News tagged with “northern territory”. Found:
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'Incompetence' hindering NT progress
Sydney :: Australia | about 16 hours ago
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Incompetence' hindering NT progress Posted November 28, 2009 14:46:00 Reconciliation Australia has described the Federal Government's amendments to the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation as "a step in the right direction". Indigenous Affairs...
Tags: chaney says, Australia, Mr Chaney, anecdotal evidence, welfare quarantining, federal government, Sydney, Law enforcement in Australia, Human rights, Politics, Indigenous peoples of Australia, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Government of Australia, Northern Territory, Fred Chaney
'A way of life': thousands sleeping rough in Darwin
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility thousands sleeping rough in Darwin Posted November 27, 2009 10:32:00 A report into Aboriginal homelessness in Darwin has found at least 2000 Indigenous people live on Darwin's streets but that number can reach up to 5000 during certain times of year.
Tags: Darwin, Australia, Sydney, Schizophrenia, Busking, Larrakia, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Humanitarian aid, Darwin Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Homelessness
Talking 'bout their generation comes last
Hobart :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Don't blame the language, blame disadvantage, writes Debra Jopson. National tests that assess literacy and numeracy are used unfairly to compare city children with students whose dirt-floored classroom has no walls and who hear English only when their...
Tags: Australia, Hobart, Education, Linguistic rights, Bilingual education, Multilingualism, Indigenous language, Gove Peninsula, Yirrkala Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Calma, Northern Territory, Indigenous Australian communities
SA credit unions get merger nod
Adelaide :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Loans and Australian Central have received shareholder approval for their merger, creating the nation's second-largest credit union. Shareholders voted in favour of the deal at a meeting in Adelaide today. Six outgoing directors will also receive a payout...
Tags: Australia, Adelaide, Business Finance, Victoria, Westpac, Cooperative banking, Indigenous Australians, Financial institutions, Banks of Australia, Northern Territory, Credit unions of Canada, Australian Aboriginal culture, Prison, States and territories of Australia, Australian Central Credit Union, Credit union
Residents fail in town camp challenge
Alice Springs :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility The Federal Government says it will soon be able to start work cleaning up impoverished Indigenous town camps in Alice Springs after winning a vital legal challenge. Sixteen of the camps have agreed to sign 40-year leases with the Commonwealth in return...
Tags: town camps, Barbara Shaw, Alice Springs, camps resident, Australia, Jenny Macklin, Politics, Alice Springs Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Macklin, Lease, Business Finance, Minister for Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Henderson, Indigenous Australian communities, Mansfield Massachusetts
Language is power; let us have ours
Canberra :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility Once while travelling through many remote communities on the Tanami Track, an old man said to me, "Come speak my language and I'll speak yours"...I look forward to the day when Canberra makes a decision that one verse of our national anthem should be...
Tags: Girrwaanbigundiya, Girrwaanbiyandi, Girrwaanbiya Affairs, Jawgarr Girrwaanbiyu, Girrwaanbila, aboriginal children, Gumbaynggirr, federal governments, girrwaanbi ngaawa, Yaam, Australia, Canberra, Noel Pearson, Australian Aborigines, Australian Aboriginal culture, Bilingual education, Multilingualism, Northern Territory
Jabiru native title settlement
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, congratulated the traditional owners on negotiating a town leasing agreement which would provide a strong vehicle for ongoing economic development and investment.
Tags: Jabiru Native Title, northern territory, Kakadu National Park, mirarr traditional, title claims, traditional owners, title settlement, World Heritage, Mirarr, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Jabiru Aircraft, Alligator Rivers, Arnhem Land, Jabiru Northern Territory, Native title
Greens pan income management expansion
Sydney :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility The Government says income management for Aboriginal communities as part of the Northern Territory Intervention has been a success. But Senator Siewert says there is no evidence to show the scheme has worked, and says an expanded scheme would demonise...
Tags: income management, Northern Territory Intervention, welfare recipients, federal government, Jenny Macklin, indigenous communities, Australia, Sydney, Social Issues, Politics, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Welfare, Law enforcement in Australia, Government of Australia, Social Security, Centrelink, Howard Government, Business Finance, Rachel Siewert, Indigenous Australians, Northern Territory, Australian Greens, Job Services Australia, Working time, Jobseeker's Allowance, Unemployment, Drug culture, Indigenous Australian communities, Clare Martin, Politics of Australia, Alcoholic beverage
Greens not surprised by intervention report
Sydney :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility The "Will they be Heard" report outlines a number of concerns about the consultation process, including a lack of independence, a failure to explain complex concepts and an attempt to gain support for decisions already made. Greens Senator Rachel Siewert...
Tags: Northern Territory, Australia, Sydney, Warren Snowdon, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Politics, Australian Greens, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Green politics, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Politics of Australia, Howard Government, Aboriginal Protection Act, Aboriginal child protection, Indigenous peoples of Australia, Law enforcement in Australia, Government of Australia, Social Issues, Jenny Macklin, Rachel Siewert, Pornography, Human rights, Prohibition, Binge drinking, Alcohol abuse, Drinking culture, Alcoholic beverage
Man dead after mining accident in NT
Alice Springs :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility A man from Darwin has died at a Central Australian gold mine overnight, Northern Territory Police say. Sergeant Rudy Jamieson says police in Yuendumu, about 300 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs, received a call at 1am to report that a man had died...
Tags: Yuendumu, Australia, Alice Springs, Darwin Northern Territory, Yuendumu Northern Territory, Human Interest, Northern Territory, Indigenous Australian communities, Northern Territory Police
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