Guestroom - Mick Gooda
We get to know the Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda...
View ArticleUN criticises Govt over discrimination in NT
A report written by the United Nations special rapporteur on health, Anand Grover, has urged the Federal Government to restore the Racial Discrimination Act in the NT.
View ArticleIndigenous owners battle nuke dump plan
A group of traditional landowners is taking Federal Court action against a proposed nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleIndigenous land councils
There is increasing conflict between indigenous land councils and the traditional owners they claim to represent
View ArticleAboriginal group buys supermarkets
Alice Springs' Native Title Corporation is purchasing three supermarkets in the area in a bid to reduce excessive alcohol consumption.
View Article99 year camp lease push sparks division fears
The Minister for Central Australia is calling on the Member for Araluen to get up to speed on the proposal to establish a 99-year lease for the Larapinta Valley Town Camp.
View ArticleGooda says town camps have improved
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda, says conditions in town camps in Alice Springs have improved. "They don't resemble at all those images portrayed in the...
View ArticleEmotional scenes as Finke Gorge returns to Traditional Owners
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's visit to Alice Springs culminated in a handback of the famous Finke Gorge National Park, 138 kilometres west of Alice Springs to the Lhere Pirnte Aboriginal Land Trust.
View ArticleNeutral Junction wins native title recognition
Traditional owners of Neutral Junction in central Australia will today have their native title rights recognised by the Federal Court.
View ArticleTraditional owners win land rights in Red Centre
The Federal Court of Australia has recognised the native title rights of traditional owners over country near the Davenport Range National Park in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleRisks to be taken for Aboriginal equality
It's not something perhaps many of us have sat down and read with great interest, but Australia's constitution is fundamental to our legal system and values.
View ArticleNative title body undergoes shake-up
The new directors of the body representing Alice Springs' native title holders are promising more financial transparency to members.
View ArticleTemp grog restrictions in Alice Springs for AFL blockbuster
Liquor regulators and Alice Springs hoteliers have chosen to stop selling cask wines this weekend due to an increase in visitors for an AFL pre-season match. Some question why the restrictions aren't...
View ArticleStronger Futures attacked as 'veil of exclusion'
Aboriginal activist and academic Pat Dodson says proposed new federal laws seek to impose measures that punish Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory rather than encourage them to find solutions...
View ArticleYuendumu violence overshadows AFL pride
Despite producing AFL star Liam Jurrah, the remote Aboriginal community of Yuendumu is struggling with violence and the role of traditional law and culture in resolving it.
View ArticlePolicy driving Indigenous from lands: Amnesty
Amnesty International has issued a scathing assessment of Australia's policies on Indigenous affairs and refugees in its latest report on human rights around the world.
View ArticleDeath in custody inquest begins
An NT inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man held in custody has heard police did not follow procedures.
View ArticleStronger Futures laws condemned after passing Senate
Indigenous and human rights groups have condemned the Senate's rushed passing of new laws extending the intervention in remote Northern Territory areas.
View ArticleAustralia's largest conservation zone declared
Indigenous owners of the southern Tanami Desert in central Australia celebrate the declaration of a conservation zone on their land.
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