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  • Hurley offers ’sympathy’ to Doomadgee family - The policeman acquitted of a 2004 death-in-custody on Palm Island in north Queensland has, for the first time, offered his sympathy to the victim’s family. Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley has been giving evidence at the latest inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee. The 36-year-old Palm Island man died from internal injuries suffered during his arrest for [...]
  • I fell next to Doomadgee: Hurley - THE policeman who arrested Aboriginal cell death victim Mulrunji Doomadgee yesterday told a coronial inquiry he could not explain how the Palm Islander suffered his fatal injuries. Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley told Coroner Brian Hine that he had a “tussle” with Doomadgee at the north Queensland island’s lockup on November 19, 2004. Sergeant Hurley insisted that [...]
  • Indigenous victims over-represented in NT crime - New data shows Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are far more likely to be the victims of assault and murder than any other section of the population. Indigenous people make up nearly one-third of the Territory’s population, and figures from the Bureau of Statistics show that in 2008 Indigenous people were victims in 59 per [...]
  • Jail accused of neglecting Indigenous inmates - Racial tensions are running high in Queensland after the death in custody of an Aboriginal man. Sheldon Currie, an 18-year-old remand prisoner, died last month and this week there have been claims he was denied adequate medical attention at a privately run Brisbane jail. But Queensland’s Corrective Services says there was medical intervention: that he was fully [...]
  • Parents ’stopping kids going to school’ at Wadeye - IT’S 9.30am in the remote indigenous community of Wadeye. The school bus has been and gone. Shane Raymond’s two daughters should have been on it. Instead they mill about on the veranda as a local dog exterminator drops in. Wadeye, Australia’s largest Aboriginal township, is in the grip of a school attendance crisis, with many [...]
  • Karl Hampton - Member for Stuart spoke on CAAMA Radio this morning..Karl Hampton was born in Alice Springs. He is of Warlpiri, Mara/Yanyuwa, Ngulikan, Afghan and Scottish heritage.

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    Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage, Minister for Parks and Wildlife, Minister for Climate Change, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Information, Communications and Technology Policy, Minister for Central Australia

    In its 30th year CAAMA Radio is focusing on Sports. Jim Remedio Station Manager stated on CAAMA Brekky show that CAAMA Radio will bring LIVE to air local,national & international sports across the network this year. 0041

    CAAMA Radio will be broadcasting many different sports then what we would normally cover…like finals of Netball, Rugby Union etc… From this week CAAMA Radio line up is..

    Friday Night Rugby, 6.30PM- 9.30PM

    Saturday AFL Game of the day 1.40PM – 4.00PM

    Sunday CAFL 4PM 6pm

    Saturday Night Territory Thunder Live from Darwin (6 games)…7.PM - 9.30PM

    Territory Thunder Live From Traeger Park (4 games) 4.PM - 6.30PM

    The Winning sports show commences next friday 19th from 4.30PM - 6.30PM with Danny Measures & Chippy Miller.

    Jonathon Doolan on the day of the live to air at Areyonga. Four bands, one ladies choir and some kids from the school all played and sang on the veranda of the RIBS studio. These performances we broadcast live to air and recorded at the time back in CAAMA studios.

    Jonathon help organize the event, panelled and presented the RIBS show, and sung with his band. A wonderful day was had by all.

    Pamela Reilly a local Arrentre Woman is our new receptionist. Pamela is the voice that you will all hear as you dial into this Iconic Organisation.

    Pamela is welcomed by CAAMA Radio broadcaster Marissa Woollogorang.

    Smiling faces and a lot of effort saw parents Cait & Steve have a beautiful son called Finn Jordon Bunbajee Hodder-Ryan..

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    Steve & Cait were over the moon with joy at there new arrival. Baby weighed over 10 1/2 Lbs… Mother and baby doing well.

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    CAAMA I.T & Technical Divison staff at work.

    Ashwin Nand (Technical Officer) Josh Lander (Technical Officer)

    & Grant Badger (I.T Manager)

    Mark Tilbrook Technical Manager,(Not Present) is on leave.

    Warren H Williams played to a sold out crowd at the Alice Springs Desert Park last weekend…Warren a Golden Guitar Winner showed why he is an A-List artist…Inviting family to sing proved popular with those gathered as they called for MORE, MORE!

    Warren H Williams can be heard on CAAMA Radio Mon-Fri from 8pm through to Midnight.

    CAAMA Radio News Team: Paul Wiles, Celestine Rowe, Minungka McInerney

     

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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

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    CAAMA Radio: Paul Wiles, Steven Gumerungi Hodder, Celestine Rowe and Marissa Wollogorang

    • Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard expected to defend a new national education currilculum today with widespread criticism that it contains too much focus on Aboriginal identity and history.
    • Liberals want to scrap the key welfare unit which supports the disadvantaged, mentally-ill, homeless and Aboriginal young offenders.
    • The Aboriginal flag was raised in Shoalhaven City Council’s chambers for the first time at a ceremony.
    • Sports.