ANTaR News
Change the Record
Today ANTaR joins campaign partners to launch 'Change the Record' a national campaign to address the shocking rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ imprisonment and experience of violence. Join us and take the Pledge Today
ANTaR National Director Andrew Meehan interviewed on Radio 2SER
ANTaR National Director Andrew Meehan talked to 2SER recently about the the Prime Minister’s comments that showed enormous disrespect and a complete lack of understanding of connection to land, the importance of culture, and the positive impact of both on health and wellbeing.
OPEN LETTER: CUTS TO LEGAL SERVICES WILL HAVE DISASTROUS IMPACT ON ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES
26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health, community, and legal peak organisations write an open letter to the PM to request an urgent reversal of the proposed funding cuts to legal assistance services under the Attorney General’s portfolio, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS), its peak body National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS), Community Legal Centres (CLCs) and the Legal Aid Commissions (LAC
ANTaR welcomes the reversal of funding cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights advocacy organisation ANTaR today welcomed the reversal of funding cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) and called for longer term certainty for the vital sector.
National Close the Gap Day 2015
Yesterday more than 150,000 Australians gathered in over 1500 community events to mark National Close the Gap Day.
This was an unprecedented show of public support for closing the appalling health equality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Along with campaign partners National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and Oxfam Australia we held the Annual National Close the Gap Day Picnic in the iconic Redfern Park.Government needs to close respect gap with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights advocacy organisation ANTaR today called on government to engage more and listen to First Peoples to develop a better understanding of culture, connection to land, and health and wellbeing. The call comes following the Prime Minister’s comments yesterday about plans to close more than 150 communities in Western Australia where he said that government could not fund ‘lifestylechoices ’.
National Close the Gap Day Picnic
Help us make the 2015 National Close the Gap Day Picnic the best ever. Join us at 12pm on March 19 in Redfern Park, Sydney with National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and Oxfam Australia, to plant a hand for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality.
The IAS tendering process has been opaque and uncl ear
Uncertainty and confusion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations with Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding round. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights advocacy organisation ANTaR today called for greater transparency, clarity and engagement in the approach to funding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services, programs and organisations. Read our release here.
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Recognition proposal must accord with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wishes
Media Release
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Recognition proposal must accord with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples wishes
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