#indigenousaboriginalandtorresstraitislander — Public Fediverse posts
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'Unacceptable': Indigenous leader upset after police arrest three children during crime diversion meeting
By Herlyn Kaur and Irena CeranicAn Indigenous leader in Western Australia claims at-risk children were left "traumatised" after police arrested three teenage boys while they were attending a program designed to keep them out of trouble.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Teenagers #HerlynKaur #IrenaCeranic
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Public holiday celebrating Aboriginal culture to be proposed in Victoria's treaty negotiations
By Joseph DunstanA new public holiday and more oversight of government spending on Indigenous affairs are among the ideas being taken into Victoria's treaty negotiations later this year.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #History #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JosephDunstan
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Police watchdog finds NSW officers engaged in 'serious misconduct' against vulnerable Aboriginal man in custody
By Isabella RossThe officers were found to have not respected a 29-year-old Aboriginal man's right to silence, who was brought into custody in May 2020.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #IsabellaRoss
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'Gross incompetence': How NT police botched alleged DV case against detective
By Josh RobertsonA litany of failures by Northern Territory police led to the collapse of an alleged domestic violence case against one of its own detectives.
#Police #DomesticViolence #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #JoshRobertson
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NT Police Commissioner to make apology to Indigenous people at Garma
By Samantha DickThe Northern Territory's police commissioner says he will deliver an apology to First Nations people at Garma Festival, while launching a new "anti-racism strategy".
#Police #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #SamanthaDick
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Indigenous youths travel 4,000km to sharpen their knife skills in 'bush butcher' course
By Faith TabalujanA group of young Indigenous people living in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye has travelled to Beechworth in Victoria to learn important knife and life skills.
#FoodandCooking #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #LocalFoodSystems #FaithTabalujan
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Indigenous-led youth program making a difference amid Alice Springs curfew debate
By Charmayne AllisonAs another curfew ends in Alice Springs and debate rages over the next steps for the embattled town, a local Indigenous-led program is working hard to lower crime rates in the community.
#Crime #Police #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CharmayneAllison
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Ken Wyatt's determined path from outback kid to history-making politician
By Fiona PurcellAfter a humble upbringing marred by racial prejudice and social disadvantage, Ken Wyatt broke new ground for First Nations Australians wanting to have a say in federal decision-making. This is his story.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal #StolenGenerations #FederalGovernment #Reconciliation #FionaPurcell
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170 unallocated child protection cases in northern WA due to under-resourcing, union says
By Rosanne MaloneyThe union representing child protection staff says workers in the Kimberley are disillusioned and employed by a system that is struggling to achieve positive outcomes for families.
#ChildAbuse #GovernmentPolicy #FamilyLaw #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Children #Welfare #RosanneMaloney
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'The government needs to listen to us': Fears over proposed offshore gas approval law changes
By Jane BardonLeaders from Tiwi Islands are appealing to the federal government to reconsider its plans to pass laws some say could lead to fast-tracked gas project approvals.
#OilandGas #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CourtsandTrials #Industry #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #LawCrimeandJustice #Environment #JaneBardon
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Meet Australia's next social justice commissioner Katie Kiss
By Stephanie Boltje and Tahnee JashThe Human Rights Commission has announced a new social justice commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Here's what the role will involve.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/social-justice-commissioner-announcement-katie-kiss/103545612
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #Aboriginal #HumanRights #StephanieBoltje #TahneeJash
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Is the council meeting opening prayer a human rights violation?
About a third of Victorian councils still open meetings with a Christian prayer, but at least one council has voted to ditch it after receiving a complaint claiming its inclusion violates the Victorian Human Rights and Responsibilities Charter.
#Religion #LocalGovernment #Christianity #HumanRights #RegionalCommunities #Multifaith #IndigenousProtocols #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Aboriginal #SpiritualBeliefs
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It's one of Australia's most famous photos, but the birthplace of land rights has seen better days
By James EltonGurindji traditional owners want schoolkids and tourists to be able to walk the old fence line Vincent Lingiari and his people followed in the 60s. But they say the heritage area's condition is "really sad".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/wave-hill-walk-off-heritage-future-nt/103536412
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #History #LandRights #NativeTitle #JamesElton
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Want to make a change in your community? Here's how to go about it, according to five regional change makers
By Lara SmitEvery project starts with an idea and the drive to make a change. But how do you even start? Five young people give advice on how to get started and how to turn an idea into reality.
#CommunityDevelopment #Rural #RegionalCommunities #CommunityOrganisations #MentalHealth #Disabilities #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #RuralYouth #WomenInAgriculture #LaraSmit
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‘They said we couldn’t name a football tournament after a gay, Black man with AIDS'. It was one of the most successful events ever
By Carly Williams and Ali RussellDespite homophobia, cultural taboos and misinformation, when beloved gay uncle Rossy Smith died of AIDS, it changed First Nations health forever.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #AidsandHIV #LGBT #CarlyWilliams #AliRussell
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SA Voice no 'silver bullet' to addressing First Nations disadvantage, commissioner says
By Stephanie RichardsFour months after Australians voted against enshrining a Voice to Parliament in the constitution, South Australian First Nations people are gearing up for the country's first state-based Voice elections.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #StateandTerritoryElections #Referendums #StephanieRichards
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Racism within the police force is not isolated to the NT, says social justice commissioner
By Brooke FryerGrowing up, June Oscar heard racial slurs in the playground. Decades later, she says it's disturbing that such language continues to be used.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #RaceRelations #Police #Aboriginal #IndigenousPolicy #BrookeFryer
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Rolfe didn't disclose medication and potential side effects before shooting, coroner hears
By Melissa MackayThe Northern Territory coroner hears Zachary Rolfe may not have been deployed to Yuendumu the night he fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker if he had disclosed to his superiors he was taking medication.
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #MelissaMackay
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An ex-detainee says Don Dale turns children into 'monsters'. It could be shut within months
By Matt GarrickAs the NT grapples with a youth crime crisis, legal experts, advocates and a former detainee say the notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is compounding the problem.
#Crime #Police #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CrimePrevention #PrisonsandPunishment #MattGarrick
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Native title holders appeal decision over one of Australia's largest groundwater licences
By Lee RobinsonThe Central Land Council lodges an appeal on behalf of native title holders over a court ruling allowing horticultural venture Fortune Agribusiness to extract 40,000 megalitres of groundwater each year from Singleton Station south of Tennant Creek.
#Water #WaterSupply #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Environment #EnvironmentalImpact #LeeRobinson
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NT Police announces investigation into Zachary Rolfe's claims of entrenched racism within force
By Jack HislopNT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has confirmed inquires will be undertaken into explosive racism claims made by former constable Zachary Rolfe at the Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest.
#Police #LawCrimeandJustice #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #JackHislop
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From racism claims to emotional scenes: The key moments of Zachary Rolfe's inquest evidence
By Melissa Mackay and Steve VivianHere's what happened when former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe took the stand for the first time in the coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker. WARNING: This story contains offensive language.
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Crime #MelissaMackay #SteveVivian
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Tourism body urges NT government to wind back Alice Springs alcohol restrictions
By Lee Robinson and Stewart BrashCentral Australia's peak tourism body says relaxing bottle shop restrictions is necessary to save the tourism industry with some members reporting a 50 per cent drop in trade since opening hours were reduced.
#Alcohol #Crime #TourismandLeisureIndustry #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TravelandTourismLifestyleandLeisure #LeeRobinson #StewartBrash
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More than 100 candidates to contest SA First Nations Voice to Parliament election
With voting to begin next week, the SA government says there has been a "strong response" to South Australia's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament so far.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #StateandTerritoryElections #Elections #Voting #FederalStateIssues #StateandTerritoryGovernment
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Former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe to begin five days of questioning in Kumanjayi Walker shooting inquest
By Melissa MackayMore than a year after he was first called to give evidence, Zachary Rolfe is about to take the stand at coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Crime #MelissaMackay
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When Mechelle's son Cassius Turvey died after an alleged attack she chose empathy
By Leisa ScottMechelle Turvey went through the worst thing a mother can endure. When the senseless death of her 15-year-old son Cassius Turvey ignited fury across the nation, she instead called for peace and unity.
#HumanInterest #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Crime #CourtsandTrials #LeisaScott
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'Absolutely ridiculous': NT Police sergeant questioned over Zachary Rolfe texts, in police shooting inquest
By Melissa MackayThe Northern Territory coroner has heard former constable Zachary Rolfe texted another person about "smashing" a remote community, with a colleague saying he likely meant police had "achieved their goal" and "upheld the law".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/nt-walker-inquest-rolfe-lee-bauwens-text-messages/103502602
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Crime #MelissaMackay
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'Absolutely ridiculous': NT Police sergeant questioned over Zachary Rolfe texts, in police shooting inquest
By Melissa MackayThe Northern Territory coroner has heard former constable Zachary Rolfe texted another person about "smashing" a remote community, with a colleague saying he likely meant police had "achieved their goal" and "upheld the law".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/nt-walker-inquest-rolfe-lee-bauwens-text-messages/103502602
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Crime #MelissaMackay
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'Absolutely ridiculous': NT Police sergeant questioned over Zachary Rolfe texts, in police shooting inquest
By Melissa MackayThe Northern Territory coroner has heard former constable Zachary Rolfe texted another person about "smashing" a remote community, with a colleague saying he likely meant police had "achieved their goal" and "upheld the law".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/nt-walker-inquest-rolfe-lee-bauwens-text-messages/103502602
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Police #Crime #MelissaMackay
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NT Cricket defends decision not to field team despite hosting national Indigenous tournament
By Myles Houlbrook-WalkNT Cricket said it made the surprise call due to a lack of talent at the national level and had tried to form a mixed team with other states and territories that were also short on players.
#Sport #Cricket #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CommunityandSociety #Women #GovernmentandPolitics #MylesHoulbrookWalk
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WA man on trial for alleged damage to Aboriginal dreaming site in landmark test of state's new heritage laws
By Rebecca TriggerThe trial will hear arguments as to whether every change to the physical landscape constitutes damage to an Aboriginal spiritual site.
#CourtsandTrials #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #IndigenousPolicy #RebeccaTrigger
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'They failed my child': Mother of Aboriginal woman asks for answers after suicide at Melbourne hospital
By Bridget RollasonInvestigations have been launched into the suicide death of a 24-year-old woman who was left unsupervised in St Vincent's mental health unit.
#IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Suicide #MentalHealth #BridgetRollason
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Women work out like their lives depend on it in bid to make kidney transplant list
By Charmayne AllisonAlice Springs has some of the highest rates of chronic kidney disease in the country but patients face huge challenges to qualify for organ donations.
#HealthcareClinic #Health #IndigenousPolicy #LiverandKidneys #MedicalProcedures #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #CharmayneAllison
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Luminous glass artworks bring troubling histories into the light
By Emma WynneThe Art Gallery of WA has meticulously curated thousands of pieces of delicate glass created by a First Nations artist to tell significant stories.
#VisualArt #IndigenousAboriginalandTorresStraitIslander #Sculpture #History #EmmaWynne