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Wide Open Space 2012 is a festival in Central Australia, showcasing inspiring local and national music and arts. Situated against the stunning backdrop of the East Macdonnell Ranges at the Ross River Resort 85 km from Mparntwe Alice Springs, Wide Open Space blends music, dance, art, environment, and desert culture with a unique outback camping experience.

CAAMA news team:  Paul Wiles,Curtis Marriott.

• Eight nations of Aboriginal people in the  Top End  of the Northern Territory have rejected the Federal Governments Stronger Futures legislation in a strongly worded statement calling for a partnership based on self determination.
• A senior policy advisor with the the Northern Territory Chief Ministers Department has questioned claims that Aboriginal people previously ran local Government organisations and says most were predominantly managed by CEO’s.
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am 3-05

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CAAMA news team: Paul Wiles…

• A rally in Darwin has heard that Aboriginal people are sick and tired of being told by Government what they can do and that internationally Australia’s image has changed into what once used to be South Africa where apartheid was practiced.
• A leading American conservative magazine has been dragged into a deepening national race row by a British columnist who published an overtly racist essay.
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AM 10-04

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Safe and Sober Support Service (SSSS) is a treatment service in Alice Springs, working in a holistic and culturally appropriate way. Safe and Sober facilitates improved wellbeing for Aboriginal people experiencing the effects of harmful alcohol use.

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Chantel was a loving soul who wanted to help others. She was passionate about her people, not only Noonghar people but all Indigenous peoples across Australia. She chose to go to
Alice Springs and work with the Indigenous peoples there and learn from their culture.

Dr. Chantel Thorn sadly passed suddenly on Saturday 17^th March.

Meg Simmonds & thecla voice over – Chantel’s tribute

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CAAMA News Team: Nerida Currey, Pam Rielly, Paul Wiles…

• The Federal Government has announced $719 million dollars in funding for Aboriginal health in the Norhtern Territory.
• Young Aboriginal women from communities in Western Australin South Australia and the Northern Territory have gathered at Yulara for the 2012 Kungkas Carreer Conference.
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CAAMA News Team- Nerida Currey, Thecla Brogan, Curtis Marriott, Paul Wiles…

• The former boss of the Howard Governments Intervention says the proposed extension and management of Aboriginal people in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities for another ten years is too long and that an exit strategy is needed which will allow them to to take over management of their own affairs.
• Down to Victoria where concerns that non-indigenous people are pretending to be Aboriginal has seen plans to issue certificates of Aboriginality with a five-year expiry date.
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am 30-03

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Managing Director of Tellus Holdings, Duncan Van Der Merwe, hopes to develop Australia’s first underground salt mine just south of Alice Springs. Continue reading →

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CAAMA news team: Nerida Currey, Curtis Marriott, Paul Wiles…

• A Nyoongah Aboriginal rights campaigner has criticised the mainstream media’s coverage of their concerns over the Western Australian Governments billion dollar offer to extinguish native title.
• A federal court determination over a case against plans to locate a national waste dump on contested Aboriginal land at Muckatty in the Northern Territory will have major implications for the future according to one of the countrys peak environmental advocate groups.
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am 28-03 update

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CAAMA news team: Nerida Currey, Pam Rielly, Paul Wiles…

• The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin has defended the proposed Stronger Futures Legislation for Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory saying if people dont do the right thing and get their children to school welfare payments will be suspended until they do do the right thing.
• The aunt of a man who died in police custody in Central Australia has slammed Governments Stronger Futures legislation saying there is no hope for any Aboriginal person living in the Northern Territory and that she feels Aboriginal people are considered as worthless and their culture under attack.
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am 26-03 update

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