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ANTaR: working in support of justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples |
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Patrick Dodson's Nulungu Lecture |
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Tonight I would like to begin by acknowledging and giving recognition to the generations of Yawuru people who have gone before us. The people who nurtured the land and seas around the modern day town of Broome and who were sustained in a temporal sense by the bounty of the country, the fish and the plants, birds and animals from the mangrove forests, the plains and the coastal waters. To acknowledge my ancestors who flourished in the strength of the laws, language and ceremony for millennia before the arrival of the visitors from other lands. |
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Rethinking indigenous policy |
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by Larissa Behrendt, first published in The Age
WHEN Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the "stolen generations" in February, he was making history. His commitment to acknowledge formally the experiences and suffering of Aboriginal people was a stark departure from the approach taken by his predecessor. But his powerful speech brought an expectation that with his change in attitude would come a shift from the policy directions of the Howard government. |
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by Rob O’Brien in Issue 2 - Winter edition of Sea Change magazine
As a medical professional on the front line Dr Peter Sharp from Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Services knows all too well the problems married to imprisonment.
Sharp's visits are part of a broader outreach program to correctional centres in NSW and the Canberra region. Winnunga has provided primary healthcare to Indigenous inmates for 18 years. [Primary healthcare includes health promotion, illness prevention, care of the sick, advocacy and community development (WHO 1978)]
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Queensland Government ‘rubs salt in the wounds’ of Indigenous workers |
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The revised Queensland Government offer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stolen wages claimants announced last week falls far short of what is needed to resolve the issue, according to Indigenous rights organisation, ANTaR.
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 Racism has recently been recognised in a number of key reports as a threat to public health in Australia. A range of health problems including high blood pressure and heart disease, depression, anxiety, low birth rate and premature birth can all be caused directly by people's personal experiences of racism. There is an Indigenous health crisis in Australia, and there is something you can do about it because of all the causes of ill health in Indigenous Australians, everyone can do something about racism. Start by signing the pledge.
Then get the facts - speak up against racism - do something positive.
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WA Government must come clean on plans for remote communities |
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The West Australian Government should release details of a policy that could see hundreds of remote Aboriginal families forced to leave their homes, according to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR). |
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