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CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul wiles, Celestine Rowe, Kevin Noakes.

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  • A Canberra taklfest attended by 60 aboriginal women has been told that compulsory income management  has not delevered any benifits.
  • Women at the OXFAM Straight Talk Summit meet with Minister for indiegnous affairs Jenny Macklin and Governor- General Quentin Bryce AC for Internetional Womens day.
  • QLD Indigenous rights campaingner says the situation of aboriginal people will not improve untill the justice systems puts a real value on the life and care of aborigibnal people.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Celestine Rowe

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  • Senator Scott Ludlam visits Tennant Creek in regards to the Nuclear waste dump.
  • A Traditional Owver of the propsed site says a traditional dance challenge will determine who the real owners of the site are.
  • Federal Minister for resources and Energy Martin Ferguson has told CAAMA Radio that an act of parliment doesnt necessarily mean that the site will go ahead.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Minugka McInerney , Steve Gumerungi Hodder.

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  • Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam will visit the Proposed Site of the Commonwealth Radioactive waste dump.
  • A Job scheme which aims to employ up to 50 thousand of Australia’s most disadvantage people… is reaching its half way mark

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul wiles,  Steve Gumerungi Hodder, Celestine Rowe, Minugka McInereney.

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  • Australia will face the UN Human Rights Commision in Geneva in September accused of racilally discriminating against indigenous communties.
  • A leadin Australian environmental group says the Rudd Labor government is pursuing the same divisive and secretive approach to nuclear waste storage as the Former Liberal Governemnt.
  • Leaders on the Remote APY Lands in the North- West of South Australia say the SA Government has commited to funding renal dialysis services on the lands.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Steve Gumerungi Hodder, Celestine Rowe, Minugka McInerney.

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  • Federal minister for indigenous affairs has inspected building work in an alice springs town camp.
  • Northen Territory Council of social services says there is an absolute housing crisis in the Northern Territory and vunerable territorians are being turned away.
  • The Territory’s Tourism Minist is urging Aboriginal Territorians to get more involved in the industry.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul wiles, Steve Gumerungi Hodder, Minugka Mcinerney, Celestine Rowe

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  • “If u say sorry than mean it..” Jeff Mc Mullin to PM Kevin Rudd.
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Leaders say that their people are being made to work for monsy to be put on their basic cards.
  • Aboriginal Rights Campainger says racism generated by the NT Intervention is causing much of the anti social behaviour in Alice Springs.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paule Wiles, Celestine Rowe

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  • Prime minister Kevin Rudd Has been Slammed for delaying his promised report card on indigenous affairs for a second year in a row.
  • A NSW  magistrate   with  more than 40 years experience as   both   police prosecutor and local court judge…..  has  given circle sentencing the thumbs up ….claiming   offenders tried in the circle  are less likely to re offend than those tried  in the normal court system.

     

  • in Melbourne more than a 100 students who have been unable to work in mainstream eduaction system will be givin a second chance following the launch of two new alternative schools in socially disadvantaged

     

CAAMA Radio Morning News Team: Paul Wiles, Celestine Rowe, Minugka Mcinerney, Steve Gumerungi Hodder.

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  • The greens Party concerned The federal Governments new welfare quarantining legislation has gone under the public radar.
  • Amnesty international says propsed new laws to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory will not reverse any of the actions implemented under the NT intervention.
  • An Aboriginal Rights campaigner says culture is still being disrespected and not enough young people are standing up defending indigenous rights.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Minugka Mcinerney, Celestine Rowe, Steve Gumerungi Hodder.

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  • Australia Day Protesters speak out at Old Parliment house in Canberra
  • Aboriginal Summit to be held in Canberra earlier this year
  • Former Social Justice Commision Tom Calma Gives his 6th and final Social Justice reports.

CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Celestine Rowe, Minugka Mcinerney

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  • Northern Territory Correctional Services say the death of a 43 year old Aboriginal  man in Custody of ther weekend is a serious matter and being treated as a priority investigation.
  • PM Kevin Rudd has been unable to explain why the Government’s $672 Million remote indigenous housing program in the Northern Territory has still not delievered any new housing.
  • The south Australian Aboriginal Legal Rights Movment says the appointment of the wife of the former British Prime Miniter, Tony Blair to represent Aboriginal people seeking Compenstation for ill health caused by nuclear testing was not just good luck… but quite deliberate.

CAAMA radio news team: Paul wiles, Celestine Rowe, Minugka McInerney

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CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Marissa Wollorgorang,Celestine Rowe,Minguka McInerney

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  • THe Director of Rabbit Proof fence hits back at Windshutels allegations on the history of the stolen generations
  • Local Elders in Batemans Bay welcome Remains from the 1900s
  • Renaming of an aboriginal council in Adelaide is offensive
  • Residents of a remote aboriginal community have  been without power for 8 weeks
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