would
be too soon to begin working on it.
The National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Slrait
Islander Health also recognises the impact of poor oral health on
information gaps in oral heallh and
representative surveys should be
conducted. Access and equity issues to dental services should be
looked at for all people in rural and
remote Australia. "The new proposals in
M-'-ri -..IIPPIUS provide a major
opportunity io progress action on
'There will be an additional MBS
item to support access to dental treatment for palienls with a
significant dental problen
are related to their illness.
"A separate item number under Medicare will provide access to
such patients. Over 69,000 dental
proportion ol these should be lor
Indigenous patients."
Mr McCartney said it should be emphasised that poor oral and
dental health was symptomatic of
the appalling heallh status of
Aboriginal Australians.
$4 million boost for WA Aboriginal health care ^fuWT^ Aboriginal health care in ^ ^ 7 ^ I Western Australia has been
r T * / A I boosted by S4 million from the I W A • commonwealth.
k ^ I The agreement was part of
a^Laa^L^aW a national co-operative effort
by governments to lift the health status of
Indigenous Australians, W A Health
Minister Jim McGinty said.
The funds would be used for proj< including employing more health
professionals, purchase of medical
equipment and health promotional
activities.
About S2.4 million in additional funding
would be used to employ extra health staff
including Aboriginal health workers, registered nurses and medical officers in
the west and north-east regions of the
Kimberley in the north of Western
A D E N RIDGEWAY
An extra $300m needed: Ridgeway MNA Indigenous heallh ^ ^ * • needs an extra T 1 $300 million a
^ — A year to achieve
^fmrm equity in the ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ allocation of
Australian Democrals.
In a Senate debate on the
Democrats Indigenous Affairs spokesman Aden Ridgeway
said that amount was the equivalent ot about one week's
defence spending.
"This crisis in Indigenous health must be a priority in the
upcoming Federal Budget and I call lor full cross-party support
political football in the game between the Govemmenl and the government-in-waiting.
This is a situation which has
severe consequences for the
entire nation. "We have the opportunity
now to put the money al Ihe Ironl end ol the health system to
avoid the impending unsustainable expense in the
"(We have) heard the Prime
Minister saying Indigenous
people in Auslralia shouldn't receive any special treatment,
and lhal 'everyone should be
"The tact is, Indigenous people are not treated equally.
In fact, in a health sense,
treatment' is exactly what they are not getting.
"In 1998-99 the Australian
Institute of Heallh and Welfare calculated thai for every dollar
spent per year tor Ihe general
population on schemes such as
the M B S and PBS, only 37 cents was spent per Indigenous
person. "Indigenous people have less
access to G P s and instead usually go to community health
services or public hospitals. "ATSIC does not have, and
has never had, responsibility lor
primary health-care lunding.
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M.
A healthy ambition H Rosanna Wright is proving a success
slory (or a new scheme being run through Ihe Australian Medical
* in Western Auslralia. Ms nursing through the AMA WA
Indigenous Initiatives program The scheme is aimed al improving the health of Aboriginal people by developing job and training opportunities within the private and public sectors.
Ms Wright has already completed more than six months' training at the McDougal Park Nursing Home, where she has been offered a permanent position, as well as gaining her Certificate III In Communily Seivices (Aged Care).
Nursing home director ol nursing Gerry Riordan said Ms Wright had a 'wonderful attitude' and showed great respecl for residents.
'Be positive'
The AMA says the Indigenous Initiatives program oflers great benefits to prospective clients and employers
"We offer assistance to clients with traineeships and employment, career development, work
hospitality, main roads, hospitals and many more. "For employers, we can provide tailored
recruitment packages and financial incentives are available and paid directly to employers at three
intervals over a 26-trveek period of emp'oymtjri' We can organise interviews and assist with the employment process."
The Initiative is funded by the Commonwealth
Department ol Employment and Workplace Relations, and runs under a Struclured Training
and Employment Program.
H E A L T H £!>,
Sexual health made a priority
^ ^ ^ V ^ k Australia laces ar ^ T • chronically-ill Indigenous people [ T if governments do nol improve
k ^ ^ ^ A Aboriginal nutrition, health and
^ A r # education, a forum in Melbourne ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ has been told.
The Fred Hollows Foundation released
Btaf sties that showed birth weights, intant
mortality and life expectancies among
Aborigines were far below those of all Australians.
Foundation Indigenous program manager
Olga Havnen said neglect ot Aboriginal health fas a 'heatth emergency' and called on the
Federal Government to commit to S3CO mill .on
in Indigenous health spending a yeai
"Low birth weights happen not jusi • remote
bush communities - it's happening preity much
;s the country." i Is Havnen said research led by Monash
'These people do not have one
chronic illness. They have two, three or four...'
inc;igenous people (with low birth weights)
•>v<- -om childhood, being really very sick as
ds into adulthood, where you see the onset chronic diseases - things like diabetes and
... end-stage kidney failure," she said.
"People in that Barkly region ol the Northern Territory 'lave 30 limes (he rate of end-stage
kidney failure, compared to other Australians '
:e at th forum, said malnutrition led to a cluster c
diseases including diabetes, stroke,
hypertension and some cancers.
"These people do not have one chronic illness. They have two, three or four." Mr
"They are so sick they do not understand what is happening to their bodies, and when
you go tc one communily alter another you set
a people in constant mourning and grieving
"The maternal health and the health of that
unborn child can be improved very rapidly by putting primary health care in place and giving
priority for
' young people ii
Sydney. Aboriginal men's sexual heallh worker for Central Sydney Area Health
Service David Aanundsen saic sr.c Of SI
Forum told of grim outlook
health issues was vital lo help
prevent the spread of
It was even more important
given the dramatic increase in
the number of young people suffering sexually transmitted
"I recently ran a five-day program focused on HIV and
other sexually transmitted diseases with the aim of
helping young Aboriginal men understand the risks ol unsafe
sex and unsafe drug use." Mr Aanundsen said.
The project involved training
young men fo acf as peer
educators in ihe community lo encourage them to spread the
sexual health message. Other topics covered in the
workshops included minimising
drug and alcohol risks as well
Learnings
another important feature of the project, with the group
producing drawings expressing
depicting health messages the
traditional and graffiti art styles
to express messages such as Men, don't mess wilh you health' and Don't let your
The pro)eel brought together
local health services and was
supported by Marrickville Council. The Inner West Aboriginal Community
Company also provided support for the program and
assisted with a project
Elder Lester Bostock.
A second sexual health arts based project with Aboriginal
men over 25 years of age will be held later in the year.
Aboriginal men's education in central Sydney, referrals to
sexual heallh services, or more
about arts-based learning
contact Mr Aanundsen on telephone (02) 9515 3239, fa*
(02) 9557 3899 or email
n- T H E K O O R I MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y . APRIL 21, 2004 Q l
si' ARTS
StoBmg \j)Mm ALF WILSON visits a small art
gallery going places...
T O U R I S T S from i
at Indigenous paintings and artefacts
at the Mura Buai Gallery in Townsville.
The gallep/ is an arm of the Keriba-Mina
Torres Strait Islander Corporation lor
Development and opened in The middle of
2003. Chief executive officer Warren Nona
said there were five artists who did craft for
the gallery and a total ol 10 staff altogether.
"We deal only in Indigenous art and
artefacts, and a lol ol people have dropped
in. including tourists from Germany, the
United States and Holland," he said.
The gallery also accepts work Irom other
Indigenous artists and displays them for
sale and takes a commission. The permanent artists include Torres
Strait Islanders 48-year-old Bob Kaigey.
from Murray Island, and Vicki Tom, Linda
Maza and Waba Yoelu, trom Saibai Island
"I have been doing paintings and making artefacts since I was a small boy on
Murray Island and have been here lor a
while. I do a lot of paintings and use
acrylics," Mr Kaigey said.
He has his craft displayed throughout
An inspection ol the gallery revealed jut
how good Ihe artefacts and paintings are,
and they have created a lol of interest in
the community.
Mr Nona hails from Thursday Island ant
was a former champion rugby league back
who played all over north Oueensland.
• The email contact for the gallery is
ta @ keribamina.com.au
Performers shaping up AM E L B O U R N E performance
program is changing the way '-- a boxing
Id champion Anthony Mundine KnockOut Theatre is a group ol
in people who have rehearsed
_ and hard lo learn six plays to be performed only once every Thursday
'rom April 22 Actress Shiralee Hood and
ilm-maker Gary Carter teamed up and
developed Ihe program ' acting among Indigenous peopl
encourage "
ind 'jiv-aus rales. 'We wanted to encourage
Indigenous confidence in acting the stereotypes of colour casting," says
Ms Hood. The group has rehearsed
] T H E KOORI MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21, 2004
. :o s<
boxing rii "We're breaking the grounds ol
what people normally expect from
performances." M s Hood says ane is eager to conduct a second
round ol KnockOut Theatre after the dedication shown by the group.
"I've seen these fellas come in and
Iheir time to learn scrip is, it's
empowering for everyone." she
The first play, Round One', will be The Goon Show', by Spike Milligan. II
will be followed by Round Two which
will be 'Fifty Minutes' by Gary Carter, Round Three will be The Spectacle' by
Round Four 'My Wile and Kids' by Craig Wayans, Round Five
'Black-a-Liclous' (comedy, poelry, skits i Round Six The
Dre am lime with Willy Shake Spear'.
• KnockOut Theatre opens tomorrow
(April 22) and will run every Thursday until Round Six concludes on May 27. For more
> (03) 9620 9069.
Art award deadline
draws near F R I D A Y , May 7, is the deadline
for this year's Nalional NAIDOC Art Award.
Aboriginal and Torres Slrait Islander artists have the chance lo
win a $5000 cash prize and have
Iheir work featured nationwide il
they lake out the coveted award
All entries must incorporate
this year's NAIDOC theme of 'Self-Determination -.Our
Community - Our Future - Our Responsibility'.
ATSIC continues its
sponsorship of the NAIDOC An
hundreds of entries Irom around
The winning art work will be
seen around Australia in the form
of the 2004 NAIDOC poster
Entries tor Ihe Art Award must be accompanied by a signed,
completed entry form available
from all ATSIS offices or from Hie
ATSIC web sile (www atsic.gov.au).
All entries should be marked
and forwarded to: NAIDOC Art
Award, Mr Roy Tatten, ATSIS
Communications Branch, POBoi
17, Woden A C T 2606.
Fiction the focus for
masterclass INTERNATIONAL author and Royal Literary Fund Writing
Fellow Kathryn Heyman will
present a two-day fiction writing masterclass for
Indigenous writers at Macquarie
University. Sponsored by the Royal
Literary Fund in partnership
with the Division ot Society,
Culture, Media and Philosophy at Macquarie, the initiative aims
to assist writers with some
experience to develop their
tiction writing skills.
Participants will have Ihe opportunity to work on short
Macquaries Indigenous writer in residence, Associate
Professor Anita Heiss, says the
terclass will provide h-needed practical supporl
to emerging writers. "Indigenous fiction writing Is
still in its infancy compared to the genres of autobiography,
poetry and children's literature
for instance," she says. "The class, facilitated by
such an esteemed author as
Kathryn Heyman, will go far in supporting the development ol
Indigenous fiction writing, particularly lor local writers in
Sydney." Heyman has held lhe
position of University Writing Fellow in Glasgow and Oxford.
The masterclass will be held
May 13-14.
\h ARTS VI.
About the Wizard of the Wire ELIZABETH BURROWS writes about one of Australia's circus greats...
B R I S B A N E audiences have bean Skipping on Slars,
thanks to Ihe efforts of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus Circus members have been performing 'Skipping on
Stars', which tells Ihe story ol Ihe Wizard ol the Wire'. Col Colleano. an internal lona I ly renowned lightwire performer born al Ihe turn ol the century and
who was Aboriginal. The cast of young and talenied circus performers kept
their audience, captivated while Ihe serious message ol lhe show, thai we should be true lo ourselves and never
forgel where we came from, was delivered genlly In 1966. Colleano was one of only two Auslralians Io
be inducted into the Circus Hall ol Fame Whai people did not know was that Col Colleano was an Aboriginal
Australian - a secret he took lo his grave. The part of Colleano in 'Skipping on Stars' is played by
Noel C Tovey whose own theatre career spans 50 years
and who said one of the Queslions people who saw the show asked was why did Colleano not come out and
lo being Aboriginal?
MM ,-eys.
in personal experience, and said in the early days of his career 'the last thing you wanted lo be was an Aboriginal'.
"It's very sad." he said "I didn'l lell anyone I was
Aboriginal lor 32 years."
Ir Tovey said hi I was beaten uj
the end ot the show I say 'I am a proud man and I think
Mr Tovey said young people came Irom all over the counlry lo be part ol Ihe Flying Fruit Fly Circus, and those
accepled had to attend Ihe Flying Fruil Fly school. He said the performers had to maintain a high level ol
achievement in both areas and ihe school had one ol the
highest academic pass rales in Australia
Mr Tovey said he had set up a scholarship to allow
talented but disadvantaged children, who often needed financial help to buy school books and even billeting, to
be able to attend the school. "lis my way of paying back all lhe kindness that people
showed lo m e when I was young, nol when I was very young, but when I was younger and I wouldn't have had a
career if il hadn't been for people being kind. *So it's payback." The Flying Fruit Fly Ci
mm Time for Reflection and more at Bangarra Dance Theatre
B A N G A R R A Dance Theatre is set to
follow up on the success of 'Bush'
last year with a double-bill. 'Clan',
featuring Frances Rings' new work
'Unaipon' and Stephen Page's evocative
compilation 'Reflections'.
'Clan' will open in Brisbane (April 29-
May 8) before touring io Melbourne
(June 10-f9] and concluding in Sydney
(June 25-July 17). Featuring Bangarra's blend of
physical poetry and visual
etlects, Clan' is being
hailed as dance theaire at
its most captivating.
Frances Rings' work 'Unaipon' is inspired by lhe
intellect ol Aboriginal
philosopher David Unaipon
who features on the
Australian $50 note.
Unaipon argued the Aborig in:
should be considered equal lo ihose ot
all the great cultures of the world.
"People like Unaipon have always
fascinated m e - they straddled
Frances Rings has ceatec
what is being described as
dynamic and highly potent
dance theaire.
Regarded by many as Australia's
I eonardo O a Vinci, David Unaipon (t972 i%/) is credited wilh being the
hrsi Abongmal writer lo be published, devetoomg modern shearing shears ani
making the connection between
hekcopiers aerodynamics and the flight pattern of a boomerang
scholar ol theology and philosophy.
'Bangarra has
brought a new dance language to the world'
hislory. a history shared by all
• Reflections' brings
together the besl ot
choreography ol Bangarra's
artistic director Stephen
Page Excerpts Irom
ilestone works si
Och'e
together
one journey. This is seen as
a chance to expenence
ihe choreographic and
Ihealrical innovation which
has earned Stephen Page
and Bangarra nalional and
international acclaim.
•Reflections' brings to
the stage the visions ol one ol
Australia's mosl respected artists
"Bangarra has brought a new dance
language to the world. These works
have found a place in the hearts and
minds ol audiences everywhere It is a
rewarding process for m e fo relum
to these works and to bring new
Page said.
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Via
Electronic database goal for academic
ARTS
w; ILE a few Western
•n interested in Aboriginal art, it is only in the past two decades that Aboriginal art has c o m m a n d e d high prices and that art historians and critics
a significant 'ding :- D- lo McLean ol The U Western Australia's School ot
Architecture, Landscape and
Visual Arts. The U W A researcher is
working on a UWA-supported
project developing Australia's
first comprehensive electronic
database bibliography of books, articles, exhibition
catalogues and reviews on Aboriginal art. An analysis of
these writings will focus on
critical sections in order to m a p general historical shifts in
themes and approaches to
the interpretation of Aboriginal
art since 1960. Dr McLean is also working
with Or John S'lanloh, director/curator ol UWA's
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, on a related
larger project, supported by an Australian Research
Council Discovery Grant,
which looks at the
interpretations of Aboriginal art by anthropologists and the
the 20th century until the early
Material " W e have been looking at
material from most the 20th
anthropology and art history. A n electronic database such as this will be very useful to people wanting to find out about a particular artist or
inity," Dr McLean This is the first tii
developed anc comprehensive in its reach."
The Berndt M u s e u m at U W A has played a major role in collecting contemporary Aboriginal art (both in the present and in the past). The centrepiece of the M u s e u m , established in 1976, is the rare collection of the late Emeritus Professor Ronald Berndt and his wife Dr Catherine Berndt.
These anthropologists spent many years in remote and settled regions ot Auslralia studying the changing patterns ol Aboriginal societies and their rich cultural heritages. Dr Stanton has continued the Bemdts' tradition of collecting Aboriginal art. adding to the Museum's collection of works from emerging artists w h o
Getting it in perspective ^ ^ ^ ^ R A publication giving a Tasmanian I I Aboriginal perspective to arts has A t T A S M been launched in H o b a n
I Called 'Respecting Cultures', the ^ 4 1 n e w publication has been devised ^ ^ * ^ ^ specifically lo provide a Tasmanian Aboriginal perspective to the Australia Council
It aims to protect the talents of Tasmanian artists as well as expand the audience for Tasmanian-made arts and crafts.
Tasmanian Arts Minister Lara Ciddings said the publication acknowledged the values held by the Tasmanian Aboriginal arts community and 'promotes cultural harmony and goodwill through better communication and interaction',
ATSIC commissioner for Tasmania Rod Dillon w e l c o m e d Respecting Cultures', saying the Tasmanian publication w a s another step forward towards the recognition of Aboriginal culture.
"Art is a small, but a very important, part of our culture and any project that aims to protect Aboriginal entity in this area is welcome," The authenticity of Tasmanian Aboriginal art will be protected and it will allow this very important part of our culture to continue.
"I congratulate Arts Tasmania for their initiative in producing this publication with support from ATSIC, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Q u e e n Victoria M u s e u m and Art Gallery."
Uni enters new arts online era Charles Darwin University ha
introduced the first of an anticipated series ol online ai
subjects aimed at taking the
reputations.
Introduced this year, the subject. 'Contemporary Australian Indigenous
Art', is the first art that Charles Darwin
University students can study online and one
of the few online art subjects available
'The online course offers an extraordinary
breadth of resources. I would never be able to
have presented students with such an array ot
information in a traditional classroom situation," said university Associate Professor
of Australian and Indigenous Art Sylvia
Through the online subject, students have
instant guided access to a myriad of museums, galleries, historical exhibitions,
research sites as well as electronic pathways
to undertake copyright detective work" Dr Kleiner! was a CO-editor of Ihe reference
work, 'The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art
and Culture (2000)'.
Phillip Shields, one of 34 students
undertaking the subject - including some based in the A C T and Oueensland - indicated
that the volume ol information was easily
"As you become familiar with the
navigation, you realise lhat there is a lol of great inlormation that can be easily accessed
compared to what you would find in text
books," said Mr Shields The new online unli features a design from
the Jumbana group (Balarinji Design Studio,
Sydneyl, thi? Indigcnoui im-i winch designed
artwork on Ihe Qantas aircraft.
Riki Salam, Irom lhe Jumbana group, said lhal 'the overall look and design of the system
is we 11-presented, clean and very easy to
] THE K O O R I MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y . APRIL 21. 2004.
of great
d and follow'. A second online iubiect In Indigenous art in northern Australian
ind Ihe Torres Slrait Islands is anticipated lo
jo live in second semester 2004, with an
wiline subject in South East Asian Art
' d afler that.
s. ARTS
Dhakiyarr's disappearance the focus of documentary
n The story of Dhakiyarr I II •
1 mysterious
k ^ ^ ^ A disappearance after a B g court appearance will be
^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ told in a Film Australia documentary to be screened on A B C Television on May 5.
"Dhakiyarr vs The King'will (ell how the Arnhem Land tribal leader was
jailed in the 1930s for the spearing death of a white policeman. Constable Albert McColl. after McColl kidnapped
Dhakiyarr's wife. The guilty verdict was eventually overturned by lhe High Court on the grounds of procedure -the court ruled that he did not receive
, Dhakiyarr disappeared the
day alter he was released from prison. It was widely believed at the time that
he had been murdered. Dhakiyarr's grandsons have now
sought closure of the issue for
themselves and their grandfather. They approached the Northern Territory
Supreme Court in Darwin which was
an act of reconciliation and apology between the Government, McColl's
descendants and the descendants of Dhakiyarr.
The McColl family from Victoria m
is involved in fundraising for
Dhakiyarr's family, setting up the McColl Wirrpanda Foundation.
• 'Dhakiyarr vs The King' screens
A B C Television on May 5 at 9.30pm.
Fashion pays for women Kelly Koumalatsos and Kim Lampton.
Exhibitions on display at city museum By REKO RENNIE-GWAYBILLA
HTwo new exhibitions have opened
at Bunjilaka M u s e u m In Melbourne The solo exhibitions were
ooened te-gethi-. Willing about 300 people. Both exhibitions depict art from two Victorian w o m e n w h o
specialise in individual mediums. The River Grass Series, by Kim Lampton,
features sand art which is applied to canvasses M s Lampton is a Yorta Yorta w o m a n w h o keeps
alive the traditions of sand art and Victorian
Aboriginal symbolism relating to her family's connections with land and Culture
She says her art reflects Ihe experiences she had when returning lo Cummergunja and the time she spent with her lamily learning about their
experiences and her cuflure. Thai's how I started, going back lo
Cummergunja and sitting with all m y family, and
spending time up there.'' she said. Through m y art I keep Ihem alive.'' The exhibition ol the other artist. Kelly
Koumalatsos, is tilled 'Diamonds'. She specialises in sculpture with rare materials such as titanium.
M s Koumalatsos is a Wergaia - W a m b a W a m b a
woman, whose sculptures are inspired by the
She says she began exploring diamonds and
zigzags early In her cultural arts work. She then wornea on a variety of mediums and now she is
exploring diamonds and zigzags in thrae * •
• Both exhibitions are at Bunjilaka,
Melbourne Museum. For further details contaci
Jason Tamiru on (03) 8341 736B.
By S O L U A MIDDLETON
id igenous fashion is _ blossoming on the N S W
| N b W ^ n o r t h coast, thanks to thi
§ efforts ol the C D E P
d fabrics for tf
King
I at Cabbage Tree Island,
walking art. For the isolated area, the
w o m e n are glad to finally be on the m a and have their centre recognised afler
successful fashion shows in Lismore,
Ballina and Sydney But what has stirred up attent
documentary m a d e Oy Shar Hill, and
the w o m e n of Cabbage Tree Island appreciate her efforts and contribution
making their story c o m e alive. The documentary, which won an
award in the North Coast Women's Video Competition, follows the w o m e n
before and after the road trip and fash show in Sydney.
i - • • • • • * • • ' I I - *
Imaiisi'.*; ncluding Hill, and Hill's succeeded with a clean sweep taking
ihe competition as well as a separate
is greal to m the Cabbage Tree
fabrics. They also feature invas in their work, which Another w o m a n said that it w a s great acrylics on
for the young girls because il brought out have sold at these exhibitions as well
their confidence and helped them wilh At presenf the w o m e n are still their aspirations to become models creating more items ol clothing leading
They traveled to Sydney for a show at up to N A I D O C W e e k They say that
a Trade Union Centre convention, which men's shirts are in d e m a n d w a s nalional but nol a solely Indigenous The overall production for an outfit
event can take up to a month, and that
about $15, while a Japanese kimono sold for $350.
The w o m e n are working on getting a label, which will help them fo achieve
their c o m m o n goal to be recognised
world-wide for their contribulion to fashion.
'It was great to make all these ideas a reality'
n* THE K O O R I MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21. 2004. |
Pedersen plans to expose racism n ; L ^ ^ . I Australii
^Kme£ hopes to expose Ihe ^Laa\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m0 problem internationally on a Federal and Stale government
sponsored trip to the United Slates.
"I don't want to go arounc iipi; IF DIJ
anymore," Pedersen said. "We've tiptoed for too long in this
country and ifs goffen us nowhere."
Pedersen. who says he has
suffered racism in Australia because he is Abohginal, will perform a play
about dealhs in custody at the United
Nations in New York next month.
One of Australia's best-known actors after roles in television series WSICI R..!t.5'. 'Secret Life of Us'and
'Wildside', Pedersen said: "We have
to get this message out.
"Australia may be perceived from:
lucky countries that has beautilul
terrain and tantastlc sunshine and a pretty good nature. Well, there is lhal element.
"But there is also the element that Indigenous people have lo put up wilt every day. and that is the blatant
Ignorance and the blatant immaturity
Pedersen will perform
'Conversions with the Dead', a D|av written by Richard Frankland. at the
United Nations on May 1 e. Franklann will accompany Pedersen to Ihe Us
The play Is one of a series of
performances written by Aboriginal playwrights to be staged in various
*Ve» Yo~k locations in coming weeks The topics lackled include the
Slolen Generations and land rights
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Mozzie plague hits Kimberley
By W A north-west correspondent
DESIREE BISSETT
•Tl Life hasn't been • P ^ I at all easy for
F .... I Aboriginal people L W A I living outdoors in
| I the Kimberley
^A^^^Am region of Western Australia - they
an increased number of
mosquitoes alter heavy rainfall.
Ih Halls Creek, Yura Yungi
Medical Service program
co-ordinator Mary Puertollano said extra care should be taken
to avoid mosquito bites and
possible viruses.
"There are lots of mojzies
W e can't sit outside at the
moment because of the mozzies raiding us," she said.
* ' i careful in
Fears held for health of residents Ross River fever a couple
years ago and it affected my
joints and I was pretty sore.
"In Halls Creek there are bi
mobs ol water lying around fo*
the mozzies to breed in. W e
use mozzie coils, repellant ah sometimes the shire council
fogs the streets when it gets
really bad
"The mosquitoes are living
many Aboriginal people who
is who sleep
outdoors. They don't have
much protection and they
should cover up Sometimes
(lhe problem of)
on for monlhs." The Department ol Health
has issued a mosquito warning which extends across much of
Western Auslralia and there is
the likelihood of a high risk ol
Ross River virus and lhe
potentially latai Murray Valley
encephalitis.
Department of Health
medical entomologist Mike Lindsay said the warning was
widespread. "The recenl cyclonic rainfall
and flooding in northern and
inland regions means more
mosquitoes and therefore an
expansion of Ihe risk area for contracting Ross River virus
E 3 T H E KOORI MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21. 2004
Employment Indigenous Job Opportunities
i_ 'Yawarra aims to provide employment skills, as well as practical benefits for the wider community...'
Jobs are the goal O R A N G E Local Aboriginal Land Council,
Mission Australia and the National Parks and Wildlife Service have joined forces to provide
work experience for long-term unemployed people
in Orange, cen trai-wes tern N S W . The 'Yawarra' Work for the Dole Project is in full
swing, providing work experience for 15 people at
Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area. The project is sponsored by the Orange Local
Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and managed by
Mission Australia. Orange L A L C chairman Jason French said the
a' participants incl
land council was organising positive projects that build links in the Orange community.
"The 'Yawarra' project is one such project which
alms to provide employment skills, as well as practical benefits for ihe wirier community," he
said. "Yawarra means 'looking after something' and this project is a way of involving the Aboriginal
Community in looking after Mount Canobolas and Aboriginal cultural heritage."
National Parks and Wildlife Service Macquarie
area manager Peter Myfer said the N P W S was pleased to be involved in the project.
"The participants are undertaking valuable work
on Mount Canobolas. Participants are repairing walking tracks and visitor facilities and s o m e
terrific results have already been achieved," he
"The National Parks and Wildlife Service will
also be providing training in Aboriginal site
recording and protection." Mission Australia cen trai-west co-ordinator Dee
Partridge said the participants were very proud of their work.
The Yawarra Project will run until June.
New advocate in place M O R E than 11,000
Indigenous worker: health and community s
have a new training a The new Community
Sen/ices and Health Industry
Skills Council (CS&HISC] will
be the official voice on the training needs of Australia's
fourth fastest-growing industry combination, which includes
more than 11,000 Indigenous
Australians
And one ol its focuses will be building better links
between the training sector
and universities so employees
can expand Iheir skills and
careers more easily.
Australian National Training Authority chairman David Hind
announced the lormation ol the
network of to councils being formed to develop partnership
between industry and
government to develop a
highly skilled workforce lor
Australia
Leadership The skills councils will
provide leadership in skilling Australians within their
industries, working together
providing input to government
to use in meeting emerging
skill needs," Mr Hind said. "We're operating in a rapidly
changing social and economic environment and we've got to
use new ways to continue to build our nation's skills and
Indigenous Australians work in
the industry, about 6800 as
Indigenous health workers and Ihe remainder in community
services, including aged c
community support
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Executive Level 1 and APS 6 Opportunities AGED AND COMMUNITY CARE, HEALTH SERVICES AND OFFICE FOR ABORIGINAL ANDTORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH
Executive Level 1 $65,960 - $72,250 (Salary only) APS 6 $53,674 -$60,552 (Salary only)
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bic foi undertaking stats ssarange of Australians
0 lhe firanih Enecutiv implemer Queensland. The EL ls mill be responsible foi timely and effective implementation am m a n a g e m e n t of;'*.: • * - ,.nn*,; d.-.rlop n;;. rn.'MH.J 'linfl and priini.:.lir
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by e-mail to ,ip|, ..111 :..n in-rluJ n>; te-,1
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FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
CHRISTINE ROSEMOND AT GROW EMPLOYMENT
COUNCIL. 02 9090 7804
/GROW m
& Greater Murray A
Health Service
Aboriginal Health Education Officer
kJLINK-UP mill AB MUG INAL CORPORATION
Correctional Services Case Worker asms per w«k o
Only applicants meeting all essential cnteria
"I plicjtio "- 10 -ink 1;, Ernployni^r., onrrn.iiil.-
Applications clo^e Tuesday £1 III «pn. ML 3(jm
W e are looking for highly qualified/experienced persons w h o are interested in
excellent opportunities for development and advancement.
Senior Heritage Officer Heritage Assessment Branch/Heritage Division
APS Level 6 I $51,801 - $59,949pa I Ref: Several
The key duties ol fhe position are:
r-.*..]bii:l- -I'f-ct ir- ..orsijlt.ilivc- mcd-.i-nsrm with Aboriginal a n d Torre; Strait Islander communities, agencies and othei -* • i..p% and carry out consultation concerning the C o m m o n w e a l t h H e n •-.•• '• * * • ' • Envirunmc-nl P-r.tcdion arvi Bioditff-rs Iv r. 'j'lhf-rva! on Act jnr) broader I ric L'fnoir. hentage issue-, in relation to work of the Department.
repare Info rmafion relal or the National and Con
., • :r- fir ;n<e description, c •.'.r*i i.l- i in r i.-ni- _isr, -II a Ii Heritage Council
Prepare br'cfs <<mrra;« ano lyrteioomleticc as it n-l-.tc. Indigenous heritage.
Rcpre-.ent :Pe agency and participate in discusi on-, with j it-ovcr-iinrrt iatikchdders.
D successfully fulfil this role, you will need:
establish I supervision, and to
iwledge of and dt
a work program
•ly with A
ion through
Igenous cultural hentage environment
Abonginal a
Special Requirements:
:umentation m a y tie obtained by telephoning Helen Derlager .ni help [email protected] or via the (nfernetat
sy Grant on 102) 6274 2123
ii by COB 6 May 3004
ncouraged to apply.
..WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. 2004.
Employmenl Opportunity. O.
Applications from prop!? at Aboriginal or Torres Stroit tslar.
applicants may De flie subieotot enminat record and probity crtei
SENIOR OVERSEER, BUILDING MAINTENANCE,
llowance (currently S1,937pa). I
n criteria also apply. Notes: Aborig ouraged to apply. Thu t, ,i re-auverti -ipp icar'ic* ^hi "eed lo re-apply.
Dlficer. D e p a r t m e n t of Corrective Servi.
H WEST REGION
OVERSEER, MOBILE CAMP
I linn-- Mfftfld *Conf<denli
jsing Dale: fnday 07 May 2004
•l.l.ll.lJ.t.liUJH.lJ.l.J.ll.i.y.i.n
ski'?.: ppcjJ •mntleri skiltt
Aboriginality Is a genu
4> The Fred Hollows houndation
• Strong strategic thinking and advocacy skills.
~h- ;a-i„: pie r.'iL....- o' •'.'.r- ml' be either Sydney or Da n.-J.'-i ijii-iiirilMli-o.^* App.K3to«s from AboriginalwTmnt :.!..i- l;.lo-.:'-. peopf! art- e"< >..r.J^d !•': ranges from «3.000-194.000 Fu-lhor details - '..» holBvrt.oc
Contact Olga Havnen on 102] 8741 1306 to discuss Ihe positicn.
CLIENT SERVICES OFFICER (ATSI)
17 .SOO p.a. I$39.594-$*3,044|.
Demonstrated capacity to I co-'iptfrig priorities ar
Applicants will tie recurred ID jnnwta«e .
is M a r k e d "Confidential' To: A;.pic;nis ca-'- poslicn •.-,-! Ine a: **WAvw|0bs II-,:-. qc.aj :•• i-i.ir. Hesouices Otticer Q P O Boi 30. Sydnay
MOBILE CHILDREN'S SERVICE
TiSiliMI.'LinliM
Job S u m m a r y : ro abide by ttie Statutory requiremenis ol the CM*!" iCai-tiiinrti'riilHi.tiAcil'js*' ensure compliance to the code of Cc-Mri
" lines: to manage m o delivery nl NIP Children's Mobile Servltf
Mi CIT. S c e n e iTSft u.mtuii IO oc ol Ationginal descent lo optrnence in Early Childhood; current N S W Drum's lit* I Certificate; eiperience in progiam Planning, administri
mages wtl\i y 7nc HOMIMOISW loocuEnveeHSJMm*
••I'l'iiM IV In Fr «!.••, :'.- ':i I n v nl -, ..iwnillW wh«e W * A -Wording with Children* chock applies to. this posilion.
applications a d O i M t K l lo* the C h a i n ' s ™ , Board ol P !••• <«•- >" *' *
CALENDAR ^ irll 21-22: The maldhaany ginal Communily port Conference B held al Dubbo
em NSW). ies: Christine or
1699 2228.
ril 22-May 22
e KnockOut re is doing plays
y Gym, Gertrude , Fitzroy. The Mile opens on
22. and the e will run every
day until May
cl (03| 9602
aril 28: ginal Steering p Probation and
e invites ginal and Torres Island People lo
ly Family eLuxford Road Ion. Noon-3pm
•eoDle who
W e want your items
Calendar of Events.
the Editor's discreti
pane on age .
erspectives. at Elcho Sland in ihe Northern erritory. More details om Paul Tolliday on
409 177 161 or email aul.tolliday@wukindi.
July 4-11: NAIDOC
July 6-7: The School of Indigenous
Hustrallan Studies at ames Cook University
«lll host a Cultural
Please keep them shorl
items are printed at
Collaboration at
Jupiters Casino. Townsville.
T h e conference is designed to inlorm, challenge and inspire
participants to take a
cultural diversity If'al is
a characteristic of contemporary
Australian society.
Inquiries: Conference Secretariat, School ol Indigenous Australian
Studies. J ames Cook
48ff,phone (07|478t
4676, fax (07) 476f
4033. email
Until July 18: 'Sport: More Than Heroes and Legends', a sporfs exhibition which
Freemans tull body suit
Olympic gold at the Sydney 2000 Games. More than 500 items
loaned Irom the MCG's Olympic Museum will
To be held at the
Powerhouse Museum. 500 Harris Street, Ultimo. Sydney. For more information contact (02) 92f 7 Of 11
ot Infoline (02) 92f7 0444
fyJf&W$ Australian Government
Jielsen on 0409 141 113 or Sharon Cooke m040f 805 382.
May18-May24: Journey lo Reclaim
Our Childhood', a return to Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls Training Home. .
Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council o •*02; 9! : 1099.
^ ^ S s g a f f ? p Departmenl of Education, Science and Training
Want to make a difference? Interested in education, Science £ Trailing Issues?
Project Officer $47,798 - $50,312
DEST Level 2 (APS S)
Reference no: 04-076
CANBERRA
Ai a member ofthe Programme Managemenl Te,;n. undertake a ninety of tasks associated will* fie neveloomc-it arc ri.j.i.-jement of the implementation of
Indigenous education programmes. The tasks .•-••I nci.de: the ceveopment of
programme guidelines, txvicy acvke and materials p-ep.ii-.it on of correspondence and Imefi-igs and negotati J and lsiii-ig .-.i:-1 DEST State and National Office staff
and external stakeholders as required.
Please Note: In order to perform the dirties of this employment opportunity efficiently and effectively rhe successful apok int. •/.- Il need to have an
nde'stand ro .:...•' lie issue; aMert re Indgenyjs Ausfal ar people anc possess the
ability to conn-u.r r/.iti: scniitivel/ mrj effectively with them. In addition applicants
•/.no are short isted ID- furthei considera-ion .vi.l reed '.o provide the selection
panel /.ith ? •eleree repoi'.-.. .viih .;! leasl one from ri I .'.'-,••-i.-. Australian in
either oral or written form.
H o w to Apply
www.dest.gov.au/recruitment oi b. emu [email protected].
or Vi hour answering sei vie: or [021 62-IC i'L-t h typewriter Is available fo<
hearing or speech impaired people or, (03 j 62*10 9460 Please note that
applications will not be acknowledged on receipt. Only shortlisted applicants w
be contacted regarding the next phase ofthe '.ocrtn process. To those applicants w h o are not shortlisted, w e extend our thanks for considering
D E S T as a potential employer
Successlul applicants must be Australian citizens. Conditions of employment arc
contained in U e Departmet I's Certified Agreement
Applications addressing the select on criteria may be emailed to
[email protected] or mailed to:
The Recruitment Officer - Location TAI
Department o( Education, Science andTraining
G P O Box 9860 C A N B E R R A A C T 1401
Applic; K Tllursi <29 April 2004.
Australian G o v e r n m e n t
'•'% w'r~ Department of Education, Science and Training
Want to make a difference? Interested in Education, Science & Training Issues?
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OFFICE INDIGENOUS EDUCATION BRANCH
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / MANAGER DEST Executive Level 1/ DEST Level 3 (APS6)
552,920 -172.999
Reference No: 04-082 (Several)
DUBBO
N e w and challenging opportunities are available tr. panic pate in a whole-of-goyernment initiative in service del i-.iy to improve rhe social and economic well being of Indigenous people in the Murdi Paaki reg'on of" westem N S W W e are looking for applicants w h o can rise to the challenge of finding new ways of working with Conni.mhes aie Government to make things happen on the ground.The success' i applicants ,-.-i I .vor| .:•:'. hdigenoi.s communities, other
govemment agencies and private providers, to pursue positive outcomes for Indigenous people in the region and will assist in the management ofthe day to
day activities ofthe Unit.
Ii»se are ron ongoing employment opportuit •*;. e.-ateo r Dubbo. available until December 2005 either as a temporary reassignment of duties for A P S employees, or is a non ongoing (temporary) contract for non A P S employees.
For selection Is ;r-»'-*i ,n° M o w For further in lor mat on about this vacancy please cor •. - M r Mark deWeerd on (01) 6881 6574.
These positions were previously attertised under reference number 03-2%.
SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER DEST Level 1 (APSS)
$47,798-$50,512
Reference no: 04-081 (Several)
ARMIDALE
The Senior Educ..,li..:r O'kei prov des orograr-irie ni'oiirjlon and administrative support to clients and other parties to facilitate the effective delivery of Indigenous ed jcalior programmes. Keg.j ar travel within the Stale is required, and for some post on: may include travel to •-emote locaitie: u d lo the d'SHci ofice location. A current driver ;• licence i; essential. These vacancies, although part of a team, may
work in an unsupervised oifice for short periods. also require
This selectic
Please note: In crde:* to perform the duties of these employment opoort unities efficient',- and effective •,• the successful applicants will reed to have an understanding ol tie ssues affecting Ird genous Australian people and possess the ability to commune r.e sensitive'-., a-id ch-r. -,cl> .vitn them In addition, applicanls
who are shortlisted for further consideration -M- need to prCTi dc* the selection panel with 2 referee reports, with at least one from an Indigenous Australian in either oral or written form.
How to Apply
The selection documentation is available on our website at
www.dest.gov.au/recruitment « •:.. n u [email protected]. or 24 hour answering service on (02) 6240 9 Mailable for hearing or speech impaired people on (02) 6240 9460. Please note that apuka'.ions will no', 'jii acknowledged cm receipt Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted regarding the next phase of the selection process. To those
Successful applicants -lust be Ai.*.-,- iljr •.. t .er-> Condition! .*•:' employment are contained in the Department's Certified Agreement.
Applications addressing the selection criteria may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to:
The Recruitment Officer - Location 7*2
Department of Education, Science andTraining C P O Box 9880 C A N B E R R A A C T 1601
Applic; etThursc 6 May 2004
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u Plain Street. East Perth v A 9 X 4 . or telephone (09) 9 2 2 2 382S.
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tl NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL Notice of application for determination of
native title in the state of Queensland and N e w South Wales-Notification day; 5 May 2004
n b y a title claim g asking the Federal Court to Jut*mi ine that rhe group holds n This te an applies
described below.
A person w h o wants to become a parry to this application must write to tbe Registrar of the Federal Court. P O Poi I 1084, George Streel Post Shop,
Brisbane Q L D 4005, on or before 4 August 2004. After 4 August 2004. rhe Fedeml Court's permission to become a party is required.
Under the Nariie Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) there can be only one determination ol" native title lor n particular area. II a person with native title rights
and intetests does not become a party to this application, thete may be no other opportunity for the Federal Court, in making its determination, to
it those native title rights and interests in relation to the area concerned.
Application name: Kooma People »}
Federal Court File N o : Q6013 of 2002
Date Filed: 21 March 2002
The Native Title Registtar has nol accepted tin- application lor registration. Although this application has
not been registered, it may still proceed lo media non in tbe Tribunal and/or de terminal inn in the Federal Court.
Location: The applicauon area of 17, lOOktn is located between CiinnaiYinlla unci St (ieorge in Queensland
and extends into Ni-iv South Wales near Goodooga, a- shown on the locality map.
TTie applicarion fell- within rhe Local (« n-cmmrnr Aran nf B.ilomicShifo Council, ft JiwingaSttiro Council,
Murweh Shirt Count il, Paroo Sliire Council and WarrooShireCounc.il in Queen-land and Brewarrina Shire-
Council and Walgett Shire Council in N e w South Wales.
Noi IIU land -ind w.iter- wirbm ihe eslerii.il bounJury may be claimed. For
privately held freehold land within that boundaty.
-. the application excludes
Data statement: cicumrml ufi/Ju .u.• .TI l:-iiiti\.-.i,ity Jni.i ciimplied K i/ic iVuiniri.il iWiriiv TiiL* 'frdirmal or M.urced jinrn and used
mith permts-aii rn nj ilu i '.piiriH,cni of' .Vuural Hcsnurcn, Mine & h'tierj 1. Queensland.
FOR ASSISTANCE OR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, CALL THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL O N FREECALL 1600 640 501.
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Attention
epror-Mjced eicegt «it!i "•
with tlw intro<ltn;tioi> of
Traditional owners in threat to revoke lease • ^ B TraHitinn^l n,.,n<.™ h*,o
W ^ H Hninafnai.l wtnrli aHnuii, u
I m n W JaPdrlt?se-owned mining I U L U " • company fo lake Silica Irom
1 Aboriginal land on Cape York
" ^ Peninsula. The Cape Flattery mine was the scene
of a sit-in by mine workers several weeks
redundancies. Bruce Gibson, a spokesman for
traditional owners and for mine employees from the Hope Vale community, said nine Indigenous workers had lost their iobs - a
breach of lease conditions. He said advice had been received there
was a strong case for revoking the lease agreement and lhat would be pursued il
An agreement signed between the Hope
Vale Community Council and Mitsubishi Corporation in 1992 staled thai first preference should be given to employing
Indigenous workers from Hope Vale, Mr
"While redundancies were being spoken
about, contractors were brought in to do labouring work which was commonly done
by Indigenous people or other members of the Cape Flattery wotk force, he said.
A spokeswoman for Queensland's Natural Resources and Mines Minister
Stephen Robertson said the traditional
owners could not unilaterally revoke Ihe
mining agreement bul could recommend
She said Ihe owners could go to the
could mediate the matter or make a recommendation lo Ihe minister aboul the
He could revoke the lease but only il conditions had been breached.
Cape Flattery Silica Mines
management recently gave notice ol
redundancies at the mine north ot Cooktown
Mr Gibson said termination notices werg seni out and the employees and traditional
owners had requested Ihe workers be
reinstated but to no avail.
They also demanded current
management ol the site be reviewed. Mr Gibson said the issue ol whether
Indigenous workers at the mine were the
Australian Workers Union spokesman
Ted Brischke said the union was Irying to reach a negotiated outcome with the
company over the redundancy dispute ai
only a few employees had returned to
The mine company is a wholly-owned subsidiary ol Japans Mitsubishi
Corporation and operates under
Oueensland s Mineral Resources Acl. -AI
Mt Morgan history project under way Mp^^B The State Department of Natural ^m ^^^M Resources. Mines and Energy ^ ^ H (NRM and E) will contribute to a I n i n i l Mount Morgan oral history project | Q L D V Landcare is collating. Mount
_ J Morgan, west of Rockhampton. ^ ^ ^ ~ " ^ " was chosen from applications
. Australia-wide for an oral history project being prepared by the Australian Landcare Council.
Australian Landcare Council Oueensland community representative Bobbie Brazil said
. the Mount Morgan project stood out because of ' the enthusiasm demonstraied by the
t community "Mount Morgan met all the criteria by
I demonstrating a strong connection between
res de-Ci aid f*n= landscape' ano by evtrJcicvj I a range of h u m a n activities in the region over its
century-plus history," Mrs Brazil said 1 -Also N R M and E is able to provide the
scientific and ecological knowledge base 1 required." ' A working group has been formed to steer
I the project. I Representatives from the Mount Morgan
' Indigenous community, N R M and E, Central 1 Queensland University, Wowan-Dululu
' Landcare G r o u p and ihe Fitzroy Basin 1 Association are included and have held » preliminary meetings with Ihe Austtalian
' Landcare Council. 1 M r s Brazil said tenders would be called tor 1 an oral historian to lead lhe project and the
'• community would provide most of the input into
the project. T h e main locus will be on citizen science'.
I This project will s h o w that knowledge doesn't
just reside in scientific instilutions. It's in the
hearts, minds and bia ins of the community," she
t "The citizen science approach will show how j irnportanl local knowledge is in managing the
\ landscape."
Mrs Brazil said the proiect would result in a
product the community could use to present Its
colourful history.
N R M and E will provide information including
i developments since 1082 w h e n mining began al Mounl Morgan minesite to recover gold, and
considerable quantifies of silver and copper.
This project will record the mining and the
wider landscape use history
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| NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL I Notice of an application to register an area agreement on the
Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
Swan Yard - Community Living Area - ILUA DI2004/007
Northern Territory of Australia
Notification day: 21 April 2004
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Description ut iht agreement area:
The ie-eeiiicii' .TI-.- .-til llkm i- K iti-J in >rili nl Sean Y.irJ. ,ipprn\im.nch 2 -Okm •
of Timber Creek, as shown on the locality map.
The agreement covers N T Portion 6287 on Survey Plan 2003/3 and fells within the Ur
Local Government Area.
uth-sourh-west
ncorporated
Northern Territory of
45 Mitchell Street
Darwin NT 08K>
Central Land Council
33 Stuart Highway
Alice Springs NT 087
I hi- agreement .uiil.iill' thi follow ini; •tatements
iHifiluiuiti.-ry ii/ili-i in htaiikci, nivi..*.'m* th- X.iJJ i)<,i'.\'-,,'iie Tide L.'hjiwj"
Clause I.l Interpretation
"Agreed Action" means tin; acquisition from tin- rclciani pastoral lca-i .inJ iln- -_jr.iln nl ,in estate in lei- •inipk* m ihi Approved Application Area
for a communitv liviriu area in icioid.mcc with tin* provi-mo- nl Pan Js ot the (Viuui 1,-mJ Vr iNmthom leniton) and section 46(1 A) ofthe
Luiiis Acquisition Act (Northern Temtory);
"Approved Application Area" nte.ins rhe area of land the subject oi lhe approval hy the Mim-tci -iJiiiiiii-ienn- Part -Sof the Pasloral Lmul Act of
the application and dc-enl-id m Item > ofthe Schedule.
[The Appra.rai Application Area iSclM in Item 3 of ihe Schedule is NT Portion 6287 Jrom Suiwj Flan SIQQUSI
Clause 2 Objectives of the Parties
11 is acknowledged .ui J .ijjru-,: i li.it ihi purpose oi ,,l-|,,r ol this agreement is:
(a) lo provide foi ihi valid .jr.int ot ,io estate in fee simple in die Approved Application An-.i l.-r i eciiimiinin lo ine ue-i within an agreed
00 in proi i-.li rlni the ii.iii-eMiii'jiii-hiiK-oi prion pie s'n.ill .ipph M .IIV. action t-il.cn in KcorJ.uiio uuh rhi. agreement
Clause 5 Cnn-ent and compensation
3.1 The Land Ginned and M.nne Title Paine- eon-eiii in the dm in: ol the Agreed Action, « htt her or noi i lie Aeived Action is a future act;
3.2 The parties acknowledge ;,MJ ..j-ne th.it SuMn emu P ;>l Division ! ul Part 2 ol ihe Act doe- noi .md is not iniendid m apply to the Agreed
Action.
Objections
Hit- . prill,, it ti lit II: hi » • .-lt<ii...l hi tin: s :-,li.t} I. ind 1 r-it-.t, t. the- '••f'.-.-i-l tin, l-.-.h. I- -t tl.-..- .ice.. -\u: no,-i: , tiintirtt; rtr hi'U native trtle
in relation to any ofthe land or waicrs in the area covered hy the agreement mayohirci to the Re>jwr,ii. in wiititiji. h\ 11 July 2004 against the
registration of the agreement on the ground that rhe requirements of s. 203RE(S)(a) and 00 ol the!Nanm'JTtle Act 1Wj (Cwlth) were not satisfied
in relation to the tenilicitinn. Such uhjections should be sent to ihe Registrar of the National Native Title Tribunal, (;PO Bus 9973, Darwin
NT 0801. ^^^
Data statement. UITVCIJICU! iireu IsmnJurv LumpiL'J hy the NNTT.
Detail- of the terms of the agreement are not available from the National Native Title Tribunal.
FOB ASSISTANCE AND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, CALL
THE DARWIN REGISTRY OF THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL ON (OH) K916 1600 OR FREECALL 1800 640 501.
Search and photocopy Ices may apply.
THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004. EH
Alice deal welcomed 0
The whole Alice Springs
community will benefit from an agreement reached by local
Northern Territory Government
if ial development.
ATSIC Alice Spiings Regional Council
chairman Des Rogers says.
"This agieemenl is an example of what native title holders can achieve w h e n (hey
are able to make their a w n decisions about
the use of their Iraditional lands," he said.
'The Alice Springs township has been
'This agreement is an example of what native title holders can achieve when they are able to make their own decisions about
the use of their traditional lands' desperate lor new housing land for a long
time and this agreement by the native tille
holders lo release the land for developmenl
will provide the benelils ot new homes, new
infrastructure and n e w jobs.
"The Lhere Artepe Corporaiion, in representing the native litle holders in
negol ial ions wilh fhe N T G , acted under
clear instruction from its clients despite
opposition from outsiders.
"The owners of the land considered Ih
options and m a d e their choice, and that
should be respected.
"They have exercised (heir
snefits foi Ihe e-i e Alice Spring
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I NAT IONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL Notice of an application to register an area agreement
on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
Pumpkin Island (Koey Ngurtai) ILUA - QI2004/002
State of Queensland
Notification day: 21 April 2004
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Description of the agreement area:
The agreement area of IC4S hectare- i. located .ippiostmateli fokm noith of Thursday Island in the
Torres Slrail, as shown on the locality map.
The agreement cover- all land md miters upon I'm up-in Island th it i- suhject to Badu (Badu Islanders) -1
Native Title Determination Application (the native litle dctcrmin, .IJ -pin- at ion Fedetal Court
Number QG6078/98, lodged under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) on 2} June 1996].
Parties to the a
TTie Commonwealth ol Austtalia
represented by the Australian Customs Servict
Department of Defence
Di recto t-Cene ial. Surveillance and Control
CP3-5-093
Department of Defence
Canberra A C T 2601
The Traditional Owners
Mura BaduM [ forrcs --trait Islander! Corporal um
C/ - Mura Radiihil i'lniie- Sttait Islander! Corpoiat
Badu Island via Post Office
Thutsday Island Q L D 4875
The agreement the following statements:
'Traditional Owners' tor the Agreement Area, meansall those Tones Strait Islanders who have nehtsoriutcicsisaccoidingtoTiinv-Siiair Islander
tradition in relation to the Agteement Area, and inc hides Victor N.iria who, a,, n the Commence me nt Date, is the applicant forthe Badu (Badu
Islanders) =1 Native Trie Determination Application.
and defence related purposes to be undertaken by or on hehall ol ihe Commonwealth imolvinjj the
and operation of a High Ircijuvnii Surface Wjee Radar ( H F S W R ) capability on the Lease Area, being in
. maintenance and operation ol a traii-iiiiin-i site lor the H F S W R ;
b. activities on the Agreement Area (including the Lease Area) lhat ate related to those mentioned in paragraph I.Ll.a, including access by
c. thedoingi.it .ill such act-, matter- and ihinj- re-i-onaH', nece-ari lol the puipo-e- uieoiioned in p.iragi.ipll- 1.11.a and 1.2.1.1).
3.1.1 The Panic- ii-inowledue lhat the I jnnmomicallli intends to -eek i uianl of a lease Im lo years in lespeel ol the l.ea-e Aiea Irom the Siale I'the
' Lease').
3.1.2 The Panies consent to the grant oi the lease hy the Nate to the Commonwealth.
3.1.3 The Parties also consent to all ,.et-, matters and thins' rea-imahly necessary for:
a. the Lease to hi- jjianted io the (..ommonwealth hy the Stare; and
h. the Commonwealth aecf.ann- ihe Lease under ihe Lands Acquisition Act.
3. Z.I The Parties consent to the Ciuurionwealth. or a person ,m the t 'ommonnealth'- l-eh.ilf. imdeitakina the Project.
4.1.3 The Parties acknowledge that Subdivision Pol Division 3 ni Pan 2 ol the NTA (ihe light to negotiate), or any alternative Slate provisions in
effect undet -cction 4S oi 4SA >>l the NTA. doe- inn and is nut intended ro apply to:
a. [he grant of the Lease by the Stare to the Gmmonw-e-alth and the acijui-itioii h the (Ommonwealth ofthe Lease undet the Lands Acquisition Act;
b. lhe conduct ofthe Project by or on behalf of the Commonwealth; or
c. the doing of all other acts, matter- in thins;- ie i-onahly ncccs-art l"i 'he pnipo-e- mentuioed in paragraph- 4.1. La and 4.1.3.b.
Objections:
Thi. application has been cemhed by the Tone- Strait Regional Authority, the representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Kidy foi rhe area.
Any person claiming to hold nalive title in tela l to any ot the land or waters in the aie.i imcinl '-•••. ihe agieement may ob|ecl to the Registrar, in
wnting. hy 21 July 2004 au.unst the registration ol lhe agieemenl on tile en no. I that the lequireinents ut s 1' '• Bl; i i j I il and ihi ol thi \iiiui* Title
Act 199? (Cwlth) ivete mil -an-fied in relauon to the certification.
Such obiections should be -em to the Registtar of the National Native Title Tribunal. CPO Box 9973 Brisbane QLD 4001.
Dum slfllfin.'!ir L. .r- > in.. if aroi ".iiiiiiii-i inmpiL-J hy ide NNTT.
Details of lhe terms of the agreement are not available from the National Native Tile Tribunal.
FOR ASSISTANCE AND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, CALL THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL ON FREECALL 1800 640 501.
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community and Ihey have done so through
a process ol good laith negoiiation wilh the N T Government.
"I congratulate the native iltte holders ihe Lhere Artepe Corporation, the Cenlral Land Council and the N T G for achieving Ihis 'win-win' result.
" W e have always maintained thai the
nalive title process provides opportunities for claimants and the widei communily lo
lesolve differences thiough negotialion and goodwill.
"This case really demonstrates that polential."
Kowanyam; residents angry over food prices
^ • ^ ^ B Residents ol an isolated Aboriginal
^ B ^ ^ ^ | community are being penalised by
^ ^ ^ | wet season food price hikes al a I r ^ H Queensland Government-owned I Q L D V store, a community leader says.
1 Kowanyama, on Cape York
^ ^ ^ " ^ • ^ Peninsula, is cut off tor liva monttis each yeai by wet season flooding, with air Iran sport the only way to bring supplies in.
Foodsluffs were marked up to relied aii
freight costs of around $2 20 a kg to the community's only store, owned by the Department of Aboriginal and Tones Strait
Islandei Policy. House ho Ide is al the 1200-slrong communily
have been paying $4.50 or more for a loaf ol
bread, aiound $4 for a two-litie containeiof milk.
and up to $4.50 for a lettuce. Kowanyama Aboriginal Council chief ,
executive Bob Sands said many residents
:e hikes hil famlli*
nthem ill has to cc einby
"Weai
aeroplane ai
Mi Sands said the store operator was not to
blame and the Govemmenl should suBsidlse
the air freight of food such as fresh milk, bread
and vegetables as it did lor other remote communilies.
"It's getting oui of hand, w e seem lo Be the forgotten community W h e n you have people
below lhe line of poverty, it's even worse, and
Mr Sands said many residents relied on
Iradilional food gathering and hunling. "If they didn'l have thai, a (of of our people
would be starving because ihe lood costs have
gone up too much," he said. A departmental source said some products
such as milk were sold at below the cost of its
airfreight, which c a m e to more lhan $4.50 lora
two-1 it re container. S o m e products were also kept about ttia
s a m e price throughout the year io spread cosls.
d of ti
ll T H E K O O R I MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21, 2004.
sently. Since then her department had asked all
Government-run retail stores to review pricing policies, lo ensure residents received goods at
ihe best possible prices. "I have been advised significant price
reductions are now being brought in across the stores on products such as fruil and vegetables
milk, biead, eggs, cereal and baby products, sne
"I ivill make sure we ensure the besf piices are had for lhe community, because il's actually
aboul the community being able to have props'
food."-AAP
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Title deal
a first r\ r W A i
In a first toi Western Australia's Kimberley region, the Nyikina
Mangala people and the Shire of
DerbyWest Kimberley have signed an agreement setting out steps tor
negotiating native title agreements
Representatives from I a signing ceremony on ti;
Mangala country at the J<
community. 200km east o
soulh-east of Derby. The agreement sets oi
developing an Indigenous
(ILUA) ovei £7,252 sq krr i Mangala People i
; groups gather.
id Use Agreement
of th t rights and interests.
3f agreements and co-ope iative working
matters and the delivery ol services to
The Kimberley Land Council (KLC| and the National Native Title Tribunal assisted the groups
lo develop the negotiation fn eKLC.tl -,una n
is met forthe with fhe shire council in 2002 tt about the agreement and all
lirst time in February 2003. KLC executive director Wayne Bergmann said
the agreement paved the way for indigenous
people as well as local government. "This agreement is a great slep forward for
relationships between Indigenous people and local government It establishes a path for the whole Kimberley teg ion to follow." said Mr
Bergmann. This is what can be achieved through co
operation and negotiation," he said. T h e Kimberley Land Council welcomes fhe
positive attitudes of both the Nykina Mangala people and fhe shire in arriving at the agreement
:We also acknowledge the important part
played by fhe Nalive Title Tribunal." The Nyikina Mangala People lodged their
native title claim with the Federal Coun* in 1999.
If was a combination of several claims that the
group had lodged in 1995. The Federal Court referred the claim to the
Tribunal for mediation in 2000 Tribunal Membei Dan O'Dea said lhe
agreement ma iked the beginning ot a new
relationship Between the groups based on mutual respect, understanding and trust, and
would provide The groups with some certainly
The agreed framework recognises and respects the roles and interests of Ihe Derby
Shiie and the Nyikina Mangala People," Mr
O'Dea said
"I commend the parties and the KLC for
working together co-operatively to teach this
agreement.
"It was a lengthy process bul this framework
agreement enables Ihe parties to resolve native
title issues far more effectively than they could
through litigation."
Shiie of Derby I West Kimbeiley president Elsia Archer said the agreement was a positive
step forward.
T h e agreement with the traditional owners of
this region demonstrates Ihe shire's commitment
fo a positive and just relationship with all
Indigenous people living in fhe Shire," she said
"I think it was a momentous day because of
what we have achieved. I think what we have
done sets a precedent for the rest of the
Kimberley.
"I don't know why people say these things are
hard to work through - it's all in the attitude."
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i ^ I NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL for determination of native title if N e w South Wales
l applic
in the i
Notification Jay: 5 May 2004
m application hy a rati yr, nip ml ig the Federal Court to mine that the group hold nl • utle in ihe- area d e l nhed
A person w h o wants tu become a party t.> this application must write tn the Registrar <if the Federal Cmiri, Level 16, L a * Courts Building, Q u e e n Square,
Sydney N S W 2000, on ur before 4 Aujjuit 2004. After 4 AuSust 2034. the- Federal Gain's permission to become a party is required.
Under the NatH* Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) there can be only cine determination of native title for a particular area. If a person with native title rights and
interests does nut become a party ti) thi. ippliciiiinn, there may he D O other opportunity for the Federal Court, in mating it. determination, to take into
Application n.„i.>-i l.iiii.l. .*.. Is.',,,.! Ch.ill.cr
Federal Court File Noi N6Q07/CB
Date Filedi 18 December 2003
ie Native Title Registrar has not accepted this fl
plication has nor h e m registered, it may still proc
icrmmarion in ilie Federal Court-
cation: The area subject to this application covering 6.146 he
k m in,nf, .••! \\ •:'.'., iiij. mi: .mil co'.cls ill -In- lard .mil '.i.in.i-
'1015651 Cemetery Road, Suhurh of I lelcnshmgh. a. shown on the loci
ie application (alls iiii'mn ilir \V,IIIUIIMIIIIM City Council.
•u ,il the I ;:-|\ir!ii
.5 * . ••:
to statement: ckiminn it;,; 'cu* m boumfar) touycedfrom and used Land and Frowns I,!/.-™JM...,I Division, NSW.
FOR ASSISTANCE OR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, CALL THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL ON FREECALL 1800 640 501.
£2K £';.>* tf *iJikJ
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[NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL Notice of an application to register an area agreement on the
Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
Bluehole - Community Living Area - I L U A DI2004/006
Northern Territory of Australia
Notification day: 21 April 2004
Description of the agreement area:
Tlie agteement aiea ot 1.2 llin* i- located -oiiih-mest ol Limhunya Homestead.
mately !10km south -south-w
rsNTPortioi
of Timber Creek, as shown en the locality m a p
Survey Plan 2003/2 and falls within the Unincorporated
Parties to the agreement and iheir
Northern Territory of Australia 45 Mitchell Street
Darwin N T 0800
ontact address;
Central Land Council 31 Stuart Highway
Alice Springs N T 0870
Clause I.l Intcipretation "Agreed Action" means tin- acquisition Irom the relevam p.Mnial '.case m o tin giant oi an c-tate in tee simple ii! iIii- Approved Application Area for
a community living aiea in aeeimlaii.i wilh the provisions ol ['art S ol the I'mian;! i.ai.l in l Northern Termor, 1 and M Y ! ion 4 N I A ) of the Lands
Ai((iiisiii-in Act (Northern Temtory],
"Approved Application Ana" means ihe area ol land the suhc, t ol the approval)'-, tin- Miiii-icr .i.lmii i i-ii'img r.itt Sol tin- I'.iMurul Land Act of the
appin il IDII and dc-dikd in 11 em ' of tile Schedule.
iTJic Ajjfirmvd Applk'iii i: \',a divrffvJ III /l.i'i ; ••( ilii* VrVili.lv o \T I'MIII. r. (CYI i7.nr; Surn'i PLa.n Number SJCKW)
Clause 2. Objectives of the Parties. It is acknowledged and agreed ihm the purpme or nhjett of this agreement is:
lal 10 provide In the V iliil jrunl .1 an cstale ill Ice -iliiple in "lie Approved Apph, .111011 A n a tot .1 conuniiiali Ir, MI - arc.] within 111 .["reed timeframe, and
(b) to provide ihat the non-extinguishment principle shall apply to any a. non [alien m accordance w n h this agreement.
Clause I ( jinsenl and compensation 3.1 The bind Council uni Nai ive Title Patties c,,n,nii io tlic.loini; ot tin Agreed Acuon. whether or n,>i tin- Agreed Action is 11 future act;
3.2 The parties acknowledge and ..Miei lli.il Subdivision V -l I 'lvi.ion i ol Pan 2 ol I lie Ait Joe- not and 1- nol inliiulcl to apph lo llv Agreed .Aetion.
Objections
This application has been cen died hy the I ential Land Council, ihe rt|irrsi 111.mve hoih lor the area. Any person claiming to hold native title in relation
10 any i)l lile l.illel 01 waters in I he area coveted hv the .gr. .men' n i\ h|ii' I. the K v'stri- ai ••-!' ie. ')\ 2 I | ilk 2004 ". a-is! I lie rcgi-l'ition "I
the agreement on the pound that tin requirement I - I m relation to the cirtltil 1- Such ohcilioiis should k -1 ill i.- 1 • Ucji-I'.ir MI 1111 N.i 1, • I N 1 n, Ir|, Ir |,u- ,1 ,,l\' il. n 107 ', R.rn.u N I 0N01.
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H A-.fl., THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2., 2004. |
NOTICE OF PROPOSED GRANT OF EXPLORATION PERMITS NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (Cth) SECTION 29
The Current Applicant named below H E R E B Y GIVES NOTICE in accordance with section 29 ot the Nalive Title Act 1993 (Cth) of the proposed grant of each of the Exploration Permits shown below under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld).
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4: Appro* 20 I m N E ut Cloiicuny
•m *: :'i;i...,.:-.ir,
IcnTificatian M a p ; Ctcncuny
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ch IdairtfflcHon M a p : Ctoncurry
acl; Granl oi an Exploralion permit under Ihe Mineral Resource; Acl 1989 (Old) holder to explore for minerals specified lor a penod not exceeding live (5) years
newals lor a lertn nol exceeding five (5) years. It is proposed lo grant Exploralion
Hneral Resouices Act 1989 (Qld} and also sub)ect to the General Octobei 2003 and Native Title P v loot ion ronriiiions Version 1.1(a),
Permits subject le
Conditions Version
22nd August 2003.
Nolification day: 19 May 2004.
Nalive title parties: Under Section 30 of
n day to take c •e Title Act, persons hi
i The 3 m s in relati
1 August 2004. Any person wl • negotiations and'or procedural rights piovided in Part 2 Division
3 Subdivision P ol Ihe Nalive Tille Acl. Enquiries m relation to filing a native lille determination
application lo become a native lille party should be directed to the Federal Court, Brisbane Registry, Level 6, Commonwealth Law Courts. 119 North Quay, Brisbane, Qld 4000. Telephone
(07) 3248 1100
Expedited Procedure: The State ol Oueensland considers lhat Ihe granl of each Exploration
Permit lo which this nolice applies is an act attracting Ihe Expedited Procedure Each Exploration
Permit may be granled unless, wiihin a period of 4 months atler the nolification day (ie. 19 September 2004), a native title party lodge?, an ob|ei-iion with ihe National Native Title Tribunal
against the Inclusion ol the slatemenl thai the Slale considers the granl ol the licence is an acl attracting the expedited procedure Enquiries in relation lo lodging an objection should he
directed lo the Nalional Native Tille Tribunal. Level 30. George Slreet. Brisbane, Old 4000, Telephone (07) 3226 8200 or 1800 640 501.
For further information about the act (Including eilracls of plans showing Ihe boundaries ol applications) contact the Department ol Natural Resources, Mines & Energy, Landcenlre, Cornel
oi Vulture and Main Streets. Wooloongabba. Old 4102. Telephone (07) 3896 3216.
E l THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,
^ I N ATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL Notice of an application to register an area agreement on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
Arabunna Area Minerals Exploration I L U A - SI2003/008 State of South Australia
Notification day: 21 April 2004
I\s. ii|iiio« DI tin1 agreement ana;
T h e agreement area of M . W t m - is lmated approximately 250km
A n n a Cieek Pastoial Stati.iri, as shown nn ilie locality map.
Tht1 agreement area falls ivtilstn .tn initttcufpuinreii Lac.il Cmvcram
Parties to the agreement and their cc,
Reginald Dad J, Laurie Stuart and Millie Watren,
.is ii'MistrtcJ native tule c lal mants tut and on
behalf of the Arabunna Native Title Claim Group
C/-Mi S Kenny
Camatta Lcmpcns Pty Ltd
Level 1,345 Kins William Stteet
Adelaide SA 5000
Abonemal Li.-j.il Righls Movement Inc
Level 4, S45 King William Stteet
Adelaide SA 5000
Ulaiaka Arabunna Association Inc
Cl- Mr S Kenny
Camatta Lempens Pty Ltd
Level 1,345 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000
South Australian Chamber of
4 Greenhill Road
Wayville S A 5034
Ministet for Mineral Resources
Development
Department fot Ptimaty industries and Resouices
Level 5,101 Grenfell Street
Adelaide S A 5000
T h e Attorney-General for the State
of South Australia
Aiiorney-Geuetal's Departmenl
Level 3,45 Pirie Street
Adelaide S A 5000
T h e agreement contains the following st
[Exfimuiw wtesm brackets.Txrrii;d in the N'ariarulNiaiic Title T'li'mu;! IMII. :M*J w.!-. 11 •; i. .an.'; a :(-.L j iiMi.i^daa^s indicate that the tei
Clause i.l: Consent to Futute Acts
Subject to clauses 3.3,3.5(b), 3.6,37,3.8 and 3.9 the parlies:
(a) consent to the print ul each jatliiirLSi.'J ejjiioraam leiKDient
(i) in the case referreJ iu in p itaaraph ial ol tin.- ckl~.i-.iti. •:, ul ,:iah. ':••.*.( .".;•!• M;I •'! ,*.*i;, fi.'i;:. n an* nan . '.ilii-ihei before or after the c
(A) in telation tu an J U I W S I W i-ijiiiraoim aiicwni, a. referred tu in clause 5 libi, helote ibeend "! t he liameuwlt term; and
(B) in relation to any orfiet aKlhiirtMJapi.raiion k'laiku:, heluie the endul liic acceptance term;
(ii) in the case referred tu in r'HtaMiaph l.hi nl the dctinitiun nl liiiifturoid cip|.*,tai!.'ii t.ikirknt. at a m nine after ihe ci'ir.incrkvmcn! ill*, hut limine the liameu'tird term; or
lili) in the cases referred rn in paragraphs (c) and i.ll nf the deliniiion ul aiahurncj evpl 'rjtinu leniwm, at any time after the iiitnmeikvmciit dare hut during lhe acceptan« id
(b) OTisem ro the carrvinj! out ;JI any rime niter the commence-mimi in.' hi! J.: m y ijn- .'aim.iu -L .'.m "t .a.'iinii..*..1. IISMI*..*.I„.I: ,.'i ,*n ..vs ..n.li i ,',nb a'l.'W.id . .vfj, :,iti: in
after lhe commencemetiliLili*) in respect nl ivhich cnn-eiii i-Micen m .kcordance with clause 3.1(a); and
(c) to the extent nicc-ary aatce tu the validating oi any t'ufiw JCI consiituled by ilic .qrniit nl :m\ a m b l e d exfdorani
at any time before the cc
Clause 3.2(b): N o right to negotiate procedures
The partii'i wi--; thai the rijit i • tie,; ' M e pcCiidw i- ii"i inreiiiled lo apply io ;*ithi
fi) the grant ofthe an [humid cvpkaii'in tenfmaits; or
(ii) the cany ine i'in of authurrsd exptmitian :oi'i;ii-s under rhe aidhoriseif afknata
!s.!,Vk*,i ni tht upeemeinj
date, hm:
r, lelerreil to in p.ir.mnph (a1 nl the det.nui
ii*™*!!.1 luln-iber granted before or
i cl liulfvnsi'j I'vpiuniiioll tenement.
n .atilv.r!'..*.( esj;inm;i'ini tenement and ani atithuriscil i'\pluiv:ii
i- appropriate, in teUiuii tu lhe telcvan! JulfanWexploration
i eiplorer having complied with the j !• ut clause
Clause 1.3: Consent Conditional on Compliance
T h e consent of the parnes in clause 3.1 in relation to
5.1 ot clause 12.1 ofthe accepted eipforafc
[Clause 5.1 refers to ihe Exploration Coniraci Conditions. Onuses 3.5(d), 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 refer topanictiiar iircimwatkcs m ubrii the iuiiM'iii •) thi park's in clause 3.1 amj Jieir agreement in clause 3.2 Jn not apply
fifu'se clauses relate respectively to amendments i kivptcd e.'l'-'ralii.'ii oinlriiifs. cit'ivi uj vmm.il (nan rein.ier .((iii .if lircach .1/ nuti-pawm essential term and ej/c-ct.:( breach .•; alfk'r essential icntisJ. Clause 3.9 refers to
th' cmnms-sjikes jm remeds 11) :i bleach nj tin i*>seii:iul lena •*.•( an aui*|iie:(cipiiiiiUtun contract./
Clai el.lDehnit
'B of the Native Title Act. Commencement dale means the date mi ivhith Jeiaihuf ihi-framcii'nik II.i'A ire tnieieJ un the ii'=h[,i puisu.inr t
[Details of die olhsr specific dtftk'diernnre/cn.J ia iihaii'iiitilv uliianvJ ur. iciunt K umiiktiiii! Mmiiia kl*;.aii;,:i il;,- .UeJaia',' lu-;iiir,*,;[ ilk .Vjiiuiuil \,IIIIV liile Tnhuikil un mviaii' i:\Vfi40 50l ur (CS) 8306 1235.
Older dun ihe siaiemenu and depnid icmtMifti'daim ihnnuiiu*, ilk* icniv, ui i/ie ,i.i,Tivnk*i;i i;ri*ni'ia!ail.J)L'l|ium ilk' N'iiti,inai Xirit'e Tide Tribunal j.
Objections
TIlis applicarion has been certified h die Ahiri"in;il l.cv.il IIIMIIIS Movcmeni Inc, the repii'si'maiiu' body for ihe area.
Any person claiming to hold narive title in relation to any of the land or waters in the area covered by the agteement may object to the Registrar, in writing, hy 21 July 2004 agains! tbe registration of the
afftt-i-tticnr on the ffitun.1 rhtir the tca(tiircrrii.-ntu,t • AlJ!3Ei5.)(;i) and (b) iifthe.Njtik' Till Ail I W iCivlih.l uvrcmit -utislird in rdnrinn 111 the certfarion.
Such objections should be sent to the Registrat- of the National Native Title Tribunal, G P O Box 9973, Adelaide S A 5001.
DiHinwemcm* iiip..i*m<*n! ami huunilat-f cumpiltd by (he N N T T W i l 1 m vpaii.il rcfemiu' Jala Miimv.l Jnini (lie (Vpur/aiicni ..•( Emiruiiiik-u! ,:r,d Heriwge (SA).
Details (il the terms ut tin ^reeinent are mil .njilable from ihe Nalinnal Native Tule Tribunal.
FOR ASSISTANCE A N D FURTHER INFORMATION A B O U T THIS APPLICATION, CALL T H E NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL O N FREECALL 1800 640 501.
Search and photocopy* fees may apply.
.•/-»,,...•>-.,» .-- v * • .* •• - -fc. ttftaict.-'.-MMvmaMmrutmc-ajJi.^:.m, v •iJi«ik*js S"fl rt,e"„,„ofi„j,,„1,L,1A„rf,0u THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 2004 J Q
J,;. I N A T I O N A L NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL " Notice of applications for determination of
native title in the Northern Territory and adjoining waters where applicable
Notification day: 5 M a y 2004
These : .ipplle.l groups who are asking the Federal Court lo determine that they hold native title in the areas described belt
become a patty lo any of these applications must write to the Registrar of the Federal Court, G P O Box A person who
After 4 August 2004, the Federal Court's permission to become a party is tequii
Undet the Naiii-e Title Acl 1993 (Cwlth) there can be only one determination of native title fot
a party to this application, there may be no othet opportunity for the Federal Court, in makir
Federal Court File No:
N N T T File No:
Date filed:
T h e Native Title K I M N I . I I
for registration.
Location: The appli
aimd die I.
Town of Mataranka
D6026 of 2002
DC02/25
20 August 20O2
ha- accepted thi- application
area of 221-Skm2 is located
n nl Mataianh, as shown on the locality
The application area falls within the Mataranka
Community Govemment Council region.
Not all land and watei within the c.vicrnal Iv.unJan may
be claimed. For example, the application excludes
pnvatelv hel.i freehold land wiihin thai boundary.
Federal Court File No:
N N T T File No:
Dale filed:
Tanumbirini D6036 of 2002 DC02/35 18 December 20O2
J lllls ip;)|k. T h e Native Title Registrar has;
for registration.
Location: Tae ipphciTiun aiea ut 10,!40kiiy is located
Hkmseastof Elliot and extends north nf the Caipentaria
Highway, ai shown on the locality map.
T h e application area tails within the Unincorporated
Local Government Area.
N m all land and nana within the external boundary may
be claimed. For example, the application excludes
privately held freehold land wiihin that boundary.
Federal Court File No:
N N T T File Not
Date filed:
The Native TlTle Rc.ilK
for registration
Location: The atound the t
Town ol Rorroloola D60ffio(10Ql DC03/3 24 June 2003
r has accepted ihis applicarion
n atea of 11.34km'is located n ui Buiroliiuia, a- shown on the locality
T h e application area falls within the Botroloola
Community Government Council region.
Nut all land and water within die eMernal boundary may
be claimed. For example, the application excludes
privately he'd lieeliolJ land within thai boundary.
a 5
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tHucllitt«
•UwilllMiTllETnhm _|_
05103
%ot» Hill
jjj m&. m
Application name: Molly Hill
Federal Court File No: D6005 of 2003
N N T T File No: DC03/5
Date filed: 6 October 2003
The Native Title Registrar has not accepted this
application foi registration. All hough thi, application
has not been registered, it mav slill proceed lo mediation
in the Tribunal aml/ut Jeietniination in the Federal Coutt.
Location: The applicauon area of 8.98km' is located
lOkms north-east of Huckitla Station and covers lhe
Molly Hill Mine, as diown on the locality map.
The applicarion area fells wiihin the Unincorporated
Datwin N T 0801, on ot before 4 August 2004.
e title tights and interests does not become
il those native title tights and interests in
Application name: Deepwatet
Federal Court File No: D6006 of 2003
N N T T File No: DC03/6
Date filed: 29 October 2003
The Native Title KIMIS1I.II has accepted this application
fot registration.
Location: Tbe application area ut 326.2km- is incited
22kms east of Batchelor, as -hnwn on the locality map.
Tbe application atea falls within the Coomalie
Community Govemmenl Council and the
Unincorporated Local Govemmenl Area,
Not all land and water within ihe external boundary may
be claimed. Fur example, ihe application excludes
pnvatelv held freehold land within that boundary.
Application name: Glen Helen
Federal Coutt File No: (P) N T D 1 of 2004
N N T T File No: DC03/7
Date filed: 17 December 2003
The Native Title Reiii-trar has accepted this application
fot registration.
Location: The application aiea ol 1,153km- is located
96kms north-west of Alice Springs, as shown on the
locality map.
The application area consists of Reservation from
Occupation 1318 under sec nun 173 of the Mining Acl
(NT), and falls within the Unincotporated Local
(i'.'Vemment Area.
Nut all landanJ water within die externa; hunJ.irvmav
be claimed. For example, the application excludes
ptivately held freehold land with in thai boundaty.
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OMirnAGDSJ
Springs
Application name: Alcoota
Federal Court File No: D6008of2003
N N T T File No: DC03/8
Date filed: 30 December 2003
The Native Tile Re-isim has accepted this application
for registration.
Location: The application uta of 2 5 W is located
96kms north-east of Alice springs between the Plenty
Highway and the Sandover Highway, as shown on the
locality map.
The application area fells wiihin the Unincotporated
Data statement: claimant Application bittmdaty compiled by lhe NNTT from data son rce J /rum dn Dijnmiio*: nf Business Itidnsrrv mid (sWiiita' I level pirn in <mJ ilk* Depunmeiti ,i| I itfr irnc lute, Planning and
Environment, Nordiem Terrilori.
FOR ASSISTANCE OR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THESE APPLICATIONS, CALL THE DARWIN REGISTRY OF THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL ON
(081 8936 1600 OR FREECALL 1800 640 501.
HIlTHEKOORIMAIL, WEDNESDAY, APfllL 21, 20O4.
iStttfl...
.,.«
ERA mine overhaul urged y W J Abonginal traditional owners W ^ B h a v e rallfiri trsr a n irnmortiota
^ B overhaul ul regulation of
1 N T 1 ERA'S controversial Ranger 1 uranium mine in Kakadu
• — ^ ^ — • lhe mnewed calls tollow
two further alleged procedural mishaps al the mine, where drinking waler became contaminated wilh uranium.
Twenty-fout workers reported suffering
nausea, headaches and stomach cramps alte' drinking Ihe con laminated water. before it was discovered ort March 24
The Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation, which represents the local Mirrar people, said Aboriginal people aid scientists drank waler from a syslem (hat should have been
shut down ai Jabiru Easl In another incident, Ihe office ot the
Supervising Scientist was investigating
claims ERA had allowed a contaminated machine to leave the Ranger mine site in
Gundjehmi executive oflicer Andy Ralph called tor the establish men! of a task force.
govemmenl regulators lo implement recommendations of the 2003 Senate Inquiry into uranium mining.
The repori, which is still before the Federal Government tor consideration, called lor an overhaul of the regulation ol uranium mines and for better monitoring of
"With what s happened over the pasl few
weeks, you wouldn't put ERA and the government regulators in chatge of a sandpil in your local playground," Mr Ralph
The mine's Supervising Scientist, Dr Arthur Johnston, said lhal while lhe water drunk at Jabiru East was not contaminated, it should have been shut down as the whole water system needed lo be flushed out.
"II is a minor breakdown io lhe may in which things were carried out. bul ii is nol a health risk,* Ot Johnston told A B C radio.
In another Incident, Dr Johnston said his office was investigating claims a contaminated machine had left the Ranger
Tests later revealed there was a small
amount of material felt on the machine, bul
It contained 'barely distinguishable' levels of
T h e radialion levels weie barely distinguishable fiom background, so on that
basis we were able to give some * reassurance to Ihe people working at CDEP," be said.
"It (the machine) should not have left the i • • • •
carrying out is looking at jusl how thai came
An ERA spokeswoman confirmed a
C D E P vehicle was laken from the Ranger site avitfiout proper clearance on January 5.
ERA reported the incident to regulators at
Ihe time, and had since implemented measures lo further improve clearance procedures for equipment, s ie said. - M P
m Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration Permits Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Section 29
Description of Area oF Application*
Chalcophile Resources Pty Ltd
Stuart Roger Smith
rot Sub.blocks: ro kai
i,t tin I Tjili.r;.! ..11 I'.rrr n.r.-r 'In- 'if.' il H'...N'.
in 111 ... II.'* I• r"• I.•..•••: li.'.ar ' '.I lie I .[>!.•'.
:-mail: qldirgG&ffdcniirT.fluva
Ifliptloiit: 1011 1216 8200 or I
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Queensland Government Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
T H E KOORI MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21. 2004. I
Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration Permits" Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Section 29
D e s c r i p t i o n of A r e a o f A p p l i c a t i o n *
tk ietn«lc»lian Hip; Ctniic-i
B H P Billiton M i n e r a l s Pty Lt
B H P Billiton M i n e r a l s Pty Ltd
I .val s-wtotm •.'••-.ini-.ci.li-.il .I., .ui-.. M t M n l a y
B H P Billiton M i n e r a l s Pty Lid
Eiploration Permits to w h i c h this notice applies:
1 .111 Ilii- B a n k l.lc-!.I.I . .." 1.. 1 M.,|.. ISa.i.k l.i. nnr.i.i: \it,\f, ,.!.- al a stale ill
uck h sub-divided mr.i >', Sub-Klockc. iili'nlilicd alphabetically hy code 'a' to
ting T. Each Suh-Block is approximately I miiiulr nf latitude and I minuti' of
5. C O O R P A R O O , O L D 41 elegate.PO B o x
• a'vi.'ii.a- and f!Sln Streets,
Title Act 1991 ICth) any JK
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elephone: (071 3 2 2 6 8 2 0 0 ur
to ttie registration of a i ie directed In lire National Native litle 1
ie Expedited Procedure. E n q ]C- Queensland Government * •**" Natural Besouttes, Mines and Energy
] THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. 2004. „.,,.,„.„.,,,..„w..... H
Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration Permits Native Titte Act 1993 (Cth) Section 29
Description of Area of Application*
't Dotke-ell Mining Pty Ltd
il lOentm ration Miji- * ''•'"•* ' Glengarry Resoumi
Newcrest Operations Limited
< N u m b e r Sub-bl
Universal Resourci
N u m b e r Sub-blocks
jmfcer 5ub-ttlocks
P*r11r Approx. 41 k m S W of Cloncurry * I Mining Pty LI
EPM14364 EPMl43rO QnamhyJlWI
EPM1436S EPM14368
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EPM142J3 &EP.M14232
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EPM14356PI2
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Queensland Government
Natural Resoutces, Mines and Enetgy
THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 2004 |
Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration Permits" Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Section 29
,11 a c c o r d a n c e with sitliun 11 nf ihr Nt t 1993 (Oh) o f t h e proposed grant ol
Description of Atea of Application*
HI3: Approx. 146 k m S W nl Kynuna
cal \111l111r1n isluni iiniiir, ihr ,m.i: Cloncuny
eiac.ld-ni'lialiunWap::-.:,,. .
N u m b e i olSub-bloiks: .ll'.i.li lia
Block N u m b e r ins blacks
- " - d a t
•28-30-SLong.l41-t]0WE
Authority I S h a d within Ihe area: McKinlay
Block Identification M a p : I
N u m b e r Sub-blocks
.ft.y \|-1:r:--.. 'it k m S W o f K y n u i
ea of Parti: *>? k m
Area of Part 1: 51 k m
Block Identification M a p : i.ri.a.r
N u m b e r ol Sub-blocks: 11......Ii 11
Block N u m b e r Sub-blocks
Part 11 Approx. 1!» k m S W of K y n u m
ck Identification M a p : : ,,,:••
nber of Sub-blocks: 1. -..,.. 11..
ck N u m b e r Sub-block;
anS*ddreMiilp*isBf doing *ets: II1.1 •!...• I'.....' •
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Queensland Government Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
• THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 2004.
"Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration Permits Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Section 29
Description ol Area of Application'
EPU14148
Mlflatliw Um.- o*«a
Part y. Appro*. 44 km st
EB, wiihin i period of tour (41 mi
ed Procedure, enquiries in relalio a Queensland Govemmenl Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
N'.. T H E KOORI MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21. 2004. I
M, SPORT x&
Doomadgee gearing up
By ALF WILSON
• T ^ Gull ol
^ H communitv ol
— J big day on May 8
plays Iheir lirst dome game ol
The Doomadgee Dragons
will host the Julia Creek Saints
in Ihe season opener, and
leam spokesman Travis
Fraset said there should be a
gieat crowd.
Officials are preparing for
an influx of spectators from
nearby Aboriginal arid Islande
support and 1 would expect a
couple ol thousand people
The recent signing ol slar
back Charles Toby is a major
be one of the favourites in the Mid Wesl competition The
Bulls, Richmond Tigers and
Utility Toby, a Doomadgee
• Continued facing page
NOTICE OF PROPOSED GRANT OF EXPLORATION LICENCES NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (CTH) SECTION 29
The Northern Temtory* Minnie- V M-c-s ,?nd tnerci C • Drp.in-enl -J Business MJiitysnd lesoii'tx Os-.-mynenl GPO Boi 3990 DARWIN, N T 0801, hereby gives notice m accordance with seclion 29 ofthe Native Title Acl 1993 (Commonwealth) ol his intent lo do an acl, namely to grant Ihe following eiploration licence^} in accotdance with lhe application (s) m Application|s) to which this notice applies:
which Nature of act|s|: Granl cf an eiploration licence undet lhe MiningAcl authorises the holder lo explore for minerals for a teim nol exceeding 6 years and to seek renewals! The term sought for, and * il is intended to grant, the exploration licence(s) referred to in this nolice is 6 years ftom Ihe dale of grant. Further information aboul Ihe acl may be obtained Irom the Departmenl of Business. Industry and Resource Development. G P O Box 3000, Darwin N T 0801 or Centrepoint Towers 48-50 Smith St. Darwin, lelephone (08) 89 W5213. Native Title Parties; Any person who is. or becomes a "native lille party" wiihin the meaning ol Ihe Nalive Title Act is entitled to the negotiation and/or procedural rights provided in Part 2, Division 3. Subdivision P ofthe Nalive Tille Act. Under section 30 of Ihe Nalive W e Act, persons have unlil 3 monlhs after the notification day to lake certain steps lo become native title parties n relation lo this notice Enquiries concerning becoming a nalive title party should be directed lo the National Native Title Tribunal. Level 5, NT House, 22 Mitchell Street Daiwin N T 0800 or G P O Box 9973. Darwin N T 0801. telephone (08) 89 361600. Expedited Procedure: The Northern Territory Government considers that the act(s) is an act(s) attracting the expedited procedure as defined in seclion 237 ofthe Nalive Title Act. The exploration licence(s) referred tt in Ihis notice may be granted unless an objeclion is made by a nalive lille party to Ihe statemenllhal Ihe acl is one which attracts the expediled procedure. Such an objection must be made to the Nalional Native Title Thbunal within 4 months ofthe notification day. Notification Day: 31 April 2004
E J THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004
s^lf SPORT ^ /
Carnival time in Doomadgee
• From facing page
carpenter by trade, can play
shone lor another Doomadgee si:
the Gunnamulla Devils, al All-Blacks carnival. Toby has also showed class when claying Ihe strong Mt Isa compethion in previous years.
"We are very happy to have signed up Charles who will be gre
Fraser and his elder brother Ti lined up for Wanderers Club in 20 and the club made the Mt Isa gra,
Doomadgee as a community,"
The Dragons have been training
hard and will have more than enough players lo be competitive.
Others Fraser has high hopes le are youngsters Craig Logan, a prof
Max Petet, and Preston Johnny who is a speedy back. Fraser said that the side would travel to away matches in a community bus and
drive almost 2000km for the round )ourney lo Hughenden.
"But we have about 20 to 25 enthusiastic players at training and
NOTICE OF PROPOSED GRANT OF EXPLORATION LICENCES
NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (CTH) SECTION 29 Notice of Proposed Grant of Exploration licences in relation to the
iploration licences the subject of Ihis Kotke was published in this
ublication on 22 October 2003. Thai Notice is hereby withdrawn and this
\otic? is published in its stead.
The Northern Territory Minister for Mines ond Energy. Cl- Department of
less. Industry and Resource Development, lil'O box 300(1 DARWIN, Nl
herebv gives notice in accordance with section 29 of the Native Title Acl
1993 (Commonwealth) of his intent lo do an act, namely to grant the
rving exploratmi-i licenced) in ain.-orJ.iru.-c with lhe .ipplnationh) made
Application(s) to which this notice applies:
Eidotation Licence 24007 METAL LIMITED. ACM 103
within the BARKLY locality
&*£UPCftHK
& 1_
Nol To Scale AUSLIG \
ought by RED
depicted below,
WW*"
EL 24007
[zl y1"**"1
ap Sheet No 5B59
of a. fcxplora mder the Mining A
uthorises the holder to explore lor mineral*, fur a term not exceeding l> years
nd to seek renewals). The term sought lor, and the term for which it il
itended to grant, the exploration licence(s) referred to in this notice is (
ears from Ihe date of granl. Further information about the acl may bi
ibtained from the Department of Business, Industry and Resourcf
Developmenl, C P O Box 3000, Darwin N T 0801 or Centrepoint Towers 48-50
Smith St, Darwin, felt-phone ItW.i W9 995213.
Native Title Parties: Any petson w h o is, or becomes a "native title party"
vithin the meaning of the Native 1 ilk Act is entitled to the negotiation and/or
.irocedural rights provided in Part 2, Division 3, Subdivision P of Ihe Native
Title Act. Under section 30 of the Native Title Act, persons have until 3 months
r the notification day to take certain steps to become native tifle parti
relation to this notice. Enquiries concerning becoming a native tille [
should be directed to the National Native Tille tribunal. Level 5, N T House,
litchell Streel Darwin N T 08110 or C P O Box 9973, Darwin N T 1)801.
telephone (OR) S9 361600.
Expedited Procedure: The Northern Territory Govemment considers thai
ct(s) is an attlsj attracling lhe expedited procedure a- defined in sectior
237 of the Nairn' Title Acl. The exploration licence(s) referred to in this notict
lay be granted unless an objection is made by a native tille parly to the
alemenl that ihe act is one which attracts thv expedited procedure. Such an
•vi lion must he made to the National Native Title Tribunal wiihin 4 months
: I h e notification d a y .
N o t i f i c a t i o n D a y : 21 A p r i l 20(14
f£f|; PROPOSAL TO GRANT EXPLORATION PERMIT (SECTION 29)
•J 1993 (COMMONWEALTH)
n>«KBa« HEREBI GIVES NC
ial Nati«* Title Tribunal. 1 VCIDTIS Affluc. Perth, or G P O ^ J a granted if, by ttie srd cf the period at 4 rrculhs atler tan
lie area ot the wptoration permit
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H T H E KOORI MAIL, W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 21. 2004 I
01/. SPORT
Hegarty's Journey: From Block to Rock
Koori Mail rugby league writer DAVID LIDDIARD tells the story of a young league star's personal journey to
understanding... AS a youngster growing up in Mackay,
north Oueensland, Shannon Hegarty w a s single-minded in the pursuit of
his dteam to one day play in fhe National Rugby League N o w recent events have enabled him lo take a btoader perspeci •> of life.
Returning from Uluru (Ayers ROCK.) where he participated in an event to tnark the close of National Youth W e e k , Hegarf" reflected on the positives of a life that has seen him win an N R L Premiership, play State ot Origin and represent his country -all before the age of 25.
At the s a m e time, as he and his partnet await the birth ot their first child, Hegarty also gave thought to others w h o had not had similar opportunities.
Perhaps it w a s the smiles on the faces of the young kids as they tried their hand at rugby league for the first time, or the laughter trom Elders sitting on the shaded
e m b a n k m e n t as the kids gtappled with the T h e kids really
H o m e Loans lor their support of the night. "As a professional snorts person I a m
aware of the importance of sponsors and the need for them to get a return on their investment. It is great to see them support programs like this where the outcomes are not judged by commercial returns," he said
Constable Mick Brown w a s high in his praise lor Hegarty and his fellow playets.
e kid to m a k e the right around s in life it'
as he headed virtually straight from the airport to lhe Yulara to conduct a rugby league clinic with the assistance of local diehards and the A R L Foundation.
Australian Rules football is the sport of choice tot most of the locals, but rugby league players are well-known through th< exposure ol television and other media
Hegarty soon had an inquisitive crowd put the locals thtough their
want to be involved w h e n he travelled withi Federal Minister Larry Anthony to Nyangatjatjara College and Mutitjulu Community.
At the college Hegarty saw a mortem facility with plans for extension and a vision which embraced a future business opportunity through a scheme employing a number ot local youth through Ihe Green Corps Program which was launched by the From there Hegarty dtove to Mutitjulu at the base of Uluru where he heard and witnessed lirst-hand some of the issues confronting fhe community and some oi the youth in particular.
The visit had a visible effect on Shannon Hegarty.
"Some things just are not right." he said. "They need to be fined up fot the
younger generation in particular." When asked for his opinion oh how
things could be fixed he did not pretend to
anything sports players tell th
Looking back on his connection wit* kids ftom the Redfern area, Hegarty s< all he and other players hoped to do w have a positive influence.
id tackling bags, ot perhaps it the stories ol the young people grappling with a much larger problems through sniffing petrol and other substance abuse
A few weeks ago in response lo a request from former Roosters legend Bruce 'Lapa' Stewart to Arthur Beetson, Hegarty and fellow players Justin Hodges, George Rose and the Rabbitohs Joey Williams visited The Block in Redfern following the tragic death of TJ Hickey.
- *.' ihe- visit as a show of support tor the young kids and an attempt to balance the negativity enveloping the community.
Although it was not the lirst time that Hegarty had visited The Block, the event sparked in him the desire to do something more.
So when N A S C A approached him w an offer from Aussie H o m e Loans to host a "The most important thing group ot kids to watch the Roosters v n s l e n ,Q ttle (,j0s _ | j s l e n |0 w| Bulldogs g a m e along with m e m b e r s ot the t0 s e e and what they want to do with thei local police w h o run a mentoring program for Aboriginal youth, he jumped at the
bags proving to be the i T w o things sttuck Hegarty as he
instructed the talented youngsters. First w a s h o w naturally gifted most ot
"Even If they knew nothing about rugby
tperiences growing up. "I w a s lucky in that I knew from an early
a g e whal I wanted lo d o and worked hard to get there." he said.
"I knew it w a s important to work hard and do the right thing and, where possible, to do the extras."
Hegarty believed the s a m e principles applied to all aspects of lite, whether it be
"If you've got a dream just go lor it," he said, sounding something like an advertisement for a sports brand.
you do just don't gel be an individual." iid peer pressure was
., _ „_ing to be an issue, bul
the kids - listen to what they want to see and what 'S™pp3L%T„S°,;rSh»
be around you forever...' A s the aircraft prepared to land
back to the contrasting grey skies of a bleak Sydney afternoon, Hegarty preferred to dwell on fhe positives.
"The whole trip has been a spiritual experience for me." he said.
"It has given m e a greatet understanding ot m y heritage and what it
'The most important thing w e can do is listen to a l w « «
they want to do with their lives. People just don't want to listen or hear what the kids have to say'
•iously Deano (Widders). Matty Sing, Tingha (Nathan Blacklock) and others bul Justin Hodges hadn't seen anything
league, you only had to show them once and they picked it up. They are very gifted athletes," he said.
Secondly, il he gave ihem verbal directions more often than not they would
can do is translate his words into their traditional they want language before attempting the di
"That w ,"he
"People just di
Joined by fellow N H L players Ronald 'tince and D e a n Widdets, Hegarty said hi lad a gteat time.
"Sometimes it telt as il th
With this in mind, Hegarty flew out the following week to teptesent N A S C A and
it organised through the
This is one of the added benefits of athletes being used as role models in communities - it also helps them grow as individuals a n d increase Iheir own cullursl
a significant Arthur Beetson h.
- in h e ^ ™ rathe, than 10 'helaudhed Department ol Family and Community s in the box rather than 10, he laughed. Rprvi(.R= |n rB[ptimlf. ,hp e n d of Natjor It was a great opportunity for Deano,
Ronny and myself to also have some lime with the kids individually and to give them some e n courage m e nl lo continue with school or sport or whatever else is important in (heir lives."
Hegarty also took time to thank Aussie
celebrate the end ol National Vouth Week.
Flying into Yulara was a magnificent experience wilh views not only of Uluru bul the rare sight of Lake Eyre filled with the flood waters from Queensland.
Hegarty had little time to play the tourist
le the ttip a good enough inlluence on Hegarty, and with his standing as one ot the Indigenous eldets in the g a m e it is appropriate for him to have lhe last ward.
"Progtams like these are aboul frying lo m a k e these kids' lives a little bit better and
proud ol the blokes lor getting
expetience tor Hegarty explained that growing up In
Mackay, (its o w n connection with his Indigenous heritage w a s not as strong
Gaining a profile Ihrough sport m a d e him more aware of this part of his identity, particularly as he soon realised that people involved," he said. were more interested in what he had to "But I think they get a lol out ol say a n d for S h a n n o n it appears lo hav
T h e next day gave him more reason to snowballed."
'Programs like these are about trying to make these kids' lives a little bit better and I'm proud ofthe blokes for getting involved' - League great Arthur Beetson
E I THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21,2004.
SPORT VI.
H o w our m e n are playing
League player off to Britain
I English
Rugby League is about to get
and luck as well as skill, and Scott-Knight
obviously had his fair
share of all Ihree when he was offered a season
In the United Kingdom
playing with the Bears.
Scott-Knight is
determined to use this
IN THE BACK POCKET The Koori Mail's AFL colum with SCOTT MCCARTNEY
T H E AFL season has b(
lor more than a month have a look at how some ol Our boys
been performing In this first seven' teams alphabetically: Adelaide.
Brisbane, Carlton, Collingwood. Essendon
Fremantle
ADELAIDE C R O W S
Dual premiership and Norm Smith medallist
Andrew McLeod has had an indifferent start fo
the season. Closely checked these days McLeod seems to have been carrying an injury.
Word has it that he has a dodgy ankle and that he is taking pain-killing injections for each
spark to his game. Even though he is averaging
f9 possessions a game, most of these have been outside assists
Ronnie Burns had an explosive start to lhe season, all for the wrong reasons. After a
serious car accident, under the influence of
alcohol, the 31 -year-old Burns is on his last chance and has only made it hard for himself with this indiscretion. Burns has not played a
senior game yet this season and the way he is going may not play a game for a while yet.
Graham Johncock has had an impressive
start to the year with a bag of four goals in round two and averaging 16 possessions a
game. Moved into the midfield, Johncock is enjoying getting under opposition radars and
having a significant impact on games. I would imagine in the nexl few weeks opposition
coaches wil be lacking al rtirv a bit closer and
to expose his deficiencies, which is the side ot his game.
BRISBANE LIONS
The mighf of the Lions can do no wrong and
are on target for an unprecedented fourth straight Rag The Uons are being well served by
their Indigenous conl ngent wil** Chris Johnson standing tall down dele nee. becoming one of
the main links in Brisbane's defence play.
There has been rapid improvement with Ashley McGrath. who is going from strength to
strength. The premiership player has started lo
make a move inlo Ihe midfield and is having a
more than positive effect on games.
Darryl White nas had a good start to the season but got 'urnse I rubnpd oui tor a week
lor an undisciplined acl against Collingwood in
Second-year player Anthony Corrie made his
senior debut against West Coast Eagles in round four last season. The 19-year-old from
ashing half-back*""
self
ids. Starting at the centre, Rioli has
i used with his slick skills and ability
lad the play from the ruckman's
New recruit Nathan Lovett-Murray made a solid debut against Port
Adelaide in round one. That, however, was on the end of a 96-point Hogging
from Port. Round three saw
Lovett-Muttay make a return against West Coast where he put on an
impressive display confidence, taking opposition player
at will. I'm looking forward to a good lirst year from him.
FREMANTLE DOCKERS
Fremantle's Troy Cook had an
injury-prone pre-season and spent the first three weeks ot the season playing for his W A F L club Perth.
Cook made his much-anticipated return to AFL ranks in round Ihree and was solid against Adelaide in a game
'' ir its great Cook, however,
feet.
National under-18 Division 2 champior
2002.
5 prominent at half-back during the d Cup ei
lis outstanding fo
CARLTON BLUES
Corey McGrath made the move to Carlton in oolf-s. n after being si
ir-studded Essendon
COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
At Collingwood, Leon Davis is struggling to
chance at Collingwood, Davis has averaged a
mere eight possessions a game In his defence, however, he is nol getting much game time.
On Ihe other hand Richard Cole has stepped
up to another level in 2004 playing an important role in defence. Playing all games thus lar. Cole
has averaged 16 possessions per game and has had the opportunity to play on some key
ESSENDON BOMBERS
:k lor kicking IT
a strong football pedigree and a
Headland is looking for a better season in 2004 than he had in 2003.
After making the move from the Lions,
Headland was undet close attention from opposition teams last year and he is getting the same treatment this
season He had 22 possessions in
round three and lound some luch-needed lorm.
Jeff Farmer had a sensational start ison but after some personal tragedy
ol judgment. Farmer is playing
substandard football. He may need a break lo sort things out
Dions Woods struggled all pre-season and
was dropped after two games this year. On the other hand. Roger Hayden has had a
solid start to the season down back and is looking to have a great year Playing a run-wifh
role in 2004 as opposed to his free-rein play in
2003. Hayden is showing great poise and discipline tor the Dockers.
HAWTHORN HAWKS
Over al Hawthorn, Mark Williams is the only Aboriginal player with the Hawks to have played
this season; Harry Miller and Chance Bateman
await their opportunity over the next couple of •.'.sp-.v Wil'ia-ns rm::, been nlayiig a fair bit
down forward, kicking (our goals in round one Chance Bateman is recovering trom
off-season surgery and should be back soon
Only tour rounds old his reason has
already had its up ano downs lor our boys. Lefs
hope Andrew McLeod can gam back some ot
that match-winning form we know he is capable ol Same, too, with Ronnie Burns Jeff Farmer.
also, could go up a notch or two and I would like
10 see Corey McGrath gel a shot at Carlton.
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More praise for Cup winners
^ B ^ ^ H Queensland Imparja
P V Cup team received
I _ r J H some special | U L U V recognition trom
^ J another champion ^ ^ ^ * * ^ when they attended
the Suncorp X X X X Queensland
Bulls Awards Dinner at the Sheraton
Hotel in Brisbane.
The Impatja Cup team and
coaches were among the 700
guests who attended the awards
trophy presentation evening for the
Bulls and Queensland cticket.
Captain Barry Weare was
re-presented with the Imparja Cup
by Queensland Cricket chairman
Damien Mullins SC, as part of a segment recognising the
championship efforts ol the Imparja
C u p team and Queensland's Under-17 women's team thai were
also undefeated in winning their national title.
Later, retiring Bulls champion
Stuart L a w m a d e special mentiono the Imparja and women's leam
during an emotional tribute to his
• Pictured: Queensland Imparja
C u p team captain receives the
trophy from Queensland Cricket chairman Damien Mullins.
League bid canned | The lack of an Indigenous
I representative in N S W I country rugby league has
in highlighted with the
ant canning of a proposed expansion ol a north-west N S W
second-division competition involving a
mainly Indigenous player base. The
proposal was canned despite organisers first receiving positive signals from the
Country Rugby League (CRLj, which has
jurisdiction over regional football in N S W .
Instances ol C R L group officials
dismissing arguments for the relention of mainly Indigenous clubs in regional areas
was highlighted late last year with Groups 4
and 19 continually refusing to re-admit lhe
Moree Boomerangs into first division
football, des pile the club serving its time.
The committee overseeing the proposed
10-team North West Country Cup ( N W C C )
had hoped for fhe expanded comp«»(J!ion it-
begin early next month, but a recent decision by Group 4 and the C R L has put
the concept on hold indelinitely.
The expansion would have had additional teams trom Brewarrina, Walgett,
Moree. Birrawee. Mungindi, Pallamallawa
and Lightning Ridge. It seems the major
'Sadly, controversies surrounding Indigenous rugby league will
always be with us and if w e go in with a fragmented approach we
will get nowhere' - Ricky Walford
oft.
teams a w a y trom the major centres.
T h e committee set up to oversee lhe expanded competition first met last monfh
with C R L chief executive Terry Quinn and
Group 4's Frank Fisher and Ross Hamilton.
T h e committee said Ihey received assurances that the new-look competition
would get the go-ahead. Brewarrina team
manager Charlie M c H u g h e s , at the meeting, said they were told to leave the
Group 4, which he said had indicated they
would approve of Ihe concept.
"But Ihey (CRL and Group 4) didn't get
back to us," M c H u g h e s said.
" W e had to call them and find out what
McHughes said that the managers of the
Toomelah and Pallawallama teams.
publicans Terry Shelley and John Murray,
were granted a meeting with the C R L and
Group 4 and complained, a m o n g other
things, about Ihe set up ot the n e w tixtutes
that would see all finals matches played at Motee. From that meeting. M c H u g h e s said
Walgett, Birawee and Lightning Ridge were
d N W C C concept was
id still are, prepared to
negotiate with them,' McHughes said.
A R L Indigenous development officei,
lormer St George star Ricky Walford,
w h o s e role is lo facilitate Indigenous development of the g a m e , recognises the
void in not having an Indigenous
representative in the C R L . "It is something thai needs to be looked
at, perhaps s o m e o n e acting in an advisory
role to the CRL," he said. "Sadly, controversies surrounding
Indigenous rugby league will always be wi*
us and if w e go in with a fragmented
approach w e will gel nowhere. T haven't got the answers and maybe
I'm not the appropriate person lo be
there are a lot ol issues to be dealt with" M c H u g h e s fears young people in his
region could be lost lo the game. T h e players were exciled about the
season ahead but n o w Ihey're just totally
disappointed. S o m e are already considering switching lo union, but league
is the g a m e out here," he said. - Darren Moncrieff
Kuiyam Pride back in business • From Back Page d teenage prolege Mackay
ie men lipped off their
season against tne Mackay Meteors as the Pride, now under the leadership ot player-
coach Billy Ross, put on a dominating
performance to win the game 112-102.
"There is a real positive feeling. everyone is committed to each other and
Indigenous Nonh Queensland Basketball,"
Ross said. "We have so many good players on lhe
court, there is so much talent in the squad
ill up
sir job and do a good
The Pride's first hit out was highlighted by a numbei ot individual performances no oouot,
from players such as newly-appointed "We w
fftil THE KOOHI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 20O4.
captain Francis Debba George
"Our team's focus doesn'f revolve around
one player, we focus on the team aspect
and getting results as a team," said Ross. Nonetheless, Ross concedes that on his
night George has Ihe ability to stand up and
be counted, as he showed againsi Mackay
when he lop scored with 30 points. "He was on tire so our attack focused on
him because he played a great game," he
After only one QABL game, Ross is
contidenl thai wilh the level of commitment shown by his players early, lhere is every
possibility they will make the play-offs.
"We will get bi
think we can bring it
They are physical and fas
ana sre a team mat has improved since las! year, but I think we can malch whal they
have and bring il three-fold." Early performances both on and off court
have also spread a sense ot pride to other
parts of Ihe club, giving hope of further Alex Woodcock.
"A lot ol credil h
strongly in the competition, battling througtl
to make the semi-finals. This year, however.
like the men, the leam has been breed lo
replace influential players. T e a m leads such as Naomi Pedro,
Debbie Jose and Nicole Turia were absenl
w h e n Ihe team tipped off against the
Mackay Meteorettes and lhe result
echoed th e Pride wenl
itotn
; expected io do well against
boys, they have a great attitude and are
getting involved in improving basketball in
ihe southern corridor ol Cairns," W o o d c o c k
ive to rebuild." i certainly applies to lhe
n which last year featured
n 55-9. Despite the team's losses they have
. of powerhouse
Ketiah Fischer and have the attacking
prospects ol Serina George and Kartell
Ross to call upon. "While w e haven't put togelher lhe same
leam as last year w e still h;
OJ/. SPORT ,w, 'We are focusing on participation and the development of skilful players.
W e think in rural and remote Indigenous areas there are so many free-flowing and creative players that have great soccer abilities...'
a Australian Rules football, rugby league
and rugby union have
produced many
Aboriginal sporting
greats Aboriginal
far fewer. In 1974, the Australian
national team qualified for its first and only World Cup, in West
Germany, an achievement thai
stands as one of the nation's greatest soccer teats
At the time, the game in Australia and the team was dominated by
second-generation European
immigrants but had a definitive
Australian presence in the likes of Johnny Warren, and Aboriginal
players such as Harry Williams and
Charlie Perkins.
Thirty years later, soccer in Australia is being revamped in an
effort to emulate the success of 1974
but, according to former Socceroo
captain and current S B S soccer analyst Warren, there are Opportunities still boing mis=e»d |n
Indigenous communities
rich source of talent but it hasn't
been treated properly and there
hasn't been any real effort made to tap the market." Warren said.
"There is potential there. The
problem is that there has nevet been
funding available. There simply has been no attention paid by soccer
even though other sports have strong roots in place."
Stale soccer federations have begun to look at theit Indigenous
polential by developing rural and
remote programs aimed al improving development and talent
Since Ihe establishment of (he
new governing body, the Australian
Soccer Association (ASA), more attention has been shown towards
dealing with ptoviding greater
opportunities lo disadvanlaged
"Since the new boatd has come in they have shown gieat intetest in
my side ol tbe game, developing ali
players including Indigenous players
and coaches," ASA national
coaching and developmenl manager Jim Selby said.
They (ASA and the Australian
Sports Commission) have provided
more opportunities and more dollars lor programs lhal w e want or w e
need to put inlo place to belp the
Australian community which includes
the Indigenous community as well."
A recent example ol this ivas a
$5.5 million plan lo foster better
development in the Northern Territory.
Ihas been taken se'
individuals who havi
themselves to educ;
Remote, isolated
it development
ously by a tew taken it upon
te and develop the
sof Australia. Indigenous
Soccer looks ahead
Soccer Queensland has
supported Cardwell's program. However, funding this year was cut
by $50,000, forcing Cardwell to cut
yearly pilgrimage and
communities development manager an* Soccer in fhe Outback founder Nalalie
Cardwell is one person who has
devoled the past six years to assist
player development and spark general
interest in a number ot communities
ranging from north Queensland to Ihe
Northern Territoty.
"Soccer is definitely growing in the
"It's unique in participation terms because boih boys and girls can play
together and both have similai skills.'
"A big problem has been lunding.
would be doing past the June 30
mark, but the board ot directors and the chairman o( Soccer Queensland
decided that the program was too
valuable to just let die," she said. The results of such programs are
being noticed as pathways toward elite development as boys and girls
btiii- :o atabl sn :;i e m selves.
"We are focusing on participation
and Ihe development ol skilful players. W e think ,- -..rat and rs-noto
Indigenous ateas there are so many
ftee-tlowlng and creative players that
have gres; soccer abilities,"Salty
"We are emphasising that point of •an we identify, track and
a pathway to pursue Ihe
" TI to Stale
introduce Ihem to the world."
ONE player who has managed fo
work his way through the system and is now gearing up to display his
skills on Ihe worto stage Is Perth Glory defender Jade North.
North, who made his National
Soccer League (NSL) debut as a
16-year-old for the Brisbane Strikers, was part of the 1999 Under-17 World
Cup squad that, apart from 1974,
stands as one of Australia's proudest soccer moments when the Joeys
pushed Brazil in the final but lost in the penalty shoot-out.
Since then North has gone on to conquer the domestic scene with a
premiership with Sydney Olympic
and a memorable grand final ana
premiership double this season wilh
the Glory He is now shaping up for "- - Olympic G a m e s in Athens.
irything you can do
ve played with the
Socceroos. N o w I want to step up and play with the
full-strength Socceroos," he said.
North's success on the field speaks tor itself. However, he
concedes that his success counts
little towards making him a tole
model for his people.
in Australia and P
I Australiai
"For m
| really knows who I am. It's not until
you become a Harry Kewell or a
[ Mark Viduka, a household name, ial kids slart to look up to you," he
'Indigenous soccer is getting
bigget but it won't be really big until
people like m e and Freddy (Agius)
gel recognised and people pay more
attention to what can be achieved in
ie Olympics around the
d a 15-month break before
>f the new-look Australian | Premier League, North is looking
Is Europe in hope of more
"So far I know of a few clubs in
France and Germany, and I was
speaking to someone the other night
lhal said England is an opportunity as well," he said.
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Netballer is aiming high
C o m m o n w e a l t h Bank Trophy competition.
And that's involved plenty ol hard work and training for the 20-year-old goal shooler
or goal attack w h o has her sights sef firmly
on a big future in nelball T h e long road to top-level netball
selection started for Franklin w h e n as a
nine-year-old she took up nelball in the
Dowerin junior competition belore moving to
selection for Western Australia, and lasl
she w a s in the inaugural AIS Darters tea Ihe C o m m o n w e a l t h Bank competition V\
the rest of Ihe Darters she's looking at a improvement on last year's sixth place in
Ii ^
Our new columnist Bianca Franklin, left, will write a new ports column for the Koori Mail. Calle 'Sisters Talk', Franklin will cover all
spects of women's sport, at all levels from international netball through to
Dur up-and-coming young sisters. Loo for the first 'Sisters Talk' in our next
edition, out on May 5.
Franklin is Ihe only Aboriginal player in Ihe Darters, and one of the very lew al ellie
She's not quite sure why that's the case "There's plenty ot up-and-coming
Aboriginal netballers, and Ihe opportunilies
herself, is disappointed professional opportunili
nelball. T h e r e are far n
opportunities in N e w Zealand
student told the Koori Mail from her h
Canberra. "I'm working on making sure there
plenty more to come. Apart trom succ with the Darters I'm also aiming lor si
elhing I'd like to see changed." le models, Franklin says she has
id by former Australian captain h Vicky Wilson.
; a great player ar .lj :c la iuplo
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Tas veteran i winning team EJ
Veteran Indigenous
cricketer Brett Stevenson gained
compensation for
being injured early al the Imparja C u p w h e n he w a s part of the
Kingston Crows side which w o n the Channel C u p grand final in Hobart recently
T h e 36-year-old Stevenson is a right-handed opening batsman and his Kingston Crows team beat
is to 110
e-dayfii
n 1-f- Ii'
• during the season
until just before the Imparja C u p at Alice Springs," Stevenson said.
It w a s the tirst time Stevenson had represented Tasmania at the Imparja C u p because he simply
didn't know about an Indigenous team from the 'Apple Isle', which
w a s lhe firsl State team io take part in the event.
Stevenson w a s fielding in
Tasmania's firsl match ai Alice Springs against the Northern
Terriloty when, in the first 15 minutes of the g a m e , he tore a hamstring T h e unexpected injury put out ol the competition, m u c h to his an
his learns disappointment. "'Stevo' is a very lalenled batsman
ofrL
Brett Stevenson with his blazing bat in
who gives 100 per cent.
-He loves the game and is a good leam player." Smith said.
Ai an age when many cticketers are looking to less aclive
sports, such as lawn bowls perhaps, the superfil Stevenson
says he will be playing on tor many
Slevenson will be a big assel for
Tasmania al future Imparja Cup
campaigns.
ie middle players," he said
e younger
'We hi r Kettering.
ie presence
I losl the lasl tm
Born In Tasmania al New Norfolk.
Slevenson has played A-Grade fixtures for many years and has been in eight
nl pointed oi ol Stevenson in 2005 could enable th
Tasmanians to go one better lhan they
did this year when runner-up to
Oueensland. "It was jusl bad luck thai he tore thai
hamstring," Lamont said.
1 THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. 2004.
SPORT
Is this just all about footy? (Umm.yosHfe.-i
Regional sport official!
are in a powerful position -and I don'
think they understand just
how powerful. Their dealings with tear
officials and playets do not go unnoticed by impressionable youngster:
has the power to mould youngsters' attitudes towards sports officialdom.
And should these very same youngsters one day make their way through the ranks
and hit the big time, a healthy, respectful attitude to the powers thai run their sport
Ol course. Ihis does not preclude individuality and strong opinions from
torm ing, especially when there are examples of injustice, perceived or otherwise. Choc Mundine was the classic e (ample of this; talented league footballer,
but suffering no fools. Which brings m e to the Countiy Rugby
League (CRL). The organisation responsible lor league in country N S W has
no Indigenous-specific officer to advise it on issues relating to Aboriginal footballers. And Aboriginal tootballets have no one to
look to when local sports officials give them short shrift, as has happened recently. This is bound to happen again un.'ess the CRL
and bodies like it act to ensure Aboriginal people - who make up a fair proportion of
their players - are properly catered for.
The better game Living in rugby league heartland has for the first time exposed this writer - born and
bred to Aussie Rules - to the age-old argument: "Our game is better than yours!"
In general terms, Aussie Rules is known
tor ils skilful athleticism, while league is know lor ils straight-out hardness. (More on
this later.) Here's some pointers as to what the
argument centres on: Rugby league = no-necks; Aussie Rules = aerial ping-pong;
rugby league = meatheads; Aussie Rules = tight shorts; rugby league = thugby; Aussie
Rules = the only game in the world where ' ising.
and this argument is as old as the games
themselves. As a sports nut, this is my take on the
argument: It is the contest that is the key. The contest that has entire teams focused on the ball, on the player with the ball, and
on scoring Aussie Rules and league are
games built on these contests. In tact, all
world football games are built on Ihis
Additionally, one-eyed Aussie Rules don't appreciate the sheer athleticisrr -
players like David Peachey (Sharks), Nathan Blacklock (Dragons) and Shai
Hegarty (Roosters). One-eyed rugby
league fans don't appreciate the '
; of players like Byron Pickett
(Power). Chtis Johnson (Lions) and Troy
Cook (Dockers). One-eyed Aussie Rules fans don't
appreciate Ihe way Eric Simms (Souths) changed the nature of league Simms, wilt h.c rioarilv accurate kicking i- 1971 forced rule makers to reoucc mc HUi..t« •— G _ M goals One-eyed league tans don't understand how Graham 'Polly' Farmer (Cats) changed the way Aussie Rules was
played with his use ol the handball and
Further, one-eyed Aussie Rules fans
league players spend in the gym bi up neck, shoulder and thigh muscli
one-eyed rugby league fans don't s
:? These two games are
Nine years ago...
weekend's ANZAC Day AFL football
matches this Sunday. There will be Ihree games on Sunday, wilh the Essendon v
Collingwood game the big drawcard. What will probably escape the memory
of some is what occurred nine years ago a tbe M C G in the 1995 A N Z A C Day match
between Essendon and Collingwood. So
I'm here to remind you. It was the day that
Essendon's Michael Long
forced change by
courageously standing up lo football's establishment.
Michael was racially abused in lhat game and his
defiant stance against racism was the catalyst for
what was to follow. Unbowed by strident
criticism ftom some quarters within the football community Michael, with
Essendon's full support, pressed ahead lor the AFL to implement measures to counter
this scourge. With a growing realisation that his
implemented its new racial vilification code
backgrounds from racism, a radical step within Australian sports administration at
Nowadays, racism is widely a non-issue
on the football field, such is the code's wide acceptance within the football -playing
Aboriginal land The Tiwi Islands - Melville and Bathurst -*
are Aboriginal land and, as such, entry can be only by permission Ihrough a permit.
Bul tor one full day of lhe year, that requirement is waived and entry i&open to all. The day? The TIFL Grand Final, which
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Sports Talkin'
MARK DAVIS West Australian Cricket
Association (WACA)
Indigenous Advisory
Committee
GREATEST SPORTING PERSONAL MOMENT? When West Coasl Eagles won Iheir lirst Hag in 1992
YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTSPERSON? Ali and Cathy Freeman
ish
YOUR SPORTING GOAL? Get my golf handicap down to at least seven (currently at 14)
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FURTHER HELP INDIGENOUS SPORTS? Promote more youth programs and develop our youths' skills in all levels ol
WHAT THREE SPORTSPEOPLE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET? Ali, Freeman and Anthony Mundine
WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING ON TV?
FAVOURITE SPORTS EVENT TO SEE LIVE? A Major League Baseball game between the N e w York Yankees and
whoever at Yankee Stadium in N e w
Ifi
Is footy grand final last rr Kit, at left.
THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APR
Sport HI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004
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Kuiyam Pride
orrespondent A N D R E W ALOIA By Caims c
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2003 campaign, culminating in the women's team qualifying for their second finals appearance in as many years, the franchise was thrown inlo uncertainty with a mass exodus c'-1-influential figur ingered about the squad's ability to replace club figureheads such as former men's coach Rod Popp and captain Timmy Duggan as weii as prominent players Nathan Jawai, Ben
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• ATSIC has cast
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dollars each year, and with that Ihe future ot the nalional Indigenous Sports Program (ISP].
ATSIC had received a lotal of $3.59 million annually for Sport, with $2.1 million of that outsourced to the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) for Indigenous sport and rec real ion programs nationwide. With lhe abolition ot the peak Indigenous body,
will, own this counlry," he added defiantly.
National ISP manager Glen Brennan said he hoped the Federal Government would maintain and re-direct ils funding io the ISP.
He said there was enough evidence lo suggest tne currenl approach had worked well and would continue lo do so.
-'ATSIC had oulsourced its national sport program to Ihe Ausiralian Sports Com miss Wis
; Sport Program since 199? -
setor
deep concerns that Indigenous sports funding will cease entirely, with all funding lo go to the
Curtent ATSIC * Griffiths said ie money will be
G L E N B R E N N A N
anymore." Mr Griffiths said. "Every time Federal politicians
now sland beside an Aboriginal athlete, I hope they cringe."
Mr Griffiths said Aboriginal people would bi
i 1960s. "But you cannot change history. 3 always have, and we always
t would only m the Federal Government to expano Ihis partnership and consolidate all ol ATSIC's national sports ftinlM Ihrough the same program.
"However, ATSIC's olher sport piograms. which exist outside the ISP, regime a serious overhaul lo make Ihem more effective.
"For too long these programs have been about servicing th* politics ol ATSIC commissioners
1 providing meaning^ for Indigenous peep"
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