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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 [...]

    • RIBS Live OB from Areyonga

    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.

    in CAAMA Community News Outside Broadcasts Radio on March 11 2010.

    ACA Masters Show Style In Alice

    Captained by the last Aborigine to wear the baggy green, a group of Australian cricketing legends tested their skills against some of Australia’s best indigenous players in Alice Springs last night.

    Retired fast bowler Jason Gillespie, with the help of fellow all-stars Matthew Elliot, Greg Matthews and Len Pascoe,  open the 17th Lord’s Taverners Imparja Cup on Sunday night, before conducting a clinic for local schools at Traeger Park today.

    For the first time, a true interstate cricket competition between women will take place.

    Queensland will again be the team to beat in this year’s elite men’s division as they attempt to win their third straight Imparja Cup.

    More than 450 people are expected to converge on Alice Springs for the event and 32 teams are registered to compete.

    Final Score Legends 118 def Indigenous Side 91

    The finals will be held on Saturday February 13.

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on February 8 2010.

    Troy Takes 6 Gold In Tamworth

    Australian country music’s night of nights, the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, presented by Jayco, were delivered tonight to a capacity crowd in Australia’s Country Music Capital, Tamworth. The Awards were hosted by country music sister trio, The McClymonts.

    The night belonged to Troy Cassar-Daley who walked away with a total of 6 Awards for his ARIA Award winning album, I Love this Place. The impressive win brings Troy’s cumulative total of Golden Guitar trophies to 20.

    The country music singer/songwriter, who was a finalist in 8 Awards’ categories in total, won Album of the Year (co-produced with Rod and Jeff McCormack), Male Artist of the Year, APRA Song of the Year and Single of the Year (both for Big Big Love), Heritage Song of the Year for Chasin’ Rodeo and Vocal Collaboration of the Year for Ain’t Gonna Change For You with The McClymonts.

    The 38th Country Music Awards of Australia, presented by Jayco, are the pinnacle event of the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival. The 2010 Tamworth Country Music Festival has welcomed thousands of fans to its city over the past nine days and will conclude tomorrow.

    The 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia will broadcast on CMC on Foxtel Digital and Austar from 7.00pm on the evening of Thursday, 11 February, 2010, followed by an encore screening on Southern Cross Television and Network Ten nationally on Saturday, 13 February, 2010, at 1.30pm.

    Winners in the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, presented by Jayco

    APRA Song of the Year Big Big Love - written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley

    Vocal Collaboration of the Year Ain’t Gonna Change For You – Troy Cassar-Daley & The McClymonts

    Bush Ballad of the Year The Road to Thargomindah - written by Colin Buchanan, recorded by The Bushwackers

    Video Clip of the Year When I Was A Boy – Greg Storer & Sara Storer, directed by Duncan Toombs

    Single of the Year Big Big Love – Troy Cassar-Daley

    Fender Instrumental of the Year Fox On The Freeway - Davidson Brothers

    Group or Duo of the Year Jetty Road – Million Miles

    Heritage Song of the Year Chasin’ Rodeo - written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley

    Top Selling Album of the Year Defying Gravity – Keith Urban

    Maton New Talent of the Year Victoria Baillie - Make Me

    Female Artist of the Year Felicity Urquhart - Rollercoaster

    Male Artist of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley – I Love This Place

    Album of the Year I Love This Place – Troy Cassar-Daley Produced by Rod McCormack, Troy Cassar-Daley & Jeff McCormack

    Special CMAA Award Presentations
    Telstra Horizon Award – Amber Lawrence

    CMAA Lifetime Achievement Award – Chad Morgan

    2009 Industry Achiever Awards
    Producer of the Year – Nash Chambers & Shane Nicholson
    Engineer of the Year – Nash Chambers
    Musician of the Year – Jeff McCormack

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 24 2010.

    David Woodward Thanked by Many

    David is the Marketing Manager for Tourism Tamworth..At a recent presentation of 40yrs service to the country music industry John Williamson gave thanks to David for all the hard work and professional manner that David puts into Promoting Artists and tourism. This was followed up at a press conference where Troy Cassar-Daly echoed the same sentiment. CAAMA has worked with David over the last 4 years and this relationship has strengthened with each Festival.

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    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 23 2010.

    Warren On Marie Claire Photo Shoot

    International Magazine Marie Claire teamed up with Warren H Williams at the start of the Tamworth Country Music Grand Parade up Peel St.Check ou Warren in Action..

    The Model was from Poland..

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 23 2010.

    Sharnee Fenwick Visits CAAMA

    Sharnee Fenwick Dropped into CAAMA at Tamworth to catchup with her Uncle Warren..

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 23 2010.

    Walk Of Life Raises Funds At Tamworth

    The 4th Annual Leukaemia Foundation Walk of Life has become one of the Tamworth Country Music Festival’s most talked about events.

    An exciting opportunity exists for fans to meet their favourite country music artist for a short walk around the streets of Tamworth to help create awareness and raise money for the Foundation.

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 23 2010.

    Tamworth Its Not All SINGING!

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 21 2010.

    Visitors - Entertainers & Much More

    Tamworth sights & people at the Country Music Capital..

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 20 2010.

    Tamworth the Place of Stars

    Country music fans have been treated once again to a host of Stars at the 38th Country Music Festival in Tamworth..Check out who is out and about.

    Sunny Cowgirls..Beccy Cole..Adam Harvey..Lee Kernaghan & Many More..

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 19 2010.

    Luke Austen Wins Starmaker 2010

    Brisbane based Singer/songwriter & Guitarist Luke Austen Has WON Toyota Starmaker 2010 at the TREC centre in Tamworth Last night…

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    Luke a full time member of Troy Cassar-Daley’s Band has sent a message to Troy saying, Sorry Troy I have another job as off tonight so you better start looking for someone else..Listen to Luke Austen Live on CAAMA Radio this morning across the Network…

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 17 2010.

    Warren H Williams Walks TAMWORTH

    Golden Guitar winner & Co-Host of Tamworth 2010 Broadcast did a quick walk around Tamworth this morning which is like a home away from home…

     

    in CAAMA Outside Broadcasts Radio on January 17 2010.

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