INDIGENOUS 
Families and Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin (AAP)
Alice Springs town camps to sign lease
The troubled town camps of Alice Springs will hand over control of housing and essential services to the Rudd government for the next 40 years. read more...
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Call to ban tourists from Uluru
Tourists would be banned from climbing Uluru in protest over the Northern Territory intervention, a protest rally in Sydney has heard.
IN PICTURES: NT intervention protest in Sydney
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NT intervention protests
Protesters gathered in major capitals across the country, to mark the one year anniversary of the Howard Government’s Northern Territory intervention program. read more...
Removal rate 'similar to Stolen Generations'
Wednesday, 1st October,2008A new Queensland Government report shows Aboriginal children are being removed from their families at a rate similar to the Stolen Generations of the 1920s. read more...
Arnhem Land's Gurrumul wins ARIA award
Tuesday, 30th September,2008Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has taken home his first of four possible ARIA gongs, winning the best world music award for his debut solo release. read more...
Book sparks Aboriginal didgeridoo row
Wednesday, 3rd September,2008Aboriginal activists are demanding that a children's book encouraging girls to learn to play the didgeridoo be pulped as the instrument is 'men's business'.
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Nephew of indigenous leader found dead
Wednesday, 30th July,2008Yothu Yindi band member Nicky Yunupingu, the nephew of powerful indigenous leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu, has died from an apparent suicide following a stabbing incident. read more...
PM to consider Indigenous rights recognition in Constitution
Wednesday, 23rd July,2008History was made deep in the heart of Arnhem Land today when federal cabinet met for the first time in an indigenous community. read more...
Rudd calls for transparency on indigenous spending
Wednesday, 23rd July,2008Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he wants "transparency" in indigenous spending, following allegations the Northern Territory government has misspent billions of dollars of federal grants. read more...
Aborigines 'waiting up to three months to see doctors'
Wednesday, 23rd July,2008Aborigines in remote communities are waiting up to three months for local access to a doctor, official figures show. read more...
Macklin says CDEP reforms on the way
Thursday, 10th July,2008Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin says the reformed CDEP program in the Northern Territory aims to train indigenous people and encourage them to seek proper work. read more...
NT intervention protests held across Australia
Saturday, 21st June,2008Protesters gathered in major capitals across the country, to mark the one year anniversary of the Howard Government’s Northern Territory intervention program. read more...
Govt should look at which communities viable: Report
Saturday, 21st June,2008Absorbing smaller Aboriginal communities into larger and more sustainable townships will be considered by the federal government as part of its intervention into the Northern Territory. read more...
Long way to go for indigenous intervention: Rudd
Saturday, 21st June,2008Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the government has learnt a lot from the indigenous intervention in the Northern Territory, but much work still needs to be done. read more...
Calls to invest $1 billion in Aboriginal communities
Saturday, 21st June,2008Indigenous leaders in Queensland have called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to invest $1 billion to help fix problems in Australian Aboriginal communities. read more...
Rudd should scrap intervention, protesters say
Saturday, 21st June,2008Protesters have called on the Rudd government to abandon the federal intervention on the first anniversary of the reforms into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. read more...
Work needed before another intervention attempt: Anderson
Saturday, 21st June,2008Attempting similar intervention to the Northern Territory in another state will be a mistake unless the federal government learns how to better communicate with indigenous people, Aboriginal advocate Pat Anderson says. read more...
Arnhem Land locals lack legal understanding, report
Thursday, 29th May,2008A report says more than 90 per cent of people from Arnhem Land do not understand basic legal concepts with many Aborigines under the impression that white society is lawless. read more...