Nabhtali, Victor, Jonothan, Frankie, Lloyd, Kaleb, Aaron & Kelly from UTJU Band were in the CAAMA Studio’s laying down tracks for there up and coming album..
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A Night of Nights…and then some!
Alice Springs rounded the day of with an Auction to support the Strachan family and show that they don’t stand alone…Money raised will go towards travel costs between Adelaide & Alice Springs… The generousity of people showed on the night with all auctioned items exceeding there value… Faye, Lara & Strachy wish to thank all those for there kindness.
Softball played in 41deg heat!
Yet another fundraiser for Strachy on a day where the temperature rose to 41deg. They gathered here in Alice Springs to play slow pitch on the oval….Fire Brigade showed to bring the Temperature down…a day that all had FUN!
Teams lineup for Fundraiser
Teams donned Jumpers for a clash of the Old & New at Treager Park. It was a fundraiser like no other with family & Friends gathering to raise funds for Peter Strachan (Strachy), wife Faye & Lara. Strachy was diagnosed with Leukemia and since then the family have been travelling back & forth to Adelaide hospital..so funds are low and Alice Springs thought they could help…
CLC Director says Aboriginal people have to be involved in decision making!
The head of a peak Aboriginal Land Council in the Northern Territory says all Governments have to come to terms with the fact that Aboriginal people must be involved in decision making processes that impact on their lives.
Central Land Council Director David Ross says the majority of Aboriginal people have no say on what goes on in their communities…and because of the removal of the permit system …who comes or goes within their community.
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New Career Opportunities for students in the Automotive Industry.
KMart Tyre & Auto Service accounced the new partnership with the Aboriginal Employment Strategy which will see both companies develop 14 school based Automotive Apprenticeships in the N.T. QLD, NSW, VIC and W.A. for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students.
High School students will have the opportunity to start their Certificate 3 in Light Motor Vehicle in Year 11 & 12, allowing them to go straight into a second year apprenticeship whe they finish school.
Students who are interested in the opportunity, should contact the Aboriginal Employment Strategy office.
KMart Tyre & Auto Service Human Resources Manager, Tony Hoffman spoke to Pam Reilly on Strong Voices.
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Audit finds Aboriginal Stroke Patients Worse-Off Than Others…
A national audit of 33 hospitals across Australia has found Aboriginal people who suffer a stroke are less likely to receive life saving care than non-Indigenous people.
The audit was conducted for the National Stroke Foundation in 2009… and found that Aboriginal people aged between 18 and 64 were three times as likely to die or be dependent after being discharged from hospital following stroke.
It found that Aboriginal people are 30 per cent less likely to be treated in the specialist area of a hospital and are less likely to receive aspirin within 48 hours..And of the 80 Aboriginal patients in the study… none had been given clot-busting medication.
Florey Neuroscience Institutes Director Professor Geoffrey Donnan spoke to Nerida Currey on Strong Voices…explaining what this means on a grassroots level, and shares his professional opinion and views.
15.02 Professor Geoffrey Donnan – Stroke
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Lives of Aboriginal people now dominated by bureaucrats…..
Yawuru Elder and Sydney Peace Prize winner Patrick Dodson has questioned the ongoning involvement of Federal government bureaucrats in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities and says that there has to be a rational approach…… without people having to suffer….. to prove that there is a way to improve and deliver public policy.
Mr Dodson, a co- chair of the expert panel on constitutional recognition for Aborignal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian constitution, raised the issue when delivering the the inaugural Mahatma Ghandi Oration .
Speaking on CAAMA RADIO Mr Dodson says the constant factor in the lives of his l people has been the role of the public service from the first native protectors to the welfare agents and all sorts of bureaucratic agencies that now run and manage or interfere going ino the Northern territory intervention..
Mr Dodson says the lives of Aborignal people is now dominated by bureaucrats …and that this interface has to be changed …or removed !
13-02 patrick dodson on reform
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Warren Snowdon and Mark Butler in CAAMA Studios
It’s always great to have Federal Ministers pop into the CAAMA studios while they are in town.
Federal Minister for Indigenous Health and Federal Minister for Mental Health and Aging Mark Butler caught up with the crew at CAAMA earlier this month.
They were in town for a local forum on aging in Alice Springs, as part of a national discussion.
Federal Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon on Aging Forum
Earlier this month the Federal Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon and Federal Minister for Mental Health and Aging Mark Butler were in Alice Springs for a local forum on aging as part of a national discussion.
The forum heard the community’s views and concern about care and support for older Australians.
Minister Snowdon dropped into the CAAMA Studios just after the forum. He spoke to Pam Reilly on Strong Voices.
02.02.12 Warren Snowden on Ageing Forumn EDITED
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