Lake Eyre stand-off
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A STAND-OFF over the right to sail on Lake Eyre continued this month, with the divide between Aboriginal traditional owners and yachties deepening. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A STAND-OFF over...
View ArticleInquest probes alcohol restrictions
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: An inquest is currently ongoing into the deaths of six Aboriginal people just outside Ceduna, on South Australia’s west coast. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: An inquest is currently ongoing into the...
View ArticleLibs want inquiry into SA prison cases
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The state Opposition has called for a judicial inquiry into mental health and correctional services after two cases involving inmates – one of them Aboriginal – confined in Adelaide’s...
View ArticleMore mental health beds needed for SA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A man and a woman confined for months in prison with serious psychological issues highlight South Australia’s need for more secure mental health beds, doctors and lawyers say. SOUTH...
View ArticleSA inmate chained to bed lodges complaint
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A female prisoner with mental health issues who was chained to a bed for up to 20 hours a day has lodged a human rights complaint over her treatment. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A female prisoner...
View ArticleSA not on brink of mining boom, report warns
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Festival State isn’t in the grip of a mining boom and shouldn’t bank on having one, a new report says. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Festival State isn’t in the grip of a mining boom and...
View ArticleElder continues fight against SA mine
NATIONAL: Aboriginal elder Kevin Buzzacott is pushing ahead with his bid to block the giant expansion of the Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold mine in South Australia after an initial court decision...
View ArticleBuzzacott back in court to fight expansion of SA mine
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: An Aboriginal elder has returned to the Federal Court to tell “a good story” in his bid to block the $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold mine in South...
View ArticleFree Telstra calls to welfare hotlines
NATIONAL: Indigenous people in remote communities will be able to call Centrelink hotlines from Telstra mobiles for free. NATIONAL: Indigenous people in remote communities will be able to call...
View ArticleNSW Labor condemns federal party policy on income management
NATIONAL: In a sign that the political cracks are starting to appear, the NSW Labor Party’s annual state conference has passed a resolution calling on federal Labor to abandon compulsory income...
View ArticleSouth Australia apologises for forced adoptions
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The state government’s apology for the pain caused by forced adoptions brought tears to the eyes of people hurt by the past practice. By Liza Kappelle SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The state...
View ArticleActivists critical of police at mine protest
NATIONAL: Anti-nuclear activists have criticised the tactics of police during their five days of protest at the Olympic Dam uranium and copper mine in South Australia’s north. NATIONAL: Anti-nuclear...
View ArticleRedmond to visit APY lands
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond will visit the state’s Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands this week. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond will visit the...
View ArticleSA’s Flinders Ranges gets more land
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The state’s world-renowned Flinders Ranges National Park has just got bigger thanks to a donation of land from neighbouring landowners. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The state’s world-renowned...
View ArticleUmoona Tjutagku Health Service gets new digs
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal people around Coober Pedy, South Australia will have access to substance use and alcohol rehabilitation services. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal people around Coober Pedy,...
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