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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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Tuesday, 18th November,2008
ZORBA THE CHOOK
The Chooky Dancers from Arnhem Land's remote Elcho Island are now Internet celebrities.
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Friday, 17th October,2008FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Soaring petrol prices, escalating food costs and fading knowledge of traditional hunting are leaving Indigenous people in remote communities malnourished.
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Thursday, 2nd October,2008WITHIN EARSHOT
The Northern Territory has the unfortunate reputation of having the highest rate of ear disease in the world.
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Tuesday, 16th September,2008FOUND IN TRANSLATION
In multicultural Australia, foreign language interpreting services are easy to find. But it's much harder for Indigenous Australians to find someone who speaks their language, even for those facing criminal court cases and serious health conditions.
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Thursday, 28th August,2008MARIJUANA & DEPRESSION
High rates of cannabis use in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities continues to worry medical, mental and social workers.
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Wednesday, 21st May,2008DECAY IN THE TOP END
Indigenous communities have had mixed reactions to the intervention plan, but most embrace its dental care provisions.
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Thursday, 1st May,2008SPOTLIGHT ON BO DE LA CRUZ
Bo de la Cruz has represented Australia in women's touch football.
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Monday, 31st March,2008PERMIT TO ENTER
As part of the bill currently before the House of Representatives, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs will be able authorise conditions applying to journalists when entering Aboriginal land.
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Monday, 24th March,2008WANT TO HELP BARBARA SHAW (AUNT GINNY)?
Living Black has received an overwhelming response to Barbara Shaw's (aka Aunt Ginny's) safe house. Find out how you can help Aunt Ginny's cause.
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Monday, 24th March,2008TACKLING TRACHOMA
Emma Cook travels to the Northern Territory, where the infectious eye disease trachoma is slowly on the rise.
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Thursday, 13th March,2008TOP END TALKS
Karla Grant speaks to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin in the country's Top End.
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Monday, 10th March,2008BALUNU HEALING CAMP
The word 'balunu' in the Luritja language of the central desert region means 'creation'. It's also the name of a healing camp set up here in Darwin by some men who were frustrated at seeing another generation get caught up in the problems of being an Indigenous kid in the city.
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Monday, 10th March,2008KARLA GRANT IN DARWIN
The Aboriginal community of Bagot is one of several town camps that lie on the outskirts of Darwin. This community is faced with a myriad of problems - lack of policing, poor housing, as well as an increase in drug and alcohol problems.
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Friday, 29th February,2008INCOME MANAGEMENT IN ALICE
Video journalist Emma Cook is in Alice Springs, where the income management scheme has been in place since early January.
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Thursday, 15th November,2007GROG-FREE DAY
In the wake of the Federal Government's intervention measures to address alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory, community organisations have banded together to go one step further.
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