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  • Stronger Futures Alice Springs 3on3

  • Stronger Futures Deadly Vibe 3on3 Alice Springs June 2013

    It was all hapening today at the Alice Springs Basketball Stadium where CAAMA were braodcasting live from 11am til 2pm where schools from surrounding communities and in town gathered for a fun filled day where the 3on3 challange took place. Kids also got the chance to participate in a hip hop workshop, painting and a breakdancing compitition.

  • CAAAPU Drug Action Week Open Day 2013

    CAAAPU, Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programmes Unit is a place of health, hope and healing. To celebrate Drug Action Week 2013 which raises awareness nationally about alcohol and other drug issues in Australia and highlights the achievements of dedicated individuals in the sector, CAAAPU held an Open Day in Alice Springs.

    There was some great information, activities and fun for the kids, and some live music. Moving speeches, a smoking ceremony and the Welcome to Country kicked off the days events.

    It was all broadcast live on the CAAMA network accross the country.

  • CAAPU Drug Action Week Open Day

  • The CAAMA Crew in Tennant Creek for Drug Action Week

    The CAAMA Crew broadcasted live from Tennant Creek for Drug Action Week, an event happening all over the country.  The Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation held a BBQ and there were stalls and information for everyone who attended.

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  • Marissa Wollogorang returns to CAAMA


    Marissa Wollogorang from Robertson River returned to the CAAMA team today and straight into her old show the Lunchtime Gig. Marissa left CAAMA Radio 2yrs ago to return to country and take her young son back to meet the family. Watch this space as Marissa embarks on another journey within the CAAMA Network. You can catch Marissa each day from 12 – 2pm on CAAMA Radio 100.5fm or call for requests on 0889519723

  • ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO APPLY FOR INDIGENOUS MARATHON PROJECT

    Former world champion marathon runner Rob de Castella is calling on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander men and women to consider competing in one of the biggest running events in the world…the New York City Marathon.

    The Project…founded by Mr de Castella…annually selects a group of Indigenous men and women to compete in the New York City Marathon with just 6 months of training……and they are calling on men and women aged between 18 and 30 to take up the challenge and apply for this year’s Indigenous Marathon Project…

    Applications for 2012 close next Monday, the 13th February, so make sure you apply or nominate NOW!!

    Successful applicants will be coached and supervised by Mr de Castella, attend a number of training camps around Australia compete in fun-runs and running events… undertake a special Certificate III in Community Recreation with a focus in Indigenous Health…and compete in the world famous New York City Marathon.

    Mr de Castella say he encourages everyone who is interested in distance running…and wants to be an inspiration, should apply.

    Rob speaks to Nerida Currey on CAAMA Radio about the project.

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    You can apply over the phone, by calling (02) 6260 5750, on or online through their website, www.imp.org.au. Or by clicking here

  • 2011 National Indigenous Music Awards Finalists Announced

    FINALISTS 2011 National Indigenous Music Awards

    Cover Art – 4 finalists
    1/ Nirvana Nights, Leah Flanagan
    Designed by Chayni Henry Vitamin Records
    2/ Palya, Iwantja
    Designed by Russel Bradley, the Hive design
    3/ Malk, Saltwater Band
    Designed by Carlo Santone & Michael Hohnen Skinnyfish Music
    4/ Rrakala, Gurrumul Yunupingu
    Designed by Carlo Santone & Michael Hohnen Skinnyfish Music

    Film Clip Award – 5 finalists
    1/ Rain Dancer, Tableland Drifters
    Produced by Street TV / Josh Thomason
    2/ Gopuru, Gurrumul Yunupingu
    Produced by Carlo Santone / Michael Hohnen
    3/ Gathu Mawula, Gurrumul and Blue King Brown
    Produced by Carlo Santone
    4/ Local Knowledge, Rrawun Maymuru
    Produced by The Mulka Project
    5/ September Song, Leah Flanagan
    Produced by Tim Parish

    New Talent of the Year – G.R. Bururrawanga Memorial Award – 3 finalists
    1/ Iwantja
    2/ Young Brother
    3/ Rrawun Maymuru

    Traditional Music Award
    The Mulka Manikay Archives
    Djambawa Marawili – Madarrpa Clan
    Yumutjin Wunungmurra – Gurrumuru
    Mathulu Munyarryn – Dhalinybuy

    Song of the Year – 6 finalists
    1/ Diamonds on the Water, Stiff Gins (c) Nardi Simpson / Kaleena Briggs
    2/ September Song, Leah Flanagan (c) Leah Flanagan
    3/ Beggars, The Medics (c) K Wallace / A Thomson / J Lawrie / C Thomas
    4/ Calling Your Name, Frank Yamma (c) Frank Yamma
    5/ Gathu Mawala, Gurrumul Yunupingu (c) Gurrumul Yunupingu
    6/ Mala Rrakala, Gurrumul Yunupingu (c) Gurrumul Yunupingu

    Album of the Year – 5 finalists
    1/ Nirvana Nights, Leah Flanagan – Vitamin Records
    2/ Malk, Saltwater Band – Skinnyfish Music
    3/ Rrakala, Gurrumul Yunupingu – Skinnyfish Music
    4/ Get em girls, Jessica Mauboy – Sony Music Entertainment
    5/ Country Man, Frank Yamma – Wantok Music

    Act of the Year – 3 finalists
    1/ Jessica Mauboy
    2/ Gurrumul Yunupingu
    3/ Dan Sultan

    NATIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC AWARDS
    Friday 19 August
    Time: 7pm, gates open 6 pm
    Venue: The Amphitheatre, Darwin Botanic Gardens Price: $ 25 and $20 concession.
    Bookings: 08 89 434 222 or www.darwinfestival.org.au

  • SANTA TERESA Drummers

    After last year’s ‘wipe out’ success Ikuntji drummers are back with special guests Santa Teresa drumming group to present the freshest and most exciting West African percussion beats from bush kids. Ba boom (Shontal Klose and Svetlana Bunic) have been working closely over 2009-2010 with these groups on complex rhythm compositions.

  • PM Land Handover

    Gillard hands back NT land to owners

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  • Gary from Imanpa visits CAAMA


    Gary Mumu a member of the CAAMA RIBS family dropped in to visit us while visiting Alice Springs from his home at Imanpa.

  • Imanpa’s Sam Bulla

    Sam Bulla had a blast when he put his first one hour program out to his community this week. A lot of visitors came to the RIBS studio to support him and join in the fun. It was a great show, the first of many programs to come.

  • Ltyentye Apurte Drummers Travel to Melbourne

    (L-R) Graham Abbott, Rhys Ulamari, Simon Bloomfield are part of the 17 strong Ltyentye Apurte Drummers who left yesterday for a week-long trip to Melbourne including performing at Federation Square on Saturday as part of the Dreamtime at the G celebrations.
    The group has experienced much success performing in the Northern Territory and they are excited about the opportunity to travel to Melbourne, for many the first time out of the NT, and are proud to be invited to be part of the AFL’s Indigenous round of festivities.

  • Utju enjoys their 1st Biggest Morning Tea at the Health Clinic, & later Cancer Awareness broadcast with Jonathon and Sarah.


    Deborah and Sarah hosted Utju’s first Biggest Morning Tea for staff and clients at the Utju Health Clinic on Monday.
    Later in the afternoon Jonathon Doolan the Utju RIBS broadcaster interviewwd Sarah on the CAAMA network about cancer awareness.

  • Paul & Fiona’s excellent RIBS adventure to Elliott, Alpurrurulam and places inbetween! Part 2

    Things you see along the way including water! ourselves, old machinery, Alpurrurulam eventually, and a retired fireman from QLD out for a bike ride and miles from anywhere. G’day Greg!

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News updates

    • Wed 19 Jun

    • Wed 19 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles

      A young Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory who has been on income management for the past three years is travelling to Sydney to tell people how it has impacted on her life.

       A highly successful three day gathering of Aboriginal youth in Central Australia has challenged mainstream perceptions of their capacity to engage and signalled a new way forward for Government policy makers.

      The Country’s peak mental health body the Australian Psychological Society (APS) has welcomed the Government announcement of the establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group (ATSIMHSPAG).

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    • Tue 18 Jun

    • Tue 18 Jun

      Disturbing claims from South Australia of “horrifying” discrimination against Aboriginal women and claims that some dentists are refusing to see Aboriginal patients.

      A South Australian Aboriginal Elder has spoken of his peoples forced loss of language and their difficulty in dealing with the state Government over many years.

      An Aboriginal Tent Embassy in NSW, will be established at Nimbin Rocks next month in solidarity with the West Papua Freedom Flotilla.

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    • Mon 17 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles.

      A former member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child says Australia has to do more to understand the cultural sensitivity associated with removing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and culture.

      Meanwhile a veteran Stolen Generations advocate has called for better education of non Aboriginal workers in the child welfare system, claiming many have little knowledge or understanding of the flow on effects of the forced removals within many families

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    • Fri 14 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles, Lorena Walker

      The Northern Territory Government says 2 major changes to its proposed alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act address concerns that the new law will criminalise drunkeness.

      Territory Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie said that the policy on the run by the CLP is a clear sign that their alcohol legislation is fundamentally flawed and doomed to fail.

      The launch of a new culturally appropriate youth sexual health program aims to give local young people knowledge, skills and positive attitudes to grow as strong, aware and confident young people.

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    • Fri 14 Jun

    • Thu 13 Jun

    • Thu 13 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles, Pam Reilly

      A veteran Central Australian Aboriginal rights campaigner is urging his people to make sure that they are registered to vote at the upcoming federal election.

      Northern Territory health researchers say they believe that “the veil of shame” associated with problem gambling needs to be lifted if health issues associated with the problem are to be addressed.

      Australia’s peak Aboriginal and Islander representative body congratulates the five women and three men who have put their hands up for election as the next leaders of the organisation.

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    • Wed 12 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles

      A Queensland based historian has branded the pioneering myth of the early white settlers as a lie and says that the country has been dismally let down by Australians historians since the post World War 2 period.

      An Alice Springs youth services co-ordinator and musician has been recognized in the Queen’s birthday honors list for his 30 year work with young aboriginal people.

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    • Wed 12 Jun

    • Tue 11 Jun

    • Tue 11 Jun

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles

      The Chair of the Central Land Council has invited Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion to sit down with both major land councils and discuss the issues which he says he is prepared to fight the land councils hard over if the coalition is elected to Government in September.

      A new era for a peak Territory Aboriginal community controlled Health Service with its new board and President promising accountability to both those who fund the organisation and the people that it serves.

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    • Tue 11 Jun

    • Fri 7 Jun

    • Fri 7 Jun

      A peak medical anti nuclear lobby group has criticised Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion over his recent comments about the safety of storing nuclear waste at a proposed site near Tennant Creek.

      Alleged discrimination by Real Estate agents and landlords in Canberra  is contributing to one of the highest rates of  Aborignial and Islander  homelessness in the country……according to  local  welfare and tenants’ groups.

      Repeated call  for the Giles  CLP Government to shelve its plans for mandatory rehabilitation and work with all relevant stakeholders to get alcohol policy right.

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    • Fri 7 Jun

    • Thu 6 Jun

    • Thu 6 Jun

      The winner of Australia’s premier literary prize has told the   2013  National Native Title Conference  that it was not acceptable for others to decide what is best  for Aboriginal and Islander Australians.

      Alexis Wright winner of the Miles Franklin Award  has paid tribute to the efforts of the  late Eddie Mabo.

      Proposed change to the  negative impacts   of the   Northern Territory Shires    on Aboriginal people will begin to take  effect in Late July  according to the  Minister for Local Government Alison  Anderson.

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    • Wed 5 Jun

    • Tue 4 Jun

    • Tue 4 Jun

      THE Northern Territory Chief Minister says proposed three month mandatory alcohol treatment will also apply to a large number of non indigenous Territorians ……and the legislation is not just for Aboriginal people .

      The 2013 National Native Title Conference is underway in Mparntwe  Alice Springs …with large numbers of Aboriginal stakeholders  from across the country attending.

      The three day conference was off to a busy start with visiting American lawyer and legal scholar Professor Robert A Williams  Jnr challenging the notion of sovereignty and what it might mean for Aboriginal people in this country.

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    • Mon 3 Jun

    • Mon 3 Jun

      Yothu Yindi lead singer Mr Yunupingu has died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land after fighting kidney disease for several years.

      Growing opposition to the Northern Territory Governments proposed mandatory alcohol rehabilitation program with the Australian Council of Social Services labelling the draft legislation”obscene” and “half-baked”.

      The QLD state Governments new tough love approach to funding has raised concern among the states 19 Aboriginal councils.

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    • Fri 31 May

    • Fri 31 May

      A peak Australian anti nuclear lobby group has slammed comments by Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion about the safety of storing nuclear waste material at a proposed nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.

      Collingwood’s board has offered its full support to club boss Eddie McGuire following his racist comments against AFL Star Adam Goodes.

      Northern Territory Childrens commissioner has urged the Giles CLP Government to consider the potential long term impacts of failing to provide services to children who are at risk and their families.

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    • Thu 30 May

    • Wed 29 May

      The most recognised Aboriginal actor in Australian film history, David Gulpilil has thanked his peers for selecting him as this years winner of the prestigious Red Ochre Award.

      Australia’s peak Aboriginal and Islander representative body has described growing rates of incarceration of its peoples as an “international epidemic”.

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    • Tue 28 May

      Sydney Swans AFL star Adam Goodes has made a heartfelt response to a young girl who racially abused him during their game against Collingwood last Friday night.

      UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has told The inaugural World Indigenous Network (WIN) Conference in Darwin that from a global perspective their rights continue to grow and develop.

      One of Australia’s largest Telco’s has reaffirmed its commitment to reconciliation by displaying Aboriginal artwork in its outlets across the country.

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    • Tue 28 May

      James Hird Essendon Coach Press Conference from CAAMA on Vimeo.

      AFL Essendon Football Club Coach James Hird says the defensive side of Saturday night’s Indigenous round clash against Richmond Tigers is something the team should be particularly proud about.

      Speaking at a press conference held after the Dreamtime match at the MCG in Melbourne, Mr Hird told the media his team has improved since last year, and seemed adamant the rest of the season looks promising for the Bombers.

    • Mon 27 May

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles

      The Northern Territory’s peak Aboriginal organizations representative body says the Giles CLP Governments proposed Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill will discriminate against their people by effectively criminalizing public drunkenness.

      The country’s peak Aboriginal and Islander Psychology representative body says it played a strong role in the development of the Federal governments National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy and that it will also have a strong and ongoing role in its delivery.

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    • Sat 25 May

    • Fri 24 May

    • Fri 24 May

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles,

      A global educator and campaigner for non violence against women says he believes that mainstream media continues to portray Aboriginal men in a negative way despite the problem occurring in all cultures.

      The Federal Government’s decision to launch a national strategy to tackle Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide has been welcomed by beyondblue.

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    • Fri 24 May

    • Thu 23 May

      The boss of South Australia’s peak Aboriginal Social Welfare Organisation has told a forum in Alice Springs that ongoing trauma suffered by several generations of her people continues to impact on families and children.

      A Northern Territory Senator who is supportive of the nations future nuclear waste dump being located near Tennant Creek says that some of the Traditional Owners of the land have been able to make up their own mind about safety concerns after visiting a similar facility in Spain.

      Across to NSW where a recently released State Education report shows that Aboriginal students are showing increased levels of dedication in the classroom.

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    • Wed 22 May

    • Wed 22 May

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles, Mikaela Simpson, Lorena Walker

      Top End Yolngu Elder Djiniyini Gondarram says Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory are being taken away at numbers not seen since the stolen generations and there is an urgent need for more family support programs in communities.

      The launch of a major exhibition in Canberra will serve as a strong reminder to both Government and the wider non indigenous community of the trauma and struggles that Aboriginal and islander peoples have endured in the last 100 years.

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    • Tue 21 May

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles, Pam Reilly

      Aboriginal sovereignty campaigners say that their struggle to decolonize and achieve independence of their own tribal areas within Australia has gone to another level, and that the Government could be confronted by UN peacekeepers if it tries to destabilize their attempts at self determination.

      Organiser of the nations largest annual survey of young people say the results highlight a need for more culturally relevant services to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.

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    • Mon 20 May

      (Images courtesy of The National Association of Community Legal Centres)

    • Mon 20 May

      CAAMA News Team Paul Wiles

      Explosive claims from a former Northern Territory Administrator who says he believes that the diminishment and demoralisation of Aboriginal people is part of an ongoing campaign to dispossess the First Australians.

      The union representing NTchild protection officers says a crisis in the Department of Children and Families is more widespread than initially reported and that staff losses also means a loss of skills from the Northern Territory.

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