AUGUST 2008

  • A resident of Maningrida
    Thursday, 28th August,2008

    MARIJUANA & DEPRESSION

    High rates of cannabis use in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities continues to worry medical, mental and social workers.

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  • This week Video Journalist Emma Cook travels to the Victorian town of Wonthaggi, a town which is providing fruitful employment for young Indigenous Australians.
    Thursday, 28th August,2008

    A BRIGHTER FUTURE

    This week Video Journalist Emma Cook travels to the Victorian town of Wonthaggi, a town which is providing fruitful employment for young Indigenous Australians.

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  • Hopevale (SBS)
    Friday, 22nd August,2008

    VEILED HOPE

    Last year the federal government threw its support behind a new welfare reform trial in Queensland's Cape York weeks before it announced its intervention in the Northern Territory.

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  • At just 15, Skye Bortoli has made a name for herself as an eco-warrior and whale activist (Getty)
    Wednesday, 20th August,2008

    SKYE SAVES THE WHALES

    At just 15, Port Stephens local Skye Bortoli has built a name for herself as an international eco-warrior in her pursuit to eradicate whaling around the world.

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  • Emma Cook in Lismore
    Thursday, 14th August,2008

    INDIGENOUS AWARD

    Living Black Video Journalist Emma Cook has taken out an award at this year's National Press Club of Australia Excellence in Health Journalism Award.

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