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50 years on, Freedom
Ride is remembered
THE Federal
recommendation. “We are
Government is
already implementing some
working towards
of the themes of the report,
implementing
for example, ending the
26 of the 27
decades-old cycle of training for
recommendations
trainingʼs sake and refocussing
made by billionaire Andrew
training towards guaranteed
Forrest in his report
jobs,” he said. “The
Creating Parity, including
report will inform policy
the controversial
across a range of areas.”
cashless welfare card,
The only
despite evidence from its
recommendation the
own departments that
Government has rejected
compulsory income
is that tax-free status be
management is
granted to Indigenous
ineffective and can be
businesses.
harmful.
National Congress
Minister Nigel of Australiaʼs First
Indigenous Affairs
Scullion
Minister Nigel Scullion
Peoples co-chair Kirstie
said the Government agreed
Parker questioned the
with the “general thrust” of the
Governmentʼs method of
Forrest Review and was working
communicating its policies.
through the report,
l Full report, page 5
recommendation by
l Editorial, page 20
CLOSETHEGAP
This year’s Close the
Gap Report reveals
more failures than
successes. Get the
details in our coverage
on pages 6, 7 and 8.
Eastwoodʼs view, page 20
HALF a century ago, a group of brave young students, led by the late Arrernte man
Charles Perkins, hired a bus and drove to regional NSW communities to highlight
NSW
the discrimination, segregation and mistreatment being faced by Australiaʼs First
People. A shorter version of that trip has just been reenacted by some of those
very same Freedom Riders, their families and a group of students from the
University of Sydney, where the original ride started. This trip was very different. The Riders
were welcomed in the communities they visited – Dubbo, Walgett, Moree and Kempsey – and
held street marches in Moree (pictured at top) and community celebrations and concerts (above,
featuring Moree identity Lyall Munro Jnr at the microphone) as well as forums. The new Riders
arrived back in Sydney after five days on the road. Pictures: The University of Sydney
l See our next edition for full coverage from the Freedom Ride reenactment
l Imparja Cup, All Stars and more in our bumper sports section
I N S I D E MY FAMILY Eli Tabuai – Old Mapoon, Qld
M
ANY of my family live at Old
Mapoon on Cape York in the very
far north of Queensland.
I am aged 27 and live here with my
wife Jessica (nee Gania) and our children
Elianah, 7, Khale, 5, and Elijha, 4.
My younger brothers Kareem, 24, and
John Jnr, 22, also live here and we are
very close.
I work as an apprentice carpenter and
we often go fishing and hunting on
weekends and catch turtle and dugong.
We also see big saltwater crocodiles, but
keep well away from them.
I was born in Cairns and have heritage
from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait.
Late last year many of us gathered at
Bamaga on the Northern Peninsula Area
to celebrate the 50th birthday of my father
John Tabuai Snr.
Eli Tabuai with his wife
Jessica and eldest
daughter Elianah.
Grandmothers in
Canberra protest
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It was a special occasion for Dad
and people came from as far away as
Charleville and the Torres Strait to help
us celebrate.
We also used the occasion to form a
rugby league team named Pioneer
Natives and competed in the Dan
Ropeyarn Memorial NPA Cup carnival
at Bamaga. We had players and family
from Napranum, Weipa and surrounds
there supporting us.
Jessica did much of the
administration work for the team, and
John Snr was the manager, making it a
real family affair.
We lost our three games, but I
believe that sport is a character builder
for youngsters and we intend
competing at carnivals this year.
Many of the players and their family
members caught up over the Christmas
and New Year break.
Whilst Old Mapoon is a beautiful
place, there is one disadvantage in that
during the wet season the road to
Weipa, about 85km away, is closed.
I am now looking forward to
travelling to Rockhampton in April for
the CQ Reconciliation football carnival
with some family lads.
There will also be lots of family
members coming down there to barrack
for us. – As told to Alf Wilson
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CHILDREN, most of them from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Waterloo, and
staff of the Afterschool Program at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in
Sydney, have fun for the camera. The NCIE Afterschool Program provides a variety
of cultural and educational activities designed to engage children aged five to 12.
The program has a key focus on educational support to ensure kids receive
guidance in completing their homework. The program is free, and caters for up to 50
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2 THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015.
Faith Bandler
dies aged 96
Some of the young Deadly Dolphins
with Aboriginal surfer and
photographer Stella Crick, who is
an ambassador for the program.
They’re Deadly Dolphins
MAJOR Newcastle-based
Aboriginal organisation
NSW
Awabakal has taken the
plunge – quite literally –
with its latest health
program. It has teamed with the Cancer
Council NSW to start Deadly Dolphins,
a learn-to-swim program for kids up to
age eight which will also encourages
health checks for participants.
All Deadly Dolphins will get 10 free
swimming lessons as well as a free
ʻrashieʼ (swimming shirt).
Awabakal acting chief executive
Raylene Gordon welcomes the Deadly
Dolphins concept. “Itʼs all part of the
preventative health strategy for our
people we are running here,” she said.
“We want our people to be healthy
and safe, and this partnership with the
Cancer Council NSW is a great way to
help our kids.”
For more information on Deadly
Dolphins, go to www.awabakal.org
TRIBUTES have flowed
for Indigenous-rights
campaigner Faith
Bandler (pictured), who
died this month. She
was 96. Ms Bandler was
instrumental in campaigning for the
1967 referendum to give Indigenous
people rights under the Constitution.
In 1956, she also helped establish
the Aboriginal Australian Fellowship
and, despite not being an Indigenous
Australian herself – she has South Sea
Islander heritage
– was general
secretary of the
Federal Council
for the
Advancement of
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islanders.
Ms Bandler
received many
awards for her
work, being
named as a
national living
treasure and being made a Companion
of the Order of Australia.
Her commitment has been praised
by national leaders, as well as
Indigenous people around the country.
“Our country has lost a champion of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australians,” Prime Minister Tony
Abbott and Indigenous Affairs Minister
Nigel Scullion said in a statement.
“Her legacy lives on in our journey
toward the constitutional recognition of
peoples,” Opposition Leader Bill
Shorten and ALP Indigenous Affairs
spokesman Shayne Neumann said.
Enoch is in
Qld Cabinet
QUEENSLANDʼS
first female
Indigenous MP
says her elevation
QLD
to the ministry
sets a new
benchmark for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people across the
state. Leeanne Enoch, one of
two Indigenous MPs in Premier
Annastacia Palaszczukʼs 44member team, has been
appointed the Minister for
Housing and Public Works,
Science and Innovation.
She is one of five new faces
in the Cabinet to have been
promoted straight into the
ministry.
“Itʼs a huge honour to be
able to serve Queensland in
this fashion,” Ms Enoch said
after being sworn in at
New Minister Leeanne
Enoch: “Itʼs a huge honour
to be able to serve
Queensland in this fashion.”
Government House.
“It will be hard work, but letʼs
let it be hard work and every
day I will face that and be
excited about every single
milestone that weʼll make.”
Although Treasurer Curtis
Pitt has been handed
responsibility for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
Partnerships, Ms Enoch said
she was happy with the
decision as it added significant
power to the portfolio.
“It goes to show that thatʼs
where we see Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander issues into
the future; that theyʼre at that
level in terms of our
Government,” she said.
“What I hope to see in the
future with this particular
Government is what weʼve
already started out on –
diversity, a sense of listening to
Queenslanders, that sense of
anticipation and excitement
about the future.” – with AAP
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THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015.
3
Cyclones
hit Top
End, Qld
Ridgy-didge footy fans
A STATE of
emergency
was put in
place for
parts of the
Top End
hardest hit by severe
tropical cyclone Lam.
The storm lashed the
Arnhem Land coast last
week, hitting the
communities of
Milingimbi, Ramingining,
Galiwinku, Gapuwiyak
and Mapuru Outstation.
And central and
southern Queensland
communities are also
recovering after tropical
cyclone Marcia brought
widespread flooding
and extremely high winds
late last week.
In the Northern
Territory, hundreds of
residents in remote
centres were evacuated
to Darwin, where they
spent several nights in
emergency shelters.
Ramingining took a
direct hit from Lam, a
category four cyclone,
and residents are still
cleaning up.
Both cyclones dumped
hundreds of millimeters of
rain over wide areas and
caused major damage,
but authorities reported
few injuries.
NRL All Stars game commentator and TV actor Luke Carroll, centre, is pictured with the All Stars Youth Summit crew, each
holding a custom-designed yidaki representing each National Rugby League club. They were on the Gold Coast for the
February 13 clash between Indigenous Australiaʼs top rugby league players and the best of the rest. The Indigenous players
proved too strong this year to the delight of many of the 23,000 spectators, taking the game 20-6. Next yearʼs showdown will
be played in Brisbane. See our sport section for comprehensive coverage from the All Stars carnival. Picture: Naomi Moran
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‘Country’ the
theme for
NAIDOC Week
ABORIGINAL
and Torres Strait
Islander peoplesʼ
strong links to
country is the
theme for this
yearʼs National NAIDOC Week
celebrations. The theme – We
all Stand on Sacred Ground:
Learn, Respect and Celebrate
– highlights Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander peoplesʼ
strong spiritual and
cultural connection to
land and sea.
NAIDOC Week will
officially be from July
5-12, but events are
held in some centres
at other times.
The National
NAIDOC Committee is
encouraging all Australians to
embrace the theme and to
respect and celebrate local and
national sites of significance.
Committee co-chairs Anne
Martin and Benjamin Mitchell
said this yearʼs theme was an
opportunity to pay respects to
country, acknowledge those
who work on preserving land,
sea and culture, and to
celebrate sacred and significant
places.
“Lots of places in your local
region, your town or your city
have traditional names and
Dreaming stories and we
encourage everyone to learn
of Australiaʼs most iconic
sacred places – Uluru. “This
year marks the 30th
anniversary of the handback of
Uluru to its traditional owners
(October 26, 1985) and we
wanted to honour and share
their story with the nation,”
she said.
Entries are open for the
National NAIDOC
Awards and poster
competition.
There are 10
categories in this yearʼs
awards, including Person
of the Year and Lifetime
Achievement. Recipients
will be honoured during
NAIDOC Week at the
national awards
ceremony in Adelaide.
Nominations close on April 24.
The poster prize is $5000,
with the winning entry featuring
on the national poster and
displayed across the country.
Entries close on March 27.
For more information
including entry forms, visit
www.naidoc.org.au
“This year marks the 30th
anniversary of the handback of
Uluru to its traditional owners
(October 26, 1985) and we
wanted to honour and share
their story with the nation.”
more about their history, their
meaning and the extraordinary
relationship they have to the
traditional custodians,” Mr
Mitchell said.
Ms Martin said this yearʼs
theme was specifically chosen
to also highlight and celebrate
a significant anniversary of one
Healing Songs group shines
CAN WAʼs Healing Songs
group – first-time Noongar
singer-songwriters from
Western Australiaʼs
WA
Wheatbelt – have returned
from a triumphant
appearance at the Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival to find four
songs off their debut album are up for a
major music award.
The songs, by Byron Pickett, Kimberley
Carlson and Yolande Yarran, make up four
of the five finalists in the West Australian
Music (WAM) Song of the Year awards in
the Outstanding Indigenous category.
Ms Yarran is nominated for her catchy
rock ballad Little Old Quairading Town.
“Being nominated for song of the year
has brought a lot of hard work into place
now. I feel so honoured, humbled and
thankful that Iʼve been nominated for this
award. I canʼt wait for the awards night!”
she said.
The WAM Awards will be held on March
21. All the Healing Songs finalists are
looking forward to being at the event and
rubbing shoulders with WAʼs music elite.
Itʼs been an incredible journey for the
Noongar singers. Their album SHINE is the
culmination of three years of music healing
workshops delivered by CAN WA under its
Rekindling Stories on Country program.
CAN WA is a peak community arts
organisation that believes arts and culture
can build stronger, more resilient
communities. The organisation engaged
professional musicians and artists to work
with the group to help the singers turn their
stories and experiences into ballads – a
process all the singers described as
cathartic.
CAN WA arranged for the singers to be
a part of the biggest contingent of
Aboriginal performers to ever perform at
the Boyup Brook festival.
Ms Yarran said the singers were blown
away with how much support they had with
their festival gigs and music.
Even the headline act wanted to meet
the singers from the Wheatbelt.
“For me, the highlight of the Boyup
Brook was when we were performing a gig
Kellerberrin Elders Charlotte Smith and Jeanette Kickett show their delight at meeting Troy Cassar-Daley during the Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival in Western Australia.
and all of a sudden, fame walked in the
door – Mr Country himself, Troy CassarDaley!” Ms Yarran said.
“Oh my gosh, did we drop! He came in
and sat down just to hear us perform. It
was amazing and all so unreal.
“He asked me, ʻWhoʼs this old fella
singinʼ?ʼ and I replied with a proud voice,
ʻWell that old fella singinʼ is my dad Wayne
Yarran!ʼ Then Troy replied, ʻHe sounds
amazing.ʼ That just made my day!”
Later that night, during his main stage
performance, Cassar-Daley told the crowd
the Gospel music heʼd heard the Healing
Songs singers performing earlier in the day
inspired him to dedicate his last song of the
show to the late Jimmy Little and the
singers from Kellerberrin and Quairading.
It was a moment the Healing Songs
singers will never forget.
The SHINE album is available for sale
through the CAN WA website
www.canwa.com.au
Proceeds from the sale go towards the
artists involved and to help CAN WA
continue its mission to keep rekindling
stories on country.
Govt pushes ahead
with welfare card
By RUDI MAXWELL
THE Abbott
Government is
working towards
implementing 26
of the 27 recommendations made by
billionaire miner Andrew Forrest in
his report Creating Parity, including
the controversial cashless welfare
card – despite evidence from its
own departments that compulsory
income management is ineffective
and can be harmful.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel
Scullion said the Government
agreed with the “general thrust” of
the Forrest Review and was
working through the report,
recommendation by
recommendation.
“We are already implementing
some of the themes of the report,
for example, ending the decadesold cycle of training for trainingʼs
sake and refocussing training
towards guaranteed jobs,” he said.
“Already, about 1000 people
have been trained into jobs
guaranteed through Vocational
Training and Education Centres
(VTEC) and we are on track to
exceed our target of 5000 by
December this year.
“The report will inform policy
across a range of areas.”
Other contentious
recommendations made by Mr
Forrest include devolving the land
council structure to more easily
allow traditional owners to convert
their land to 99-year leases with the
Federal Government; stopping
“distractions to education” by
ensuring cultural ceremonies are
only attended outside school hours,
and penalising parents whose
children donʼt attend school by
fining them or reducing their Family
Tax Benefit.
The only recommendation the
Government has rejected is that
tax-free status be granted to
Indigenous businesses.
National Congress of Australiaʼs
First Peoples co-chair Kirstie
Parker questioned the
Governmentʼs method of
communicating its policies.
“Weʼve seen this virtual
bombshell dropped in a
mainstream newspaper (The
Australian) and with no
conversations that I am aware of
with our community leadership,”
she said.
“Assurances”
“I would have thought that would
be the first thing the Government
would do, especially given
assurances by the Prime Minister
when the Creating Parity report
was released that the Government
was not interested in the most
punitive measure contained in the
report: the ʻhealthy welfareʼ card.
“This continues an approach of
shifting sands beneath our
communities which began when the
scope of the Forrest Report
broadened to every aspect of our
communitiesʼ lives. The report went
way beyond its original scope of
looking at employment and
economic development, with no
opportunity for our people to have
input beyond those very defined
themes.”
A report released by the
Department of Social Services in
December found that compulsory
income management is ineffective
and, in some cases, harmful.
“There was no evidence of
changes in spending patterns,
including food and alcohol sales,
other than a slight possible
improvement in the incidence of
running out of money for food by
those on Voluntary Income
Management, but no change for
those on compulsory income
management. The data show that
spending on BasicsCard on fruit
and vegetables is very low,” the
Government-commissioned study
says.
Towards the end of last year,
Congress and 30 other peak
organisations, including the
National Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation,
Secretariat for National Aboriginal
and Islander Child Care, and the
Australian Council of Social
Services, called on the Government
to reject any expansion of income
management.
“Congress and indeed the great
swathe of peak organisations from
our communities have said clearly
that punitive measures and onesize-fits-all responses havenʼt
worked,” Ms Parker said.
“Combined with evidence
provided directly to the Government
on these issues begs the question
why would the Government pursue
and ramp up what is essentially a
failed approach?
“If there was one thing the
Forrest Report rightfully
highlighted it was the need for a
cradle-to-the-grave approach,
but it is the nature of that approach
that will determine whether there is
any success.
“Black lives depend on this.”
5
2015 CLOSETHEGAP REPORT
Greater investment
urged for health
IN the wake of this yearʼs
report showing that the Close
the Gap (CTG) campaign is
not on track to meet most of
its targets, Indigenous and
health organisations are
calling for greater investment in Aboriginal
community-controlled health services and
programs that work.
The CTG steering committee said that
Aboriginal community-controlled health
services are highly successful at delivering
primary health services and are also as a
major employer for Indigenous people.
“Investment in early prevention activities
saves on the provision of complex care into
the future,” the committee said.
“These programs also address and have
started to make inroads into primary
prevention, particularly in healthy eating,
nutrition and physical activity.”
National Community Controlled Health
Organisation (NACCHO) chairperson
Matthew Cooke said continued, long-term
commitment from all levels of government
was needed in programs that work.
He said the Federal Governmentʼs focus
on getting kids into school, adults into work
and community safety was welcomed, but
cannot be achieved without a similar
prioritisation of health issues.
“Put simply, sick kids canʼt go to school,
sick workers canʼt work,” he said.
“Yet our health services continue to exist
with great uncertainty. The last funding
allocation was for only 12 months and
expires at the end of June this year. Without
better funding certainty, we canʼt provide
certainty to our staff or to our patients.”
Mr Cooke suggested the Government
could redirect some of the Aboriginal health
budget from mainstream services into
community-controlled health.
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
chief executive Donna Ah Chee said the gap
would not close until intergenerational
disadvantage was addressed.
“Too many of our children are entering
primary school without being school-ready
because they have grown up in
impoverished environments,” she said.
Ms Ah Chee said she was also
concerned by the impacts of the
“ideologically driven, competitive tendering
process adopted by government over the
last five years”.
“A competitive tendering process does
not lead to good service development in
remote areas,” she said.
Indigenous health leaders, from left, John Paterson
of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the
Northern Territory, Donna Ah Chee from the Central
Australian Aboriginal Congress, and Lisa Briggs of
the National Aboriginal Community Controlled
Health Organisation at this monthʼs Closing the Gap
report launch in Parliament House, Canberra.
“In fact, more rapid improvement was
occurring here in the NT in the years when
resources were allocated in a planned way
according to need.
“The ideological shift into competitive
tendering has meant much of the new
investment over the past five years or so
has been wasted here in the NT.
“Major concern”
“It is a major concern that this process
has in fact been expanded through (the
Department of) Prime Minister and Cabinet
with a massive ʻexperimentʼ in the
competitive tendering of more than $4 billion
of funding for Aboriginal communities.
“This process is delayed and surrounded
by uncertainty and the established
Aboriginal health planning forums are
excluded. This is not the best way forward.
“There is so much potential to better
allocate existing resources if we can move
beyond the market-driven ideology and get
back to planned resource allocation
according to need.
“This will lead to more effective and
efficient allocation of existing resources into
key areas such as early childhood, mental
health, family support and enhanced clinical
services in the areas where they are most
needed.”
Healing Foundation chief executive
Richard Weston said the CTG report card
demonstrated the importance of healing for
the tens of thousands of Aboriginal people
who have been affected by the policies of
child removal.
“Nearly 50% of all Aboriginal people have
been directly impacted by these nefarious
policies and report higher levels of poor
health and psychological distress than other
Indigenous people,” he said.
“The Stolen Generations and their
families are also more likely to have been
charged with a criminal offence, more likely
to have substance misuse and gambling
problems and more likely to suffer from poor
mental health.
“The Apology was very welcome, but the
suffering and destruction of lives continues
as the trauma of forced separation is
passed down to following generations, and
in a particularly terrible irony is likely to be
partly responsible for the continuation of
children being removed today. Governments
must implement the key recommendations
from the Bringing Them Home report.”
Mr Weston said these recommendations
included adequate funding for specialist
Aboriginal mental health and family reunion
services, national legislation to ensure
removal of Aboriginal children is a last
resort and reparation for the survivors of
forced removals.
“These recommendations are critical to
the ongoing healing of our people and
arguably to the success of health, economic
and social equity aimed at by the Close the
Gap strategy,” he said.
Emotional Peris speaks from heart
A VIDEO of Labor
senator Nova Perisʼ
speech in the
Senate on the
Close the Gap
campaign has gone
viral, with more than 60,000
views. A visibly emotional Senator
Peris was incensed by House of
Representatives Coalition
members walking out on
Opposition Leader Bill Shortenʼs
speech after he spoke about
negative effects the Governmentʼs
$500 million cuts to Indigenous
programs were having on
Indigenous people.
“Today is a day for all of us to
speak about reality,” she told the
Senate.
“Itʼs a day I stand here as an
Aboriginal woman with an inherent
responsibility to fight for my
culture, our culture, for the lives of
future generations.
“Whatʼs been echoed in the
halls here in Parliament House
today by Aboriginal people who
have gathered to attend Close
the Gap events is that thereʼs a lot
of unhappy people out there.
“While a lot of people come to
Parliament House to speak about
Closing the Gap they walk away
with a warm and fuzzy feeling
about what it means to them and
that weʼre progressing. In fact, we
are not closing the gap.
“Failing citizens”
“People reflect on Australia
as a nation of hope, of
opportunity, yet we are a nation
that continually lets down
Islander people. We are failing
citizens of this country.”
Senator Peris said the gap
wasnʼt closing because effective
grassroots programs werenʼt
being given sufficient support by
the Federal Government.
“Today we heard Prime Minster
Tony Abbott say he was
profoundly disappointed that the
momentum to close the gap has
stalled,” she said.
“Thatʼs what happens when
you cut funding to frontline
services that were working.
“Close the Gap is falling
through the cracks. All this rhetoric
about how we have got to get it
right – it has got to stop.
“Come on, you canʼt be
serious about getting kids to
school when your Government
has closed 38 (Aboriginal) family
and child centres.”
To view Senator Perisʼ speech,
go to the Koori Mail facebook
page and click on the link.
l Nova Peris reflects on her
life before and during politics.
See page 21.
CTG co-chair and Human Rights Commissioner Mick
Gooda: “The work is just beginning.”
CTG co-chair Kirstie Parker, who said it was time for the
Government to match words with action.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott: “We are working to ensure
that Indigenous communities are ... safe.”
CTG failures spark
challenge to PM
TONY Abbott has been
challenged to live up to his
self-appointed title as Prime
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
and to match his words with
action. On the day the Close
the Gap (CTG) report was presented to
Parliament, the CTG steering committee
said it was concerned that “hard-won
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
gains could be negatively impacted by
proposed measures contained in the
2014-15 Budget”.
And the CTG steering committee, the
Opposition and the Greens all called on the
Government to add justice targets to the
campaign.
In his address to Parliament, Mr Abbott
conceded much of the CTG report was
profoundly disappointing.
The campaign is on track to halve the
gap in Year 12 attainment rates and to halve
the gap in mortality rates for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children by 2018.
“However, the other targets – to close the
gap in life expectancy within a generation;
to ensure access to early childhood
education for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander four-year-olds in remote areas; to
halve the gap in reading and numeracy for
students; and to halve the gaps in
employment outcomes – have either not
been met or are not on track to be met,” Mr
Abbott said.
CTG co-chair and Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Mick Gooda welcomed the Abbott
Governmentʼs commitment to implement an
Indigenous health plan.
“But the work is just beginning,” he said.
“To be truly effective, the health plan
must be adequately funded, set targets,
develop a comprehensive model of
services, map the regions to address gaps
against this model and aim to improve
access to these core services.
“If it does this, it will provide an
Close the Gap report card
8 Closing the life-expectancy 8 Failed to achieve 95%
gap by 2031. Indigenous male
life expectancy is 69.1 years,
10.6 years behind others.
Females die at 73.7, a gap of
9.5 years.
8 Halving the gap in child
reading, writing and numeracy
by 2018.
8 Halving the gap in
enrolment in early childhood
education in remote
communities, having now
reached 85%.
4 Halving the mortality rate
gap for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander children under
five by 2018. Gap has narrowed
35% since 1998.
4
Halving the gap for Year
employment by 2018. Currently,
47.5% of indigenous are in
12 attainment rates for
work, a gap of 28.1%.
20- to 24-year-olds by 2020.
opportunity to create a more systematic
approach to closing the life-expectancy
gap.”
CTG co-chair Kirstie Parker, who is also
co-chair of the National Congress of
Australiaʼs First Peoples, said it was time for
the Government to match words with action.
“Diminished funding”
“Weʼve heard fine words from
governments for seven years now, but
weʼve seen diminished funding going to
community organisations and Aboriginal
community-controlled health services, which
are the backbone of the health sector and
deliver results in terms of better health
outcomes,” she said.
At least half a dozen Coalition MPs
walked out of the House of Representatives
in protest against Opposition Leader Bill
Shortenʼs speech asking the Government to
reverse the $500 million of spending cuts to
Indigenous programs in the last Budget,
saying Mr Shorten had tried to make
political gain.
“Right now, a host of vital organisations
donʼt know whether their funding will be
continued, or withdrawn,” he said.
“When people are fleeing family violence
and need a safe place to stay, cuts will
mean that shelters close.
“When having a lawyer can determine
whether a first-time offender gets a second
chance or a prison sentence – these cuts
will rob Indigenous Australians of legal aid.
“When family and childrenʼs centres are
supporting children in those vital early years
– these cuts will see doors close.
“When essential preventative health
programs are helping tackle smoking – cuts
will jeopardise that progress.
“When strides are being made to prevent
chronic disease– cuts will hobble our
advance.
“I say to the Government, it is not too late
to reverse these cuts.”
Mr Shorten called on the Government to
add justice targets to the CTG framework.
Mr Abbott said that while there were
improvements in the CTG targets, there was
still much work to be done.
“Rightful inheritance”
“There is no more important cause than
ensuring that Indigenous people enter fully
into their rightful inheritance as First
Australians and as first-class citizens of this
great country,” he said.
Mr Abbott said the Government was
committed to getting school attendance
rates up, and to improving Aboriginal
training programs.
“We are working to ensure that
Indigenous communities are as safe as they
possibly can be, free of the scourge of
alcohol which has done so much damage to
so many people in so many communities,”
he said.
The Prime Minister said heʼd spent
almost a week in East Arnhem Land last
year and was committed to spending a
week in another remote Aboriginal
community this year.
Ms Parker said justice targets were
essential.
“We need them to help reduce the
shockingly high imprisonment rate of our
people,” she said.
“There must be a much greater focus on
keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people out of prison in the first place, given
the rate of jailing Indigenous people has
almost doubled in the past decade.”
l Editorial, Eastwood page 20
7
GenerationOneʼs Jeremy Donovan, left, and Matt OʼSullivan with Aboriginal academic
Professor Marcia Langton at the Closing the Gap Report in Parliament House.
Richard Allan and Kiara Allan, 9, with Elder Matilda House, who gave the
welcome to country at the report presentation.
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
Former Howard Government Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock with
Janine Mohamed, left, and Katerina Keeler.
Among the many people at Parliament House for the Closing the Gap report were, from left, Julie
Tongs, Fleur Smith, Jill Gallagher and Damian Griffis.
Young student health professionals Shaenice Allan, Alicia Engelhardt (left) and Danielle Dries (right) with Australian
Indigenous Doctorsʼ Association president Dr Tammy Kimpton.
Join the day, says Oxfam
OXFAM is urging
Australians to join
in this yearʼs
National Close the
Gap Day on March
19. Oxfam is part of
the Close the Gap campaign, a
coalition of Australiaʼs leading
Indigenous and other health and
human rights organisations.
Oxfam Australia Indigenous
policy advisor Peter Lewis said
more than 150,000 people took
part in 1298 separate National
Close the Gap Day events across
the country last year, and he was
expecting this year to be even
bigger.
“Community groups, health
services, businesses, schools,
universities, government offices
and individuals around Australia
are registering online to hold a
Close the Gap event in homes,
workplaces, schools and
communities,” he said.
Mr Lewis said the NSW
Ambulance Service was taking
part for the third year in a row,
which reflected a groundswell of
support from Australians
expecting governments to keep
their promise to invest in
Indigenous health.
“Equal access to health care is
a basic human right, and in
Australia, we should expect it,” he
said. “But despite some gains in
child and maternal health and
smoking rates since all political
parties promised to end
Indigenous health inequality
seven years ago, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people
access health care in far
fewer numbers than
non-Indigenous Australians,
and can still expect to live up
to 17 years less than others.
“This gap in life expectancy
remains a national disgrace.
Health equality is everyoneʼs
business, and individuals,
organisations, communities and
governments must continue to
work together to ensure
Indigenous health equality.”
Go to oxfam.org.au/
closethegapday for more
information or to register.
Alliance in push for water deal
AN alliance of 46 sovereign
first nations from across the
Murray Darling Basin has
proposed a new ʻwater dealʼ
between government and
traditional owners.
The move came as Federal
Parliamentary Secretary for Water Bob
Baldwin and incoming Murray Darling Basin
Authority (MDBA) chair Neil Andrew toured
the Murrumbidgee region this month.
The Murray Lower Darling Rivers
Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) board
gathered in Canberra last week and
together with the Northern Basin Aboriginal
Nations (NBAN) has written to Mr Baldwin
and Mr Andrew seeking a new approach
designed to secure key water reforms for
the basinʼs growing Aboriginal population.
MLDRIN is a confederation of
Indigenous nations and traditional owners
in the lower southern part of the Murray
Darling Basin. It currently compromises of
delegates from the Wiradjuri, Yorta Yorta,
Taungurung, Barapa Barapa, Wamba
Wamba, Mutti Mutti, Wadi Wadi, Latji Latji,
Wergaia and Ngarrindjeri nations.
“Secure rights”
“We are asking Mr Baldwin and Mr
Andrew to join with us as partners to
actively progress a reform agenda that will
secure the rights and interests of Aboriginal
Grans march
for children
MOTIVATED by
the fact that
there are
15,000
Aboriginal
children in
out-of-home care, Grand
Mothers Against Removals
(GMAR) staged a protest at
Parliament House in Canberra
on the anniversary of the
National Apology, February 13.
Many GMAR members
stayed at the Tent Embassy
before the protest, including
spokesperson Debra Swan.
She told the Koori Mail that
although at first police tried to
stop the grandmothers from
marching to Parliament House,
after intervention from Greens
senator Rachel Siewert they
were able to present their
demands.
“We are extremely
determined. We know now we
are on this journey and weʼre
not going to stop,” Ms Swan
said. “We are going to push
the heat further until things
start happening. There is a lot
of work to be done, a lot of
people to convince, but we are
prepared to take the journey.”
Difficulties
GMAR members and
supporters travelled from
across the country for the
protest, with grandmothers
sharing their experiences of
trying to get custody of, and
access to, their grandchildren,
including difficulties with the
courts and dissatisfaction
with the way the Aboriginal
child-placement principle is
being applied.
Federal Indigenous Affairs
Minister Nigel Scullion dropped
in to have a yarn with GMAR at
the Tent Embassy, and Senator
Siewert hosted a delegation in
her office.
“We were pleased when
Senator Scullion did come
down and sat at the table with
us, and I believe he heard
what we saying,” Ms Swan
said.
“I just want to congratulate
the grandmothers on how far
theyʼve come in the past 12
months. Itʼs inspiring us to
continue our fight.
“Itʼs been really good to join
forces and realise that there
are issues nationally. We have
telephone link-ups where we
GMAR marchers in Canberra Sue-Ellen Tighe, Debra Swan and Dee Tinley Moonshine.
people in water,” said NBAN chair Cheryl
Buchanan said.
“Sovereign First Nations … have rights,
recognised at the international and
domestic level, to manage and access
these water resources.
“We are calling (for) a new partnership
with Aboriginal people that will establish a
roadmap for the delivery of key reforms,
particularly Aboriginal ownership and
management of water entitlements.”
Sit-in supporters: Chris Tomlins, from Alice
Springs, and Smiley, from north Queensland, at
the Tent Embassy in Canberra.
Sovereignty
supporters
spread their
messages
ABORIGINAL activists and
supporters staged a sit-in in
ACT
Canberra this month, protesting
l
peacefully and managing to
get their messages on TV,
despite difficulties. The Aboriginal Sovereign
Peoples and the National Aboriginal Freedom
Movement delivered their manifesto to the
Parliament on February 9.
The protest actions were part of a growing
movement of Aboriginal people demanding
sovereignty, stemming from the Freedom
Summit in Alice Springs last year.
Chris Tomlins, from Alice Springs, told the
Koori Mail that one of the most heartening
aspects of the recent protests was seeing
young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people step up.
“Full credit to these young people. They
showed respect to their Elders and weʼre proud
of them,” he said.
“The truth is the Government cannot go on
running the country on lies. We want
sovereignty and we want healing between black
and white on a national scale.”
Fresh ideas
Smiley (he goes by this name), from north
Queensland, agreed that the young blood had
brought fresh ideas to the Tent Embassy.
“There are a lot of issues and our community
needs support from passionate people,” he
said. “Weʼre here supporting each other about
Warlpiri (central Australia) ladies, from left, Doreen Dickson, Audrey Martin and Barbara
Williams. They travelled from Alice Springs for the rally in Canberra. Pictures: Paddy Gibson (controversial gas mining method) fracking on
our land, suicide prevention for our people, and
“It is a term used to
discuss issues and find
increased dramatically in the
the grandmothers are here protesting about
denigrate Aboriginal culture
solutions. Weʼre making each
past year.
child removals – but we still need men to step
and the love and care provided
other stronger.
In a statement, GMAR
up to the plate too.”
by Aboriginal families and
“Weʼre just waiting for some
explained its reasons for
The protesters took advantage of breakfast
communities. It is a term that
action, keeping each other
protesting included that there
TV program Sunrise doing an outside
masks the systematic neglect
strong. We do push one
are now more than 15,000
broadcast, holding their banners up behind the
of governments that enforce
another to keep going.”
Aboriginal children in
presenters before they were moved on by
conditions of extreme poverty
This month, the Victorian
out-of-home care.
police and television channel staff.
social trauma on our
Child Commissioner warned
Many of the activists are also supporting an
“Alleged neglect” and
communities.
about the high number of
anti-Recognise
push, because they believe
“It
is
a
term
used
to
justify
a
Aboriginal children in
“The majority of these
recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait
continuing project of forced
out-of-home care, and the
removals are for alleged
Islander people in the Constitution is
assimilation.”
Productivity Commission
neglect – the exact rationale
tokenistic and would detract from demands
GMAR is planning another
released a report showing the
provided for tens of thousands
day of action on National Sorry for sovereign rights.
number of Indigenous children
of 20th century removals,” the
l Recognise report, page 13
Day, May 26.
in out-of-home care had
statement said.
9
Medals for
five people
at Aurukun
AURUKUN is
celebrating after five
local residents were
awarded Medals of the
QLD
Order of Australia
(OAMs) on January 26
for their services to the
Indigenous community on
Cape York. Aurukun
Mayor Dereck Walpo said
the OAMs were special
recognition for not only
the recipients, but for the
community of Aurukun in
general.
“We are so proud of
our five new OAMs, and
their awards are
thoroughly deserved,” he
said. “We are a small
community, so to see so many local
residents receiving an OAM this year
is quite incredible.”
Aurukun Shire councillors Ada
Woolla, Edgar Kerindun and Vera
Koomeeta received the medals, as
did residents Doris Poonkameyla
and Sarah Wolmby.
“Weʼre passionate about making
our community the best it can
possibly be, and I think these
awards are another reflection of
that,” Mayor Walpo said.
The recipients were
recognised for the
contribution they made to
improving the community
through their work in such
areas as foster and
kinship caring; interpreting
in Wik language at the
local magistrates court;
work in Child Safety and
Disability Services;
participating in the Special
Taskforce on Domestic
and Family Violence; founding the
Aurukun Community Justice Group;
working with the Family
Responsibilities Commission; and
Aurukun residents just awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), from left, Vera
volunteering at the Cape York
Aboriginal Australian Academy.
Koomeeta, Ada Woolla, Doris Poonkamelya and Edgar Kerindun.
“...to see so
many local
residents
receiving an
OAM this year
is quite
incredible.”
Adolescent Community Placement (ACP)
House Carer (Full Time)
A different kind of foster care
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people who need support and care?
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in VACCAʼs Adolescent Community Placement (ACP) house in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
What is the Adolescent Community Placement House?
VACCA’s ACP House is like foster care, where there are one or two carers taking care of young people who cannot
live with their parents or families.
However, for the ACP house…
• the carer moves into a house provided by VACCA
• the carer has regular ‘time out’ away from the house, including four weeks holiday
• the carer reimbursement is generous and covers household expenses
• the carer has daily support from a support worker
• a car is provided for the carer’s use while they are in the house
• the ACP carer has support from a caseworker and therapeutic specialist and is provided with training and
access to 24/7 on call support.
Who lives in the ACP House?
Up to three Aboriginal young people live in VACCA’s ACP House. The young people are aged between 12 and 17.
What kind of carers are we looking for?
• We are looking for an Aboriginal carer or a carer whose partner is Aboriginal.
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• Experience with adolescents will be an advantage but is not essential.
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Applications close: 5:00pm Friday 6th March 2015.
Inquiry
hears of
deaths
ABORIGINAL patients
who sought lifesaving
treatment in Perth
including dialysis
WA
and chemotherapy
have died from
inadequate support, a
parliamentary inquiry has heard.
The patients were part of the
Western Australian Governmentʼs
Patient Assistance Transport Scheme
(PATS), which helps people who
must travel long distances for
specialist health care to pay for their
accommodation and transport.
Nyoongar Patrol Outreach Service
chief executive Maria McAtackney
said while PATS provided essential
help for regional people, some were
falling through the cracks because of
the lack of support they received
once they arrived in Perth.
Ms McAtackney said the $60 a
night patients received for
accommodation was not enough to
find a safe place to stay.
Hostels that are available for
PATS patients like Jewel House
have strict drinking policies and
patients with substance abuse
problems get evicted and end up
homeless, she said.
Ms McAtackney said a system
was not in place to assist transient
patients back to hospital, and those
sleeping rough often stopped
treatment and didnʼt return home.
At least 40 Aboriginal patients a
year were experiencing this situation,
she said.
“Theyʼre squatting in vacant
buildings – theyʼre not going for their
dialysis,” Ms McAtackney told the
inquiry. “Weʼve even had deaths in
the park as a result of people who
have been evicted from their
accommodation.”
Major issue
Ms McAtackney said transport
was a major issue for patients in
Perth because they did not know
how the system worked and the
transport allowance often did not
cover the full cost of journeys.
She said patients also lacked
emotional support because they were
disconnected from their land and
travelled alone.
“In cases where patients travel
with a carer, itʼs usually a family
member who is battling with their
own issues and ends up abandoning
the patient,” she said.
The inquiry will deliver its findings
this year. – with AAP
Giles looking
to the future
By RUDI MAXWELL
NORTHERN Territory
Chief Minister Adam
Giles has told the Koori
Mail he plans to put the
NT
Country Liberal Partyʼs
(CLP) recent “political
shenanigans” behind
him and concentrate on better
policies. “I want to kick more butt,
get things to advance for Territorians,
and to get on with the job of helping
Aboriginal Territorians,” he said.
Mr Giles, a Kamilaroi (NSW) man
and the first Indigenous person to
lead a state or territory government,
saw off a challenge to his job from
his own Cabinet earlier this month,
when Willem Westra van Holthe
claimed at a midnight press
conference that he had the numbers
to oust Mr Giles.
But Mr Giles refused to resign
and in the wash-up Mr Westre van
Holthe became Deputy Chief
Minister, with the pair claiming they
had worked through their
differences.
As part of a broader Cabinet
reshuffle, Mr Giles announced last
week that he would reinstate the
Aboriginal Affairs portfolio and takes
responsibility for it himself.
When Mr Giles became Chief
Minister, after ousting Terry Mills, he
abolished the Aboriginal Affairs
portfolio, saying all jurisdictions
should be responsible for Aboriginal
people as a matter of course.
“Iʼll always firmly believe that all
agencies in all Australian states and
territories, including the NT, should
take responsibility for Aboriginal
affairs,” he said. “But with Aboriginal
people making up one third of the
NT population, there is a need for a
separatist role.
“We will be setting policy direction
and improving service delivery for
each agency, but this new
arrangement will allow me to put my
foot down.”
Mr Giles said he believed selfdetermination for Aboriginal people
hadnʼt been properly tried.
“We will be enabling a framework
where community members will be in
charge,” he said. “Yes, mistakes
might be made, but local people
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles: “I want to kick more butt ... and to get
on with the job of helping Aboriginal Territorians.”
conservative governments and I
need to drive their own direction.
donʼt think thatʼs appropriate.”
Instead of taking a largely
As part of his new Aboriginal
paternalistic approach, I want to help
Affairs portfolio, Mr Giles set a target
self-empower people using a model
to double the number of Aboriginal
of decentralisation.”
people in the NT public service to
Mr Giles also hit back at Northern
16% by 2020.
Land Council (NLC) chief executive
“Thereʼs no sliver bullet. We need
Joe Morrison, who characterised the
to develop northern Australia, while
CLP as the “natural enemy” of the
addressing the challenges facing
NT Land Rights Act.
people in the bush with regards to
“Confrontational”
health, kids going to school more
often and economic opportunities,”
“That sort of language dates back
he said. “Helping Aboriginal people
to the 1960s, itʼs very confrontational
in the Territory is something I care a
and I donʼt think it assists anyone,”
lot about. I give a damn and Iʼm
he said. “Our relationship with some
going to fight a lot harder.”
land councils is quite good, but the
Mr Giles said better infrastructure,
NLC is very combative and the
including roads and bridges, and
administration seems to have
telecommunications would help
planted a lot of Labor spies. Joeʼs
remote Aboriginal communities.
comments pit the NLC against
NLC leader
lashes CLP
NORTHERN Land
Council chief
executive Joe
Morrison has
NT
launched a stinging
attack on the
Country Liberal
Party (CLP), accusing it of
attacking the Commonwealthʼs
NT Aboriginal Land Rights Act.
“As we approach the 40th
anniversary of the Act, it remains
a beautiful thing,” he said during
a recent address to the National
Press Club in Canberra.
“A beacon that marks the
high point of recognising
dispossession of customary
ownership and enduring practice
of an ancient culture rooted in
the land and waters of the NT.
“The Land Rights Act has
made it possible for Aboriginal
people to gain freehold title to
50% of the NT and almost 90%
of the coastline.
“But frankly the Act itself and
the important role of land
councils like the NLC are under
threat by the organisiation and
institution that has been its longstanding enemy: the Country
Liberal Party of the NT.”
Mr Morrison said successive
CLP governments had spent
millions of public dollars on
“bloody-minded” challenges to
almost every land claim in the
NT. “From where we sit, itʼs in
the DNA of the CLP to attack the
Land Rights Act and wind back
its reach,” Mr Morrison said.
“And we now face renewed
threats from both another CLP
Government in the NT and in
Canberra with a CLP senator,
Nigel Scullion, who sits in
Cabinet as the Indigenous
Affairs Minister.”
Senator Scullion was
pursuing the CLPʼs agenda
rather than that of the Abbott
Government, Mr Morrison
claimed. “We suspect the
Ministerʼs parliamentary
colleagues have little or no idea
of the implications in the
resources industry of the
Ministerʼs plans to meddle in the
Land Rights Act and further
create new red tape,” he said.
Senator Scullion has
proposed devolving the land
councilsʼ roles, giving more
NLC chief executive Joe
Morrison: “We now face
renewed threats from both
another CLP Government in
the NT and in Canberra with a
CLP senator, Nigel Scullion,
who sits in Cabinet as the
Indigenous Affairs Minister.”
power to smaller regional
corporations.
“It is not good policy; it is
rampant ideology at play,” Mr
Morrison said.
He said his vision was for a
northern Australia that places
Aboriginal people in charge of
economic development.
“A vision that places
Indigenous Australians in charge
of our own destinies and free
from constant bureaucratic and
political interventions,” he said.
“I believe that northern
Australia is in the midst of
enormous economic and social
change. In this context the
ongoing traditional connection
that north Australian Indigenous
people have with their country
must be seen as an asset for
this nation. It cannot be seen as
a problem.”
Mr Morrison said the Federal
Native Title Act, NT Aboriginal
Land Rights Act, and Aboriginal
Heritage Act and Sacred Sites
Act were fundamental and
needed to be protected.
He said the focus needed to
change to putting Aboriginal
people in charge, rather than
seeing them as an economic
problem that needs to be solved.
l Expert Working Group
named, page 12
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Three from
three for
these two
tricksters
TASMANIAN
16-year-old
debutant Josh
Chapman made
the perfect
start to the
Imparja Cup, snaring a
hat trick with the first three
deliveries he bowled at the
annual Indigenous cricket
tournament held this month
in Alice Springs. The feat
sent Tasmania on the path to
a stunning first-day upset
win over the eventual Cup
winners, Queensland.
The next day, 15-year-old
Wade King, from Benalla,
joined the hat-trick club
and finished with 4-14 as
Victoria continued on their
winning way, beating the
Northern Territory.
Like Chapman, King had a
brother in the Victorian team
– Travis, right-hand batsman
and right-arm medium-pace
bowler.
l See our sports section
for comprehensive Imparja
Cup coverage.
l Pictured at left:
Hat-trickers Wade King, left,
from Victoria, and Tasmanian
Josh Chapman at Simpsonʼs
Gap near Alice Springs
during a break from the
Imparja Cup cricket. Picture:
Getty, courtesy Cricket Australia
Manager for
Tiwi council
THE Tiwi Islands Regional
Council in the Northern Territory
has been placed under official
management. NT Local
NT
Government Minister Bess Price
ordered the action after she said
a compliance review identified
many breaches – some of them serious – of
the NT Local Government Act.
“Failures to comply with the Act by the
council include, but are not limited to, poor
accountability of public money, procurement
guidelines not being adhered to, council
policies being deficient, no accountability of
travel and very poor record keeping practices,”
Ms Price said.
“Issues uncovered point to strong evidence
of serious systemic failures.”
“Many of the serious issues identified, in
particular procurement, have been highlighted
to the council in previous reviews and by their
own external auditors, yet have failed to be
adequately addressed in a consistent manner.
“Management carries the responsibility to
adequately manage the affairs of council,
however serious systemic failures and
responsibility for addressing them ultimately
lie with the elected members of council.
“In January the council was provided with a
copy of the compliance review report and
given an opportunity to respond, yet failed to
do so. I am satisfied there are serious
deficiencies with council affairs and have
placed the council under official management.
“(Experienced administrator) Allan McGill is
official manager. He will examine the conduct
of the suspended members and the affairs
and financial position of the council and report
back to me by June 30.”
Scullion names
land ‘experts’
AN Expert
Indigenous
Working Group
has been
named to guide
the Council of
Australian Governments
(COAG) investigation into
Indigenous land administration
and use. Federal Indigenous
Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion,
who is heading the
investigation, says the group
will be chaired by former
Kimberley Land Council chief
Wayne Bergmann.
Other members are Brian
Wyatt, Valerie Cooms,
Murrandoo Yanner, Shirley
McPherson, Djawa Yunupingu
and Craig Cromelin.
“Together they will be
drawing on their expertise and
knowledge throughout this
investigation of Indigenous
land administration and use,”
Senator Scullion said.
“I also welcome ideas from
all Indigenous stakeholders to
support this work and the
group will also meet with
Indigenous stakeholders as
NLC, CLC call to Govt
THE Northern Territoryʼs two
major land councils have
called on the Abbott
Government to base its
NT
investigation into Indigenous
land use on facts rather than
ideology. “For the sake of
the most disadvantaged Indigenous
Australians, we call on the Government to
rise above its demonstrated dislike of
evidence-based policy development,”
Central Land Council director David
Ross and Northern Land Council chief
executive Joe Morrison said in a joint
part of their consultations.”
Senator Scullion said the
investigation will focus
government attention on
“getting the settings right” to
support Indigenous land
owners and native title holders
to leverage their land assets
for economic development as
part of the mainstream
economy.
statement. “We hope the Indigenous
Working Group will challenge the myths
being peddled by NT Country Liberal
Party ideologues about hard-won
Aboriginal land rights supposedly
holding up development in remote
communities. We are certainly keen
to work constructively to develop
solutions to real barriers to economic
development.”
Mr Ross and Mr Morrison called for
experts on the Aboriginal Land Rights Act
to be added to the Expert Indigenous
Working Group.
“Indigenous land and
native title is a foundation for
Indigenous economic
development,” he said.
“This investigation will
consider what action is
needed to ensure the land
administration system assists
Indigenous land owners and
native title holders to use land
to pursue their social, cultural
and economic aspirations.
“I have asked the working
group members to focus on
opportunities to improve
land administration under
existing legislative
arrangements and I maintain
my commitment to not change
the Northern Territory Land
Rights Act unless supported
by the land councils.”
Students hear sound advice
QLD
HIGH School students from Bundaberg, Maryborough and Hervey Bay heard
plenty of good advice at the latest Indigenous Connections day held at the
Fraser Coast campus of The University of Southern Queensland. Here,
Aldridge State High School (Maryborough) students Bethany Blackman, left,
and Paige Hatherell learn about sound and hearing from USQʼs Ruth Newby
and Dr Michelle Adamson at the event, designed to inspire high school
students about education and careers. Get the full story on page 36.
Mundine’s
vote fears
rejected
THE Federal
Governmentʼs chief
Indigenous advisor
says momentum for a
referendum to
recognise Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people in the
Constitution is slowing. But Warren
Mundineʼs claim has been rejected by
the Recognise movement, with
joint campaign director Tanya Hosch
saying there is a strong cross-party
resolve on the issue. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has
nominated May 27, 2017 – the 50th
anniversary of the 1967 referendum on
Indigenous rights – as his preferred
date for the referendum.
A parliamentary committee report
on the issue is due in the first quarter
of next year.
Mr Abbott has previously said that if
the referendum fails it will set back the
cause of national reconciliation by
years or perhaps decades.
Mr Mundine said the issue was
“starting to lose focus ... I think without
having a question out there, without
having the discussion about that
question, I think the momentum is
slowing,” he told the ABC. “I think
people are starting to drop off in
regard to this area.”
Mr Mundine criticised a lack of
government action on the area, and
urged the Prime Minister and
Opposition Leader to get the issue out
in the public arena for debate.
But Ms Hosch says Recognise
believes a draft of the referendum will
be completed by the end of the year.
“Momentum continues to build for
constitutional recognition,” she said.
“Over the last 12 months, around
1000 people a week have signed up to
the Recognise movement and almost
a quarter of a million Australians are
now supporters.
“With the deadline for submissions
to the Joint Select Committee having
only just passed, the process is
continuing. We feel strongly that work
on the model needs to be completed
by the end of the year and we would
want to see a draft set of words
emerge by the end of 2015.”
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excellence
By KEIRA JENKINS
courses and experiences
designed to promote excellence
in all they do.
The five-year anniversary will
be marked tomorrow (Thursday,
February 26) with a thank you
celebration at the centre,
including food, entertainment and
plenty more.
Jason Glanville, who has been
chief executive of the NCIE
Weʼre so proud of that and so
pleased with the level of
IT started as an
community support and
idea in 2006
engagement weʼve received,”
NSW
which three years
he said. “Making Indigenous
later became a
excellence the norm, not the
reality. Now the
exception, is what we do and
National Centre for Indigenous
what we want to continue doing.
Excellence (NCIE) will this
“Itʼs not something the NCIE
week celebrate five years of
created. Itʼs the oldest story in
– well – Indigenous excellence.
the nation. Ultimately we need
Back when the
to ignite the ambition
organisation,
for excellence in
originally known as
young people.”
the National
Mr Glanville
Indigenous
believes that with
Development Centre,
tight planning, the
opened on the old
centre will continue to
Redfern Public
achieve its goals.
School site in
“We know there
Sydney, the people
are a lot of questions
behind it were
surrounding the
dreaming of having
future of the NCIE
up to 5000 young
and we are very
Indigenous people
aware of questions
through the doors
like the Federal
each year.
Governmentʼs
The entrance to the National Centre of Indigenous
Five years on, and Excellence in Redfern, Sydney.
funding priorities
that target has been
and what that will
well and truly exceeded. In fact,
throughout the past five years,
mean for us,” he said.
at least 30,000 young Indigenous
says itʼs a way of saying thanks
“We want to grow our impact
people have passed through the
to the many people who have
and try to reach people from all
centre, with plans for many
supported the organisation.
over Australia, and to do that we NCIE chief executive Jason Glanville: “People started coming as soon as
we opened our doors. Weʼre so proud of that and so pleased with the level
thousands more.
“People started coming as
will have to take the next five
of community support and engagement weʼve received.”
They have taken part in
soon as we opened our doors.
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Bird-breeder Dianne flying high
By JILLIAN MUNDY
WHAT began
as a pick-me-up
while recovering
TAS
from an injury
for palawa
woman Dianne
Cook has fast-tracked her and
her husband Brett to becoming
one of the biggest and best
known parrot breeders in
Tasmania.
The former early childhood
educator was struck down with
an injury almost five years ago,
leaving her with limited mobility.
“It was isolating. I couldnʼt
drive for two-and-a-half years,
not being able to work. This has
kept me sane,” said Ms Cook of
hand-rearing companion birds
for the pet market.
“Thatʼs when we got the
macaws. We got Muta (one of
the birds) when he was 10 days
old. I hand-raised him.
“I think it saved me. I had
something else to focus on
other than the chronic pain.
“Itʼs that nurturing thing. Iʼve
done child care, and foster
care, hand-raising the birds and
all that; itʼs the nurturing side of
things I like.”
Relatively housebound, the
two-hourly feeds during daylight
hours was no problem to
Dianne.
Muta, meaning bird in
palawa kani (Tasmanian
Aboriginal language) is a male
blue and gold South American
macaw. Heʼs almost certainly
the only macaw to speak words
in palawa kani.
Ms Cook and her husband
began breeding and racing
pigeons soon after they got
together almost four decades
ago, before moving into
breeding crimson rosellas after
seeing some at a zoo.
“We fell in love with them,
itʼs just grown and grown
since then. We outgrew the
backyard,” she told the
Koori Mail.
Species
The Cooks now live on
acreage on the outskirts of
Hobart, with 47 aviaries
housing 170 birds, mainly
breeding pairs, made up of
10 different species from
South America and four
Australian species.
They enjoy the challenges
involved in aviculture, the
friendships made and
travelling for parrot
ʻconferencesʼ. They have
also been involved with
rehabilitating and studying
swift parrots, and offered their
services to breed the
endangered orange bellied
parrots and swift parrots,
to help reestablish wild
populations of the Tasmanian
birds.
Itʼs a family thing: Dianne Cook with Muta – meaning bird in palawa kani – the first macaw to join the
family, and Jmarli and Jirrah Burgess-Everett.
Youth detention
system ‘failing’
A REVIEW of youth
detention facilities in
the Northern Territory
has found the entire
NT
system is failing
Aboriginal young
people. The report
by former Long Bay Prison
superintendent Michael Vita also
called on Aboriginal legal and
justice agencies to do more to
support vulnerable young
Indigenous people, who make up
96% of the juveniles in detention in
the NT.
“The NT youth detention
population has risen steadily,
particularly over the last two
years,” Mr Vita says in the report.
“This has placed pressure on
the infrastructure and capacity of
its detention facilities.”
The report found that
Indigenous offenders are more
likely to have committed their first
offence at a younger age than
other detainees; more likely to
have been charged multiple times;
and more likely to have been
placed in detention for serious
offences, such as acts intending to
cause injury.
On average, over the past
three years 90% of juvenile
detainees are male.
The report said the NT Youth
Detention Centres (YDCs) were
battling to cope with the increased
The review found...
l 96% of young people in
detention in the NT are
Aboriginal.
l 90% of children in
detention in the NT are
male.
l It costs $698.40 per day
to keep a child in
detention in the NT.
l Over the past three
years the average number
of juveniles in detention in
the NT has increased by
22% from 38 to 42.
number of young people in
detention and an increase in
violent offences.
“Youth detention facilities in the
NT are struggling to maintain
service level standards in the
absence of a coherent operating
philosophy, staff training, direction,
appropriate infrastructure and
leadership,” Mr Vita said.
The report said it costs $700 a
day to keep a young person in
detention. It suggested that
Aboriginal legal and justice
services consider reorganising
their budgets to spend more time
at YDCs and with young offenders.
It also criticised NT legal and
justice agencies, including the
North Australian Aboriginal Justice
Agency (NAAJA), the Central
Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid
Service (CAALAS) and NT Legal
Aid, for not being more active
and public about advocacy for
Aboriginal juvenile detainees,
saying they should publish their
submissions on their websites
and contribute more positive
ideas to keeping Aboriginal
children out of detention.
Funding cut
CAALAS acting chief executive
Mark OʼReilly said funding to its
youth justice advocacy program
had been cut, and he called on the
NT Government to reinstate it.
“NAAJA and CAALAS provide
high quality legal and justice
services to Aboriginal young
people,” he said. “We have
dedicated, specialist youth justice
teams that have been nationally
recognised for the high quality,
holistic services we provide
to Aboriginal young people.”
NAAJA chief executive Priscilla
Collins said the NT Government
should commit to reforming the
entire youth justice system.
“It needs to commit funding for
supported bail accommodation to
avoid kids being refused bail
purely because they have
nowhere else to go,” she said.
“We need programs and
services that are youth-specific
– alcohol and other drug
treatment, counselling, mental
health services and expert
social workers.
“The Government must commit
to providing evidence-based
programs to support vulnerable
young people and reduce
re-offending rates, instead of
putting $2 million into boot camps
that have no evidence base at all.”
Mr Vita found there were
serious problems with the way
staff were trained and the way
children in detention were
managed and that some children
in detention had been mistreated.
He said the new YDC at
Berrimah in Darwin was an
appropriate facility for young
people and that the Aranda House
YDC should not be reopened.
NAAJA and CAALAS also
called on the NT Government
to establish an independent
custodial inspector.
Port Augusta
service is in
administration
REGISTRAR of
Indigenous
Corporations
Anthony Beven
has placed the
Pika Wiya Health
Service Aboriginal
Corporation (Pika Wiya) under
special administration.
Pika Wiya (which means ʻno
sicknessʼ in Pitjantjatjara) is a
health service based in Port
Augusta and funded by the
Commonwealth and the South
Australian governments to
deliver primary and secondary
healthcare services to
Aboriginal people in and around
Port Augusta. The corporation
also operates clinics at
Davenport, Copley and
Nepabunna.
Mr Beven said an
examination of the corporation
late last year had shown it
was in serious financial trouble
and directors were unable to
work together.
The registrar has appointed
Palisade Business Consulting
as joint special administrators
of the corporation for the next
six months.
“After careful consideration
of the circumstances and all of
the factors, I decided the best
and most cost-effective way to
help resolve the governance
and financial problems facing
Pika Wiya was to place it under
special administration,” Mr
Beven said.
The administrators will work
with members of the corporation
and funding agencies with a
view to returning control to the
members as quickly as possible.
SA
Coming soon: Chicka Dixon’s story on film
THE story of one of the
great Aboriginal
Australians, the late
Charles ʻChickaʼ Dixon,
will soon be available
on film. Mr Dixon, a
joint founder of the Aboriginal Tent
Embassy who dedicated his life to
basic human rights for all and justice
for Indigenous Australians, passed
away from asbestos disease in 2010.
A proud ʻwharfieʼ, he was politically
active all his adult life. In 1972 he
travelled to China in an attempt to
highlight the Aboriginal struggle and
shame the Australian Government
into action.
He was equally as proud of his
ASIO file as he was of his Honorary
Doctorate of Letters from the
University of NSW.
Known to many as ʻThe Foxʼ, Mr
Dixonʼs story was told in the play The
Fox and the Freedom Fighters,
staged last year in Sydney.
Now his daughter Rhonda
Dixon-Grovenor, and her daughter,
Nadeena Dixon, are much closer to
realising a five-year dream of creating
a film about Chicka.
In fact they are working on two
films – one as-yet unnamed about the
life and times of Mr Dixon, and the
other about the making of the The
Fox and the Freedom Fighters play
itself. Nadeenaʼs son Marley is
working on a soundtrack for the films.
“The films will be a tribute to our
father, grandfather and great
grandfather,” Rhonda told the Koori
Mail.
“Weʼve already done a lot of
background and interviews for the
films. Weʼve spoken to people like
Gary Foley and other activists who
were close to Dad.
“We went to Canberra and saw his
ASIO file and other material. Weʼve
got some great material and believe it
will be an important film about an
important man.
“We think that the film of the
making of The Fox and the Freedom
Fighters will be equally as
interesting.”
Rhonda is hoping the films will be
completed later this year. She is
already talking with the ABC about
screenings on national TV.
Rhonda says she would welcome
more information about her father.
She can be contacted at Grove7a@
yahoo.com.au
The late Charles ʻChickaʼ Dixonʼs daughter Rhonda
Dixon-Grovenor and her daughter Nadeena Dixon.
Aboriginality issue
on the boil again
By JILLIAN MUNDY
ABORIGINALITY. Itʼs the
debate that doesnʼt go away
– and never more so than in
TAS
Tasmania. Amid screaming
headlines following the leak
of a confidential discussion
paper to a major national newspaper and
another Aboriginality case potentially heading
to court, Tasmanian Aborigine Rodney Dillon
has backed the use of DNA testing to prove
Aboriginality, suggesting it might solve the
issue once and for all.
Itʼs a proposal that arouses offence and
debate, and something the former ATSIC
commissioner was opposed to until recently.
“This has been going on for too long. Let it
be brought out in the open,” Mr Dillon told the
Koori Mail.
“I donʼt want one Aboriginal saying
another oneʼs not Aboriginal.
“If thereʼs a dispute about someone, take
it to a DNA test, then thereʼs no dispute.
“I want this to be independent. Letʼs all put
our DNA on the table and see whoʼs who in
the zoo. Itʼs better than the system they are
using now.
“Weʼve had court cases, a lot of money
and time wasted, and a lot of anger. I donʼt
think we need that. We need to heal people.”
Mr Dillon aired his support of DNA testing
when The Australian newspaper contacted
him after it received the leaked discussion
paper on issues surrounding determination of
Aboriginality, penned by Aboriginal Land
Council of Tasmania (ALCT) chairman Clyde
Mansell.
Mr Dillon has not seen the paper, and Mr
Mansell is obviously annoyed that the paper
designed to promote discussion with those
closest to him has found its way to the
media.
“What I sought to do is raise concerns and
points for discussion. At the end of the day
thatʼs what it was – a discussion paper,” Mr
Mansell told the Koori Mail.
“I wrote it late last year. It was primarily
centered around the Aboriginal Lands Act
1995, which contains a definition of
Aboriginality.
“It was about the issue of the way the
Legislative Council has used back-door
politics to override the wishes of the
community to determine Aboriginality.
“What they tried to do as part of the last
hand back (negotiations), they wanted to
be involved in everything but the return of
land, they wanted to question process of
Rodney Dillon: “I donʼt want one Aboriginal saying another
oneʼs not Aboriginal. If thereʼs a dispute about someone, take it
to a DNA test, then thereʼs no dispute.”
consultation, and force us to consult with the
Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation, an
organisation that is not accepted by the core
organisations as representing Aboriginal
people.
“Itʼs a debate that should have been
contained within the community. Aboriginality
is a matter for the community surely.
“The solution is going to be hard to find
now. Itʼs been hijacked for a long period of
time, even in legal precedent.”
Sensationalised
Mr Dillon and Mr Mansell agree that itʼs a
discussion that needs to take place and that
The Australian sensationalised the issue
when it published a story last week titled
“ʻBrawlʼ over ʻwannabeʼ and ʻtick-a-boxʼ
Aborigines”.
The two men have in fact not discussed it
with each other.
“It is sensationalism of a very complex
and cultural matter,” Mr Mansell said.
However, the discussion is unlikely to be
kept in the Aboriginal community, with The
Australian reporting the following day that
Australiaʼs Human Rights Commission is
Clyde Mansell: “Itʼs a debate that should have been contained
within the community. Aboriginality is a matter for the
community surely.”
demanding that the Tasmaniaʼs Electoral
Commissioner, Julian Type, explain a
decision to bar north-west Tasmanian man
Leslie Dick from voting in ALCT elections,
potentially leading to a test case that could
force state legislative change.
To vote in the elections, and legislated in
Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 and adopted
widely in Tasmania, is the three-part
definition for Aboriginality – ancestry,
self-identification and communal recognition,
with the onus on the Aboriginal person, or
person claiming to be Aboriginal as it may
be, to prove this.
The Australian reported that Mr Mansellʼs
paper argues that proof of Aboriginal
ancestry alone may not be sufficient and
flags a new test of ʻa continual connectionʼ
with the Aboriginal community over
generations, with exceptions such as
members of the Stolen Generations.
It reported that Mr Mansell claims the
federal body responsible for registering
Aboriginal corporations has registered
ʻbogusʼ Indigenous bodies and should check
the credentials of applicants with established
community groups.
“Every day we encounter the impacts of
people claiming to be Aboriginal; thereʼs so
many tick-a-box and wannabe people out
there,” the newspaper reported he wrote in
the discussion paper.
“They know nothing about being
Aboriginal. They falsify their identity, their
culture, and use whatever they can to gain
acceptance. We need to talk about and
seek to reach agreement on how we combat
these people.
“If we donʼt, the tick-a-box or wannabes
will have control. We will once again be
fighting to survive.”
On the other hand, Mr Dillon, who was a
founding member of Weetapoona, which
oversees the management of land bought by
the Indigenous Land Corporation on Bruny
Island, and the South East Tasmanian
Aboriginal Corporation, opens his arms to
anyone who has just discovered their
Aboriginality and advocates smaller
regional Aboriginal groups to have more
of a say.
He has accused the “core” organisations
of having a “monopoly” on Aboriginality and
not letting other groups “breathe”.
NATSILS
tells PM
to save
funding
Dubbo rising star Lionel Wood:
“Aim for the moon and if you
miss, youʼll be among the stars
– thatʼs what I always say.”
Rising Dubbo star on
phone book covers
PICK up the new White
or Yellow Pages in
NSW
Dubbo and youʼll be
looking at a rising
Aboriginal star.
Heʼs Lionel Wood, last yearʼs
Young Citizen of the Year in the
central-western NSW city, and a man
with a strong commitment to his
people and broader community.
White and Yellow Pages publisher
Sensis had a cover photo theme
for this year of ʻAustralian Stars
Rising Aboveʼ, which it said made 22year-old Mr Wood the ideal choice.
The young community worker
is committed to spreading a
positive message about health and
wellbeing in his community.
“Iʼm determined to lift Dubboʼs
community spirit and make a
difference in peopleʼs lives. Aim for
the moon and if you miss, youʼll be
among the stars – thatʼs what I
always say,” he said.
Mr Wood has mentored hundreds
of local people through school
programs and workshops, and
connected people in need with
support agencies.
His anti-drug and alcohol slogan
ʻKeep Keen, Stay Clean, Believe,
Achieveʼ was one of six selected
from across NSW during the 2013
Make Art Make Change program to
raise awareness of drug and alcohol
issues for Indigenous youth in NSW.
Yellow Pages marketing specialist
Belinda Di Pietro said this yearʼs
theme was designed to recognise
young Australians volunteering their
time to champion projects helping
their community.
“This year we have discovered
young change-makers across
Australia who are stepping up to
make a difference in their
community. We wanted to honour
these rising stars and elevate them
to a place where everyone can
celebrate them,” she said.
“This year we are thrilled to
recognise Lionelʼs efforts in creating
a brighter future for his community.”
THE National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Legal Services
(NATSILS) has urged Prime Minister
Tony Abbott to intervene to prevent
funding cuts that the Northern
Territoryʼs top judge has labelled as a
false economy. In a speech at the Opening of the
Northern Territory legal year, Chief Justice Trevor
Riley said funding cuts to “vital” Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Legal Services due to take
effect from July 1 “strike a blow at the heart of the
justice system”.
The Chief Justice said, “It is obvious that funding
cuts which result in a cut in services will not save
money in the long run.” He urged “the responsible
governments, federal, state and territory, to take
great care to ensure that any necessary cuts in
funding do not have adverse consequences for the
delivery of justice in Australia and do not lead to
greater problems elsewhere”.
Long-term effects
NATSILS executive officer Eddie Cubillo said
Chief Justice Rileyʼs comments laid bare the
long-term effects of the funding cuts. “These cuts
will have a devastating impact for our services and
the ability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people to access justice,” Mr Cubillo said.
About $40 million was cut from legal aid services
in the Federal Budget last year. More than $13
million of that was from Indigenous services.
NATSILS repeated an earlier call for the
Federal Government to reverse the cuts to
Aboriginal legal services.
“The warning of the Chief Justice of the Northern
Territory must not be ignored,” Mr Cubillo said.
“The Commonwealth Government must urgently
reconsider the long-term effects of cutting the
funding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal
services around Australia.
“The Prime Minister has declared his special
interest in Indigenous affairs and we call upon
him to intervene to prevent this ʻblow at the heartʼ of
the justice system – a blow we know will be felt
most strongly by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people.”
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Second fishery 100% Indigenous-owned
THE Torres
Straitʼs beche
de mer fishery
is now 100%
Indigenousowned.
The Torres
Strait Regional Authority
(TSRA) has bought the last
non-Indigenous-held
commercial licence for the
marine delicacy, also known
as trepang or sea
cucumber.
The purchase is part of a
TSRA commitment to assist
local communities develop a
commercially viable fishing
industry which is 100%
owned by Torres Strait
TSI
Islander and Aboriginal
people.
The beche-de-mer
fishery is the second fishery
to be 100% owned by Torres
Strait and Aboriginal people.
The straitʼs finfish fishery
became 100% owned in
2007, and is now a major
commercial asset to Torres
Strait communities.
Benefits
The TSRA expects that
over time the beche de mer
licence will generate
significant benefits across
the region.
“I have been working
closely with the Minister for
Indigenous Affairs Nigel
Scullion to secure the
transfer of this licence,”
TSRA chairperson Joseph
Elu said.
“This important outcome
will allow greater access to
the fishery by Indigenous
fishers in the region and
provide economic benefits
to the Torres Strait
communities.
“I will now work with my
partners in the Protected
Zone Joint Authority to
develop a strategy for the
future use of this licence
for the benefit of Torres
Strait Islander and
Aboriginal people.”
Torres Strait Islander
Yessie Pearson with a
beche de mer. Picture:
Aaron Smith, Torres News
Call for
land title
reform
Professor Taiaiake Alfred, a Mohawk man from Canada, and Professor Mick Dodson, a
Yaruwu man from the north of Western Australia, at AIATSIS.
Land the key, says
Mohawk academic
PROFESSOR
Taiaiake Alfred,
a Mohawk
man from
Canada, gave
a lecture
about decolonisation at the
Australian Institute of
Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
recently – and he said itʼs all
about connection to land and
cultural practices.
Prof Alfred gave a potted
history of indigenous land
rights and the reconciliation
process in Canada, before
talking about strategies for
decolonisation.
He spoke of his
experiences growing up on a
Mohawk reserve.
“Colonisation has shaped
all our existence,” Prof
Alfred said.
“We have difficulties
accessing culture, language
and ceremonies.
“Our people have a love of
the land and view our
relationship with it as one of
reciprocity and respect.”
The symposium considered
ways to preserve, renew and
restore Indigenous knowledge
systems.
“Canada has been very
effective at pursuing
opportunities for assimilation
because the stakes are huge
– control of our land,” Prof
Alfred said.
“Foundation piece”
“Land is the foundation
piece of decolonisation. We
need to re-establish our
relationship with the land.
“Indigenous people need to
get back on their homelands,
to feel and taste the land. We
need to be more like our
ancestors.
“The Mohawk people are
developing land-based cultural
apprenticeships where the
Elders teach our young people
– itʼs the only way cultural
resurgence is going to
happen.”
Prof Alfred is Professor of
Indigenous Governance and
director of the IGov program at
the University of Victoria,
British Columbia. He
specialises in studies of
traditional governance,
restoration of land-based
cultural practices, and
decolonisation strategies.
His current research
examines the effects of
environmental contamination
on Indigenous cultural
practices, with a focus on the
Mohawk community of
Akwesasne, in Quebec. He
also works as a consultant to
Indigenous communities to
assess cultural injury due
to contamination of the
natural environment, and to
design land-based cultural
restoration plans.
AUSTRALIANS canʼt
complain about the
cost of Indigenous
welfare while denying
Aboriginal people
the right to use their
land to escape dependency.
Thatʼs the message from Human
Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson,
who is calling for reforms to native
title land rights.
He wants less red tape, flexible
ownership structures and business
models that allow Indigenous land
owners to raise equity.
“Itʼs not our place to tell Aboriginal
Australia how to use their land,” he
told the National Press Club.
Mr Wilson said he had met with
Aboriginal leaders from Broome to
Cairns only to discover a “complex
bureaucracy” for Aboriginal
Australians claiming land based on
the native title including “excessive
regulations” and land tax bills.
“Appetite”
“Having met with leaders, there is
an appetite for constructive reform to
set native title free,” he said.
Mr Wilson and Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Social
Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda
will hold a forum this year to
review and suggest reforms to
native title. – AAP
Massive rise in Vic
kids in care, abuse
THE number of
children in
out-of-home care
VIC
in Victoria rose by
42% in just 12
months, according to
the Productivity Commissionʼs Report
on Government Services. The report
showed 3856 Aboriginal children
subject to notifications of suspected
abuse and neglect in 2013-14, more
than twice as many as in 2004-05.
State Families Minister Jenny
Mikakos and Aboriginal Affairs
Minister Natalie Hutchins said the
figures demonstrated a failure by the
previous government and a need for
sustained action.
“All Victorians should be
concerned by these findings,” Ms
Hutchins said.
“It is critical that the Abbott
Government reverse its cuts to
Aboriginal health, education, early
childhood and justice services.”
The report also showed that
73.9% of Indigenous children
were at pre-school nationally –
almost 18% fewer than the national
average.
Ms Mikakos said it was vital that
appropriate funding be directed
towards a better future for Indigenous
children.
“Disadvantage”
“The Prime Minister tabled a
report that shows pre-school
education is one of the best ways
to engage Aboriginal children and to
set them up for life and redress
disadvantage,” Ms Mikakos said.
“I call on him to give funding
certainty to Victorian children by
funding his share of kindergarten,
which he is refusing to do.”
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At the launch of the digital story, from left, SNAICC deputy chairperson Geraldine Atkinson, the Department of Education and
Early Childhood Developmentʼs Kellyann Edwards, Aunty Melva Johnson and SNAICC senior training officer Kate Booth.
Echuca service’s
story goes digital
A DIGITAL story
launched in Melbourne
this month highlights the
VIC
support Berrimba
Multifunctional Aboriginal
Childrenʼs Service (MACS) has provided
for some 30 years to the Aboriginal
community at Echuca, in Victoriaʼs north.
The Secretariat of National Aboriginal
and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
produced the eight-minute video to raise
awareness of the vital role Berrimba and
other Indigenous early years services are
playing in getting children ready for
school, providing support for families as
well as a social hub for the community.
The digital story was launched by
SNAICC deputy chairperson Geraldine
Atkinson at the Victorian Aboriginal
Education Association Inc in Northcote.
The driving forces behind the creation
of Berrimba in the 1980s were Aunty
Melva Johnson, who features prominently
in the video and attended the launch,
and her daughter, Kerry Johnson.
“When we started it was like a
playgroup. This was a really old house
here (donated by the Uniting Church). But
we were so proud of it. And the children
started coming and kept coming,” Aunty
Melva says in the video.
“We wanted our kids to gel together.
We wanted our children to know who they
were, who their families were, and who
they were related to.”
ʻForever learningʼ
Berrimba, which means ʻforever
learningʼ, is provides affordable
long-day-care, kindergarten for three- and
four-year-olds, outside-school-hours care
and holiday programs, as well as
transport for families who need it.
“Theyʼve got somewhere safe they
can come to; or to feel good if things are
not going too good at home. I think itʼs
the best thing weʼve done in Echuca,”
Aunty Melva said.
Berrimba is one of 270 Indigenous
early-years services funded by the
Federal Government under the Budget
Based Funded (BBF) program. The
services face an uncertain funding
future, with the BBF program under
review and the Productivity Commissionʼs
report into child care only recently tabled
in Federal Parliament. The report will
form the basis for the Prime Ministerʼs
new families package.
Despite the challenges, Ms Atkinson
said the launch of the Berrima digital
story was an opportunity to celebrate the
history and impact of Aboriginal early
years services.
“We must celebrate how these centres
make a crucial difference in our familiesʼ
lives, and the impact they have on their
entire community,” she said.
“And we must celebrate how far weʼve
come, from the days when there was a
quota on how many of our kids were
allowed to go to school.”
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Opinion
DANNY E ASTWOOD ’ S V IEW
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With...
Mark
Saunders
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Youth deserve a
better system
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his
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“Making
Indigenous
excellence the
norm, not the
exception, is what
we do and what
we want to
continue doing.”
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– National Centre of
Indigenous Excellence chief
executive Jason Glanville
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Unquote
HE Close the Gap campaign has
again called to add justice
targets – but it appears the plea
will again fall on the deaf ears of the
Abbott Government.
With another damning report into
detention, in this case juvenile
detention in the Northern Territory,
showing that more and more
Aboriginal young people are
being locked up, surely itʼs time for
national action.
In every jurisdiction in Australia
people are overrepresented in the
criminal justice system.
And with cuts to frontline programs
and legal services, plus changes
flagged to social security, itʼs
impossible to see how the situation is
not going to get worse.
In NSW, some initial moves are
being made towards justice
reinvestment, where funds that would
be used to lock up people are instead
spent on early intervention and
diversionary programs.
This needs to be repeated around
the country.
On simple economics alone it make
sense – let alone from a human rights
or compassionate perspective.
It costs $700 a day to keep a young
person in detention in the NT. Thatʼs
an enormous amount of money.
Imagine if that – or even a tenth
of it – was spent on grassroots
community programs.
OUR SAY
Indigenous young people deserve a
better system than the current one,
which is locking them up in everincreasing numbers.
G
ood on Federal Indigenous Affairs
Minister Nigel Scullion for taking
the time to walk a couple of hundred
metres from Parliament House to the
Tent Embassy in Canberra.
According to the Tent Embassy, he
is the first Indigenous Affairs Minister
in 15 years to do so – thatʼs back to
the Hawke Government days.
So letʼs hope he actually listened to
what Aboriginal people at the
Embassy had to say.
Grand Mothers Against Removals
(GMAR) members have an enormous
well of wisdom, built up over many
lifetimes. These Aboriginal Elders
have educated themselves and
become political because their hearts
are hurting.
They are worried about their
grandchildren and concerned about
legal processes from which they are
too often excluded.
Senator Scullion would do well to
heed the wisdom of the Elders.
Koori Mail – 100% Aboriginal-owned
Male Health Officer
at NACCHO
Canberra, ACT
Favourite bush tucker?
Porcupine.
Favourite other food?
A stew with dumplings.
Favourite drink?
Any fruit juice.
Favourite music?
Led Zeppelin.
Favourite sport?
Rugby League. Iʼm a North
Queensland Cowboys fan.
What are you reading?
The March of Patriots by Paul Kelly.
Favourite holiday destination?
Merimbula Bay, southern NSW, for
for fishing.
What are you watching?
NITV. I try to make it home in time
for the news.
What do you like in life?
Family and friends.
What donʼt you like?
Funerals.
Who would most like to meet?
Anyone who wants to help me to
improve the health of Aboriginal
males.
Who would you invite for a night
around the campfire?
My brothers and nephews, as we
rarely get together.
If you could, what would you do to
benefit Indigenous Australians?
Close the Gap in male health. By
doing this it would lead to safe,
healthy families and communities.
Reflections
Sports
star to
Senate
seat
Nova Peris in her
office at Parliament
House, Canberra.
By RUDI MAXWELL
T
HE walls of Senator Nova
Perisʼs outer office at
Parliament House in
Canberra are adorned with photos
from her days as an elite athlete.
There are pictures of Senator
Peris with tennis star Evonne
Goolagong and boxer Muhammad
Ali, from the Olympic torch relay in
2000, a front page with a
triumphant Peris holding up her
Olympic gold medal, a framed
copy of the National Apology to the
Stolen Generations and some of
her many awards and accolades.
“I reckon the day I got
interested in sport was the day I
could walk and understand what
you had to do with a ball and a
hockey stick,” she said.
“I got into athletics when I was
five. My Italian godmother, who
was our neighbour, got me into
athletics.
“Sport was always my passion.”
Senator Peris is always quick to
credit her family for her success.
“I had my mum and my
stepfather. Their whole thing was:
ʻEducation is for life. Youʼve got to
walk away with a good, solid
education,ʼ” she said.
“We were fortunate. Even
though Mum grew up on the (Tiwi
Islands) mission, she made some
great choices in life.
“We lived in Housing
Commission houses for six or
seven years. Mum was a single
mum, but she gave my sister and
me good life skills. We valued that
Mum was a sporty woman. She
went to work and she put a roof
over our heads.
“My stepfather was a Northern
Territory copper and he supported
my sister and me in everything
we did.”
As a young girl, Senator Peris
loved school and brought home the
good reports her parents expected.
“Then when I was in Year 11,
about 15, you think, ʻWhere am I
going in the world?ʼ and it got to
the stage where it was a fork in the
road,” she said.
“You make a
few wrong
decisions in life
but what I
understood from
our household,
especially with my
stepfather being a
copper, was that
for every action
you take thereʼs
always a
consequence.
“I certainly lived a full life as a
child.”
At 15, the young Nova made
the Australian schoolgirlsʼ hockey
team, followed by the under 18s,
along with camps at the Australian
Institute of Sport in Canberra.
“Being exposed to that life and
what it could mean to wear the
green and gold ignited that passion
to one day play for Australia,” she
said.
“It started from a very young
age. I think I was about nine when
I said to Mum that one day I
wanted to go to the Olympics.
“I think if I didnʼt have that
experience of 13 years
representing Australia, I wouldnʼt
be able to cope here as a senator,
because youʼve got to learn to pick
yourself up and keep going and set
yourself goals along the way.”
Itʼs been almost two years since
Nova Peris became the first federal
female Aboriginal politician, taking
a seat in the Senate.
“Iʼve never once not wanted to
“Iʼve had periods in politics that
have been a shithouse time, but I
continue to stand for what I believe
in,” she said.
“By me taking those hits I think
it paves the way for other people
who want to enter into public life.
Youʼve got to be able to take your
knocks and your bumps.
There were a lot of Coalition
MPs who came to me and said that
was a blow beneath the belt – the
viciousness of it.”
Senator Peris has one adult
daughter, two school-aged children
and a grandson.
She finds it
difficult to spend
so much time
away from her
family in Darwin.
“I couldnʼt do
it without my
husband Scott, or
my mother – and I
couldnʼt do it if I
didnʼt have the
blessings of my
children,” she
said. “My kids know what I stand
for. They come to communities with
me; all of my children have.
“They get it. For example, I
asked my 12-year-old daughter
Destiny last year if she wanted to
come to one of the detention
centres for asylum-seekers in
Darwin. She said, ʻHell, no, Mum. I
couldnʼt bear it seeing children in
detention when theyʼve done
nothing wrong.ʼ
“My kids see it – so when they
“I look back and I’ve certainly
made a hell of a lot of mistakes
– but you’ve got
to make mistakes in life to
really sort yourself out.”
be here,” she said. “Itʼs been
challenging, but you canʼt walk
away from the things youʼve
inherited, your values.
“My grandmother always
said to me: ʻYouʼre a strong woman
and people will listen to you.
Youʼre a voice.ʼ”
Last year, the Northern Territory
News and other News Ltd
newspapers published stories
that included details of Senator
Perisʼs private life.
know Iʼm down here, they know itʼs
for all the right reasons, that youʼre
fighting for all the right reasons,
giving a voice to people for
humanitarian reasons and for
fairness.”
Senator Perisʼs mother,
grandmother and grandfather were
all members of the Stolen
Generations.
“Mumʼs nearly 70 and looking
after the grandchildren. You need
to respect the old people; they
continually give back,” she said.
“Sometimes when things are
tough, Mum has a good old
conversation with her friends. The
old people, they all play cards on a
Thursday. The old ladies say, ʻYou
tell Nova to keep going.ʼ
“Itʼs good to know youʼre on the
right track.”
Senator Peris is hoping to have
a long career in politics and to
inspire other Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
“A friend of mine, a wise old
fella, he said to me: ʻFor as much
is given, much is expected,ʼ”
she said.
“People look up to people
for inspiration. If thatʼs what I can
give to other people, if they can
think, ʻThereʼs this snotty-nosed
little tomboy that ran barefoot, who
went on and played hockey for
Australia and won gold medals and
ran for Australia.ʼ
“I look back and Iʼve certainly
made a hell of a lot of mistakes –
but youʼve got to make mistakes in
life to really sort yourself out.”
Headstone at
war memorial
--THE headstone of
brave Aboriginal soldier
Corporal Harry Thorpe
has a new home.
Itʼs featured at the
refurbished World War I
Gallery at the Australian War Memorial
in Canberra.
Cpl Thorpe, from Lake Tyers in
Victoria, was killed while fighting in
France during August 1918, towards
the end of the war. An accomplished
infantryman, he had been awarded the
Military Medal for bravery.
Cpl Thorpe was interred at Heath
Cemetery in France, where his frostdamaged headstone was seen by War
Memorial officials in 2013.
The headstones are usually
repaired by the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission, but that
organisation agreed to donate Cpl
Thorpeʼs as a feature for the new
gallery, which was officially opened
this month.
‘Determined’ Jasmin is
one busy young woman
Alzheimer’s
action urged
IN the lead-up to next
monthʼs NSW state
NSW
election, Alzheimerʼs
Australia has called on
all major political parties
to commit to a comprehensive
statewide dementia strategy, including
the continuation of funding for
dedicated, statewide Aboriginal officers
in NSW.
“With the tragically high level of
dementia in Aboriginal communities,
we need to look specifically at
dementia care and risk reduction
measures for that community,”
Alzheimerʼs Australia NSW chief
executive John Watkins said.
“We are calling for the major parties
to commit to continuing to fund a
statewide Aboriginal project officer to
support Aboriginal communities and
mainstream services in providing
culturally appropriate dementia care,
as well as appropriately funding local
Aboriginal liaison workers to provide
risk reduction messages to the broader
Aboriginal population.”
Mr Watkins said new dementia data
show that the numbers of people with
dementia in NSW is now estimated to
be almost 112,000. This is expected to
increase to 128,500 by 2020 and up to
272,000 by 2050.
Sports day at
Healesville
Ngemba woman Jasmin Hammond: “Iʼm determined to do
well, and to do well for my people.”
JASMIN Hammond
says sheʼs a “pretty
NSW
determined
person”. You can
say that again.
At just 19, the young Ngemba
woman, who hails from Brewarrina
on her country in western NSW,
has already kicked some pretty
impressive goals.
Sheʼs just returned from five
months in Hong Kong after
becoming the first Indigenous
student to win a scholarship in
2014 under the Federal
Governmentʼs New Colombo Plan
for undergraduate students to have
semester-based exchanges in
selected Indo-Pacific locations.
These are offered to only 40 of
Australiaʼs best and brightest
undergraduate students.
Ms Hammondʼs been studying
for a Bachelor of Natural Science
(Environment and Health) degree
through the University of Western
Sydney (UWS), but following the
exchange sheʼs been accepted to
study medicine at UWS. Sheʼs
aiming to continue with the natural
science degree as well. And sheʼs
also taken up an invitation to join
ʻThe Academyʼ at UWS, designed
to improve the leadership skills of
high-achievers.
For the past two years, Ms
Hammondʼs also worked as a
trainee environmental health officer
at Cowra Council in central NSW,
where sheʼs been living and active
in local Aboriginal issues.
To top it all off, sheʼs one of four
finalists in the 2015 NSW Harvey
Norman Young Woman of the Year
Award, to be announced next
month.
Ms Hammondʼs life is very busy
– just the way she likes it.
“Long term, Iʼd like to work in
Indigenous health and improve
Indigenous education,” she told the
Koori Mail.
“After I graduate my medical
degree, Iʼll work in remote
communities to help our people.
And Iʼll also look to find ways to
ensure our young people get the
education they need for a better
future.”
Remarkable
Itʼs all pretty remarkable for a
young woman who left school in
Year 10 and didnʼt receive a Higher
School Certificate.
“I went through TAFE, securing
the certificate II and III in business,
and worked my way into university
from there,” Ms Hammond said.
“You can do it if you apply
yourself – and thatʼs a message Iʼd
give to all young people.”
Ms Hammondʼs efforts have
already drawn some high-profile
attention. As part of the New
Colombo Plan, she met Foreign
Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, who
subsequently sang her praises in
the Federal Parliament.
“Iʼm determined to do well, and
to do well for my people,” Ms
Hammond said.
“You just have to work hard and
apply yourself.”
Pilbara footballers
tackling violence
THE Aboriginal Family Law
Services WA (AFLS) and the
North Pilbara Football League
(NPFL) have united to target
WA
violence. Both organisations
VICTORIAN Aboriginal
have formed the Tackling
netballers and
Violence out of our Communities
footballers will show
initiative, covering communities across
VIC
their talent at the
Western Australiaʼs Pilbara region.
annual Eastern Health
The partnership aims to prevent family
Closing the Gap Sports Day in
violence and sexual abuse, which is taking a
Healesville on March 1.
heavy toll on children and families in
Eastern Health, which is hosting the communities across WA.
tournament, is inviting Melbourne
The program was developed by AFLS
residents to “connect with respect” with community support officer Sharon Ramirez
the Aboriginal community at the event. and regional coordinator Stephanie Greatorex.
Eastern Healthʼs Vera Webber said Talks with the NPFL starting in late last year.
the event was about promoting
“The football community in the Pilbara is
Aboriginal health.
very large,” Ms Ramirez said.
“Aboriginal health continues to be
“Aussie rules attracts a diverse audience,
one of Eastern Healthʼs major
from all walks of life, and even though men
priorities,” she said. “The aim of the
play the sport, their families are very involved.
day is to celebrate the spirit of
I thought football would be a great opportunity
reconciliation, and also better inform
to get any anti-violence message to a broader
the community about the dedicated
range of people.”
Aboriginal health services we have.”
Aboriginal women are 38 times more likely
Now in its third year, Ms Webber
than other women to be hospitalised and 10
said the sports day was a great way of time more likely to be killed as a result of
bringing the community together.
family violence. In the five years to 2013,
“It has been a terrific way of
hospitalisation rates for people as a result of
breaking down cultural barriers and
family violence increased by 46%.
encouraging collaboration between
Estimates suggest up to 90% of Aboriginal
Eastern Health and local Aboriginal
children in out-of-home care are removed from
their family due to violence. In 2014, the
communities,” she said.
At the signing of the initiative, from left, AFLS staff Mary Cowley, Karen Brisbane,
Stephanie Greatorex, Sharon Ramirez, Zoey Lee and Dylan Lyneham.
number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home
supporters will take a lead role in helping to
care in WA topped 50%, despite making up
deliver the message against family violence in
only 5% of the population aged up to 17.
our region.”
“By creating this program it provides
The program will last the 2015 football
education to all levels of the community to take season when the message ʻViolence is Not
responsibility and say no to family violence,”
Our Gameʼ will be displayed at the local
Ms Greatorex said.
Pilbara football clubs and in communities.
“I hope it will reduce the amount of family
The AFLS provides culturally safe legal
violence in our community. I also hope the
assistance to Aboriginal victim-survivors of
North Pilbara football players, officials and
family violence.
YOUR SAY
On page 24, First Peoples Disability Network
chief executive Damian Griffis writes on the
need for a national framework to help
Indigenous people with disabilities.
Where is Stolen
Gens justice?
FEBRUARY 13, the
anniversary of the National
Apology to the Stolen
Generations, is not a day of
celebration. Itʼs a day to be sad
that there is still no compensation
and/or reparation for the Stolen
Generation in South Australia.
We are yet to see a
commitment to the Stolen
Generation for compensation from
the SA Government. This is
despite Tammy Franks MLC and
the Liberal Party both tabling bills
to be debated by the SA
Parliament.
To date we have had to fight
for the rights of members of the
Stolen Generation through the
courts. This is costly to both sides
and very traumatic to Aboriginal
people who were removed from
their families and communities.
This is not what the Stolen
Generation (members) thought
would happen at the time the
apology was made.
The Aboriginal Legal Rights
Movement (ALRM) continues to
try to negotiate cases before the
courts. ALRM continues to seek
an audience with the Attorney
General, the Premier and the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. All
to no avail.
This compromises the SA
Governmentʼs obligation to be a
ʻmodel litigantʼ.
Consistent with the Van
Boven principles (on reparations),
which the Tammy Franks Bill
relies upon as a guide,
reparations and compensation by
ex-gratia payments should be
proportionate to the gravity of the
violations and the resulting
damage.
For the Stolen Generation
claimants, payments need to
reflect the Trevorrow No 5
judgment and the specific findings
of illegality, breach of statutory
duty, negligence and
Advocate
For The
Indigenous
I Will Advocate For You My
Friend
Thatʼs Why These Poems To You
I Send
To Lift You Up From The Deepest
Pit
And Give You A Throne So You
Can Sit.
Why Youʼre In The Dungeon Iʼll
Never Know
But It Wonʼt Be Long, The Truth
Will Show
The Pain Youʼve Suffered And
The Hurt Youʼve Felt
As You Were Dragged Through
The Darkest Hell.
Soon It Will Be Over, No More To
Repeat
And The Truest Friends You Will
Surely Greet
Your Wounds Will Be Healed
And Your Spirits Set Free
Youʼll Rise Above It All, And Joy
You Will See.
misfeasance, all of which sounded
in damages. That is consistent
with the Van Boven principles, as
is the need for public recognition
of the Stolen Generation through
public memorials, healing centres
and the like.
On December 19, SA
Government ministers declined to
meet with members of the Stolen
Generation. This is a slap in the
face and demonstrates an
arrogance and total disrespect for
the trauma experienced by
members of the Stolen
Generation. Many of those people
have yet to receive justice.
This response also
demonstrates a lack of regard by
the SA Labor Government for the
Aboriginal Affairs portfolio.
This is further evident by the
removal or disempowerment of
senior Aboriginal public
servants/leaders within the public
sector and the deconstructing of
specialist Aboriginal services and
units and Aboriginal homelands in
South Australia.
Now they are not responding
to requests to meet face-to-face
with Aboriginal members of the
Stolen Generation.
Former SA Premier Don
Dunstan would be ashamed of the
lack of commitment and the lack
of compassion shown by a party
that he was so proud to represent.
By their lack of engagement
and arrogance, they have
muddied his vision for equality
and an enhanced quality of life for
Aboriginal South Australians.
ALRM congratulates Kyam
Maher MP as the incoming
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. It is
hoped that having an Aboriginal
minister will create further
opportunities for Aboriginal
engagement and put a stop to the
current ʻrazor gang approachʼ to
the Aboriginal Affairs portfolio; to
put a stop to institutionalised
racism and the disgraceful
treatment of the Aboriginal Affairs
portfolio.
ALRM trusts that the new
minister moves quickly to protect
what is left of Aboriginal
services/units and Aboriginal
employees in the public sector.
ALRM calls on him to meet
with the members of the Stolen
Generation, to listen to their
concerns and to work in
partnership to develop a bill which
creates a pathway to fair
compensation and gives
Aboriginal people a voice in this
state.
That is what Aboriginal people
thought the apology was going to
bring.
CHERYL AXLEBY
Aboriginal Legal Rights
Movement chief executive,
Adelaide, SA
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The Day Of Sunshine After The
Storm
And In Your Hearts Youʼll Be
Cosy And Warm
No More Rejection Thatʼs Held
You Hostage For Years
And Has Filled Your Life With
Bitter Tears.
Deliverance Has Come, Now You
Know The Way
Your Prayers Have Been
Answered, At The End Of The
Day.
Abi DRabi
Sydney, NSW
Stolen Land
I have a heavy heart I am so sad
Tears are dropping you are so
bad
Stolen land by you itʼs cruel
Why do you take me for such a
fool.
I want to stand up for my rights
To take back my land I will fight
Through the courts so the world
can see
What you really have done to
me.
I am proud, and yes I cry
Our land is slowly starting to die
Why canʼt you see what you
have done
Keep going and soon we all will
have none.
So yes my heart is heavy, it
bleeds
While you steal my land for pure
greed
Stolen land that once was ours
Gone with your conscience,
youʼre horrible, cruel and bad.
JERRY MAHER
Western Australia
Comment
Meeting needs of our
people with disability
M
EETING the needs of
Australiaʼs First Peoples
with disability is one of
the most critical social justice
issues in Australia today.
By any measure, Aboriginal
people with disability are some
of the most disadvantaged
Australians. Our people often
face multiple barriers to their
meaningful participation in
their own communities and the
wider community, particularly
those living in remote areas,
where there is often a complete
lack of specialist disability
services.
For too long the needs of
Aboriginal people with disability
and their families have largely
been overlooked. Regrettably,
this is also the case in the
justice system.
One of the many positive
aspects of Close the Gap is the
ongoing bipartisan commitment
to end the inequality of life
expectancy, health and social
outcomes experienced by
Islander people.
Beyond the speeches
though, there needs to be an
increased effort to put the
practical measures to address
Indigenous disadvantage in
place if the gap in life
expectancy is going to be
closed within a generation.
Further, Close the Gap
targets are needed for disability
and justice, two key areas that
have so far been overlooked in
government policy.
First Peoples Disability
Network chairperson Aunty
Gayle Rankine describes being
an Aboriginal person with
disability as a ʻdouble
disadvantageʼ. Aboriginal
people with disability and their
families need support to
address all social issues
affecting their quality of life,
such as housing, education and
employment, not their medical
needs alone.
There is an untold story in
Australiaʼs prisons. Often the
imprisonment of Aboriginal
people is unwarranted. Across
the country people with mental
impairment or with intellectual
disability often end up in
Damian
Griffis
prisons if they come into
contact with the police and the
judicial system.
A number of well-publicised
cases of people indefinitely
incarcerated without conviction
have emerged in the past
year. These cases highlight a
system that is failing those
most at risk, and it is likely
there are many more.
How many people in prison
have a disability? How many
are being housed in prison,
institutionalised without
appropriate interventions,
assessments, care and
support?
We donʼt know, as the
protocols are not in place in the
disability and justice systems to
address this issue, and data is
not collected.
Access to justice for
Islander people with disability
can be improved if practical
steps are taken. With an
imprisonment rate 15 times that
of other Australians, we know
there are too many Indigenous
people in prison. This is
tangible data that reflects
entrenched disadvantage.
Then there is collateral
damage when mothers, fathers,
children, cousins, aunties and
brothers are locked up.
This is a justice system that
defaults to jail because suitable
disability programs are not
available.
The prevalence of disability
in prison is high. Australian
Bureau of Statistics figures
suggest that 50% of Australiaʼs
First People experience
disability.
So it follows that if just one
in five people could be diverted
away from custody and into a
supported disability program,
the overall incarceration rate of
Islander people could be
reduced by 10%.
There is goodwill from many
sectors and many individuals
wanting to effect change, but
from the outset we must
acknowledge that we do not
know the full extent of the
problem.
This is a national issue
that requires a national,
collaborative framework to
right it.
Damian Griffis is chief
executive officer of the First
Peoples Disability Network
Australia.
“By any measure, Aboriginal people with disability are some of the most disadvantage Australians. Our people
often face multiple barriers to their meaningful participation in their own communities and the wider community,
particularly those living in remote areas, where there is often a complete lack of specialist disability services.”
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Your Say
Disappointed that Abbott remains PM
THE Tasmanian Aboriginal
community is disappointed that (Tony)
Abbott has remained Prime Minister. He
has been a disappointing failure as a
ʻPrime Minister for Aboriginal Affairsʼ.
(Liberal MP and Minister) Malcolm
Turnbull may have funded remote
Aboriginal communities in Western
Australia and kept people on their
traditional lands rather than pushing
them into cities. He may have replaced
the useless Recognition campaign with
a treaty, giving the First People rights
rather than a symbolic gesture.
The block Tasmanian vote led by
extreme right winger (Liberal Minister)
Eric Abetz shows why Tasmanian
Aborigines can get no help from a
Federal Liberal Government led by
Abbott.
People like (Tasmanian MP) Brett
Whiteley have had no discussions with
Aboriginals over the threatened west
coast heritage.
We as a community are frustrated
and feel like we have no hope.
These people are elected to
represent us all, not just one group of
society.
Abbott has stated that he is going to
change. In good faith he should abolish
the Indigenous Advisory Council, and
start speaking with Aboriginal leaders
who are chosen by their community to
represent them, not those hand-picked
leaders by the minister of the day.
TRUDY MALUGA
State Secretary
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
‘Failures’ life and death
Letter-writer Parry Agius
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott
says that the failures revealed in
the Closing the Gap Report are
deeply disappointing.
For Prime Minister Abbott and
his colleagues these failures may
be disappointing, but for
Islander peoples they are a
matter of life and death.
As a former chief executive of
the South Australian Native Title
Service and current Indigenous
mentor, I urge the Government to
look to examples of where
Islander peoples have shown how
they can make a positive
Well done to
Qld Labor trio
NO-ONE was truly prepared for
the large swing back to Labor in the
Queensland election after just one
term of the Newman Liberal
National Party Government.
Three Aboriginal people ran for
Labor in the election – Billy Gordon
who won the seat of Cook
convincingly, Leeanne Enoch who
won the seat of Algester very
convincingly (and is now a minister),
and Cheryl Thompson, who
unfortunately didnʼt win the seat of
Gregory but was able to do a great
job in the Liberal National heartland.
Congratulations should go to
them all and to the fact the Leeanne
is the first Aboriginal woman to be
elected to the Queensland
Parliament.
It is great to see our people
participating in the need for change
through the political doors of
opportunities and compete and win
seats in their own right.
ROSS WILLIAMS
Brisbane, Qld
difference through drawing on
local people to address local
problems.
A clear example of this are
projects like the Yuendumu
Mediation and Justice Committee.
This committee deals quickly with
local conflicts before they can
escalate and get out of hand. An
independent cost benefit analysis
found that this Aboriginal service
which gets about $250,000 a year
is delivering around $14 million in
benefits over a 10-year period.
Conflict in communities is one
of the key reasons kids miss
school, and so addressing
community conflicts is essential to
creating the right environment
that makes it safe for kids to go to
school.
Study after study has also
shown that high levels of conflict
make people sick, seriously
undermining their long-term
health and wellbeing.
If the Government and the
Opposition are serious about
closing the gap, they must fund
as a first priority locally-based
Indigenous-driven and -led
dispute resolution services.
Islander people know we have a
lot of conflict in our communities
and this underlies and
exacerbates many of the issues
in our communities. We also
know that when we deal with
those conflicts, our communities
can breathe again, we can work
together and we can fix our
problems.
I am calling on the
Government to fund as a priority
dedicated Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander dispute resolution
services and help our
communities build the peaceful
and safe environments we need
to close the gap.
PARRY AGIUS
Adelaide, SA
A Step Up For Our Kids –
ACT Out of Home Care Services
The Community Services Directorate, is undertaking an open tender process to engage one or more
Community Organisation/s to establish a panel for A Step Up for Our Kids – One Step Can Make a Lifetime of
Difference– the ACT’s new five year strategy for out of home care services. Prospective tenderers are invited
to attend the information briefing session and topic workshops that will be held during the tender period. For
further information on the A Step Up for Our Kids – Out of Home Care Services tender and the workshops
refer to http://www.procurement.act.gov.au/tenders/open_tenders or contact Connie Ciuffetelli by email
at sharedservicesprocurementgns@act.gov.au or Tel: 02 6207 0811.
e CSD@act.gov.au
t 133 427
w www.communityservices.act.gov.au
Fighting for country
I MET this man from the Pilbara
A tall and proud man of the land
He is fighting to save his country
In a way that only he can
understand.
Was a privileged moment for all to
see
I wish he wins his fight he is in
And share it with more as he did
with me.
He gave an insight into tradition
and culture
And how he will never let that go
This man is a Yindjibarndi man of
the Pilbara
You must meet him and then you
will know.
The great stories he shared were
so humble
And the sad ones, I was angry
and confused
But there is a moral in everything
he told me
I still wondered why were they so
cruel?
He is a very serious traditional
man
With a funny side you have to
understand
But when he talks of his country
and values
You see a picture of courage in
this great man.
To share the pure heart of his
country
When you get to know this man
as I have
You will understand why he
values the land
Yes he will educate you and hope
that you see his dream
He is a true spirited Yindjibarndi
man.
JERRY MAHER
Western Australia
Koori Mail
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Yolngu Matha dictionary goes online
THE first online
searchable and
extendable
Yolngu Matha
NT
(language)
dictionary has
been launched
by Charles Darwin University
(CDU).
Dictionary creator John
Greatorex said it would be a
valuable tool for students,
researchers, Yolngu language
workers and the Yolngu
community of Arnhem Land in
the Top End of the Northern
Territory.
He said students and
others interested in Australian
Indigenous languages would
no longer need to buy a CD
or app, as the dictionary will
be free and available to all.
“The web-based dictionary
is interactive and searchable
by multiple means,” Mr
Greatorex said.
“As the Yolngu languages
courses attract more
international and crossinstitutional students, there
has been a need for a good
online dictionary resource.
“Contexts”
“This dictionary is
designed to support study by
internal and external students
from remote, regional and
international contexts.”
Mr Greatorex worked with
Yolngu advisers to the Yolngu
Studies Program at CDU on
the dictionary.
CDU Yolngu Studies
lecturer Yasunori Hayashi
said the online dictionary
would enable students to use
a smart phone to search for
Yolngu Matha words.
“One of the practical
functions of the dictionary is
fuzzy search, by which
students can search words
without knowing accurate
spellings,” he said.
“This function may support
students when they work on
transcribing oral stories
spoken in Yolngu Matha.”
Those using the dictionary
are asked to remember that
Yolngu languages are owned
by the Yolngu people.
For more information
about Yolngu studies or to
view the online resource, visit
http://yolngudictionary.cdu.
edu.au/
“Our Languages, Our Way”
Would you like to see Aboriginal languages revitalised
and language projects delivered in your community?
The NSW Government is investing in Aboriginal language revitalisation and the development
of community owned language resources as part of OCHRE - the NSW Government Plan for
Aboriginal Affairs.
Aboriginal community members and Aboriginal community organisations who can
demonstrate a level of language knowledge and an ability to develop and deliver community
owned language projects are invited to apply for funding under the “Our Languages, Our Way”
grants program.
Successful applicants will be selected based on their ability to meet specified funding
guidelines and eligibility criteria.
Information and the application form can be found at the Aboriginal Affairs website at
www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au. For enquiries please call contact officers Brittaney HerringCullen on (02) 9219 0770 or Darryl Gardiner on (02) 9219 0754 or alternatively email
Darryl.P.Gardiner@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Only applications lodged using the application form will be considered.
Applications close at 5:00pm Friday 27th March 2015.
Applications must either be emailed with the subject Language Grant Program to
TenderBox@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au or addressed and posted to Language Grant
Program Aboriginal Affairs Level 13 Tower B Centennial Plaza 280 Elizabeth Street Surry Hills
NSW 2010.
Please Note:
Late applications will not be considered.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Supporting people with cancer grant initiative
2015 grant round now open
Cancer Australia invites interested community organisations to apply for funding under the
Supporting people with cancer grant initiative. The grant program aims to reduce the burden
of cancer through the provision of grants to community organisations, and encourage effective
partnerships between organisations in order to:
• improve the coordination, accessibility and development of quality cancer support networks.
• better support people affected by cancer.
• focus on local community needs.
• develop innovative approaches to support options.
• build community capability and demonstrate an impact at the health system, community and
consumer level.
• initiate visible partnerships and linkages to services which will foster appropriate referral to
information and support.
Cancer Australiaʼs 2015 priority target areas for the grants include a framework (applicants will
choose from one category only):
Category one will improve outcomes for people whose outcomes are poor and demonstrate
impact at a health systems level and/or community systems level for:
• People whose outcomes are poorer.
• Regional and rural communities.
Category two will improve support, consumer involvement and evidence based information at a
local level for:
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
• Culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
• People who are socioeconomically disadvantaged.
Applicants can apply for grants of up to $120,000 (GST exclusive)
over a three year period (2015-2018).
For further information, application forms, selection criteria and grant guidelines, visit the Cancer
Australia website: canceraustralia.gov.au or email contactofficer@canceraustralia.gov.au
Applications are now open
Closing date: 22 April 2015
A screen shot of the new online Yolngu Matha dictionary.
Palm Island
gets set to
talk tourism
By ALF WILSON
PALM Island
residents will get
the chance to
have their say
QLD
during a ʻTalking
Tourismʼ forum
at the north
Queensland Aboriginal
community. The meeting will be
held at the Palm Island PCYC
on March 12, and residents will
be invited to give feedback from
discussions about possible
tourism ventures locally.
It will be conducted by
consultants Tony OʼConnor and
Allison Rossetto, who visited
the Island in December to talk
to residents.
Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey
repeated that “our Island is
open for business” and he
would welcome suggestions
about potential projects.
Ms Rossetto said the forum
Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey.
would be held with the support
of the Palm Island Shire
Council.
“Our last visit produced
overwhelmingly positive support
for controlled tourism and we
had many interesting
conversations about ideas from
the local community,” she said.
“We found that close to 90%
of people surveyed were
supportive of tourism
contributing to the local
community.
“Many identified tourism as a
way to generate jobs and
income for residents and as a
way to change the image of
Palm Island.
“In the words of one local,
tourism provided an opportunity
to ʻshare our stories around the
world so Palm Island can be
heard and have more tourism
coming. It would be niceʼ.”
But some concerns were
also raised.
Mr OʼConnor said some
thought that tourism would
transform Palm into another
(tourism resort) Hamilton Island.
“Some expressed concerns
that the island might not be
ready to accept visitors,” he
said.
Facebook to fight diabetes
DIABETES
Queensland has
turned to
Facebook in an
QLD
innovative new
program to tackle
type two diabetes
in Indigenous people.
The Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peer Support
Facebook group has already
attracted more than 50 followers,
and Diabetes Qld is confident
more will join the conversation.
Diabetes Qld chief executive
Michelle Trute believes the
program will be a valuable tool in
the fight against type two
diabetes, which affects
Indigenous people at far greater
rates than other Australians.
As part of the campaign, four
Indigenous people with diabetes
have volunteered to lead the
Facebook campaign.
One of them, Brisbane man
Kevin Maund, expects the
Facebook page to provide
much-needed education to not
just people with diabetes, but
also their family and friends.
“Weʼre trying to create a
discussion around type two
diabetes. The volunteers have all
made a video about ourselves
and how weʼve dealt with our
diabetes,” the Zillmere man said.
“We just want to let people
know thereʼs other people who
are living with diabetes.”
Mr Maund said one of the
principal goals of the peer
support program is education
about the chronic disease.
“Itʼs important for people to
understand whatʼs going on and I
think youʼre more likely to listen
to someone who has diabetes
rather than someone who
doesnʼt. You should still see your
doctor but talking with someone
whoʼs going through the same
thing as you is always positive.”
To join in the conversation,
search for Diabetes Qld Peer
Support on Facebook and send
a friend request.
Mornington Island Raiders Frank-John Amini, left, and Dale Amini with their new boots. “We
are so humbled to think that there are people on the mainland that want to help our team do
what they do best, play rugby league,” Dale said.
Kitted-up Raiders out
for some redemption
MORNINGTON
Islandʼs kitstrapped rugby
league players
QLD
have made their
first major score
– and it hasnʼt
been on the football ground.
Theyʼve just received a pair
of boots for each of the Gulf of
Carpentaria communityʼs
players, as well as pledges of
jumpers and other items most
teams take for granted.
Itʼs a huge breakthrough for
the football-mad community,
looking to regain its league
glory days of the 1990s.
Rugby league has had a
resurgence since the reformed
Mornington Island Raiders
played in a Nines competition
back in November.
Then came a belting at the
hands of the Raidersʼ nearest
competition, arch-rivals
Doomadgee.
The loss has fired up the
Raiders – and the local
community – and theyʼre
training regularly and keen
for redemption when they
take on Doomadgee again
later this year.
Raiders coach Sean
Durant, new to the island and
with a background in rugby
league, says thereʼs some real
talent among Morningtonʼs
1200 residents.
“One pair of boots”
“When we started training
at the beginning of the year we
had just one pair of boots
between 18 players,” he said.
“But now, thanks to a social
media campaign through the
GIVIT site (a charity that
connects those in need with
those willing to give) and the
generosity of locals, weʼve got
boots and pledges of much
more equipment.
“The players are really fired
up and training well, and,
importantly, the community is
right behind us, including the
women and kids.
“The Raiders will be a force
for good in this community.”
Durant, who works for the
Mornington Shire Council, is
hoping the Raiders will be able
to play in Mount Isa and even
further afield this year.
“Itʼs very costly to get to
other communities on the
mainland,” he said.
“But with the level of
enthusiasm and support
shown already, Iʼm confident
weʼll be able to do it – and
give our competition a run for
their money.”
Legal entity
is a first
KRED Enterprises,
the Broome-based
charitable trust
WA
committed to
Aboriginal
economic
development,
has launched the first
incorporated legal practice in
Australia owned solely by native
title groups.
KRED Legal has employed
five lawyers who will focus on
native title law, contract law and
commercial agreements.
KRED Legal director Wayne
Bergmann, who is also the chief
executive of KRED Enterprises,
says there was an urgent need
to establish an Australia-wide
Aboriginal-owned legal entity.
“Across Australia, weʼre
seeing intense pressure on
traditional owners from
proponents and companies
wishing to access, explore or
develop on our traditional
country,” he said.
“KRED Legal makes sure we
have both a spear and a shield.
We seek to ensure that any
development on country can
only proceed when the highest
environmental and cultural
standards are in place.
“Raising the bar”
“We have a team of lawyers
who are raising the bar, who are
working creatively and flexibly
within Australian law to ensure
the best outcomes for our mob.”
KRED Legal has chosen to
exclusively represent traditional
owners, prescribed body
corporates, native title groups or
Aboriginal-owned companies.
“We encourage companies
and developers to engage and
negotiate directly with the
authorised representatives
nominated by native title
groups,” Mr Bergmann said.
“The companies that do
engage directly with these
representatives are reaching
positive outcomes that benefit
both parties. This generally
creates better efficiency in
decision making. Aboriginal
people need to be factored in to
development, not simply seen
as a hindrance.”
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New health centre at Normanton
THE peak
Aboriginal health
organisation has
welcomed the
QLD
opening of a new
Aboriginal
community
controlled health centre in
Normanton, north-west
Queensland. National
Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health
Organisation (NACCHO)
chairperson Matthew
Cooke said the Normanton
Recovery and Community
Wellbeing Centre was vital to
providing improved health
services to Aboriginal people
in the lower Gulf of
Carpentaria region.
The new centre is a
federally funded initiative
operated by Aboriginal
medical service Gidgee
Healing and The Salvation
Army.
“Getting appropriate health
and wellbeing services into
remote parts of Australia
is a huge challenge,” Mr
Cooke said.
“Itʼs difficult for people in
remote communities to get
A SERIES of of violent
incidents on traditional
Aboriginal lands in
South Australia has
led to 10 arrests.
The accused males,
whose ages range
from 16 to 39, have been charged
with aggravated affray.
A 30-year-old man also has been
charged with aggravated assault on
police, while a 39-year-old has been
charged with aggravated assault
causing harm.
Police said the arrests followed
several disturbances over three days
at Amata in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara
Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in SAʼs
far north. Some of the accused have
been remanded in custody. – AAP
SA
The new Aboriginal community-controlled health centre in Normanton, north-west
Queensland. It will serve the lower Gulf of Carpentaria region.
the quality health care they
need.
“This centre will go a long
way to helping many
Aboriginal people get on the
road to good health.”
Mr Cooke said the
Normanton service would
be run by Aboriginal people
for Aboriginal people.
“The population of
Normanton and surrounding
areas is overwhelmingly
Aboriginal and they need
access to culturally
appropriate health care,” he
said.
“Having local people
involved in this centre will be
key to its success in
attracting clients and
improving the health of the
community. It also has the
potential to boost
employment and training
opportunities for local
residents.”
l You’ll find the latest edition of NACCHO Health News in our next edition
Project to help
report racism
A PROJECT
designed to
remove barriers
VIC
to Aboriginal
Victorians
reporting racism has been
launched in Shepparton.
The Report Racism initiative
was devised after the Victorian
Equal Opportunity and Human
Rights Commission (VEOHRC)
found that while racism is a daily
experience for many Aboriginal
people, much of it is not reported.
The project, developed by the
commission together with Victoria
Police and the Victorian
Aboriginal Legal Service, is the
first of its type in Australia.
“We know many Aboriginal
people face racism on a daily
basis, in shops, on the street, or
at sporting matches,ʼʼ VEOHRC
Commissioner Kate Jenkins said.
“Many people donʼt report
these incidents because they
think nothing will be done about it,
or they fear victimisation, or they
simply donʼt know where and how
to make a report.
“Report Racism aims to
overcome these barriers by
providing the option of a third
party for people to go through, to
record their experiences.
“We also want to encourage
bystanders to take action, to let
people know that racist attitudes
are not okay and we all have a
part to play in stamping them out.”
The project, being piloted in
northern Melbourne and
Arrests over
APY violence
Mozzie threat
in Top End
TOP End residents are
being urged to protect
themselves from an
unseasonably high
NT
number of mosquitoes.
NT Government
director of medical
entomology Nina Kurucz said the
drier wet season had favoured
the breeding of the common banded
mosquitoes. To reduce mosquito
numbers, the NT Department of
Health has carried out aerial control
in known mosquito breeding sites in
the Leanyer and Holmes Jungle
swamp system adjacent to the
Darwin northern suburbs.
But Ms Kurucz still urged
residents to use personal mosquito
protection and avoid places where
the insects are active.
Oxfam names
new manager
OXFAM Australia has
appointed Justin
McCaul as the new
manager of its
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
Peopleʼs Program. A Mbar-barrum
(north Queensland) man, Mr McCaul
has wide experience working with
communities and traditional owners,
as well as non-government
organisations.
“Being Aboriginal, I have always
questioned the underlying causes of
inequality. My role at Oxfam enables
me to support Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and
organisations working to create
better lives by addressing issues
such as health, self-determination
and incarceration,” he said.
Territory arts
funds on offer
At the Report Racism project launch, from left, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights
Commissioner Kate Jenkins, Hume Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee chair John
Martin, Victoria Policeʼs Deputy Commissioner Lucinda Nolan and Victorian Aboriginal Legal
Service acting chief executive Meena Singh.
Shepparton, involves ʻthird partyʼ
reporting places where
community organisations can take
reports of racism from individuals
to the commission.
Victorian Aboriginal Legal
Service acting chief executive
Meena Singh said Report Racism
provided a new way for
Indigenous Victorians to talk
about their experiences of racism.
“Too often racism silences
people. This is a process to
empower people to share their
experience of racism and to feel
heard,” she said.
ʻʻWeʼre delighted at the
community organisations who
have come on board to provide
safe places to support the
community in Shepparton.”
Reporting places in
Shepparton are the Victorian
Aboriginal Legal Service,
Goulburn Valley Legal Centre,
and Rumbalara Cooperative
Justice Services.
Reports also can be made
online at the website
www.reportracism.com.au
NORTHERN Territory
artists, non-profit arts
organisations and
community groups
are being invited to
NT
apply for arts project
funding through the
NT Arts Grants Program.
Grants are designed to support
the development and showcasing of
NT artistic talents.
Funding is available for arts
projects in the categories of: Arts
Development (up to $15,000);
Presentation and Promotion (up
to $15,000); Skills Development
(up to $15,000); and Emerging
Artists (up to $10,000).
Application details are online at
https://nretasgrants.nt.gov.au/
Seventh anniversary of the National Apology
At the Lismore National Apology commemoration event, from left, Uncle Barry Sampson, Clifford Copham, Penny Evans,
Uncle Anthony James Roberts, Angus Binge and Jodi Sampson.
Survivors tell
their stories
Aunty June Ann Franks relaxes after telling the
story of her childhood.
By KEIRA JENKINS
Rose Walker, Ken Walker and Maura Chambers at the Lismore gathering.
POEMS were read,
dancers, singers and
NSW
musicians performed,
and those attending
were moved by the
heart-wrenching stories of Stolen
Generations survivors at the National
Apology anniversary event in Lismore,
northern NSW, on February 13.
Rekindling Access and Community
Engagement (RACE), an arm of
counselling and support service
Rekindling the Spirit, and the Healing
Foundation held the event.
The day had the theme of ʻheal our
past and build our futureʼ, which
Rekindling the Spirit counsellor Jeff
Richardson said was being achieved.
“We want to empower people and
get them to see their own potential. We
just want to ʻopen the gateʼ for people
rather than try to ʻsaveʼ them,” he said.
Mr Richardson said the National
Apology commemoration was a
success despite wet weather, and he
hopes it will be the first of many such
events in Lismore.
Singer Mereki performing songs about her
experience as part of the Stolen Generations.
Stolen Generation storyteller Sharon Young
with Jeff Richardson, a Stolen Generations
counsellor from Rekindling the Spirit.
Memorial honours
our servicemen
MORE than 80
people gathered
at Buderim,
south-east
QLD
Queensland, on
the anniversary of
the National
Generations to honour
Indigenous servicemen.
Susan (Chilly) Morgan
welcomed people on behalf of
the Kabi Kabi people, and
senior Goreng Goreng man
Michael Williams was master of
ceremonies. A highlight was the
dedication by Archbishop Phillip
Aspinall of a memorial to
Indigenous Australians and
South Sea Islanders who fought
for Australia.
Indigenous historian
Professor John Maynard about
the experiences of the
Indigenous servicemen and
their families, as well as
Aboriginal warriors such as
Pemulwuy, who led their people
in resisting white people.
l Pictured left: The
memorial dedication
ceremony at Buderim, in
south-east Queensland.
Seventh anniversary of the National Apology
1000 turn out for Adelaide breakfast
MORE than 1000
people turned out in
Adelaide on the
seventh anniversary
of the National
Generations for a
breakfast to honour survivors.
Keynote speaker was former
AFL champion Michael OʼLoughlin,
a Narungga, Kaurna and
Ngarrindjeri man who grew up in
Salisbury North, Adelaide. He told
those gathered of the importance of
recognising the survivors of the
Stolen Generations.
Reconciliation South Australia
co-chair Peter Buckskin said there
was growing respect and support
for those who endured the Stolen
Generations.
l Pictured: Students at the
breakfast with Michael
OʼLoughlin and Reconciliation
SA co-chairs Robyn Layton and
Peter Buckskin.
SA
Western
Sydney
event one
of many
MANY events were
held around the nation
NSW
on February 13 to
mark the seventh
anniversary of the
National Apology to the Stolen
Generations. It was on that day in
2008 that then prime minister Kevin
Rudd led the Commonwealth
Parliament in a solemn apology to
Indigenous Australians who had been
taken from their families.
One of the events was a ʻTelling
Our Storiesʼ day at the Murru Mittigar
Cultural Centre in Western Sydney.
Organised by the Family Worker
Training and Development Program,
the gathering included cultural
activities, and staff from more than 20
organisations were on hand offering
support to Indigenous people.
Local Elder Aunty Faye Clayton told
about being removed and taken to
Cootamundra Girls Home, and her
brothers being taken to Kinchela Boys
Home. Aunty Faye ʻjokedʼ that every
day at the home they were told to act
white and be white, but they forgot to
tell her when she was to leave that she
was always going to be black.
A solemn moment during the apology anniversary commemoration.
People gather during
the smoking ceremony
at Murru Mittigar
Cultural Centre.
Members of the Segur Kab Torres Strait Islander dance group, which provided entertainment.
Arts
Performer Benny Walker, who will start a
national tour next month.
Walker
will hit
the road
AWARD-winning
Indigenous musician Benny
Walker will start a national
tour next month.
Walker, who hails from
regional Victoria, won the
Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts
Award for Best New Talent and was
nominated for a Deadly Award for Most
Promising New Talent in Music.
Following on from his Sinners and
Saints album, Walker again teamed up
with ARIA Award winner Shane OʼMara
and produced Pity The Fool, the new
single from his upcoming LP Through
The Forest.
“Thereʼs something that comes from
Shane and I working together,” Walker
said of the release.
“Over-thinker”
“Iʼm an over-thinker sometimes, so
Iʼve found now that the best way to
clear my head or to get these thoughts
out of my head, is to write songs. Itʼs a
form of therapy.”
Walker said that blues, Americana,
folk and rock ʼnʼ roll all play a part in his
sound, which has seen him chosen to
perform with acts including Archie
Roach and Vika and Linda Bull.
Through the Forest is released
independently through Black Murphy
Records and will also be available
through digital music retailers. Walkerʼs three-month national tour
starts on March 7.
Venues and ticket details are at
www.bennywalkermusic.com Thomas E S Kelly and Taree Sansbury feature in Long Grass, a new dance theatre work inspired by, and created
with, the people of the Long Grass in Darwin. Picture: Lucy Parakhina
Long Grassers
inspire work
WIRADJURI (NSW)
choreographer and
dancer Vicki Van Hout
has created a new
NT
work inspired by the
Long Grassers, the
community of homeless
Aboriginal people who live in
Darwin. Long Grass, which
combines dance, weaving, shadow
play, text and video, begins on
Tuesday, March 10, at Arts House,
North Melbourne.
“I was teaching young girls who
were at school in Darwin, teaching
them about song cycles, and I asked
them to come up with some secret
information about their area,” Ms
Van Hout told the Koori Mail.
“One little girl mapped from
school to her house, and included
just before the paddock near home
the ʻLong Grassʼ with Aboriginal
people drinking. It was she all knew
about the people.
“Culture is so rich, but you have
got to get to know the person behind
the facade. Everyone deserves
attention and has a story to tell.
“I wanted to make a work about
honour, courage, beauty in an
environment where peopleʼs bank
balances or property didnʼt matter.
“I wanted to make a work that
means something and that really
makes a difference, to somehow
bring a voice to people who donʼt
have a voice, to present an idea or
situation in a different kind of way to
the news media, so that people are
more empathetic.”
Ms Van Hout worked with Larrakia
(Darwin) choreographer Gary Lang,
the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal
Corporation and people of the Long
Grass for the production.
Nerve-wracking
The show just finished a run at
the Sydney Festival, but for Ms Van
Hout the most nerve-wracking
performance was in Darwin, which
was attended by about 50 Aboriginal
Long Grassers.
“It was frightening. I was full of
anxiety,” she said.
“People recognised people they
knew from some of the video
footage. It was well-received, and
then afterwards they gave lots of
pointers, from dress to humour.
“It was much more than I could
have expected, just wonderful.”
Ms Van Hout hopes the audience
will go away with a better
understanding of the Long Grass
community, which can include
hundreds of people a night.
“When you say the words ʻlong
grassʼ – and remember the people
gave themselves the name, and
many of them are not itinerant – it
sounds so exotic, evocative of some
kind of paradise,” she said.
“ʻLong Grassʼ is a very complex
term for blackfellas of Darwin.
“Making this work was fraught
with challenges – itʼs not the easiest
topic – and while you make craft
thatʼs beautiful and shows the art of
dancing and this incredible set, you
donʼt want that to take away from the
gravity of the topic.
“Iʼd be doing the people a
disservice if I painted a pretty
picture. Long Grass has moments
of humour, beauty and happiness,
like life, but those things donʼt
happen every day. Itʼs not the
Hollywood version.”
Long Grass will run from March
10-14 at Arts House, Meat Market,
5 Blackwood Street, North
Melbourne. For more information
go to www.artshouse.com.au or call
(03) 9322 3713.
Arts
Telstra
Award
entries
open B2M to Western Australia
Tiwi islands band
B2M on stage.
ENTRIES are open for the rich Telstra
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), now in its
32nd year. The top $50,000 Telstra Award
is non-acquisitive and goes to the most
outstanding work in the exhibition.
The five other categories – the Telstra General
Painting Award, Telstra Bark Painting Award, Telstra
Works on Paper Award, Telstra Youth Award and the
Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award –
carry prizes of $5000 each.
The award, founded by the Museum and Art Gallery
of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in 1984, is Australiaʼs
first and longest-running award dedicated to Indigenous
art and artists.
It is open to all adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander artists, and there is no theme or restriction
regarding work that can be entered.
Entries, which are free, close on March 20, with the
winners announced at the award exhibition opening in
Darwin on August 7.
A Peopleʼs Choice Award will be presented later to the
artist whose artwork receives the highest number of votes
from visitors to the award exhibition.
Telstra area general manager for the NT Nic Danks
said the award is one of Telstraʼs most significant
sponsorships. “This marks the 24th year Telstra has
supported the NATSIAA and we are proud to have helped
provide a national platform for emerging and established
artists to be able to showcase their culture and creative
talents,” he said.
Entries should be addressed to: Louise Cummins,
Exhibition Coordinator Museum and Art Gallery of the NT,
GPO Box 4646, Darwin, NT 0801 – telephone (08) 8999
8287 or email natsiaa@nt.gov.au
The form is also available at www.nt.gov.au/natsiaa
Last yearʼs Telstra Prize winner Tony Albert in front of
his winning work We Can Be Heroes.
TIWI Islands band B2M
are set to start a tour
around Western
Australia to mark the
WA
launch of their new
album Home.
The 2012 Deadlys
Band of the Year have also launched
a cyber safety clip, Strong Choices,
targetting the problems of
inappropriate use of digital media.
B2M – the name comes from the
two main Tiwi islands, Bathurst and
Melville – promote positive attitudes in
their songs, performed in English and
Tiwi language.
The tour, which starts this week in
Kalgoorlie and travels to 11 regional
venues before wrapping up on March
26, is being presented by Country
Arts WA and sponsored by Healthway
promoting the ʻMentally Healthyʼ WA
campaign message ʻAct-BelongCommitʼ as part of the 2015 Shows on
the Go program.
“Not only are these men respected
role models in their community, but
each member is a well-known identity
in the Northern Territory,” Country Arts
chief executive Jessica Machin said.
“The message they share through
their music, encourages young people
to make positive choices and changes
in their lives.”
Healthway executive director
David Malone said the ʻAct-BelongCommitʼ message encourages people
of all ages to take action to protect
and promote their mental wellbeing.
“Healthwayʼs partnership with
Country Arts WA for the Shows on the
Go touring programs is an ideal way
for us to get this message out to
many communities throughout
regional WA,” he said.
For more information on the tour,
visit www.countryartswa.asn.au/
touring/
Art coming together
at Parliament House
WORKS by leading
Western Australian
Aboriginal artists will go
on show at Parliament
WA
House in Perth.
The Coming Together
exhibition combines
artworks from Edith Cowan Universityʼs
(ECUʼs) collection and the Parliament of
WAʼs Aboriginal Art Collection.
Artists to be featured include Lance
Chadd Tjyllyungoo, Freddie Timms,
George Wallaby, Sandra Hill, Alan
Griffiths, Peggy Griffiths, Paddy Carlton,
Minnie Lumai, Queenie McKenzie
(Nakarra) and Naata Nungarrayi.
ECU Art Collection curator Sue
Starcken said the exhibition was a
wonderful opportunity for a new
audience to engage with and enjoy
works from some of WAʼs most
prominent Aboriginal artists.
“As far as practicable, each piece in
the exhibition will be accompanied by
the story and biography of the artist
explaining what the artwork is about and
how it relates to our culture,” she said.
The exhibition is a result of
meetings between Professor Clive
Barstow, who heads ECUʼs School of
Communications and Arts, and WA
Parliament Speaker Michael Sutherland,
and a joint desire to promote Aboriginal
art from the ECU and Parliament
House collections.
Mr Sutherland hoped the exhibition
would be the first of many at Parliament
House involving students and staff from
WA Parliament Speaker Michael Sutherland with Professor Clive Barstow and,
at rear, Isla Macphail and Sue Starcken. They are holding the painting Minang
(Bluff Knoll), by Lance Chadd Tjyllyungoo, which will be part of the exhibition.
the ECU School of Communications and
Arts as well as artworks from the ECU
collection, which is one of the most
significant in WA.
“Appreciation”
“Aboriginal art is a fundamental
language to Aboriginal people that has
survived for over 40,000 years when
spoken languages have been lost. This
exhibition celebrates our love and
appreciation of Aboriginal culture
through art,” Mr Sutherland said.
ECU will contribute 12 works, but Ms
Starcken said the decision to loan art
from university collection was not taken
lightly and attention has been paid to
the protection of the artworks.
Coming Together will be launched at
Parliament House on March 10. It will
be a focal point for visitors to the
building and will be held in the
Aboriginal Peopleʼs Gallery at
Parliament House for at least one year.
Health
The Aboriginal
Medical Service
Redfern.
Consent form has
tick of approval
APUNIPIMA Cape
York Health
Council has
created a pictorial
QLD
health check
consent form
designed to do
away with jargon and make it
easier for parents to agree to
school health screenings.
Believed to be the first of its
kind in Queensland, the form
was originally the brainchild of
Apunipima Maternal and Child
Health team leader Johanna
Neville, and has now been
adopted by Education
Queensland and Queensland
Health for use on Cape York.
“Traditional consent forms
can be quite scary for people.
They are heavy on jargon, not
easy to read and the terminology
can in some instances be quite
frightening to some,” Ms Neville
said.
The new form will enable
parents to consent to their child
attending a school screening at
the beginning of the year or on
enrolment rather than each
family having to be approached
individually later in the year.
“Before we introduced the
form, getting consent to have a
screen was a long and tedious
process,” Ms Neville said.
“The health worker would go
and ask each parent for consent
and tell the same story again
and again. It was always done
through conversation and would
take a long time.
Redfern
service
Deadly
Choice
for
expands college students
THE Aboriginal
the board has been aspiring
Medical Service
towards for some time.
NSW
Redfern has
“Our goal is provide a state-ofopened two new
the-art, world-class endocrinology
specialty clinics –
service.
endocrinology and geriatrics – to
“The AMS Redfern has been a
enhance the existing services
leader in Aboriginal health for more
offered by the Aboriginal health
than four decades, and we want to
practice. Endocrinology is focussed also be known as a leader in
around issues such as diabetes,
kidney health, given the extent of
while geriatrics
renal problems
“The AMS
concentrates on the
confronting the
care of the elderly.
community.”
Redfern has a Aboriginal
Acting AMS
On the age front,
been a leader in Ms Bellear said that
Redfern chief
executive LaVerne
Aboriginal
Aboriginal health although
Bellear said that the
people donʼt on
for more than average live as long as
Aboriginal community
faced greater
people, they also
four
decades, other
challenges than others
get sicker earlier.
and we want to
in the area of kidney
“Given the
disease, and agechallenges
we face in
also be known
related illnesses.
terms of the burden of
as a leader in disease and in
“We began
undertaking a review of kidney health...” particular the early
all our services less
onset of disease,
than a year ago, and these new
providing access to a geriatrician
clinics are one of the outcomes of
was another obvious area of focus
that review,” she said.
for us, hence why weʼve worked so
“Aboriginal people are twice as
hard to establish this clinic as well.
likely to develop diabetes as
“Itʼs also culturally very
non-Aboriginal people, so having
important. Elders are a key part of
a strong reputation around
the Aboriginal community. Our
endocrinology as well as
Elders are an active and respected
prevention has been something
part of our daily lives.”
WESTERN Cape
College students
are learning how to
make the right
choices when it
QLD
comes to their
lifestyle. Students
from the collegeʼs Weipa campus
have been taking part in the
six-week Deadly Choice program
led by Apunipima health
promotion officer Andrew Packer.
Mr Packer, who runs the
program in conjunction with
Apunipimaʼs health promotion
team and menʼs health team,
said the initiative was playing an
important role in teaching young
lads about healthy lifestyles.
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander men have the poorest
health outcomes in the country,”
he said.
“At Apunipima weʼre
committed to empowering Cape
York communities to make
healthy lifestyle choices and live
longer. Knowledge will give these
students the power to make
healthy choices.
“If we can instil positive health
messages in these young adults
now, their future will be brighter.”
The new Apunipima child health check form.
information about is what is
“We wanted to create a form
where people can see at a
going to happen to their child
glance what they are signing up
during a health check at the
same time.”
for while giving them clear
Apunipima Cape York Health Council healthy lifestyles officer
Zhan Dunn with students taking part in Deadly Choice on-court
activities at Western Cape College.
The Deadly Choices program
encourages participants and their
families to stop smoking, eat
good food and exercise daily.
So far, the program has
attracted 16 participants who
spend 90 minutes each week
learning about how to live a
healthy lifestyle.
Students move between the
classroom and outdoors to
participate in leadership activities
on the basketball court which
include a blindfolded obstacle
course, where students are led
by their partner, emphasising the
importance of communication,
trust and respect.
The sessions also cover
topics such as leadership and
the importance of preventing
chronic disease.
Health
Dentist-to-be Melissa all smiles
Melissa Stevens is on
her way to becoming a
dentist after being accepted
at La Trobe University.
MELISSA Stevens will become
the second Indigenous dental
assistant to join La Trobe
VIC
Universityʼs Bachelor of Health
Sciences in Dentistry program,
after graduating from Dental Health Services
Victoriaʼs (DHSV) Indigenous Dental Assistant
Traineeship program.
“At the moment itʼs a bit surreal and Iʼm letting
it all sink in,” she said.
“Iʼm grateful for all that DHSV has done and
for encouraging me to pursue my career further.”
“I have to say the traineeship has opened a lot
of doors and really put me where I am today.”
Since she joined DHSV, Ms Stevens has
been working as an advocate for Indigenous
peopleʼs health.
“Over the last year, the number of Indigenous
patients accessing care has jumped significantly
in Victoria, and doing the rounds in the clinics
and juvenile detention centres has really made
that hit home,” she said.
“Work hard and succeed”
“People in our community need positive
mentors and role models to face the future. I want
to show our community that it is really possible to
go back to study, work hard, and succeed.”
DHSV chief executive Dr Deborah Cole said
Ms Stevenʼs dentistry skills are going to be very
much needed by her community.
“In 2013/14, there was a 29% increase in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
accessing dental care in Victoria compared to the
previous year,” Dr Cole said.
“DHSV is keen to boost our Indigenous
workforce and we are working closely with
organisations to ensure we are visible and
accessible to as many Indigenous Victorians as
possible.”
SA program
delivering
for 10 years
AN Aboriginal
family birthing
program which has
helped many in the
Port Augusta region
of South Australia
has celebrated its
10th anniversary.
The Anangu Bibi Birthing
Program started in Port
Augusta in 2004 after
health officials found
many local Aboriginal
women were not happy
using mainstream
maternity services,
leading to health
problems for babies.
The program was
designed to help women through
pregnancy by bringing together
Aboriginal Maternal and Infant
Care (AMIC) workers, midwives,
doctors and obstetricians to
provide a specialised birthing
service.
SA
AMIC practitioners –
Aboriginal women who receive
specialised training to help
expectant mothers – have been
integral to the programʼs success.
Since its first days in 2004, the
program has grown from initially
supporting 20 women to more
than 90 last year.
was such a thing as antenatal
appointments and I didnʼt have
a program like Anangu Bibi to
help me understand this,” Ms
Dalgetty said.
“During my second pregnancy,
I could not have had a more
different experience, as this time I
was part of the Anangu Bibi
Birthing Program.
“I felt extremely well
supported throughout the
entire pregnancy and it
was a huge comfort to be
cared for by another
Aboriginal woman.
“I now work in the
program after completing
my AMIC qualifications
and I love that I can help other
Aboriginal women like myself.
“My aim, and that of the entire
program, is to support Aboriginal
women to have a positive birthing
experience and take home a
happy and healthy baby.”
“I felt extremely well supported
throughout the entire
pregnancy and it was a huge
comfort to be cared for by
another Aboriginal woman.”
Port Augusta woman Caroline
Dalgetty has given birth with the
support of the Anangu Bibi
Birthing Program and has now
become an AMIC practitioner.
“At only 16 years of age for my
first birth, I didnʼt know that there
New after-hours
liaison service
at major hospital
QUEENSLANDʼS
largest hospital, the
Royal Brisbane and
Womenʼs Hospital
QLD
(RBWH), now has a
dedicated after-hours
Indigenous liaison
service. The service, launched by
Metro North Hospital and Health
Service (MNHHS), aims to reduce
discharges against medical advice
as well as cut the number of
preventable
hospitalisations of
Indigenous patients.
Each month, the
hospitalʼs
Indigenous liaison
officers see an
average of 500
patients for a variety
of health conditions.
RBWH After
Hours team leader
Aunty Janet Layton
said the new services form part of
the existing Indigenous Hospital
Liaison Service at RBWH, The
Prince Charles Hospital and
Caboolture and Redcliffe hospitals,
and were aimed at making visits to
hospital a less stressful experience.
“My approach to care includes
traditional and spiritual healing
methods for patients. This
knowledge helps people who have
terminal conditions and who are
frightened of major surgical
procedures,” Aunty Janet said.
Her team provides assistance to
Indigenous patients from across
Queensland.
“Part of our work involves
referrals to either the Indigenous
Hospital Liaison Services weekday
team, hospital social workers,
external Indigenous community
health teams, or to
the Institute for
Urban Indigenous
Health. Patients are
then given a choice
of what services
they want to use
after they leave
hospital,” Aunty
Janet said.
“Itʼs making our
people feel as
comfortable as
possible, keeping them connected
with their community and ensuring
they donʼt feel they have to go home
until they are fully recovered.”
Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander communities and patients
can access the service by calling
(07) 3647 4183 for After Hours
Service or (07) 3646 4154 for
Weekday Service.
“It’s making
our people
feel as
comfortable
as possible...”
Education
New director at work
MARTU man Robert
Somerville, from the
Gascoyne Murchison
region of Western
NT
Australia, has started
in his new role as
director of the
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous
Tertiary Education.
Mr Somerville, who previously
commanded the Royal Australian
Air Force (RAAF) cadet training
program in Western Australia,
takes over from Adrian Mitchell,
who held the position for the past
five years.
Mr Mitchell announced in
August last year that he would not
seek re-appointment when his term
expired.
Batchelor chairperson Professor
Markham Rose, who announced
the appointment, said Mr
Somerville had a reputation “for
making a difference”.
“I am delighted that Mr
Somerville accepted the
committeeʼs offer of this exciting
and challenging role,” he said.
“He has been recognised for his
leadership and success in the
Islander education and training
portfolios through a number of
awards and was appointed as a
Member of the Order of Australia in
2003.
He is a also a qualified
multi-engine pilot and a parachutist
and holds the rank of wing
commander in the Royal Australian
Air Force.
“Mr Somerville will build on the
great work of Mr Mitchell and
oversee an important stage of
Batchelor Institute.”
Mr Somerville has been
involved in the latest two Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
Education Action Plans through the
Council of Australian Governments
(COAG).
Robert Somerville
Connections
made on the
Fraser Coast
HIGH school
students from
Hervey Bay,
Maryborough and
QLD
Bundaberg have
attended an
event designed
by The University of Southern
Queensland (USQ) to inspire
and excite youth about their
careers and education.
Indigenous Connections, an
annual event, was held this
year at the USQ Fraser Coast
campus. It involved Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
cultural activities as well as
academic sessions.
“There is a strong mutual
respect between USQ and the
local Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander community,”
USQ Fraser Coast executive
manager Brett Langabeer said.
“Teachers talked about the
students seeing the value of
coming onto campus and being
involved with the university.
“They relished the
opportunity to talk with
Aboriginal Elders to get
first-hand insights into what
they need to do, the decisions
they will need to make, and
how they can be supported to
achieve their career goals.”
USQ vice-chancellor
Professor Jan Thomas said the
event provided an opportunity
for students from Years 8 to 12
to gain a greater understanding
of the benefits of higher
education. “There were plenty
of chances to learn more about
tertiary study with a mixed
mode of academic and career
development sessions
available,” she said.
Urangan State High School students, from left, Tayla Iszlaub,
Sam Raveneau and Taliah Geiger, with USQ atudent
ambassador Mitchell Brunke at Indigenous Connections.
Zac Hubbert, left, and Bradley Smith, from Aldridge State High School in Maryborough, at USQ Fraser
Coast Indigenous Connections.
Celebrating their win in the Deadly Wise quiz held at Indigenous Connections are Aldridge State High
School (Maryborough) students, from left, Anita Waterton, Emma Paterson, Teleah Rainbow and
Eybonnie Maker with USQʼs Professor Tracey Bunda.
NT board recognises top students
INDIGENOUS students were
among those recognised
at the recent Northern
Territory Board of Studies
NT
presentation in Darwin.
Of the 78 awards
presented, six specifically
recognised Indigenous achievements in
education. Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander winners included Emma
Kellaway (Indigenous Northern Territory
Certificate of Education and Training
[NTCET] with VET Award), Jericka
Mungatopi (Remote Indigenous Student
Award), Asha Tonkin-Reeves (Top
Indigenous Australian Tertiary
Admission Rank Award), Emma
Kellaway and Magnolia Maymuru
(Indigenous Excellence and Leadership
Award), Asha Tonkin-Reeves (Most
Outstanding Stage 2 NTCET Indigenous
Student of 2014) and Samantha Orum
(Most Outstanding Stage 2 NTCET Open
Education Student of 2014).
Asha Tonkin-Reeves, from Katherine,
received special praise for taking out
two of the awards, including being the
top Indigenous NTCET student in the
Northern Territory.
NT Government schools were well
represented at the awards ceremony,
with seven award winners coming from
Casuarina Senior College and six from
Darwin High.
“These are the top scoring students
within our primary and secondary
schools in 2014. They have put in a
tremendous amount of work to achieve
such excellent results,” NT Education
Minister Peter Chandler said.
Education
Uni ‘welcome’ a first
LA TROBE
University has
become the first
VIC
tertiary institution
in Victoria to
introduce an Indigenous learning
component for all new students.
The Wominjeka La Trobe
module (meaning Welcome to La
Trobe) aims to equip every new
undergraduate student with basic
understanding of Indigenous
history, culture and customs.
Executive director of
Indigenous strategy and
education Professor Mark Rose
said the La Trobe initiative was an
opportunity to encourage students
to reflect critically on their own
attitudes and beliefs.
“Wominjeka La Trobe has
been designed to increase
Indigenous cultural literacy for all
students,” Prof Rose said.
“The module will not only
increase understanding, it will be
an initial connection for all
students to the very rich cultural
heritage of this land.”
The one-hour online module
will explain the key concepts of
ʻwelcome to countryʼ,
acknowledgement of country and
the diversity of Indigenous
groups. It will also cover major
historical events from pre-contact
to present day.
At the Wominjeka La Trobe module launch, from left, Professor Jane Long, Aunty Joy Murphy, Victorian Aboriginal Education
Association general manager Lionel Bamblett and and Professor Mark Rose. Picture: Tess Flynn
La Trobe University Elder
creating the module and will
While it is a non-accredited
students at all campuses. Staff
Aunty Joy Murphy, who was
feature in the online video
subject, Wominjeka La Trobe will
will also have the opportunity to
appointed last year, assisted in
component.
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2016, with places available in the Northern Territory and South Australia.
To apply, you must submit a written application form, attend an interview
and take part in our Preparation for Medicine Program.
Applications for the Indigenous Entry Stream close on 31 March 2015.
If you’re a school leaver, the Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine,
offered in partnership with Charles Darwin University, lets you complete a
Medicine degree in the NT in six years.
To find out how you can start something amazing by becoming a doctor in
the NT, contact our Indigenous support team:
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Education
UTS candidate
wins Fulbright
Scholarship
Fulbright Scholarship recipient Dean Jarrett: “Iʼll be looking at the economic contributions of
Aboriginal businesses and how that grows the local economy.”
Cherbourg visit
helps students’
development
THE people of Cherbourg recently
opened their south-east
Queensland community to
teaching students from the
QLD
University of the Sunshine Coast.
Six students visited under the
Embracing Culture: Enhancing
Literacy Development project, led by early
childhood academic Dr Anne Drabble.
“The aim of the project is to support the
Cherbourg studentsʼ literacy development while
providing USCʼs education students with an
understanding of cultural communities and their
needs,” she said.
Student Nathan Zahra said the program had
helped him to use his teaching skills and given
him insight into the importance of being aware
of the culture in which he was working.
“I gained invaluable experience building
genuine relationships with the students, staff
and community of Cherbourg,” he said.
“I now have the confidence and ability to
work with Indigenous students, and a big part of
teaching in this environment is the skill to
understand the cultural sensitivities of the
community.”
The project emphasised two-way learning,
and Cherbourg students were given the
opportunity to improve their literacy using iPads
to create stories, take photos and make audio
recordings.
The USC students presented a report about
their experience to the joint Australian
Association for Research in Education and New
Zealand Association for Research in Education
Conference in Brisbane.
DEAN Jarrett will be
able to get even more
down to business
after being awarded
this yearʼs Fulbright
Indigenous
Postgraduate Scholarship.
The PhD candidate at the
University of Technology, Sydney
(UTS) will use the prestigious
scholarship to advance his research
into supply diversity, Indigenous
entrepreneurship and social
enterprise. The Fulbright Indigenous
Scholarship was established in
1993 to recognise an Indigenous
leaderʼs commitment to achieving
excellence, while seeking an
international perspective through
their studies or research.
Mr Jarrett, a Gumbaynggirr
(northern NSW) man, is conducting
research into supplier diversity and
development in the United States, in
particular in Native American
communities.
“My research is looking at the
socioeconomic and cultural impacts
of Indigenous entrepreneurship and
social enterprise,” he said.
“How does Indigenous enterprise
and social enterprise impact on the
lives of Aboriginal people in
Australia? Have employment and
educational levels improved because
of Indigenous enterprise and social
enterprise within specific
communities? Are there flow-on
effects in housing and health?
“Iʼll be looking at the economic
contributions of Aboriginal
businesses and how that grows the
local economy. Iʼm interested in the
link between business and those
broader sociocultural impacts – the
success not just of the business but
of the community.”
In particular, Mr Jarrett will
investigate better practice in ʻsupply
diversityʼ, which aims to ensure that
corporate and government supply
chains reflect the diversity of the
communities they serve.
As part of his role at UTS
Business School, where he was the
first Indigenous intern under the
universityʼs Wingara Indigenous
Employment Strategy, Mr Jarrett is
developing a subject offering new
perspectives on Indigenous
economics. “Aboriginal people have
been trading for thousands and
thousands of years – trade and
industry arenʼt new to us,” he said.
“What is new is that we are now
getting access to do it in a
contemporary, culturally safe way.
And it is how we will develop.”
School staff go
back to basics
MORE than 300 school staff
have received training in
new ʻback-to-basicsʼ
WA
approaches to reading and
writing aimed at helping
disadvantaged students in
34 remote schools in
Western Australia and the
Northern Territory.
Federal Education
NT
Minister Christopher Pyne
said the staff had completed
training in Direct Instruction
(DI) and Explicit Direct
Instruction (EDI) as part of the Australian
Governmentʼs Flexible Literacy for
Remote Primary Schools program.
“Literacy is the cornerstone of all
education. You must be able to read and
write if you are to succeed at school and
at life in 21st century Australia,” he said.
“Research indicates that alphabetic
teaching approaches such as Direct
Instruction and Explicit Direct Instruction
are particularly beneficial for children
who are having difficulty learning to read
and who are at risk of developing future
reading problems.
“More importantly they have been
Federal Education Minister
Christopher Pyne
trialled in disadvantaged communities on
Cape York where they have worked.”
Mr Pyne said that in 2014, the
proportion of Year 3 students meeting the
minimum standard in national (NAPLAN)
testing for reading was around 84% in
remote schools and 56% in very remote
schools, compared with 95% in cities.
“Thatʼs why we are taking practical
steps to re-introduce and embed
back-to-basics teaching methods such
as DI and EDI to classrooms,” he said.
“Itʼs great to see that teachers have
signed up for this important work and I
commend them on their dedication to
ensuring that remoteness is not barrier to
reading and writing.”
Teachers will use student textbooks,
workbooks and readers for primary
years, with a focus on essential reading
skills, including phonics, phonemic
awareness, vocabulary, fluency and
comprehension.
DI and EDI complement the Students
First approach under which the Federal
Government is working with states and
territories on teacher quality, school
autonomy, parental engagement and
strengthening the curriculum.
Mr Pyne said Good to Great Schools
Australia is now working with education
authorities and schools to determine
the need for and possible locations of
future training.
NATIONAL CALENDAR
We welcome items for our Calendar of
Events. Please keep them short and to the
point, and send them to any of the
addresses listed in the panel on page 23.
Ongoing: Lifeline. Saving lives. Crisis
support. Suicide prevention. For assistance
call 13 11 14.
Carer Line is a free national telephone
information and support service for and about
carers that provides access to information,
emotional support and referrals to a range of
services for carers. Call 1800 242 636,
Monday to Friday.
The Better Start for Children with
Disability Initiative. Children who are eligible
for the program can access funding of up to
$12,000 each financial year for a range of
early intervention services. Children must be
registered before age six. For more
information, call the Registration and
Information Service on 1800 242 636 or visit
www.carersnsw.org.au
National
Until March 2: Call for papers for the
National Native Title Conference 2015. The
conference theme is ʻLeadership legacy and
opportunityʼ. To submit a proposal, complete
an application including an abstract. Details:
Shiane Lovell on (02) 6246 1108 or email
ntconference@aiatsis.gov.au
Until May 1: Joint Select Committee on
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Peoples public hearings.
The committee welcomes submissions on
steps that can be taken to move towards a
successful referendum on Indigenous
constitutional recognition. To be held in Ipswich
on March 27, Alice Springs on March 30,
Dubbo on April 10, and Canberra on May 1.
Details: (02) 6277 3544 or 1800 728 963 or
email iscatsi@aph.gov.au
NSW-ACT
Ongoing: ACE Community College
Aboriginal Driver Training. Held at ACE
Community College, 59 Magellan Street,
Lismore. More details: (02) 221 903 or text
0429 423 116.
Ongoing: National Museum of Australia Go
on a Gallery tour. Held at the National Museum
of Australia, Lawson Cres, Acton, daily at 3pm.
Costs apply. Details: (02) 6208 5000 or visit
www.nma.gov.au
Ongoing: TeleYarn, a Red Cross project
that provides phone calls to Indigenous people
Koori Mail
First Australians to
lead at Mardi Gras
THE First
Australians
NSW
Float will lead
this yearʼs
Sydney Gay
and Lesbian Mardi Gras, on
Saturday, March 7.
The float will feature an
open-top double-deck bus in
tribute to the 50th anniversary of
the 1965 Freedom Ride.
While the official Mardi Gras
theme is ʻPassionʼ, First
Australians have taken on their
own theme of ʻFreedom is Our
Passionʼ.
Bundjalung diva Destiny Haz
Arrived will have pride of place
in the parade, along with Elders.
Australian Human Rights
Commissioner Mick Gooda
will also take part, as well as
safe-sex ambassador
ʻsuper-heroesʼ Condoman and
Lubelicious.
A contingent of dancers from
the National Aboriginal and
Islander Skills Development
Association (NAISDA) will also
feature in the parade.
Organisers said the Freedom
Ride tribute was timely and
First Australians leading the way at last yearʼs Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
important. “We acknowledge
the 50-year anniversary. The
Freedom Ride bus drew wide
public attention to the depth of
discrimination and disadvantage
across NSW who would benefit from a regular
yarn. Details: Kerrie on 0429 151 112.
Until March 8: Kill the Messenger play.
Performer Nakkiah Lui tells the story of racism
and violence towards Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people. Held at Belvoir, Surry
Hills, on Tuesdays 6.30pm, Wed-Fri 8.30pm,
Sat 2pm and 8pm, and Sun 5pm. Cost:
$39-$72. Details: Box Office on (02) 9699
3444 or Admin on (02) 9698 3344
February 24: ʻStorytimeʼ program. Includes
stories, songs and craft for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander families with children
ages up to five. Held at Goonellabah Library,
experienced by Aboriginal
people in health, education
and housing … we draw
attention to the fact that these
issues have not yet been
Olive Ave, Goonellabah from 1.30-2.30.
Free. Details: Zoe Dodd on (02) 6625 5809 or
0425 366 979.
February 25: AIATSIS occasional seminar
ʻA web of Aboriginal water rights. Where do
Aboriginal needs and interests stand in the
complex and fiercely contested area of water
rights in Australia?ʼ presented by Dr Virginia
Marshall. Held at The Mabo Room, AIATSIS,
51 Lawson Cres, Acton from 1pm. Free.
Details: (02) 6246 1111
February 27: Jarjum Community
Consultation. Highlighting the important role
that Jarjum Centre has within the Aboriginal
overcome,” they said.
The Mardi Gras starts at
dusk on Oxford Street, Sydney.
More details at
www.mardigras.org.au
community and issues that are impacting on
our service delivery. Held at the Jarjum Centre,
4 Rifle Range Rd, East Lismore, from 4-5pm.
Details: Maurita Cavanough on (02) 6621 9203
February 28: Open day at Mt Druitt
Swimming Pool. Enjoy a sausage sizzle and
entertainment. All welcome. Held at Mt Druitt
Swimming Pool, Mount Street, from 10am4pm. Free entry. Details: (02) 9837 4989
March 1: Archie Roach Live Performance.
Held at Windsong Pavilion, Barraga Bay,
South Coast (10km south of Bermagui) from
6.30pm. Cost: $55 full price, $20 jobseekers
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Doggett Street, Newstead from Tues-Fri,
10am-6pm and Sat 10am-4pm. Free gallery
entry. Details: (07) 3216 1250 or visit
www.fireworksgallery.com.au
and children under-16. Details: (02) 6493 3414
or visit www.fourwinds.com.au
Until March 25: UMI Arts Membersʼ
Exhibition. Celebrating 10 years, the exhibition
features 16 Indigenous artists. Held at UMI
arts Gallery, 335 Sheridan St, North Cairns on
Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm. Details: (07) 4041 6152
or visit www.umiarts.com.au
March 1-31: Hockey NSW Centre of
Development program to provide coaching and
development for boys and girls in under-nine
and under-11 age groups. Held in Lismore,
Ballina, Grafton and Coffs Harbour. Details:
Tony Meldrum on 0447 186 134 or email
t.meldrum@hockeynsw.com.au or visit
www.hockeynsw.com.au
Until May 17: A Thousand Words
exhibition. (See story on this page.)
Showcasing portraits by artists Cheryl Creed
and Nickeema Williams. Held at Kuril Dhagun,
Level 1, Queensland State Library, Stanley Pl,
South Bank, daily from 10am-5pm. Free entry.
(07) 3842 9084.
March 2-3: Brewarrina Aboriginal Land
Owners Workshop. A two-day workshop that
will focus on land management techniques and
cultural heritage. Held at Merriman Shearing
School, Brewarrina, from noon-4.30pm,
followed by dinner and entertainment. Details:
Fiona Harris on (02) 6870 8627 or email
fiona.harris@lls.nsw.gov.au. Details: Donna
Ambler on 0400 258 690 or Blackie Gordon on
0428 607 536.
March 3: NSW Fair Trading funeral and
wills information sessions. Includes information
on rights about funerals, what to include in a
will and rights about discrimination. Held at
Ngallu Wal Aboriginal Child and Family Centre,
259 Kildare Rd, Doonside from 10am-2pm.
Details: Aysha Kanuric on (02) 9895 0208 or
0466 325 958.
March 5-6: Menindee Aboriginal Land
Owners Workshop. It will focus on land
management techniques and cultural heritage.
Held at Kinchega National Park, Menindee,
from 9.30am-4.30pm. Details: Fiona Harris on
(02) 6870 8627 or email fiona.harris@lls.
nsw.gov.au. Details: Donna Ambler on 0400
258 690 or Ronnie OʼDonnell on 0409 334
956.
March 12: Aboriginal Family Law Pathways
Road Show. An information day about family
law action people can take to avoid the need
for child protection services. Held at Casino
Cultural Community Centre, 35 Walker St,
Casino from 9.30am-2.30pm. Reply by March
2. Free event. Details: Rashida on (02) 6623
2700 or email coordinator@pathwaysnorthernrivers.org.au
March 16: Multicultural Childrenʼs
celebration, with the Harmony Day Theme
ʻEveryone Belongsʼ. It includes multicultural
performances, live music and dancing, kidsʼ
activities and more. Held at Heritage Park,
Molesworth St, Lismore from 11am-2pm. Free.
Details: Zoe Dodd on (02) 6625 5809 or 0425
366 979.
April 10: Kari second annual charity golf
day. All tickets include lunch, a team golf
buggy, on-course refreshments, silent auction,
raffle, prizes and more. Held at Cabramatta
Golf Club, Cabramatta, from 8.30am. Cost:
Individual tickets $125 a person, four-man
ambrose $500. Details: Nikolina on (02) 8782
0300 or email nikolina.petikosa@kari.org.au or
visit www.kari.org.au
Victoria
Until February 27: Menʼs Business: From
The Darling To The Bay exhibition. Presenting
a journey into the lives of 10 Indigenous men
from south-east Australia. Held at Koorie
Heritage Trust, 295 King Street, Melbourne,
weekdays 9am-5pm. Free. Details: (03) 8622
2600 or visit www.koorieheritagetrust.com
Until February 27: The Koorie Art Show
2014. Showcasing the talent of Victorian
Indigenous artists. Held at Koorie Heritage
Trust, 295 King Street, Melbourne, weekdays
9am-5pm. Free event. Details: (03) 8622 2600
or visit www.koorieheritagetrust.com
Until April 26: Empty Coolamons
exhibition. Indigenous artist Robyne Latham
brings recognition to the Stolen Generations in
this art show. Held at Bunjilaka Gallery,
Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson St, Carlton,
daily 10am-5pm. Cost: $12 entry. Details: 1300
130 152.
Until June 28: Wadawurrung: Past,
Present, Future. A new exhibition by mother
and daughter Koori artists Marlene and
Deanne Gilson, exploring the early settlement
March 7: Workshop: Brooches with Sonja
Carmichael. (See story on this page.) Join
Quandamooka weaver Sonja to create
brooches using recycled offcut materials and
fibres. Held at Kuril Dhagun, Level 1, State
Library, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane from 35pm. Cost: $22.50 per person. Bookings:
sql.eventbrit.com Details: (07) 3842 9061
Sonja
Carmichael
Using sea rubbish
to make brooches
QUANDAMOOKA (Qld)
woman Sonja Carmichael is
leading a workshop at the
State Library of Queensland,
QLD
using recycled materials to
make brooches, next
Saturday, March 7.
“Stradbroke Island is so beautiful, but so
much stuff washes in from the ocean,” she
said. “Discarded plastic and rubbish
washes up. Thatʼs how I started thinking
about weaving them into new pieces. I
started mucking around making things.”
The workshop ʻA Thousand Fibresʼ is
part of a series run by Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander artists in parallel with
A Thousand Words, an exhibition by artists
Cheryl Creed and Nickeema Williams of
Indigenous Queenslanders.
Ms Carmichael has adapted traditional
weaving techniques used with pandanus,
lomandra and other natural fibres, to
plastics and other recycled materials.
“Itʼs so exciting to work with reverse
of Ballarat. Held at Bunjilaka Aboriginal
Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum, 11
Nicholson St, Carlton, daily from 10am-5pm.
Cost: $12 entry. Details: 1300 130 152.
February 25: Invasion Day memorial
workshop. Involves workshops to make
banners and black, yellow and red paper
flowers to lay at Parliament House to mark
Invasion Day. Held at Schoolhouse Studios, 81
Rupert St, Collingwood from 10am, BYO
scissors. Free. Details: Meriki Onus on 0415
440 120.
February 27: Second community forum to
provide feedback and ideas for NAIDOC 2015.
Held at the MAYSAR Board Room from 23.3pm. Details: Email vicnaidoc@gmailcom or
facebook www.facebook.com/vicnaidoc
March 1: The Eastern Health Closing the
Gap Annual Sports Day. The aim is to
celebrate the spirit of reconciliation and inform
the community about the Aboriginal health
services. Held at Don Road Sporting Complex,
249-263 Don Road, Healesville from 2pm.
Details: Winston Tan on (03) 9092 6771.
March 15: Black Harmony Gathering 2015.
A program of live music, dance, food and
activities that will bring together the diverse
local Indigenous and newly arrived cultures in
Victoria. Held at Fairfield Amphitheatre,
Fairfield Park Drive (off Heidelberg Road),
garbage. Thereʼs a mountain of stuff in the
sea that gets washed up and would
otherwise end up impacting marine life,”
she said.
“Itʼs amazing that a simple coiling
technique can take on so many shapes,
stuff found in the sea can be repurposed in
so many different ways.
“When you look at bags our women
made in the 1890s, you can still see the
colours. They were soft, subtle and strong.
“To me itʼs a full circle. All this new stuff
washing up in the oceans shows the
contrast of natural versus man-made.”
ʻA Thousand Fibres: brooches with
Sonja Carmichaelʼ is at the Talking Circle,
level 1, State Library, Brisbane, on
Saturday, March 7, from 3-5pm.
On Saturday, April 11, Delvene
Cockatoo-Collins will run a jewellery
workshop and on Saturday, May 9, Chantal
Cook will lead a weaving workshop.
For more information go to www.slq.
qld.gov.au
Fairfield from 1-5.30pm. Free event. Details:
(03) 9188 3681 or visit
www.multiculturalarts.com.au
March 20: 2015 Black Harmony Forum.
Promoting reconciliation, diversity, social
inclusion, respect and the breaking down of
racism. Held at Reading Room, Fitzroy Town
Hall, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy from 6.30-8.30pm.
Free event. Details: (03) 9188 3681 or visit
www.multiculturalarts.com.au
April 12-16: Mibbinbah National Menʼs
Camp. A place where Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander men can meet, learn and
engage in topics of concern to them. Held at
Halls Gap, Victoria. Details: 0416 173 975 or
0409 036 713 or visit www.mibbinbah.org
Queensland
Until February 28: Ground, Language,
Land and Story exhibition. Featuring 40 works
by 17 artists in Mapoon, Weipa, Napranum
and Aurukun. Held at Woolloongabba Art
Gallery, Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm. Free entry.
Details: (07) 3891 5551 or visit
www.wag.com.au
Until March 5: Reef Edgy Blues and
Disappearing Olive art exhibitions. These offer
a contrast between desert and coastal
landscapes. Held at Fireworks Gallery, 52a
March 7-8: Central Queensland Indigenous
Cricket Tournament. Menʼs open 18+, the Phil
ʻTrackerʼ Minniecon Memorial Shield.
Competition will be a round-robin. Rules as per
the Australian Cricket Standard Rules in
accordance with match fixtures for Super 8s.
Held at Victoria Park, Rockhampton. Details:
Cherissma Blackman on 0423 076 498 or Nat
Minniecon on 0418 750 255 or email
nicsportscommission@gmail.com
March 20-22: Qld Indigenous State Golf
Championships. Includes single stroke, 54
holes, Menʼs A, B and C grades and Ladies
competitions. Held at Murgon Golf Course,
Murgon. Details: Clowry Kennell on 0478 217
090 or Golf Qld website for registration forms.
Western Australia
Ongoing: Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Writers Group meeting for new and emerging
playwrights. Held on the second Monday of the
month at Yirra Yaakin, 65 Murray Street, Perth,
from 6.30-8.30pm. Details: Irma on (08) 9202
1966 or www.yirrayaakin.com.au
Until March 18: Marrga – Creating the
Pilbara and Mitjili Napurrula art exhibitions.
Featuring Yinjaa-Barni artistsʼ stories and
images of the Pilbara landscape in Gallery 1
and Mitjiliʼs images of dreaming stories related
to spear-making in Gallery 2. Held at Japingka
Gallery, 47 High St, Fremantle, Mon-Fri, 10am5.30pm and Sat-Sun, noon-5pm. Free gallery
entry. Details: (08) 9335 8265 or visit
www.japingka.com.au
Until March 22: Family Matters exhibition,
looking at family experiences of cultural
dispossession set against the wider history of
colonisation, with works by Sandra Hill and
sons. Held at Bunburry Regional Art Gallery,
64 Wittenoon St, Bunbury, daily from 10am4pm. Free entry. Details: (08) 9721 8616 or
visit www.brag.org.au/exhibitions/
Until April 11: Yirrkala Drawings exhibition.
A visual articulation of Yolngu stories, history,
culture and knowledge told through hundreds
of crayon drawings on brown paper. Held at
Berndt Museum and Lawrence Wilson Art
Gallery, The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Tues-Sat,
11am-5pm. Free entry. Details: (08) 6488 3707
or visit www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au
February 28-March 1: Cut The Sky
performance. Held at Regal Theatre, 474 Hay
St, Subiaco. Cost: $25-$59, Bookings: Ticketek
on 1300 7-5 012 Details: (08) 6488 5555 or
visit www.perthfestival.com.au
March 3-7: Black Diggers performance. As
part of Perth International Arts Festival 2015,
it tells of the hundreds of dispossessed
Indigenous soldiers who heard the call to arms
and stepped up to fight for Australia in Europe.
Held at Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre
Centre of WA, at 11am,1pm, 2pm and 7.30pm.
Cost: B Reserve $25-$38, A Reserve $55-$63
and Premium $70-$75. Bookings: Ticket on
1300 795 012 or (08) 6488 555.
Employment
E X E C U T I V E • P R O F E S S I O N A L • P O S I T I O N S VA C A N T
VTEC initiative is
starting to work
THE Federal
Governmentʼs
Vocational
Training and
Employment
Centre (VTEC)
initiative now has contracts with
28 centres to help more than
5400 Indigenous Australians
into jobs. VTECs, based on the
employment model of national
organisation GenerationOne,
help Indigenous jobseekers into
guaranteed jobs and work with
support services to prepare
jobseekers for long-term
employment.
Federal Indigenous Affairs
Minister Nigel Scullion said
additional placements had been
finalised for new and existing
VTECs.
“Signing contracts with the
VTECs to support 5470 jobs is a
great milestone and shows the
goodwill by employers across
the country, but VTECs now
have to ensure these
commitments translate into
actual jobs,” Senator Scullion
said.
“Twenty eight VTECs now
operate around Australia
servicing multiple industries and
the Government, through its
commitment of $45 million to
deliver VTECs, is well on its way
to meeting our target to provide
over 5000 jobs.”
Three new VTECs are set to
place an additional 300
Indigenous people into
guaranteed jobs. They are in
Queensland (Energy Skills
Queensland), in Western
Australia (Real Futures Pty Ltd
in partnership with Onslow
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Workforce and Labour Solutions
Pty Ltd) and in Victoria and
Tasmania (AFL SportsReady).
The existing Adelaide-based
VTEC run by the Maxima Group
will expand into regional areas
of South Australia, providing an
extra 125 jobs. Fifty jobs will
also be made available to
Indigenous people in Darling
Downs West and south-west
Queensland regions through
MAX employment, in addition to
its VTEC based in Kalgoorlie,
Western Australia.
“Getting Indigenous people
into meaningful work is a key
priority for the Australian
Government, and the VTEC
model does this by connecting
Indigenous jobseekers to
employers through experienced
employment service providers,”
Senator Scullion said.
“All VTECs are managed by
service providers who have
strong community and employer
connections. They share a goal
in helping Indigenous people
gain ongoing employment, while
improving industryʼs cultural
sensitivity and community
knowledge.”
GenerationOne chief
executive Jeremy Donovan
sees the VTEC model as the
future of Indigenous
employment.
“This is a significant
announcement that strikes at
the heart of disparity and
paves the way to future
empowerment,” he said.
The 28 VTECs are in
Sydney, the NSW Hunter, the
south coast of NSW and
western NSW, Brisbane, north
and central Queensland,
Darwin, Alice Springs, the
Barkly Region of the NT,
Victoria, Tasmania, Adelaide
and regional areas of South
Australia, Perth and Kalgoorlie
and the Kimberley, Pilbara and
Gascoyne regions of Western
Australia.
“Signing contracts with the VTECs to support 5470 jobs is a great milestone and shows the goodwill by employers across
the country, but VTECs now have to ensure these commitments translate into actual jobs.” – Minister Nigel Scullion
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Officer
headspace Mt Druitt, Parramatta and Penrith
Aboriginal Dancers / Digeridoo Players
headspace Mt Druitt, Parramatta and Penrith brings together an integrated and collaborative team of colocated and affiliated services, working as a coordinated network. headspace Mt Druitt, Penrith and Parramatta
aims to provide a one stop shop approach of services to young people aged between 12-25yrs who are at risk
of mental health and substance use issues across Western Sydney. headspace is Australia’s National Youth
Mental Health Foundation. The mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social well being and
economic participation of young Australians. To this end, headspace aims to be the focal point for youth mental
health issues across the country.
Waradah Aboriginal Centre in the blue mountains is looking
for part time employment with possible full time employment
opportunities.
We need Aboriginal Dancers and Digeridoo Players.
Please contact Farid on (02) 4782 1979 or email:
sales@waradah.com.au
headspace Mt Druitt, Penrith and Parramatta is currently seeking the services of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Engagement Officer to work within the Community Development Team in the active and meaningful
engagement of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community across Parramatta, Mount Druitt and Penrith.
The position also will work closely with other public and non-government organisations to engage Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander young people in accessing headspace services, as well as working with the clinical
team to work toward best possible outcomes for young people engaged in the headspace model.
This position will be instrumental in developing, implementing and evaluating projects to build the capacity of
the community to respond to mental health, drug and alcohol, primary care and social recovery issues of young
people, via a broad range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander targeted community awareness and health
promotion activities. Furthermore this position will develop and implement strategies to ensure meaningful and
broadly inclusive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth engagement, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander family / carer involvement.
It is essential that applicants can demonstrate the experience working within a health promotion/community
development context, which includes:
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Extensive, demonstrated experience in facilitating Community Development initiatives and projects
Superior ability in effective communication, both written and verbal
Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
Communication and Interpersonal skills
Industry Knowledge
Sound experience within the mental health and community sector
Demonstrated ability to consult with a wide range of stakeholders to develop local referral networks and
implement community awareness and education campaigns
Ability to document, monitor and review community awareness strategies and plans
Excellent computer skills, abilities to produce newsletters and health promotion resources
Superior ability in effective communication, both written and verbal
Ability to develop and facilitate interactive workshops to service providers and young people
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Career Opportunities
Danila Dilba Health Service is going through a dynamic
period of expansion, growth and review and currently has
the following vacancies.
Aboriginal Health Practitioner
Total Salary Package: $65,168 - $71,245*
The Aboriginal Health Practitioner will participate in
the provision of comprehensive primary health care to
the Indigenous people of the Greater Darwin Area. In
addition the AHP will provide a support role to other
health practitioners both within the organisation and the
community. The AHP is crucial to maintaining cultural
integrity and advocates strongly for our patients
(NOTE: This position is to cover for maternity leave for
a period of 9 months)
Indigenous Family Support Worker
Applicants should hold a current drivers license and be computer literate in Windows Office programs.
If you are interested please forward a cover letter addressing the above criteria by the below closing date
recruitment@ucmh.org.au quoting ref: CEOh.
For further information about the role please contact madeleine.fabian@ucmh.org.au
Closing date: March 2nd 2015
Please note that only those shortlisted will be contacted.
We would like to thank you for your interest in the position.
Total Salary Package: $62,514 - $67,278 *
This position will be responsible for supporting clients in
addressing social and family needs and to improve access
to health services in the Darwin and Palmerston regions
within the Mothers and Babies Program.
The Mothers and Babies Program is funded to improve
the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
islander mothers and babies.
Barreng Moorop
Aboriginal Children and
Family Justice Program
Intensive Support Case Worker
Full time position
Jesuit Social Services in partnership with the Victorian
Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and The Victorian
Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) is seeking a full time
Intensive Support Worker for a new and exciting project to
work with Aboriginal children and their families.
The three year program funded by the Attorney Generalʼs
Department (Commonwealth) aims to provide an integrated,
intensive support service to Aboriginal children, 10-14 years
of age who have current involvement with the police. The
service approaches the work through both a justice and a
family lens, recognising the importance of an approach that
engages with all members of the family including siblings,
parents, carers and Elders.
The successful applicant will have demonstrated skills and a
strong understanding of culturally appropriate service delivery
in relation to Aboriginal children, their families and
communities, as well as a demonstrated capacity and
experience in case management.
This position reports to the Coordinator of Barreng Moorop,
Jesuit Social Services and will initially be based at the
Brosnan Centre in Brunswick.
Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Social Sciences and or
experience in a similar role are essential.
For further details please contact
Suzi James-Nevell on (03) 93871233
The Position Description is available on our website
www.jss.org.au
To be considered applications must respond to each of the
Key Selection Criteria and include names and contact details
on two (2) referees. Please send your application, in
confidence to hr@jss.org.au
Members of the Aboriginal Community are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Applications close 5.00pm on Tuesday 10 March 2015
Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to providing a family friendly working
environment that embraces and values diver
Medical Receptionist
Total Salary Package: $62,304 - $66,848*
MERCY HEALTH:
CARING FOR A LIVING
The Medical Receptionist will generally be the first point
of contact for clients attending the Palmerston Health
Clinic and be able to provide high quality reception and
administrative support to the clients and medical staff of
the Health Clinic.
The successful applicant would need to have an
understanding of General Practice processes, Medicare
Benefits schedule, proven experience in windows
based software systems (word, Excel), including
experience with a Patient Information Recall System
and an understanding or experience in general practice
accreditation and standards.
Health Services
Project Officer – Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Mercy Hospital for Women (Heidelberg)
• Part-Time – days & hours negotiable – 3 days per week preferred
• Fixed Term – concludes upon funding or project expiration,
potentially December 2015
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation employing over 6,000 people
who provide compassionate and holistic care through our acute
hospitals, aged care facilities, mental health programs, palliative and
respite services, maternity and women’s health services, early parenting
services and home care services.
Acute Registered Nurse
Total Salary: $101,401 - $108,939*
To facilitate the delivery of acute care, emergency and
general practice care within Danila Dilba Health Services,
by providing high quality, comprehensive and culturally
appropriate clinical care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander clients of the greater Darwin Area.
For further information please contact Melissa Hilton
General Manager Palmerston Health Centre on 8931 5705
or email Melissa.Hilton@daniladilba.org.au
This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in implementing the Mercy
Health Aboriginal Employment Plan (AEP) covering Mercy Hospital for
Women and Werribee Mercy Hospital. (may be required to travel).
Working in close collaboration with the AEP Working Group this role
will ensure that Mercy Health is in a strong position to further enhance
employment and career development opportunities for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people.
Indigenous Family Support Worker
Total Salary Package: $62,514 - $67,278 *
The Indigenous Family Support Worker (IFSW) will
support clients who have been identified as having a
Chronic Disease or Chronic Condition.
Regular contact will be made with clients in regard
attending appointments both within Danila Dilba
and at of services and promoting chronic disease selfmanagement. Client interaction will include, telephone
calls, letters, text messages, fax, provision will be made
for home visits if needed. The IFSW will also work with
clients to attend cultural and service needs assessments to
enhance service provision on an individual basis, facilitate
client referrals to appropriate allied health services for
further health promotion education, as identified.
For further information please contact Malcolm
Laughton Mobile Unit Coordinator on 08 89425 444 or
email Malcolm.Laughton@daniladilba.org.au
We offer:
Attractive salary with salary packaging benefits
Six weeks annual leave
Flexible hours
Training and development
*Includes base salary, superannuation and leave loading
Applications Close: Close of business 2nd March 2015
Applications addressing the selection criteria should be
forwarded to recruit@daniladilba.org.au
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are
strongly encouraged to apply
Danila Dilba Health Service is an Aboriginal community
controlled organisation that provides comprehensive,
high-quality primary health care and community services
to Biluru (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people
in Yilli Rreung (greater Darwin) region.
The role carries responsibility for driving the AEP milestones and
mandatory reporting ensuring all stakeholders are engaged.
The successful applicant must have:
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Victorian Aboriginal
community, cultures and values, particularly as they relate
to the complexities of work issues.
• Previous experience with AEPs or projects within Aboriginal
communities (desirable)
• Understanding of Vocational Education and Training (VET)
and higher education sectors. (desirable).
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award winning organisation and
take the next step in your career. Attractive salary packaging benefits
and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives are available.
To be the successful candidate you must meet the position
requirements as well as provide a current Police Record and Working
with Children Check.
Enquiries to: Helen Cull, HR Manager on 03 8458 4820 or
hcull@mercy.com.au
Quote Ref No: MHW 23
Applications Close: Wednesday 11 March 2015
For more information and to apply,
please visit careers.mercy.com.au
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Mercy Health is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and
strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people.
Details: daniladilba.org.au
Department of
Justice and Attorney-General
Department of Justice & Regulation
Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer
Indigenous Service Support Officer
Melbourne Assessment Prison
Youth Justice, Southern Queensland Region,
Toowoomba Youth Justice Service Centre,
Roma Outpost
Executive Manager - West
• Make a difference in Victoria's Koori community
• Ongoing, full-time opportunity
• Salary range $59,656 - $72,434 plus superannuation
(Identified - Applicants must identify as being of
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.)
Conditions: Full time 1.0FTE, Fixed term 5 years
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Salary: $64 383 - $70 795 p.a.
An opportunity has arisen for a person with excellent people
skills and Natural Resource Management (NRM)
experience to provide leadership in our western activities,
and work with partners, supporters and staff to achieve
conservation outcomes.
Location: Roma
REF: QLD/162011/15
Key Duties: The Indigenous Service Support Officer
assists Youth Justice staff to provide support and
intervention services to young people subject to youth
justice intervention.
For further information and an Position Description please
visit www.bushheritage.org.au/employment
Please address your application to Gerard OʼNeill, Chief
Executive via employment@bushheritage.org.au
positions
vacant
Enquiries: Maureen Brosnan 07 46153460
To apply please visit www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au
Closing Date: Friday, 6 March 2015
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Skills/Abilities: Knowledge and experience in youth
justice interventions and practices relating to young
offenders as well as the impacts of historical and
contemporary policy and practices upon indigenous
people.
Applications close 2nd March 2015
The City of Shellharbour is a place of recent growth
and development, with further development on the
horizon. To implement this new era of growth in
Shellharbour, we are looking for:
Casual Community Project Assistants
Department of
Justice and Attorney-General
Ref No: 34/15
Casual
Commencing salary from: $31.26 per hour
Team Coordinator
Youth Justice, Southern Queensland Region,
Toowoomba Youth Justice Service Centre,
Roma Outpost
(Specified - Applicants will need to provide a reference
from a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander community.)
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Salary: $85 017 - $91 591 p.a.
Location: Roma
REF: QLD/162031/15
Key Duties: This position supervises a team of youth
justice staff to ensure clients are provided with high
quality court & casework services which are consistent
with youth justice legislation.
Skills/Abilities: The Team Co-ordinator works in
consultation with the Manager & specialist staff to
oversee day to day operations of the Outpost Service
Centres that are part of South West Youth Justice
Services.
Enquiries: Maureen Brosnan 07 46153460
To apply please visit www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au
Closing Date: Friday, 6 March 2015
To apply visit our website
www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au
or call 4221 6111
Shellharbour City Council is an equal opportunity employer
North Coast Womenʼs Domestic
Violence Court Advocacy Service
Aboriginal Specialist Court
Advocacy Worker
Kempsey
The North Coast Womenʼs Domestic Violence Court
Advocacy Service provides services and support to women
experiencing domestic violence to obtain legal protection
through Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders.
We are seeking to employ an Aboriginal woman on a
permanent part-time basis for 22.5 hours per week at our
Kempsey office.
Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is
defined under s.4 (1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights
Amendment Act 2001.
Being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification for
this position under Section 31 of the Antidiscrimination Act
1977.
Women wishing to apply will need to request an information
package that will include a position description and selection
criteria.
Relevant Award: SCHCADS
CORPORATE STRATEGIES DIVISION – CANBERRA
ONGOING POSITION
APS 6 (REFERENCE PN 12225)
SALARY $76,224 TO $86,545
The Department of the Environment is seeking a person with relevant experience
and a strong interest in Indigenous employment to fill a challenging and rewarding
position responsible for implementation of the Department’s Indigenous
Employment and Capability Strategy.
To be successful in this role you will have a knowledge and understanding of
contemporary Indigenous society and culture and issues affecting Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people, well developed skills to communicate effectively and
sensitively with Indigenous people, strong organisational skills and the ability to
develop, implement and evaluate HR policies and programmes.
This vacancy is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
All applicants for Special Measure positions must confirm their Aboriginal and/
or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Applicants may be required to undertake some
travel to remote localities where the Department operates.
How to apply for this job
Applications should be made through the department’s online recruitment system:
To request an information package please contact
(02) 66500302 or email admin@nccas.org.au
Applications must be received by
4pm Monday 16th March 2015.
This service is funded by Legal Aid NSW.
http://www.environment.gov.au/jobs/opportunities/index.html
Your responses to the Selection Criteria should be no more than 350 words
per criterion.
POSITIONS VACANT
BRANCH MANAGERS X 3
Services and Programs
Officer (Aboriginal)
(BATEMANS BAY, NAROOMA, BEGA)
Goulburn Correctional Centre
Ongoing, Full-Time
Vacancy Number: 00003ER5
An opportunity has arisen with the NSW Corrective
Services Offender Management and Policy Division for
an Aboriginal Services and Programs Officer.
Other information:
Information for applicants with disabilities:
www.environment.gov.au/about/jobs/applicants-with-disabilities.html
Wanted: Three passionate, creative, inspiring people ready
to work hard as Branch Managers to implement a new
organisational structure at Katungul Aboriginal Corporation
Community and Medical Services.
Need more detail about the job?
Contact Narelle Cartledge, Assistant Director, Capability and Performance
Section, 02 6274 2248
We need experienced managers who fully believe in our
vision of supporting all Aboriginal people on the Far South
Coast to live fulfilled, healthy lives and reach their potential.
Experience in health, community or Aboriginal services is
required.
Resonsibilities include:
• Contribute to the screening, assessment, support,
case management and associated reporting of
indigenous inmates and offenders with CSNSW;
• Deliver programs to indigenous inmates and
offenders including health promotion/harm reduction
strategies and pre-release services.
Note: if you need help addressing selection criteria follow this link:
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications07/crackingthecodefactsheet5.htm
Drive Change and Make a Meaningful Difference on the
NSW Far South Coast.
These roles are open to everyone, though we strongly
encourage Aboriginal people to apply. The Branch Managerʼs
roles will be challenging, fast paced and exciting. This will be
an exceptional learning experience where you can extend
your skills and drive change for good.
The primary purpose of the position is to provide
accredited or approved programs and services to
indigenous inmates and offenders within correctional
centres and accredited or approved programs in
community locations.
How to apply:
Your responses to the selection criteria should be no more than 350 words
per criterion. Applications should be made through the department’s online
recruitment system at:
http://www.environment.gov.au/jobs/opportunities/index.html
Applications Close: DATE: 16 March 2015
We will support you with extensive training and development
opportunities to boost your skills. You just need to bring the
right attitude: resilience, a bright personality and a
commitment to creating a workplace full of happy, supported,
motivated staff.
Salary range $80,000-$100,000 (plus super) dependent on
qualifications and experience. Katungul also provides
generous salary packaging benefits and a flexible work
environment.
Contact: Jean Dally
jean.dally@dcs.nsw.gov.au 0428 260 074
Z02064
For further information or to apply for the advertised
vacancy go to www.jobs.nsw.gov.au
INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR
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Closing date for this position:
Friday 6 March 2015
Closing Date: 1 March 2015
The Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) is a maximum security facility
providing assessment and orientation services for male prisoners in Victoria.
MAP comprises the prison, custody facilities at the County, Supreme and
Appeals Courts, and holding cells at St Vincent's Hospital.
The Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer is part of Corrections Victoria's commitment to
reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice
system and ensuring Aboriginal people receive the same justice outcomes as
the broader Victorian community.
In this role, you will:
• provide welfare, advocacy and support to Indigenous prisoners
• assist Indigenous prisoners to access appropriate pre and post release
programs and entitlements to enable their reintegration into the community
• assist in developing programs and services regarding the needs of Indigenous
prisoners.
As our ideal candidate, you will have excellent interpersonal and communication
skills and have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Koori
community and the issues affecting Aboriginal offenders.
For further information on this position and to submit your application,
please visit careers.vic.gov.au by Sunday 8 March 2015.
This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of
section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people are eligible to apply.
For enquiries or to request a position description email
Kristina@katungul.org.au or call CEO Jon Rogers on (02)
4476 2155.
Applications close: Sunday 1 March.
MENINDEE CHILDREN’S CENTRE
Aboriginal Community Engagement
Officer
Preschool Teaching Director
2 year contract
The Menindee Childrenʼs Centre Management Committee
is looking for a Teaching Director and Educational Leader
who is passionate and committed in the field of early
childhood education.
Applicants must have a Degree in Early Childhood Education
or a Diploma of Childrenʼs Services with a willingness to
upgrade qualifications to degree level. This is a full time
position commencing as soon as possible. The Centre is
newly renovated with beautiful learning spaces and generous
incentives are negotiable for the right applicant.
To apply please request an information package and forward
your application addressing the selection criteria and resume
by COB Friday 6th March 2015.
For further information please contact the centre on
08 8091 4246 or email menindeepreschool@bigpond.com
Just 3 ½ hours from Sydney, Orange is a progressive regional city boasting a relaxed, idyllic
lifestyle with superior educational & health services. Providing excellent career opportunities
across a large range of professions and trades, Council offers diverse employment options which
could suit your interests, lifestyle and career goals.
We are currently looking for an Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer to assist with the
implementation of Councilʼs Aboriginal Social Development Plan and provide an effective liaison
mechanism within the Aboriginal Community, engaging with Aboriginal people in the local service
network and the broader community.
How to Apply:
For more information and to apply for the position please visit our website at
www.orange.nsw.gov.au/employment
Closing Date: Sunday 8th March 2015
Teacher of Visual Arts and/or Aboriginal Cultural Arts
(Aboriginal Identified)
Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer,
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
Illawarra Aboriginal
Corporation
Queensland College of Art
Salary range: An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated.
Southbank campus
Aboriginal Foster Carer
required for 3 children
This is an identified position and the occupant must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander descent under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.
Gold Coast - Logan - Mt Gravatt - Nathan - South Bank
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When applying:
Go to griffith.edu.au/jobs for further information
on the position and selection criteria, or phone
(07) 3735 4011 if you do not have internet access.
CRICOS No. 00233E
Reference: 501311
Board Member, NSW Aboriginal Housing Office Board
(up to 5 positions)
Department of Family & Community Services
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
• NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
• Location: Parramatta, NSW
Aboriginal Health Worker –
Primary Health Care
The role of the Board is to:
• develop and advise on strategic directions and policies for the NSW Aboriginal Housing
Office (AHO);
• develop and implement strategies for consultation with Aboriginal communities in NSW
on housing and related issues; and
• provide advice to the Minister on Aboriginal housing and related issues, including program
monitoring and development.
Silverwater
Permanent Full Time
JH No: 235673
Salary: $47,921–$70,582 pa.
Enquiries: Lisa Hogan, (02) 4582 2400
Closing Date: 1 March 2015.
Applications are now invited from Aboriginal people interested in being appointed to the Board
as a Board Member (up to 5 positions).
To apply, applicants must address the selection criteria and all applications must be made
online through www.jobs.nsw.gov.au
Care Navigator (Aboriginal identified
position)
Board Members must have a strong affinity and rapport with NSW Aboriginal people. Board
Members will be merit-selected on the basis of their application, having regard to individual
experience and expertise. Board Members will not act as a representative from any specific
community or community organisation.
P/T- F/T (Penrith office)
Responsibilities include:
• Operational management of the CTG Team.
• Coordinate services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people.
• Maintain relationships with service Providers.
Experience managing teams/ projects and an understanding
of Aboriginal health issues are essential.
For more information, and to apply, visit
www.nbmml.com.au
Wentworth Healthcare Limited acknowledges the traditional
custodians of the lands on which we work and acknowledges
Elders both past and present.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are
Ermington
Temporary Full Time up to 30/06/15
JH No: 237280
Interviews and Checks
Interviews will be held between 23 – 27 March 2015. All applicants selected for interview will
be required to undergo a Criminal Record Check. Appointment to the AHO Board is dependent
upon the outcome of the Criminal Record Check.
Salary: Health Managers’ (State)
tate) Awardd $1,656.90–
$1,656.90
$1,965.10 pw.
Enquiries: Shahana Ali, (0
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Closing Date: 8 March
Time Considerations
Board Members will be expected to give priority to the work of the Board and make the time
commitment necessary. The position of Board Member is a commitment of at least 4 days per
month. This commitment will involve actively participating in and contributing to the work of
the Board, its working groups and have a focus on achieving the Board’s key objectives.
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Term of Appointment and Remuneration
The term of appointment is for a period of up to 3 years, subject to Ministerial and Cabinet
approval. Remuneration calculated on an annual basis, will be paid to eligible Board Members.
Further Information
Further information on the AHO can be found at www.aho.nsw.gov.au
Contact Person
Katrina Morgan (02) 8836 9430, katrina.morgan@facs.nsw.gov.au
Closing Date: 11.59pm Friday 6 March 2015
Aboriginal Health Manager –
Closing the Gap (CTG)
Wentworth Healthcare Limited has an excellent opportunity
for an Aboriginal Health Manager to manage the CTG Team
and Program.
The NSW Aboriginal Housing Office was established on 24 July 1998 pursuant to the NSW
Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 and operates an all Aboriginal Board under the direction and
control of the NSW Minister for Family and Community Services.
To apply for these positions please visit
http://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au
NSW Health Service – Justice Health & Forensic
Mental Health Network is committed to Work Health
& Safety, EEO, Ethical Practices, and the Principles of
Cultural Diversity. Personal criminal records checks
will be conducted. Prohibited persons as declared
under the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment)
Act 1998 are not eligible to apply for child-related
employment.
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Board Member Selection Criteria:
1. Aboriginality and credibility within the Aboriginal community.
2. Demonstrated capacity to set strategic direction and provide leadership, and to participate
in a corporate decision making process in relation to Aboriginal housing.
3. Extensive experience and involvement in the Aboriginal housing sector, or a related field.
4. Expertise in the management of Aboriginal housing policy and service provision, or
a related field.
5. Demonstrated understanding of the issues affecting the provision, management and
maintenance of Aboriginal housing in NSW.
6. Previous Board experience and/or expertise in core business functions such as financial
management, governance, risk management, procurement and contracting or similar.
7. Capacity to commit sufficient time to actively participate in the activities of the Board.
8. Current NSW Driver’s Licence (preferable) and willingness to drive.
JobsNSW Reference No: 00003HFW
Hourly Rate: $76.84
Status: Part Time Casual Suitability List
Location: Port Macquarie, Wauchope and/or
Kempsey
Closing Date: Sunday 15 March 2015
Interested? visit www.jobs.nsw.gov.au
NC00003HFW
Myimbarrʼs Out of Home Care program provides support
and placement for Aboriginal Children and Young People
who are unable to live at home.
Siblings Tom, Jack and Rachel (not their real names) need a
loving and supportive foster family to meet their needs as they
grow-up. Tom and Jack are both in primary school. They love
kicking a football around, riding their bikes and playing outside.
Their little sister, Rachel is a toddler who enjoys singing,
playing with dolls and hanging out with her older brothers.
Tom, Jack and Rachel need a dedicated Aboriginal couple or
individual that will support and nurture them in a long-term
placement.
These three children need carers, who can:
- Provide a consistent, caring home and family environment
to support and nurture their development
- Work as a part of a professional casework care team to
ensure that these childrenʼs needs are priority
Myimbarr Carers must be willing to undertake relevant child
protection and criminal records checks, as well as foster carer
training and assessment. All Myimbarr Carers need to
demonstrate a willingness to be actively involved with ongoing
support and training. Carers are supported by our Caseworkers
and receive remuneration to meet the ongoing needs of the
children they are caring for.
If you think you have the energy and ability to provide a loving
stable home to Tom, Jack and Rachel please contact one of our
Out of Home Care Team Leaders on 4226 3358 to discuss this
further.
Closes: 23 March 2015
If you are interested in sharing your talents by
teaching the next generation of artists, and craft professionals in knowledge of Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander cultural arts, printmaking, painting, drawing
and/or sculpture to gain practical and technical skills,
then this is for you!
NSW Health Service: employer of choice
Reconciliation Project Officer
Reference No: 6191
• Part Time Temporary (until June 2015)
• Salary Range $72,774 - $79,310 Pro Rata + Super
• Please visit the website www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Home
to Download the Position Description and apply.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a
Reconciliation Project Officer to facilitate the development
the City of Greater Bendigoʼs first Reconciliation Action Plan.
You will undertake research, provide support to the RAP
Project Control Group, and engage with a wide range of
stakeholders to develop a RAP that has the greatest
collective impact for the organisation and the local Aboriginal
community.
The successful applicant will have excellent relationship
building, project management and writing skills. They will
possess the personal attributes of being self-driven, well
organised and positive. Knowledge of and current
connections with the local Aboriginal community will be
highly regarded.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are
For further information regarding this position, please
contact Natalie Jacobson, Coordinator Inclusive
Communities, Community Partnerships on (03) 5434 6463.
Applications addressing the key selection criteria must
be received by Monday 2 March, 2015.
Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation
Aboriginal Foster Carers
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we stand
Marketing Coordinator
Walgett & Brewarrina
Fixed Term Contract > December 2016
Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian
community service organisation that has been helping
people regain their independence for over 150 years.
We are seeking a Program Manager to oversee our Services
at Brewarrina and Walgett.
This position can also be based from our Bourke office.
The Brewarrina and Walgett homeless and housing support
services, provides support to clients who, are homeless or at
risk of homelessness.
Previous leadership experience within the Human Services
industry is essential.
For further information and to apply,
please visit our website:
http://careers.missionaustralia.com.au/ caw/en/listing/.
Background checks will be undertaken.
For questions around the service please call Steve Stanton
042 863 9136
Application closing date COB 1st of March 2015
ABC Radio is looking for a savvy marketer with digital
flair to join our ABC Radio Marketing team working
specifically with ABC Grandstand, ABC Rural &
Regional Radio.
If you’re passionate about media and marketing, this is
a great opportunity to take your career forward.
This vacancy is open only to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander applicants, reflecting our
commitment to the ABC’s Reconciliation Action
Plan, ABC Equity and Diversity Plan and the
Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth
Authorities) Act 1987.
For details visit abc.net.au/careers
Project Manager
WUNANBIRI PRESCHOOL
Belmont Street, ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015
Ph: (02) 9319 5712
CERTIFICATE 111
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATOR
Permanent Full-Time position.
Award wages apply.
Islander Outreach Worker
Full time/Part time/Casual (Penrith office)
Working towards Closing the Gap and improving the
health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We are seeking an Outreach Worker with knowledge and
understanding of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
communities and cultures. Aboriginality is an essential
selection criteria of this position under the terms of Sect 50(d)
of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act 1984 and Sect 14
of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
The primary role of the Outreach Worker is to assist
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members to
access health care and follow up services as well as
supporting and advocating for the health needs of individual
Aboriginal people living in the NBMML region.
Wunanbiri Preschool is seeking a motivated passionate
person to be apart of itʼs experienced early childhood team.
This is an opportunity to work in an Aboriginal service with a
strong emphasis on cultural learning.
Essential Criteria:
• Childrenʼs services certificate 111
• Working with Children Check
• Asthma, Anaphylaxis and First Aid Training
• An understanding of the early years learning framework
(EYLF) & national quality standards (NQF)
Please address applications to:
Tracey Freeburn, PO Box 455, Alexandria, NSW, 2015.
Applications close: Friday 13 March 2015.
Womenʼs Legal Services NSW is a community legal centre for
disadvantaged women in NSW. We are looking for a
Community Access Officer for the Indigenous Womenʼs Legal
Program. This role is focused on ensuring our services are
culturally safe and accessible for Indigenous women, raising
awareness of womenʼs rights in Indigenous communities, and
advocating for law and policy reform. Our services are mostly
in family law, domestic violence, child welfare and
discrimination.
Selection criteria include:
A commitment to social justice, demonstrated experience in
community education and development, facilitating
workshops, understanding of Human Rights and advocacy,
capacity to consult with Aboriginal women and develop strong
networks.
Ability to travel to rural NSW and current driving license
essential. We offer flexible working conditions and fringe
benefits. The position may also be offered part time or on a
job-share basis.
This is an exciting opportunity for an independently
motivated Aboriginal woman to develop community
leadership throughout NSW.
“Womenʼs Legal Services NSW considers being an Aboriginal
woman is a genuine occupational qualification for this position
under s.14 and 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)”
Please call Womenʼs Legal Services NSW 02 8745 6900 for a
full job package and selection criteria, or visit our website
www.womenslegalnsw.asn.au
Applications addressing the full selection criteria should be
marked ʻconfidentialʼ and forwarded to the Executive Officer,
PO Box 206 Lidcombe 1825 or emailed to
reception@wlsnsw.org.au
Applications close: 18 March 2015.
REGIONAL ABORIGINAL HOUSING
COMMITTEES
APPLY NOW
Positions are available for people with a genuine commitment to and knowledge of Aboriginal
housing issues in New South Wales to be part of the Regional Aboriginal Housing Committees
(RAHCs). These positions are within Northern Region (Many Rivers and Kamilaroi), Western
Region (Binaal Billa and Murdi Paaki) and Sydney / South Eastern Region (Sydney and
South Eastern).
Infrastructure Maintainers
• Permanent full time
• Base Salary $51,330 – 68,153: $28 – 37 per hour. (salary
packaging available)
The Justice Health Unit within the Department of Justice & Regulation is
responsible for the delivery of health services for persons in Victorian prisons.
Justice Health is seeking a motivated Project Manager to provide high level
expertise in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Aboriginal
Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan. Key accountabilities of the role include:
• initiate and manage the development of effective partnerships and maintain
cross agency linkages
• engagement with government agencies and the Aboriginal community
• manage project budget and participate in the development of project plans
The ideal candidate will have strong project management and stakeholder
engagement skills, as well as links to the community.
For further information and to submit your application, please visit
careers.vic.gov.au before Sunday 1 March 2015.
Indigenous people are encouraged to apply.
NBMML acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the
lands on which we work and acknowledges Elders both
past and present.
Aboriginal Community Access
Officer/Program Officer
• Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan
• Justice Health Unit, Corrections Victoria, Melbourne CBD
• Full time, fixed term until 15 April 2016
• $85,215 - $103,103 plus superannuation
Desirable Criteria:
• Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
training.
Attractive salary packaging, leave loading plus
superannuation offered. Visit www.nbmml.com.au to apply
and for a position description or please contact Linda on 02
4708 8142 for more information.
Indigenous Women’s Legal Program
• Full time permanent positions
• Supportive team environment
• Contribute to an organisation that exists to keep
Australia moving.
Australian Rail Track Corporation is a major national
organisation responsible for managing infrastructure
maintenance, capital upgrades and the movement of trains
on interstate railway track across South Australia, Victoria,
Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, as
well as the Hunter Valley coal rail network.
The position:
With positions currently available across the lower and upper
Hunter NSW, applications are encouraged from candidates
with a genuine interest to work within the Rail Industry. As an
Infrastructure Maintainer, you will be carrying out general
labouring and track maintenance duties and meeting the
standards of ARTC.
Essential to the role:
• A current driverʼs license
• Good written and oral skills together with the ability to work
in a team environment
• WHS White Card
Desirable:
• Construction and/or Manufacturing experience
• Plant and/or Truck licenses
• Rail Industry Worker Card
The candidate:
ARTC are seeking individuals who are committed and offer a
strong work ethic. Your capacity to work within a team
environment is essential.
ARTC recognises that a talented and diverse workforce is
fundamental to building a commercially strong and customer
focused organisation. On that basis we encourage you to
apply for this position if you believe you can add value to our
diverse workforce.
Appointment is subject to ARTC's medical fitness standards
relative to the position. ARTC is a drug and alcohol free
working environment.
Please forward your application to:
Kara Hennessy, Human Resource Coordinator Hunter Valley,
khennessy@artc.com.au by close of business on the
4th March 2015.
For more information regarding ARTC please visit
www.artc.com.au
The NSW Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) is responsible for the administration and
development of the Aboriginal housing sector in NSW in accordance with the Aboriginal
Housing Act 1998. The Act requires the input of RAHCs who operate on a 3 year term basis.
The role of RAHCs is to advise the Board of the AHO on the development of housing programs
and policies at a regional level.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
ESSENTIAL:
• Aboriginality
• Local and regional knowledge in relation to housing provision
• Genuine commitment to and knowledge of housing issues
• Good oral communication skills
• Credibility within the local Aboriginal community
• Ability to think strategically and accept and respect the directions set by the Regional
Committee as a whole
• Alibility to commit to the time required for attending meetings and participate as an
active member
• Full-time resident within the following AHO Regions:
o Northern – Many Rivers and Kamilaroi
o Western – Binaal Billa and Murdi Paaki
o Sydney / South Eastern – Sydney and South Eastern
DESIRABLE:
• Employee or member of an Aboriginal housing organisation
• Tenant of an Aboriginal housing organisation or AHO tenant
• Employee or member of an Aboriginal youth group
• Employee or member of an Aboriginal Elders group
• Employee of member of a registered Aboriginal controlled organisation
Membership:
The membership of RAHCs will include:
1 Chairperson (nominated by the AHO Board), up to 6 community representatives and the
Regional Manager of the AHO (non-voting).
All expenses associated with attending RAHC meetings will be met by the AHO.
In selecting committee member’s, consideration will be given to ensuring balanced
representation from Local Aboriginal Land Councils, Aboriginal housing providers and tenants
across the Regions.
For further information or enquiries contact:
Michelle Craig, Chair of the AHO Board on telephone number (02) 8836 9409.
Forward written applications detailing how you meet the selection criteria, the AHO RAHC you
are applying for and any supporting documentation for your application marked to:
CONFIDENTIAL
Chair of the AHO Board
PO Box W5
PARRAMATTA NSW 2150
Closing Date: COB Friday 13 March 2015
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PROGRAM MANAGER
Myimbarr Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Service (Out Of Home Care) is currently
looking for individuals, couples and families that are interested in becoming Foster
Carers.
Aboriginal children and young people in Out of Home Care come from a variety of life
experiences and circumstances and need carers who can support, nurture and care for them.
We are looking for carers who possess the following qualities and abilities:
• Genuinely interested in caring for children in a stable and positive environment
• Able to work with our staff in an open and honest manner to support the needs of children in
care
• Will respect and support childrenʼs connection to their Aboriginal culture and their birth family.
All Carers are required to go through an assessment and training process. As part of this process
all Carers (and adults that reside or frequently visit the Carerʼs home) are required to have a
Working with Children Check plus a full criminal record check. Assessment and training will
determine the carerʼs suitability for Foster Care.
If you are interested in becoming a Carer please contact Myimbarr on 4226 3358 and request an
information pack. Our next carer training sessions will be held on the 7th and 14th of March.
Attendance on both days is compulsory.
Aboriginal Community
Corrections Officer
• Shepparton based, ongoing, full-time position
• Salary range $59,656 - $68,601 plus superannuation
Aboriginal Community Corrections Officers monitor and supervise complex and
high profile Aboriginal and non-Indigenous offenders who have been sentenced
by the courts to serve community based orders or have been released from
prison on parole.
In this role, you will provide culturally appropriate guidance and counselling to
offenders, assisting them to participate in programs and community work by
developing strong links with Aboriginal agencies and preparing offender reports
for the courts and Adult Parole Board.
As our ideal candidate, you will have:
• an understanding of the Koori community, with proven ability to communicate
sensitively and effectively with its members
• proven problem solving, influencing and written communication skills, with a
keen eye for detail
• experience in case management and report writing.
For further information on this position and to submit your application,
please visit careers.vic.gov.au by Thursday 5 March 2015.
This is an Aboriginal Identified Position. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
people are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Chairperson, NSW Aboriginal Housing Office Board
Department of Family & Community Services
• NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
• Location Parramatta, NSW
• Remuneration: $146,499 pa to $157,856 pa PLUS employer’s contribution to superannuation
and annual leave
The NSW Aboriginal Housing Office was established on 24 July 1998 pursuant to the NSW
Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 and operates an all Aboriginal Board under the direction and
control of the NSW Minister for Family and Community Services.
FURTHER INFORMATION
IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.DFAT.GOV.AU/JOBS
Z02105
The role of the Board is to:
• develop and advise on strategic directions and policies for the NSW Aboriginal Housing
Office (AHO),
• develop and implement strategies for consultation with Aboriginal communities in NSW on
housing and related issues, and
• provide advice to the Minister on Aboriginal housing and related issues, including program
monitoring and development.
Applications are now invited from Aboriginal people interested in being appointed to the Board
as Chairperson.
To apply, applicants must address the selection criteria and all applications must be made online
through www.jobs.nsw.gov.au/
Board Members must have a strong affinity and rapport with NSW Aboriginal people. Board
Members will be merit-selected on the basis of their application, having regard to individual
experience and expertise. Board Members will not act as a representative from any specific
community or community organisation.
Interviews and Checks
Interviews will be held between 16-20 March 2015. All applicants selected for interview will be
required to undergo a Criminal Record Check. Appointment to the AHO Board is dependent
upon the outcome of the Criminal Record Check.
Time Considerations
Board Members will be expected to give priority to the work of the Board and make the time
commitment necessary. Work hours will be negotiated with the successful applicant. This
commitment will involve actively participating in and contributing to the work of the Board, its
working groups and have a focus on achieving the Board’s key objectives.
Term of Appointment and Remuneration
The term of appointment is for a period of up to 3 years, subject to Ministerial and Cabinet
approval. Remuneration calculated on an annual basis and commensurate with the number of
work hours, will be paid to eligible applicants.
Further Information
Further information on the AHO can be found at www.aho.nsw.gov.au
Contact Person
Katrina Morgan (02) 8836 9430, katrina.morgan@facs.nsw.gov.au
Closing Date: 11.59pm Friday 6 March 2015
Chairperson Selection Criteria:
1. Aboriginality and credibility within the Aboriginal community.
2. Demonstrated capacity to set strategic direction and provide leadership, and to participate
in a corporate decision making process in relation to Aboriginal housing.
3. Extensive experience and involvement in the Aboriginal housing sector, or a related field.
4. Expertise in the management of Aboriginal housing policy and service provision, or a related field.
5. Demonstrated understanding of the issues affecting the provision, management and
maintenance of Aboriginal housing in NSW.
6. Previous Board experience and/or expertise in core business functions such as financial
management, governance, risk management, procurement and contracting or similar.
7. Capacity to commit sufficient time to actively participate in the activities of the Board.
8. Current NSW Driver’s Licence (preferable) and willingness to drive.
9. Demonstrated understanding of and capacity to provide strategic advice in relation to the issues
impacting on the provision, management and maintenance of Aboriginal housing in NSW.
10. Demonstrated understanding of the role and accountabilities of statutory advisory Boards
and of the Chairperson of such Boards.
11. Demonstrated capacity to communicate across a diverse range of stakeholders including
tenants, the Aboriginal community, AHO administration, other agencies and Ministerial
contacts, including high level presentation and negotiation skills.
12. Demonstrated capacity to promote a culture that supports ethical decision making.
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Director Position
Queensland South Native Title Services - Board
AFL SportsReady is establishing a Vocational Training and Employment Centre for Victoria
and Tasmania, funded by the Australian Government and based on the GenerationOne
employment model. VTECs connect Indigenous job seekers with jobs and provide
training/support to prepare people for employment.
We are looking for an experienced practitioner who has a passion for supporting Indigenous
employment.
You will develop and provide support to job seekers and newly employed people to maintain
their employment. You will be skilled in: identifying Indigenous peopleʼs strengths, needs and
aspirations, addressing barriers to training/work, working with employers to support new
workers, and working as part of a team.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged for this role.
To seek a position description or to apply please email: recruitment@aflsportsready.com.au
For enquiries, please contact Traci McCormick: traci.mccormick@aflsportsready.com.au or
(03) 8413 3539.
Please submit a resume and a letter outlining your experience against the selection
criteria (pg. 3 of the PD). Applications close 6 March 2015
To apply for this position, please provide by Wednesday 11 March 2015:
1. Your current resume, and
2. A cover letter not exceeding two pages demonstrating how you meet the key criteria. Please note:
• This response must include any affiliation or involvement you have with native title group(s)
that could be perceived as a conflict to your role on the QSNTS Board.
• If you hold a position as a Queensland or Federal Public Servant you must declare any
involvement with Native Title in Queensland.
Please send your application to:
Ms Cath Gracey, Human Resources Manager
email: Cath.Gracey@qsnts.com.au
post: Level 10, 307 Queen Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000
Blaze059856
Training and
Support Coordinator (VTEC)
The Queensland South Native Title Services (QSNTS) Board of Directors invites applications to fill
a Director position for their Board. Based in Brisbane, QSNTS is the native title service provider for
the southern half of Queensland. We assist traditional owners in realising their aspirations through
statutory services, capacity development and advocacy for system reform.
Directors are appointed on a volunteer basis for a one year term, with expenses reimbursed.
Under the QSNTS Constitution, a majority of the Board must be of Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander descent, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly
Key criteria are:
• Knowledge of native title and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, and a
commitment to the principles of advocacy and self-determination;
• Demonstrated abilities in decision-making, and the provision of leadership and strategic direction;
• Experience in strategic planning, policy development and high-level decision making. Experience in a
Director role will be highly regarded; and
• A background in one of more of the following areas: business, law, management, finance,
anthropology, history, mediation, IT, government, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
life and enterprise.
For further information about this position, please contact:
Cath Gracey on (07) 3224 1200 or via email.
Child, Youth and Family Support
Statutory Services
Bimberi Residential Services
Child, Youth and Family Support
Statutory Services
Bimberi Residential Services
Head Cook
Cook
General Service Officer Level 7
Salary Range: $54,981 - $58,062 (PN: 00068)
General Service Officer Level 6
Salary Range: $51,007 - $53,324 (PN: 00066)
Bimberi Residential Services is looking for a Head Cook who has the ability to
manage the day to day operations of the kitchen in a youth detention facility
ensuring compliance with the Food Safety Standards. A major component of
the position is to plan, prepare, cook and serve meals ensuring appropriate
nutritional requirements are met. The position occupant will be required to
maintain records, generate reports as well as develop and deliver hospitality
programs for young people.
Bimberi Residential Services is looking for a part-time Cook who has
the ability to assist in the day to day operations of the kitchen in a youth
detention facility. A major component of the position is to prepare, cook
and serve meals ensuring appropriate nutritional requirements are met. The
position occupant will also be required to deliver hospitality programs for
young people.
Eligibility/Other Requirements: Certificate III or IV in Commercial
Cookery, or equivalent, from a registered training organisation. Applicants
must possess a current driver’s licence and Senior First Aid Certificate.
Applicants will also be required to undergo psychometric assessment as
well as a medical/fitness test as part of the recruitment process. Prior to
commencing in this role, a current registration issued under the Working with
Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 and an Australian Federal
Police check will be required for all applicants.
Eligibility/Other Requirements: Certificate III or IV in Commercial
Cookery, or equivalent, from a registered training organisation. Applicants
must possess a current driver’s licence and Senior First Aid Certificate.
Applicants will also be required to undergo psychometric assessment as
well as a medical/fitness test as part of the recruitment process. Prior to
commencing in this role, a current registration issued under the Working with
Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 and an Australian Federal
Police check will be required for all applicants.
Note: This is a part-time position working 24:00 hours per week.
Contact Officer: Denise Morris (02) 6207 3384 denise.morris@act.gov.au
Contact Officer: Denise Morris (02) 6207 3384 denise.morris@act.gov.au
For further information, please visit www.jobs.act.gov.au
For further information, please visit www.jobs.act.gov.au
Applications Close: 13 March 2015
Applications Close: 13 March 2015
For more information on these positions and how
to apply, visit www.jobs.act.gov.au
For more information on these positions and how
to apply, visit www.jobs.act.gov.au
Professional Legal Placement
(Aboriginal Identified)
Solicitor, Legal Officer Grade I
Various Locations and
Legal Practice Areas
Aboriginal Health Education Officers
• Package up to $73k
We are looking for two bright, hard-working law graduates
who are about to embark on their Practical Legal Training
professional placement to join our Professional Legal
Placement Program working in either Criminal, Family or Civil
Law Divisions. These are temporary roles for up to 9 months.
Apply online at:
nswhealth.erecruit.com.au
or email application quoting Ref. No. to:
ISLHDRecruitment@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
or send application to:
Recruitment Unit,
Port Kembla Hospital, Locked Bag 8008,
South Coast Mail Centre NSW 2521.
Applications must be submitted online. Please go to
www.jobs.nsw.gov.au and search for Job Reference
Number 00003HZM to apply.
Closing Date: Sunday, 8 March 2015
Enquiries: Toni Cooper on (02) 9219 6316
Executive Support Officer - Aboriginal
NGUNYA JARJUM
ABORIGINAL CHILD AND
FAMILY NETWORK INC.
• Provide Executive and administrative support to NSW Procurement
• Sydney CBD location
• Salary package up to $77,794
This role is targeted for recruitment of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
Reporting to the Director, you will provide extensive administration and project support.
Applying a proven ability to exercise initiative and sound judgement in the delivery of Executive
and business support through; effective diary and event management; preparing and collating
meeting materials and adhoc project support.
You will have a proven track record of planning and managing work in an environment with
competing priorities and timeframes. On a day to day basis you will provide broad hands-on
support, ensuring the efficient operation of a fast paced business unit.
To be successful in this role you will have effective collaboration and influencing skills at all
levels to deliver executive administrative services. You will also be proficient in using the
Microsoft suite of software and have excellent verbal and written communications skills
Learn more For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Warren Grant, 9372 8092.
Understand more about NSW Procurement at http://www.finance.nsw.gov.au/inside-dfs/nswprocurement
Closing date Monday 16th March 2015 [11:59PM] Your application should include a covering
letter [maximum two pages] and an up-to-date resume of no more than five pages which clearly
details your skills and experience as relevant to this position. Please ensure your cover letter
and resume are uploaded as attachments. There are no selection criteria to be addressed.
Salary Grade 3/4 maximum salary package up to $77,794. Package includes salary [$64,885–
$71,045] and employerʼs contribution to superannuation.
Job Status Ongoing
Apply now at Jobs.NSW Should you encounter any technical problems, please contact
Jobs.NSW helpdesk 1800 562 679. Job reference 00003I20. Applicants invited for interview,
will be required to complete Psychometric Testing.
Please note there is an option to attend a session in our CBD office to assist you in
applying for the role. For further information please contact Candice Bell from our
Aboriginal Workforce Strategy team on 9372 7181.
The Office of Finance & Services is an EEO employer and welcomes applications from people
from diverse cultures and people with a disability. Interested applicants who identify as
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander are encouraged to contact Candice Bell on 9372 7181.
For further information please contact AboriginalPrograms@finance.nsw.gov.au
Ngunya Jarjum is the first Aboriginal, Out of Home Care Service on
NSW to be accredited for 5 years by the Office of the Children’s
Guardian. We are able to offer exciting career opportunities to
anyone with the skills and dedication to join our case
management team. We are a dynamic service in the process of
significantly increasing our capacity to enable us to provide
additional care placements for our children, families and
communities.
Applications can be lodged online at
liveandworkhnehealth.com.au/work/
opportunities-for-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-people/
Application Information Packages are
available at this web address or by contacting
Aboriginal Employment – Workforce on (02) 4985 3286.
Patient Support Officer –
Temporary Part-Time
Re-advertised positions
Experienced ATSI Caseworkers
John Hunter Hospital
Enquiries: Pauline Williamson – (02) 4921 4385
Reference ID: 238591
Full time permanent positions
Ngunya Jarjum is seeking to employ an Aboriginal caseworker for
our OOHC team. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in casework
practice in Human Services, particularly in OOHC, social welfare,
carer support or working with communities, families and children.
Administrative Officer –
Outpatients Maternity and Gynaecology
Enquiries: Pauline Williamson – (02) 4921 4385 Reference ID: 239308
A satisfactory “Working with Children Check” and a medical will be
conducted.
Salary: As per award - Social, Community, Home Care and Disability
Services Industry Award 2010. A generous remuneration package
plus superannuation, leave loading and including a generous salary
sacrificing arrangement will be negotiated.
In this position an applicants race is a genuine occupational
qualification and is authorised by section 14 of the AntiDiscrimination act 1977.
Location: Lismore.
Contact: Lenore Marlowe on (02) 6626 3700 or via email
lenore.marlowe@ngunyajarjum.com
Administrative Officer Level 2 – Reliever
Enquiries: Pauline Williamson – (02) 4921 4385
These are targeted Aboriginal Positions.
Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal
descent. Exemption is claimed under S21 of the
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
Information Packages: Must be obtained prior to completion of the
application and is available on request by contacting the office on
(02) 6626 3700.
Send Applications to: Chairperson, Ngunya Jarjum, PO Box 580,
Lismore NSW 2480.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Salary and conditions in accordance with relevant
award. Hunter New England Health promotes the
values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect &
Empowerment and is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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consistent high quality executive and administrative support to ensure the effective operation of
the business.
Closing Date: 13 March 2015.
Notice of an application for
determination of native title in
the state of Queensland
Notification day: 11 March 2015
For the full application description, assistance or further information about this application, call
Michelle Mann on freecall 1800 640 501 or visit www.nntt.gov.au.
Shared country, shared future.
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Waradah Aboriginal Centre in the blue mountains is looking for part time
employment with possible full time employment opportunities.
We need Aboriginal Dancers and Digeridoo Players.
Please contact Farid on (02) 4782 1979 or email: sales@waradah.com.au
Ambulatory & Primary Health Care
Casual – Wollongong / Nowra
Enquiries: Zane Rice, (02) 4221 6786
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Notice of Meeting of the Bidjara People Claimant Group Section 66B NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (CTH)
All members of the registered Bidjara People native title claimant
group (QUD 216/2008 and QUD 857/2013 (Bidjara People #6)
and QUD 644 of 2012 (Bidjara People #7) – together the “Bidjara
Claims”) are invited to attend a claimant group meeting to be held
at:
Venue: Brisbane International – Virginia (Corner of Sandgate
and Zillmere Road)
Date:
Saturday, 14th March, 2015
Time:
9:00am Registration for 10:00am start of meeting
All members of the native title claim groups for these claims
are invited to attend. The members of the claim groups are
currently described as the descendants of the following
people:
Jemima; Alick Bosun; Harry Gadd; Mother of Ada, Lucy, Billy and
Archie Lang; Mother of George, Ada and Georgina Turner; Willie
and Minnema Colonel; Paddy Murphy; George Mother and Roy
Murphy; William ʻSnapperʼ Barnes; Harry Brown and Alice; Jo and
Dixie; Jemima Tindale and Jim ʻTobyʼ Lawton; Isabel Florence
Bailey; Charlie Victor; ʻGylmaʼ Lucy; Maggie; Kate Johnson Mother of Lucy Long; Lisa Fraser aka Eliza Peters; Billy Langlo;
Dinah Lena; Edward ʻCharlieʼ Prince; Hector Watson; Nellie
Combo (mother of Billy Geebung) and Lucy Combo; Celina Grey;
Ada, Fred and Mick Tatten; King Chooky Hunt; Burt Bundle; Eddie
Bundle; Rita Huggins (nee Holt); George Fraser; Fogartys;
Johnny Richardson; Reggie Richardson; Darcy Richardson; Bob
Martin; Sydney King; Beatie Thompson; Walter Saunders;
Rubena Smith; Ruby Johnson
the claim group.
The current named applicants on the Bidjara People #6 claim are
Brendan Wyman, Robert Robinson, Floyd Robinson, Keelen
Mailman, Patricia Fraser, Sheryl Lawton, Helen Coulahan and
Randall Johnson.
The current named applicants on the Bidjara People #7 claim are
Brendan Wyman, Robert Robinson, Floyd Robinson, Keelen
Mailman, Patricia Fraser, Sheryl Lawton, Helen Coulahan, Deree
King, Arwa Waterton, Warren Passmore and Rodney Mailman.
This is an important meeting for the Bidjara People. Your
attendance and participation is strongly encouraged.
At the meeting, decisions may be made to authorise a new set of
persons to be the “applicant” for one or both of the Bidjara Claims.
This could involve removing some or all of the existing applicants
and/or adding new applicants. If current applicants were to be
removed, it would need to be determined by the meeting that
those persons were no longer authorised by the claim group, or
that they had exceeded the authority previously given to them by
We regret that we are unable to assist with transport to and from
the meeting however morning tea and lunch will be provided. No
Attendance monies or Sitting Fees are payable to Attendees.
Please contact Marni (QCHANTS) on 0477 948 319 to register
your intention to attend.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED GRANT OF EXPLORATION LICENCES
NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (CTH) SECTION 29
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Exploration Licence 30664 sought by STEVAN
ADDISON and KEVIN DUNNELL, over an area
of 37 Blocks (119 Sq Kms) depicted below for a
term of 6 years, within the DAVENPORT RANGE
locality.
Exploration Licence 30470 sought by CLANCY
EXPLORATION LIMITED, ACN 105 578 756
over an area of 141 Blocks (451 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
TAYLOR locality.
EPENARRA
134º 52'
20º 30'
DAVENPORT
PPL 1109
NT POR 716
134º 14'
21º 13'
KURINELLI
OUTSTATION
EL 30664
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Exploration Licence 30479 sought by GLOBAL
PHOSPHATE RESOURCES PTY LTD, ACN
600 703 053 over an area of 245 Blocks (790
Sq Kms) depicted below for a term of 6 years,
within the JOILDUNG locality.
EL 30470
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Exploration Licence 30656 sought by ANTHONY
ERNEST MARTIN, over an area of 22 Blocks
(72 Sq Kms) depicted below for a term of 6
years, within the NAPIER locality.
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129º 25'
17º 55'
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BUCHANAN
PPL 1027
NT POR 3700
WA BORDER
BUCHANAN
PPL 1084
NT POR 2663
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PPL 946
NT POR 408
134º 12'
19º 28'
BARKLY
BARKLY
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Exploration Licence 30659 sought by RUM
JUNGLE RESOURCES LTD, ACN 122 131 622
over an area of 7 Blocks (23 Sq Kms) depicted
below for a term of 6 years, within the ELKEDRA
locality.
ELKEDRA
SANDOVER
PPL 1105
NT POR 1290
137º 05'
17º 45'
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Exploration Licence 30663 sought by
TERRITORY PHOSPHATE PTY LTD, ACN 130
065 351 over an area of 55 Blocks (176 Sq
Kms) depicted below for a term of 6 years, within
the SANDOVER locality.
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EL 30663
SANDOVER
PPL 921
NT POR 2981
EL 30672
EL 30659
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RANKEN STORE
Exploration Licence 30603 sought by TRACKER
GEOSERVICES PTY LTD, ACN 093 390 197
BOWMAN locality.
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Exploration Licence 30616 sought by TRACKER
GEOSERVICES PTY LTD, ACN 093 390 197
FERGUSSON RIVER locality.
131º 39'
14º 20'
DAVENPORT
PPL 1026
NT POR 4030
131º 45'
14º 29'
FLORINA
PL 735
NT POR 1166
KATHERINE
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PL 735
NT POR 1166
DORISVALE
KURINELLI
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EPENARRA
OORATIPPRA
EL 30665
ALEXANDRIA
EL 30668
TERRITORY PHOSPHATE PTY LTD, ACN 130
065 351 over an area of 139 Blocks (448 Sq
Kms) depicted below for a term of 6 years, within
the OORADIDGEE locality.
ARGADARGADA
137º 23'
18º 44'
NICHOLSON
PPL 1033
NT POR 962
135º 06'
20º 06'
135º 58'
21º 42'
AMMAROO
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BUCHANAN
PPL 1027
NT POR 3700
Exploration Licence 30665 sought by TECK
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, ACN 091 271 911 over
an area of 64 Blocks (209 Sq Kms) depicted
below for a term of 6 years, within the
MITCHIEBO locality.
135º 21'
21º 26'
TENNANT CREEK
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129º 18'
18º 03'
EL 30657
Exploration Licence 30668 sought by RR
RESOURCES PTY LTD, ACN 166 770 896 over
an area of 247 Blocks (807 Sq Kms) depicted
below for a term of 6 years, within the
COANJULA locality.
CRESWELL
PPL 963
NT POR 963
years, within the BIRRINDUDU locality.
BIRRINDUDU
METEORIC RESOURCES NL, ACN 107 985
651 over an area of 8 Blocks (23 Sq Kms)
FLYNN locality.
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22º 14'
DAVIS
GAP
KIRKIMBIE
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EL 30655
MOUNT
DOREEN
LAKE MACKAY
PPL 1035
NT POR 1947
EL 30689
WA BORDER
KURINELLI
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134º 33'
23º 28'
DAVENPORT
PPL 969
NT POR 3375
129º 15'
17º 42'
WA BORDER
EPENARRA
EL 30479
Exploration Licence 30689 sought by ENERGY
METALS LTD, ACN 111 306 533 over an area
of 7 Blocks (23 Sq Kms) depicted below for a
term of 6 years, within the DOREEN locality.
EL 30669
ALICE SPRINGS
years, within the NAPIER locality.
136º 05'
20º 06'
HART
PPL 1095
NT POR 662
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KURINELLI
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Exploration Licence 30669 sought by DBL
BLUES PTY LTD, ACN 140 024 442 over an
area of 55 Blocks (171 Sq Kms) depicted below
for a term of 6 years, within the UNDOOLYA
locality.
MOUNT
MISTAKE
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED GRANT OF EXPLORATION PERMIT
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NOTICE TO GRANT MINING TENEMENTS
The State of Western Australia HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, C/- Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004 may grant the following tenement applications under the Mining Act 1978:
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No.
Applicant
Area*
Locality
Centroi
Shire
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08/2656
08/2679
08/2680
15/1404
15/1449
15/1456
21/186
24/196
26/182
29/938-I
30/465
37/1162
37/1196
37/1210
38/2970
38/2971
38/2976
38/3005
38/3021
38/3034
38/3036
38/3038
39/1782
39/1842
45/4337
45/4471
45/4472
45/4490
45/4492
45/4494
45/4498
45/4505
46/1050
46/1055
47/3126
51/1670
51/1672
51/1673
52/3194
52/3195
52/3196
52/3197
59/2091
59/2095
63/1721
70/4653
70/4658
70/4686
ARTEMIS RESOURCES LTD
SLATER, Anthony Warren
SLATER, Anthony Warren
ANGLO AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES NL
PASCOE, Dawn Elena
MINCOR RESOURCES NL
GOLDVIEW METALS LIMITED
KING, Alastair Graeme
US MASTERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
FMG RESOURCES PTY LTD
LEGENDRE, Bruce Robert
JAYVEE RESOURCES PTY LTD
WRASSE RESOURCES PTY LTD
BAKER, Ryan Robert
BARACUS PTY LTD
BARACUS PTY LTD
DUKETON MINING LTD
GSM MINING COMPANY PTY LTD
GOLDPHYRE RESOURCES LIMITED
WRASSE RESOURCES PTY LTD
PHOSPHATE AUSTRALIA LIMITED
PHOSPHATE AUSTRALIA LIMITED
MAJEKA MINERALS PTY LTD
ACH EXPLORATION PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
OMNI PROJECTS PTY LTD
DAMPIER SALT LIMITED
GOLDSTONE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
PILBARA MANGANESE PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
SNAP HOOK (WA) PTY LTD
SANDFIRE RESOURCES NL
SANDFIRE RESOURCES NL
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
ENTERPRISE GOLD PTY LTD
ENTERPRISE GOLD PTY LTD
MOUNT RIDLEY MINES LIMITED
BADGERADDA EXPLORATION PTY LTD
YILGARN IRON PTY LTD
BREAKER RESOURCES NL
73BL
1BL
2BL
5BL
2BL
1BL
6BL
2BL
13BL
21BL
51BL
29BL
5BL
1BL
70BL
32BL
9BL
3BL
5BL
2BL
7BL
18BL
189BL
61BL
1BL
16BL
65BL
3BL
12BL
101BL
20BL
10BL
4BL
16BL
5BL
25BL
8BL
1BL
9BL
3BL
18BL
5BL
60BL
70BL
32BL
30BL
89BL
70BL
131km S’ly of Pannawonica
38km SE’ly of Onslow
52km SE’ly of Onslow
11km N’ly of Widgiemooltha
11km SW’ly of Kambalda
31km SE’ly of Widgiemooltha
23 km S’ly of Cue
56km S’ly of Menzies
29km E’ly of Kambalda
126km SE’ly of Sandstone
49km NW’ly of Menzies
56km SE’ly of Leinster
31km SE’ly of Leonora
59km NE’ly of Leinster
145km E’ly of Wiluna
137km NW’ly of Cosmo Newberry Mission
57km W’ly of Cosmo Newberry Mission
34km S’ly of Laverton
80km N’ly of Cosmo Newberry Mission
44km SE’ly of Laverton
51km NE’ly of Marble Bar
91km SE’ly of Shay Gap
16km NE’ly of Goldsworthy
37km E’ly of Port Hedland
148km SE’ly of Telfer
26km E’ly of Marble Bar
125km SW’ly of Telfer
105km E’ly of Nullagine
105km S’ly of Pannawonica
82km NE’ly of Meekatharra
79km NE’ly of Meekatharra
74km N’ly of Meekatharra
63km E’ly of Newman
30km W’ly of Newman
69km SE’ly of Newman
24km W’ly of Newman
26km SW’ly of Yalgoo
4km SE’ly of Yalgoo
84km E’ly of Salmon Gums
112km N’ly of Mullewa
17km SW’ly of Hyden
22km S’ly of Goomalling
Lat: 22° 47’ S Long: 116° 4’ E
Lat: 21° 56’ S Long: 115° 16’ E
Lat: 22° 1’ S Long: 115° 24’ E
Lat: 31° 24’ S Long: 121° 33’ E
Lat: 31° 17’ S Long: 121° 36’ E
Lat: 31° 39’ S Long: 121° 50’ E
Lat: 27° 38’ S Long: 117° 53’ E
Lat: 30° 10’ S Long: 121° 12’ E
Lat: 31° 7’ S Long: 121° 57’ E
Lat: 28° 59’ S Long: 119° 54’ E
Lat: 29° 29’ S Long: 120° 35’ E
Lat: 28° 19’ S Long: 121° 2’ E
Lat: 29° 0’ S Long: 121° 37’ E
Lat: 27° 37’ S Long: 121° 11’ E
Lat: 26° 44’ S Long: 122° 17’ E
Lat: 26° 52’ S Long: 122° 19’ E
Lat: 28° 1’ S Long: 122° 19’ E
Lat: 28° 55’ S Long: 122° 27’ E
Lat: 27° 17’ S Long: 123° 2’ E
Lat: 28° 59’ S Long: 122° 35’ E
Lat: 28° 53’ S Long: 122° 24’ E
Lat: 28° 46’ S Long: 122° 29’ E
Lat: 30° 0’ S Long: 123° 35’ E
Lat: 29° 7’ S Long: 121° 43’ E
Lat: 20° 58’ S Long: 120° 11’ E
Lat: 21° 4’ S Long: 120° 47’ E
Lat: 20° 59’ S Long: 120° 48’ E
Lat: 20° 13’ S Long: 119° 36’ E
Lat: 20° 18’ S Long: 118° 57’ E
Lat: 22° 53’ S Long: 122° 54’ E
Lat: 21° 8’ S Long: 119° 59’ E
Lat: 21° 10’ S Long: 120° 43’ E
Lat: 22° 25’ S Long: 121° 17’ E
Lat: 22° 3’ S Long: 121° 6’ E
Lat: 22° 34’ S Long: 116° 32’ E
Lat: 26° 1’ S Long: 119° 1’ E
Lat: 25° 56’ S Long: 118° 49’ E
Lat: 25° 58’ S Long: 118° 46’ E
Lat: 23° 29’ S Long: 120° 20’ E
Lat: 23° 19’ S Long: 119° 26’ E
Lat: 23° 48’ S Long: 120° 12’ E
Lat: 23° 21’ S Long: 119° 29’ E
Lat: 28° 29’ S Long: 116° 28’ E
Lat: 28° 21’ S Long: 116° 43’ E
Lat: 33° 4’ S Long: 122° 32’ E
Lat: 27° 32’ S Long: 115° 24’ E
Lat: 32° 34’ S Long: 118° 45’ E
Lat: 31° 30’ S Long: 116° 49’ E
Exploration Licence
Exploration Licence
Prospecting Licence
77/2208-I
80/4932
24/4889
1BL
54BL
174.77HA
13km NW’ly of Koolyanobbing
16km W’ly of Kununurra
72km NW’ly of Kalgoorlie
Lat: 30° 43’ S Long: 119° 26’ E
Lat: 15° 47’ S Long: 128° 35’ E
Lat: 30° 19’ S Long: 120° 53’ E
Prospecting Licence
24/4890-1
370.23HA
69km N’ly of Coolgardie
Lat: 30° 22’ S Long: 120° 53’ E
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER CITY
Prospecting Licence
26/4011, 26/4013
& 27/2202-3
26/4012
27/2209
LEGENDRE, Bruce Robert
GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED PTY LTD
PHOTIOS, Michael John
HALLIGAN, Robert William
PHOTIOS, Michael John
HALLIGAN, Robert William
CASCADE RESOURCES LTD
ASHBURTON SHIRE
ASHBURTON SHIRE
ASHBURTON SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
CUE SHIRE
MENZIES SHIRE
MENZIES SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
WILUNA SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE, WILUNA SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER CITY, MENZIES SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE, MENZIES SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
PORT HEDLAND TOWN
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
ASHBURTON SHIRE
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
YALGOO SHIRE
YALGOO SHIRE
ESPERANCE SHIRE
MURCHISON SHIRE, NORTHAM SHIRE
KULIN SHIRE
CUNDERDIN SHIRE, GOOMALLING SHIRE,
NORTHAM SHIRE
YILGARN SHIRE
WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY SHIRE
755.70HA
14km N’ly of Kalgoorlie
Lat: 30° 37’ S Long: 121° 31’ E
CASCADE RESOURCES LTD
LAMONT, Eugene Gerald
STOCKDALE, Lindsay
SELGA, Mark
KAZOO NOMINEES PTY LTD
23.27HA
24.98HA
Lat: 30° 37’ S Long: 121° 30’ E
Lat: 30° 27’ S Long: 121° 31’ E
399.08HA
589.00HA
11km W’ly of Menzies
30km NE’ly of Leonora
Lat: 29° 43’ S Long: 120° 56’ E
Lat: 28° 41’ S Long: 121° 33’ E
MENZIES SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
29/2357-8
37/8536, 37/8541
& 37/8543
37/8537-40 &
37/8542
37/8556
37/8557-S
38/4153
38/4163
39/5541
39/5542
45/2930-S
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
51/2929
74/359 & 74/361
Prospecting Licence
74/360
Prospecting Licence
Prospecting Licence
77/4245-8-I
77/4249-54-I
Prospecting Licence
KAZOO NOMINEES PTY LTD
990.40HA
27km NE’ly of Leonora
Lat: 28° 46’ S Long: 121° 34’ E
LEONORA SHIRE
GAHAN, Nicholas Justin
MUIR, Kado
RAMONFOSSE, Robert Jean Ernest
FOCUS MINERALS (LAVERTON) PTY LIMITED
SIBRAA, Kevin Peter
SIBRAA, Kevin Peter
STREAM, Kevin
MILROY, David
KING, Trent Nathan
BUTLER, Raymond John Thomas
ASHBRIDGE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
BUTLER, Raymond John Thomas
ASHBRIDGE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
CORONA MINING PTY LTD
CORONA MINING PTY LTD
59.54HA
9.47HA
18.21HA
36.55HA
191.20HA
22.50HA
9.83HA
44km N’ly of Leonora
51km N’ly of Laverton
4km W’ly of Laverton
49km NW’ly of Nullagine
Lat: 28° 58’ S Long: 121° 31’ E
Lat: 28° 30’ S Long: 121° 28’ E
Lat: 28° 9’ S Long: 122° 22’ E
Lat: 28° 37’ S Long: 122° 21’ E
Lat: 29° 19’ S Long: 122° 11’ E
Lat: 29° 22’ S Long: 122° 11’ E
Lat: 21° 43’ S Long: 119° 40’ E
LEONORA SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LAVERTON SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
LEONORA SHIRE
EAST PILBARA SHIRE
182.21HA
270.68HA
43km SE’ly of Meekatharra
27km E’ly of Ravensthorpe
Lat: 26° 55’ S Long: 118° 42’ E
Lat: 33° 36’ S Long: 120° 20’ E
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
RAVENSTHORPE SHIRE
147.41HA
30km E’ly of Ravensthorpe
Lat: 33° 36’ S Long: 120° 22’ E
RAVENSTHORPE SHIRE
623.21HA
1191.09HA
Lat: 30° 42’ S Long: 119° 25’ E
Lat: 30° 44’ S Long: 119° 27’ E
YILGARN SHIRE
YILGARN SHIRE
Nature of the act: Grant of prospecting licences which authorises the applicant to prospect for minerals for a term of 4 years from date of grant. Grant of Special Prospecting Licences, which authorises the applicant to prospect for minerals for a term up to 4 years from the date of
grant. Grant of exploration licences, which authorises the applicant to explore for minerals for a term of 5 years from the date of grant.
Notification day: 25 February 2015
Native title parties: Under section 30 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), persons have until 3 months after the notification day to take certain steps to become native title parties in relation to applications. The 3 month period closes on 25 May 2015. Any person who is, or becomes
a native title party, is entitled to the negotiation and/or procedural rights provided in Part 2 Division 3 Subdivision P of Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Enquiries in relation to filing a native title determination application to become a native title party should be directed to the Federal Court
of Australia, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth WA 6000, telephone (08) 9268 7100.
Expedited procedure: The State of Western Australia considers that these acts are acts attracting the expedited procedure. Each licence may be granted unless, within the period of 4 months after the notification day (i.e. 25 June 2015), a native title party lodges an objection
with the National Native Title Tribunal against the inclusion of the statement that the State considers the grant of the licence is an act attracting the expedited procedure. Enquiries in relation to lodging an objection should be directed to the National Native Title Tribunal, Level 5,
1 Victoria Avenue, Perth, or GPO Box 9973, Perth, WA 6848, telephone (08) 9425 1000.
For further information about the act (including extracts of plans showing the boundaries of the applications), contact the Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004, or telephone (08) 9222 3518.
* - 1 Graticular Block = 2.8 km2
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Sport
Martin a star on the rise
THREE-times
premiership
midfielder Shaun
Burgoyne has
joined the Jack
Martin fan club,
describing the Gold Coast rising star
as a special talent destined for a
bright Australian football future.
Martin was a standout for the
Indigenous All Stars during their
eight-point loss to West Coast in
Perth on Friday night, and Burgoyne
was in awe at the 20-year-oldʼs mix
of awareness, pace and skill.
“He showed some really good
signs out there,” Burgoyne said.
“Thereʼs big wraps on Jack, and
you can see why Gold Coast were
so keen to wrap him up for a few
years.
“He looks like heʼs going to be a
special player. For a young player,
heʼs got some special attributes.
“Heʼs quite mature and
composed. Heʼs got a lot of upside.
Heʼs going to have a long career.”
Martinʼs AFL debut lasted just 10
minutes in round one last year, with
a dislocated left shoulder ruling him
out of action for the next 12 weeks.
But the West Australian
showcased his class and potential
upon his return, highlighted by his
four-goal effort against West Coast
in the final round.
The All Stars fielded a side
missing a host of the gameʼs most
talented Indigenous players in
their 7.7 (49) to 5.11 (41) loss to
the Eagles.
Burgoyne hopes the outfit will
be much stronger when they are
next in action – likely to be in two
years.
“Itʼs a great concept,” said
Burgoyne, who had the honour of
captaining the side.
“I had a number of text
messages from those players
who werenʼt playing, and they
were all disappointed that they
were injured and couldnʼt play.
“So the support is definitely
there.”
Meanwhile, Eagles coach
Adam Simpson is confident
Sharrod Wellingham is on track
for a big year after the former Pie
put in a strong showing against
the Indigenous All Stars.
Wellinghamʼs first two years at
West Coast were wrecked by
injuries and poor form, but
Simpson hopes the 26-year-old
has put that behind him.
“If you look at our best side
and our best midfield, heʼs
definitely part of it because of his
class and his ability to win the
ball,” Simpson said.
“Heʼs the type of player we
need with a bit of pace and good
connection.
“When heʼs up and about,
heʼs as dangerous as anyone.
“I thought he got plenty of the
ball and complied to all the things
weʼre working on off the ball.”
– AAP
NOTICE TO GRANT MINING TENEMENTS
The State of Western Australia HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, C/- Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street,
East Perth WA 6004 may grant the following tenement applications under the Mining Act 1978:
Tenement Type
No.
Applicant
Area
Locality
Centroid
Mining Lease
09/157
GASCOYNE METALS PTY LTD
288.42HA
162km SW’ly of Paraburdoo
Lat: 23° 54’ S
Long: 116° 17’
Lat: 23° 57’ S
Long: 116° 18’
Lat: 23° 51’ S
Long: 116° 13’
Lat: 30° 27’ S
Long: 121° 31’
Lat: 29° 24’ S
Long: 116° 26’
Mining Lease
Mining Lease
Mining Lease
Mining Lease
09/158
09/159
27/487
KARRAMINDIE RESOURCES
PTY LTD
GASCOYNE METALS PTY LTD
GTI RESOURCES LTD
STOCKDALE, Lindsay
70/1323 SOLOMON, Dene Thomas
SOLOMON, Glenn Frederick
534.47HA
469.83HA
121.21HA
133.86HA
47km SE’ly of Morawa
Shire
UPPER GASCOYNE SHIRE
E
E
E
E
PERENJORI SHIRE
E
Nature of the act: Grant of mining leases, which authorises the applicant to mine for minerals for a term of 21 years from notification of grant and a right of renewal
for 21 years.
Native title parties: Under section 30 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), persons have until 3 months after the notification day to take certain steps to become native
title parties in relation to applications. The 3 month period closes on 25 May 2015. Any person who is, or becomes a native title party, is entitled to the negotiation
and/or procedural rights provided in Part 2 Division 3 Subdivision P of Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Enquiries in relation to filing a native title determination application
to become a native title party should be directed to the Federal Court of Australia, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth WA 6000, telephone (08) 9268 7100. The mining
tenements may be granted if, by the end of the period of 4 months after the notification day (i.e. 25 June 2015), there is no native title party under section 30 of the
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) in relation to the area of the mining tenements.
For further information about the act (including extracts of plans showing the boundaries of the applications), contact the Department of Mines and Petroleum,
100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004, or telephone (08) 9222 3518.
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NOTICE TO GRANT AMALGAMATION APPLICATIONS
The State of Western Australia HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, C/- Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, East Perth
WA 6004 may grant the following amalgamation applications under the Mining Act 1978:
Exploration No. Applicant
Amalg No Area
Locality
59/1268-I
MOUNT GIBSON MINING LIMITED
456410
51/1040
INTERMIN RESOURCES LTD
459244
53/1219
ROX RESOURCES LIMITED
459955
53km NW’ly of Paynes
Find
79km SE’ly of
Meekatharra
62km SE’ly of Wiluna
57/945
GATEWAY MINING LIMITED
460512
Suns player Jack Martin kicks during the round 23 AFL match between
the Gold Coast Suns and the West Coast Eagles at Metricon Stadium
on the Gold Coast last August. Picture: AAP
57/417
460513
57/807
460514
Barba ready to fire
15/1355
AVOCA RESOURCES PTY LTD
461040
15/1160
461042
15/1223
461044
15/786
461046
29/897
MAINCOAST PTY LTD
461107
25/493
WESTEX RESOURCES PTY LTD
461175
08/1744
NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD
461890
15/975
BORDER RESOURCES NL
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY
PTY LIMITED
NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD
461990
FINALLY
comfortable at
five-eighth after
his blistering All
Stars display,
ex-Dally M Medal
winning fullback Ben Barba is
looking forward to the National
Rugby League (NRL) competition.
A speedier, more streamlined
Barba reckoned he had ditched his
fullback tag after partnering
Johnathan Thurston in the
Indigenous sideʼs 20-6 upset win
on the Gold Coast.
“The five-eighth role is
something I have probably got
right in my head now, knowing that
I am a five-eighth and wonʼt be
switched back to fullback,” he said.
“One of my off-season goals
was to become a better
five-eighth not physically but
mentally.
“(But) I did work hard to get my
speed back at the Sharks and lose
a bit of weight (since leaving the
Broncos in off-season).
“I am feeling faster, fresher and
enjoying my football which is
probably the main thing.”
His Indigenous halves partner
Thurston could see the difference.
“It looks like he is enjoying his
footy again – thatʼs what you
need,” Thurston said of Barba who
spectacularly fell off the rails
following his 2012 Dally M Medal
win as the Bulldogs No 1.
“Playing at six I thought he did
an outstanding job (on Friday
night).
“We know how good he is at
fullback but he has some real silky
skills and is a good talker (at
pivot).” – AAP
08/2251
462005
6.26HA
Centroid
Shire
Lat: 29° 5’ S
Long: 117° 7’ E
173.42HA
Lat: 27° 11’ S
Long: 118° 59’ E
24.44HA
Lat: 26° 49’ S
Long: 121° 24’ E
2.03HA
71km N’ly of Sandstone Lat: 27° 23’ S
Long: 119° 31’ E
3.92HA
Long: 119° 30’ E
13.70HA
Long: 119° 32’ E
479.16HA 17km SE’ly of
Lat: 31° 34’ S
Widgiemooltha
Long: 121° 44’ E
Lat: 31° 32’ S
Widgiemooltha
Long: 121° 42’ E
47.52HA
21km E’ly of
Lat: 31° 33’ S
Widgiemooltha
Long: 121° 44’ E
Lat: 31° 34’ S
Widgiemooltha
Long: 121° 42’ E
1937.68HA 63km SE’ly of Menzies Lat: 30° 9’ S
Long: 121° 25’ E
84.69HA
48km NE’ly of
Lat: 30° 59’ S
Kambalda
Long: 122° 6’ E
3.98HA
96km S’ly of
Lat: 22° 29’ S
Pannawonica
Long: 116° 9’ E
19.24HA
12km SW’ly of
Lat: 31° 12’ S
Kambalda
Long: 121° 30’ E
YALGOO SHIRE
48.18HA
ASHBURTON SHIRE
96km S’ly of
Pannawonica
Lat: 22° 29’ S
Long: 116° 9’ E
MEEKATHARRA SHIRE
WILUNA SHIRE
SANDSTONE SHIRE
SANDSTONE SHIRE
SANDSTONE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER CITY,
MENZIES SHIRE
ASHBURTON SHIRE
COOLGARDIE SHIRE
Nature of the act: Grant of amalgamation applications which authorises the applicant to explore for minerals.
Native title parties: Under Section 30 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), persons have until 3 months after the notification day to take certain steps to become native
title parties in relation to the applications. The 3 month period closes on 25 May 2015. Any person who is, or becomes a native title party, is entitled to the negotiation
and/or procedural rights provided in Part 2 Division 3 Subdivision P of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Enquiries in relation to filing a native title determination
application to become a native title party should be directed to the Federal Court of Australia, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth, WA 6000, telephone (08) 9268 7100.
Expedited procedure: The State of Western Australia considers that these acts are acts attracting the expedited procedure. Each amalgamation application may
be granted unless, within the period of 4 months after the notification day (i.e. 25 June 2015), a native title party lodges an objection with the National Native Title
Tribunal against the inclusion of the statement that the State considers the grant of the licence is an act attracting the expedited procedure. Enquiries in relation
to lodging an objection should be directed to the National Native Title Tribunal, Level 5, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth, or GPO Box 9973, Perth, WA 6848, telephone
(08) 9425 1000.
For further information about the act (including extracts of plans showing the boundaries of the applications), contact the Department of Mines and Petroleum,
100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004, or telephone (08) 9222 3518.
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Sport
Bowls bids for players
NSW
VIC
BOWLS could become the
preferred sport for a group of
Murray River Indigenous people if
a pilot program takes hold.
Kaylene Pointon, a trainee
alcohol and other drugs worker
from the Viney Morgan Aboriginal
Medical Service (VMAMS) on the
NSW side of the Murray River
(near Echuca Victoria), wants to
determination of native title
in the state of South Australia
This is an application by a native title claim group who are asking the Federal Court to determine that the
group hold native title in the area described below.
A person who wants to become a party to this application must write to the Registrar of the Federal Court,
GPO Box 1350, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001 on or before 10 June 2015. After 10 June 2015, the Federal
Court’s permission to become a party is required.
Under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) there can be only one determination of native title for a particular
area. If a person with native title rights and interests does not become a party to this application, there
may be no other opportunity for the Federal Court, in making its determination, to take into account
those native title rights and interests in relation to the area concerned.
Application name: Dieri No. 3
Federal Court File No: SAD133/2014
Date fi led: 6 June 2014
Registration test status: The Native Title Registrar has
accepted this application for registration.
Description: Application covers about 2115 sq km, abutting
the eastern shoreline of Lake Eyre and approx. 90 km north
of Marree.
LGA: Unincorporated Local Government area.
Data statement: claimant application boundary compiled by the National Native Title Tribunal based
on data sourced from and used with permission of the SA Department of Planning, Transport and
Infrastructure (DPTI) and Geoscience Australia.
For assistance and further information about this application, call Dianne Drake on freecall
1800 640 501 or visit www.nntt.gov.au.
determination of native title
in the Northern Territory
This is an application by a native title claim group who are asking the Federal Court to determine that the
group hold native title in the area described below.
A person who wants to become a party to this application must write to the Registrar of the Federal
Court, PO Box 1806, Darwin, NT, 0801 on or before 10 June 2015. After 10 June 2015, the Federal Court’s
permission to become a party is required.
Under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) there can be only one determination of native title for a particular
area. If a person with native title rights and interests does not become a party to this application, there
may be no other opportunity for the Federal Court, in making its determination, to take into account
those native title rights and interests in relation to the area concerned.
Application name: Billengarrah Pastoral Lease
Federal Court File No: NTD36/2014
Date fi led/lodged: 18 September 2014
Registration test status: The Native Title Registrar has
not accepted this application for registration.
Although this application has not been registered, the Federal
Court may still refer the application for mediation and/or make
a determination in relation to it.
Description: The application area covers about 2,112 sq km and
is located approximately 60 km west of Borroloola, NT.
Relevant LGA: Roper Gulf Shire.
Data statement: claimant application boundary compiled by the National Native Title Tribunal based on data
sourced from and used with permission of the NT Department of Lands Planning & the Environment and
Department of Mines and Energy.
For assistance and further information about this application, call Lisa Jowett on freecall 1800 640 501
or visit www.nntt.gov.au.
stir interest in the Indigenous
communities to look at bowls as a
recreational outlet.
“Bowls is a safe and healthy
option for people of all ages and
abilities,” she said.
“Last year I was approached by
ʻSpeedʼ Ryan about the
Cummeragunja community being
involved in the pilot program.
“I put it to the community
members who had never played
lawn bowls.
“I had transport for six community
members, so we had to rotate
participants to allow as many as
possible to attend.
“The program ran for six weeks,
concluding with a competition on the
last day, a barbecue and a few
laughs.
“The participants were very
competitive, but all games were
played in a good sporting spirit.”
Participants came from
Cummeragunja and Barmah
communities and from the Academy
of Sport, Health and Education
(ASHE) in Shepparton.
Ms Pointon said the nonIndigenous Gerald ʻSpeedʼ Ryan
was a member of the Shepparton
RSL Bowls Club. She said he was
well respected within the Indigenous
community and last year he
developed an Indigenous bowls pilot
program and contacted various
Indigenous organisations.
“ʻSpeedʼ recognised that there
were next to no Indigenous bowls
players.”
The program attracted bowlers
from both sides of the border.
The Shepparton RSL Bowls Club
invited local Indigenous groups to
roll a few down as part of a Bowls
Australia program to get Indigenous
people involved with the sport.
Spokesman Gerald Ryan told the
Shepparton News that Indigenous
people traditionally had great
involvement with sports like football
and basketball, so his club thought it
would try to get them involved in
lawn bowls.
Participant Shaun Hansen told
the Shepparton News he enjoyed it
more than he thought he would.
“Itʼs been a chance for people to
get out into the community and do
something different,” he said.
“Itʼs productive and Iʼm really
supportive of it. Weʼll see how it
goes. Itʼs just fun and good to be
active.”
The Shepparton RSL Bowls Club
is planning another pilot program
over six weeks starting on April 15
and running every Wednesday.
Play will be from 10.30am to
noon and if there are sufficient
numbers, from 1pm to 2.30pm.
Murgon to host golf titles
THE 2015
Queensland
Indigenous golf
championships
QLD
will be held at
Murgon, near
Cherbourg, on
Saturday and Sunday, March
21-22.
A practice round will be
played on Friday, March 20.
The single-stroke 54-hole
tournament will be open to men
in A, B and C grades, and
women.
Contact details: Clowry
Kennell 0478 217 090 or the
Golf Queensland website for
registration forms.
For accommodation and
program details, call Clowry
Kennell.
Cowboys plan to rest
Thurston in season
NEVER before
have the North
Queensland
Cowboys been
more motivated to
finally start their
National Rugby League (NRL)
season with a bang.
And it has nothing to do with the
Cowboys celebrating their 20th
anniversary.
Co-captain Johnathan Thurston
has revealed plans to follow Jarryd
Hayneʼs lead and take a rest period
during the season in a bid to be
fresh for a finals push.
However, Thurston said it would
depend on whether North
Queensland could break a nasty
habit and finally hit the ground
running in 2015.
“I have had a chat to (coach)
Greeny (Paul Green) about that,”
Thurston said.
“Fingers crossed we can get off
to a good start.
“We have been slow out of the
blocks the last two or three years,
so I am hoping we can start a lot
faster this year which will give us the
opportunity to put those things in
place.”
Hayne planted the seed after he
was rested following Origin I and III
by Parramatta coach Brad Arthur
last season.
Hayne emerged from the
enforced break a better player at the
business end of the season, almost
guiding the Eels to their first finals
appearance since losing the 2009
grand final.
Now, Thurston is primed to spark
North Queenslandʼs surge towards
their first grand final since 2005 after
missing the end-of-season Four
Nations due to shoulder surgery.
Asked about the Cowboysʼ
barren title run ahead of their 20th
season, Thurston laughed: “Yeah
weʼre due (for a premiership).”
He played his first game of 2015
for the Indigenous All Stars after
Green scuppered his plans to run
out in the Auckland Nines a week
earlier.
“He (Green) put the handbrake
on me,” Thurston laughed.
“Itʼs something I want to do.
Hopefully I get that opportunity in
the next couple of years.”
Thurston said he would get one
opportunity to play with his team
before round one. – AAP
Sport
Lifeline for
Petrenko
By PETER ARGENT
JARED
Petrenko,
delisted by the
Adelaide Crows
at the end of
last year,
believes he should be on an
Australian Football League
(AFL) list – and now he has an
opportunity.
He will get a run with the
Essendon Bombers during the
NAB Challenge pre-season
competition, and is one of five
former AFL footballers, along
with Clint Jones (St Kilda),
Mitch Clisby, James Magner
(both Melbourne) and Mitch
Brown (Geelong) who were
offered verbal contracts.
This surprise move is due to
the clubʼs ongoing problems
after infraction notices were
issued by the AFL against 34
players at Essendon after
allegations of anti-doping rule
violations in 2012.
With the tribunal yet to make
its final decision, a number of
these players still are on the
Essendon list and under
temporary suspension.
With the findings not
expected for another month, the
Bombers were threatening to
boycott the NAB Cup before
this solution was found.
At 25, Petrenko has kicked
50 goals from 76 senior games
during a seven-year tenure at
the top level between 2008 and
last year with the Adelaide
Crows.
Noted as a versatile small
man, he has the ability to move
up the field and is super hard at
the contest.
Petrenko is also a livewire
around goal with the ability to
convert when the opportunity
presents.
“Jared is another player who
is very unlucky not to be on an
AFL list,” Essendon list
manager Adrian Dodoro said.
Young enough
“He is still young enough to
be on an AFL list. (He) has
speed, played very well at
senior level and is hungry.
“Jared is an exciting player
and it just goes to show there is
a lot of depth outside of the AFL
system.”
Essendonʼs plan was to get
a full group of top-up players
together by last Monday
(February 23) and introduce
them into its VFL training
program ahead of this yearʼs
NAB Challenge.
The Bombers will play St
Kilda on Saturday, March 7, the
GWS Giants the following
Friday night, and the Melbourne
Demons on March 20.
“The players are doing us a
favour by making themselves
available and the clubs are also
making a sacrifice there,”
Essendon football manager Rob
Kerr said on Melbourne radio.
“Some of the finer details to
be agreed on involve
implications for state league
clubs and compensation in the
event of injury.”
After being delisted,
Petrenko has signed a contract
with his foundation SANFL club
Woodville West Torrens for the
2015 campaign in Adelaide.
An Eagles spokesman
confirmed they wouldnʼt stand
in Petrenkoʼs way if he decided
he wanted to make a
commitment to play with
Essendon.
At 181cm and 81kg, he was
originally drafted to the Crows
with the 25th selection in the
2007 rookie draft after good
performances with the South
Australian under 18s, despite
issues with shoulder injuries.
2015 SANFL under 18s Academy Indigenous players, from left,
Isaya McKenzie (Central District), Wayne Milera (Central District),
Keiran Agius (North Adelaide), Anthony Stengle (Woodville West
Torrens). Picture: Peter Argent
Talent to
burn at
academy
By PETER ARGENT
THERE was an
awesome foursome
on display at a South
Australian Football
League Academy
trial match at Max
Basheer Reserve,
Adelaide, on Saurday, February
14.
Isaya McKenzie, a small
forward/midfielder, and wingman
Wayne Milera (both Central
District), AIS scholarship holder
Keiran Agius (North Adelaide) and
Woodville West Torrens utility
Anthony Stengle were among the
best South Australian teenage
talent on display in 41-degree heat
as a SA Blue team dominated SA
Red, winning by a handsome 67
points.
The match is seen by many
people as the start of the football
year, with recruiting staff from all
18 AFL franchises watching with a
keen eye for the stars of the
future.
SA
Competitive squad
Jared Petrenko Picture: Peter Argent
“While it s very early in their
program, the South Australian
side, looking for a third successive
title, look to have the nucleus of
another competitive squad,” AFL
talent manager Kevin Sheehan,
who was at the game, said.
“While the under 18s
championship is about developing
players for AFL clubs, it is also a
genuine competition in its own
right.”
SANFL under 18s coach and
talent manager Brenton Phillips
called the match a traditional
academy game.
“It was scrappy early, but the
game opened up,” he said.
“This gave the talent a chance
to show their attributes, and gave
us a handle on who is capable of
adapting to the step up in pressure
and intensity.
“We have enough talent to
have another competitive squad
and this group is good enough to
challenge for the title again.
“Last year we had a champion
team, and with the correct
mindset, this one can be ultra
competitive.”
Each of the four Indigenous
lads had an impact on the contest
and would have taken the eye of
recruitment personnel.
McKenzie was used in an
intriguing lead-up marking forward
role, and excelled despite his
height, kicking a pair of goals for
the winners and handing out a
couple more.
Milera produced a solid game,
playing mainly from a wing, while
Agius, who is known as a forward,
played as a running half back.
Stengle, who moved from Port
Adelaide to Oval Avenue this year
due to the restructure of the junior
programs at Alberton, displayed
the capacity to play in all areas of
the ground.
“Anthony has all the football
smarts and is aerobically strong,”
coach Phillips said.
“He played in the academy
game as a small defender, but is
capable of playing through the
middle or up forward.
“A midfield/forward type, Wayne
is a silky smooth footballer with all
the skills and a draftable type.
“Isaya is catlike in his recovery
and has tremendous sideway
movement, along with excellent
evasive skills.
“He also showed he can play a
midfield role with equal success.
“Keiran is in the level one AIS
program and the thing that has
impressed me the most is his
change in body shape.
“His body is getting harder,
being able to stand up to the
rigours of top level football and
with his improved work ethic, he
isnʼt just relying on his abundant
natural ability.”
Agius will play in a pair of
matches against VFL club
Werribee and the Northern Blues,
as well as a part of the level one
AIS program in early April.
Sport
Lovell closing in
on AFL senior
coaching post
By CHRIS PIKE
THERE can be no
doubting the
standing of
Indigenous players
in Australian
Football League
(AFL) football continues to grow,
but the coaching ranks arenʼt quite
the same.
But Gold Coast Suns assistant
Andy Lovell is closing in on
breaking down those barriers.
There are more than 80
Indigenous players on AFL lists
heading into the 2015 season,
including some of the gameʼs
superstars – Lance Franklin, Cyril
Rioli and Adam Goodes – but there
does remain no senior coach who
is Indigenous and very few
assistant coaches.
Barry Cable coached North
Melbourne in the Victorian Football
League (VFL) in the early 1980s,
but so far that has been the
exception.
However, former Melbourne and
West Coast rover, and current Gold
Coast assistant coach Lovell
appears on track to potentially be
appointed a senior coach the next
time a club has a vacant position.
Lovell played 121 games with
Melbourne between 1986-1995
before finishing his playing career
with the West Coast Eagles,
adding another 43 matches until
the end of 1998.
He remained involved at West
Coast after retiring as a player,
moving into development and
assistant coaching roles before
taking over WAFL club East Perth
in his own right as senior coach.
Preliminary final
Lovell was in charge of the
Royals for the 2003 and 2004
seasons, making a preliminary final
in his first year and then only
narrowly missing out on a finals
appearance in his last.
Lovell then moved on to
Geelong, where he was assistant
coach under Mark Thompson for
the 2005 and 2006 seasons before
joining St Kilda as development
coach for the next three years
while also coaching VFL club
Sandringham.
That was when he made the
move to the Gold Coast to be an
assistant coach under his former
West Coast teammate Guy
McKenna, and he has remained
there since.
Once McKenna was let go at
the end of the 2014 season, the
Suns board whittled down their two
options to replace him to former
Sydney and Western Bulldogs
coach Rodney Eade, and Lovell.
The job ended up going to
Eade, but being so close to getting
the job spoke volumes about
Lovellʼs standing in the game and
to his credit he is continuing on his
role as assistant under Eade with
the Suns in 2015.
On top of that, Lovell was
appointed coach of the Indigenous
All Stars team that played the West
Coast Eagles last Friday night in
Perth, showing that again he is
right in line to become a senior AFL
coach before too long.
For Lovell, it was a great honour
to coach the Indigenous All Stars
team and to be thought of highly
enough to be given the honour.
“It was a wonderful opportunity
for me to be asked by the AFL to
coach the Indigenous All Stars
boys. It was a real thrill,” he said.
Lovell is making no secret that
he is determined to become an
AFL senior coach and at 44, he
has time on his side, but is happy
doing his job with the Suns in the
meantime.
“Any opportunity you get to
coach your own team whether it be
just for one game, itʼs experience
that you need,” he said.
“Iʼm really comfortable and
happy with the job Iʼve got now,
and if I end up with an opportunity
to coach an AFL club one day, that
would be great.
“But at the moment, Iʼm just
really pleased to be in the role Iʼm
in at the club.”
Deserved opportunity
Meanwhile, Eade is glad Lovell
got the chance to coach the
Indigenous All Stars and has no
doubt he will become a senior
coach before long.
“Itʼs a great recognition for him
to be able to get that coaching job.
Obviously the Indigenous All Stars
take a fair bit of pride in the way
they want to play and perform, and
they do perform well so I think for
him to be able to coach that team
is a great feather in his cap,” Eade
said.
“He is a man who was a very
good player in the AFL, but heʼs
had a really good coaching
resume. Heʼs been at Geelong,
heʼs been at St Kilda and he has
been here for five years and really
as my main assistant, heʼs been a
great support for me already.
“He has a great footy
knowledge and I have no doubt he
can go on to better things.”
Leilani Mitchell playing for the Dandenong Rangers in Adelaide in February 2014.
Picture: Peter Argent
Back to
the USA
By CHRIS PIKE
EXPERIENCED point guard
Leilani Mitchell, who helped lead
the Australian Opals to a bronze
medal at the World
Championships, and her Sydney
Uni Flames into the Womenʼs
National Basketball League (WNBL) finals, is
about to head back to the United States to join
defending champion Phoenix Mercury in the US
Womenʼs National Basketball Association
(WNBA).
Mitchell grew up in the United States, but her
mother is descended from the Torres Strait
Islands.
Mitchell spent six seasons playing with the
New York Liberty in the WNBA before moving to
Australia.
When living in the US, she never forgot her
Australian heritage and while it was possible, she
wanted to live in the country for a period to
discover where her mother grew up (Darwin), and
then to experience playing basketball in Australia
on a full-time basis in the WNBL.
Debuted with Dandenong
Andy Lovell during the April
2013 round four AFL match
between the Gold Coast Suns
and Port Adelaide Power at
Metricon Stadium. Picture: Getty
Mitchell made her WNBL debut last season,
playing with the Dandenong Rangers.
That led to her being a key player in the
Australian Opals team at last yearʼs World
Championship, where they went on to claim the
bronze medal in Turkey.
The 29-year-old diminutive but quick, skilful
and strong leading point guard then moved to the
Sydney Uni Flames for the 2014-15 WNBL
season and was able to lead them into fourth
position and a finals appearance come the end of
the regular season.
Her continued strong form for the Opals and
then with the Rangers and now the Flames saw
her again on the radar of WNBA clubs, and she
has signed up with a Mercury team that is coming
off winning the 2014 championship.
Mitchell will head to Phoenix to now gear up
for the upcoming WNBA season once her WNBL
finals campaign with the Flames comes to an
end.
“For the most part, I think the WNBA is much
the same but in the past Iʼve always been on the
east coast. I think the western conference is a bit
closer from top to bottom and the Mercury are the
defending champions,” Mitchell said.
“They raised the bar last season with a high
standard so Iʼm looking forward to the challenge.
I was actually drafted by the Phoenix originally,
but I was only there for a week. We did a
scrimmage against New York and they ended up
trading me.
“I was a little upset to have to leave, but Iʼve
always had a soft spot for the Phoenix and had a
great time in the one week that I was there. Iʼm
really excited to go back.”
Mitchell has loved her opportunity to play in
Australia and has no doubt her experiences last
year at the World Championships for the Opals
under coach Brendan Joyce have helped her
return to the WNBA now.
“We played really well at the World
Championships. It was great to be able to work
with Brendan and his assistants, who really
pushed me defensively and to be more
aggressive offensively,” Mitchell said.
“With the Flames and the Opals, we play really
similar to the US and I think thatʼs what Brendan
did a really good job with, and why we were so
successful at the Worlds. We played that
up-tempo game similar to the US and the
WNBA, so it made it hard for other teams to
defend us.”
Meanwhile, Mitchellʼs new WNBA club is also
excited to have her on board with Phoenix
Mercury general manager Jim Pitman having no
doubt she can have a big impact in their
championship defence.
“Leilani is a veteran guard who will fit in with
the style of our team,” Pitman said.
“When you combine shooting accuracy with
her ability to spread the floor and pass the ball,
this makes a great signing for the Mercury.”
Sport
It’s here to stay
RUGBY
LEAGUE
With PRESTON
CAMPBELL
R
UGBY leagueʼs All Stars
game is here to stay. The
win last week was great in
itself, but it was the way the boys
played and what the game
represented and meant to them
that was far more important.
The Indigenous All Stars were
underdogs, but displayed plenty
of pride to overwhelm their
National Rugby League (NRL)
counterparts in front of
23,000-plus fans at the Gold
Coast.
The sight of big George Rose
leading the player-developed
ʻwar cryʼ was imposing and
impressive.
But to hear him proudly call
out in his native Kamilaroi
language to start the cry was the
highlight of the week for me.
It captured the essence of the
week and why the game was
created in the first place.
The All Stars game has
always been a celebration of our
culture.
As the Indigenous playersʼ
camp on the Gold Coast came to
an end, Johnathan Thurston
delivered a parting message to
those who had attended.
“When you go back to your
clubs, tell them how good this
camp was,” Thurston told the
players, many of whom had
flown in for just four hours last
Sunday after playing trials the
night before.
Comfortable
“When I started playing footy,
I didnʼt realise the actual impact
that footy players can have, but I
am a lot more comfortable now. I
understand my role in the
community.
“Tell them how much you
enjoyed it, tell them what you got
out of it and tell them why you
want to come to the next one.”
Thurston, who led the
Indigenous All Stars to victory
against the NRL All Stars at
Cbus Super Stadium, was able
to tell first-hand how coming
together in camp with others of
Aboriginal heritage had
benefited him as a player and a
person.
Before the All Stars concept
began in 2010, Thurston was
struggling with the captaincy of
North Queensland and his
standing in the game. Some
even believe that if the NRL had
adopted todayʼs standards when
the 31-year-old superstar was
younger, Thurston may not have
survived.
“I certainly have grown over
the past four or five years and
that comes with getting older, but
also with the experiences you
have in life and there is no doubt
that this has helped me,”
Thurston said.
By his own admission,
Thurston didnʼt know who he
really was until a workshop with
Dr Chris Sarra – a renowned
Aboriginal educationist who is
now an ARL commissioner – for
players in the inaugural
Indigenous All Stars team.
Sarra asked the players to
separate into groups of those
who felt they knew much about
their heritage and history, and
those who didnʼt.
Thurston was among the
majority in the latter group.
Knew little
“I always knew growing up
that my mum was an Aboriginal
and my dad was a Kiwi, but prior
to that camp, that was pretty
much all I knew,” Thurston said.
“I knew that Mum was born
and raised in Mitchell – she is
one of 13 kids – but I had never
been there. That is probably
about as much as I knew about
where Mum was from.”
That camp prompted Thurston
to want to learn more about his
identity and he began contacting
uncles and other family
members. Eventually, they
embarked on a pilgrimage to
Mitchell, 440km west of
Toowoomba, and home to the
Mandandanji and Gunggari
peoples for 19,500 years before
European settlement.
“I did it with some of my
uncles and about a dozen
cousins,” Thurston said.
“We hired a van and went out
there for a weekend. They
showed us the actual place
where they grew up and took us
down to the river where they
used to fish and swim.
“I never really had any desire
to go out there before so I
suppose it was about finding an
identity within myself. When we
got out there, I met all this family
that I didnʼt know before and it
felt like a connection straight
away.
“It felt like I had been there
before and it just gave me a
sense of belonging that made me
feel more connected to my family
and culture.
“We slept in tents there and
we did a bit of dancing as well.
Some of my cousins do a fair bit
of traditional dancing around
Brisbane and also my brother
does it in Melbourne, so they had
that connection to it, whereas I
had never really had that before.”
That influence on Thurstonʼs
development into a role model
and leader was obvious at the
two-day Indigenous playersʼ
camp where he proudly
introduced himself as a member
of the Gunggari people.
“I suppose the big thing that
we are learning at these camps
is about who we are and
where we come from,” Thurston
said.
“If we take the jersey off and
the club away, who are you deep
down inside and what
connectiveness do we have to
family and your culture and the
importance of that?
“Because I am comfortable
within myself, I can now deal with
a lot of other things a bit easier
and I donʼt have any worries
about that.”
Thurston has become not only
an outspoken advocate for the
annual All Stars fixture, but he is
also a willing mentor for younger
players and Indigenous youth,
telling them: “The one regret that
I do have in life is not putting
more emphasis on my school
work.
“That is what I see my role
now and I try to help the younger
players, not only at club level, but
here, to perform the best they
can on the paddock by showing
them how to do it off the
paddock.
“Obviously the (All Stars)
game is the showpiece, but what
we do during the week is, I think,
probably the most important part
of it because we are doing a lot
of chats with the youth and
students, and it makes a
difference.
“I was just a larrikin or a
ratbag growing up, but I
understand my role in the
community now and I am more
than happy to talk to kids about
the importance of staying at
school.”
Vindicated
Thurstonʼs advocacy of the
All-Stars concept has been
vindicated.
The venue, the teams
involved and the scheduling all
came under discussion in the
days leading up to the match,
but as 23,177 turned up for the
fifth edition of the All Stars
match, a lot of that was
forgotten.
Thurston said the turnout
made the win all that more
special.
“I got a little bit emotional
once the hooter went,” he said.
“Itʼs just a massive week for
our culture and especially from
what our past players have done
within the game.
“This game should be around
for many years to come.”
The majority of the crowd was
behind the Indigenous All-Stars
side, for whom the match holds
extra cultural significance.
Thurston said the Indigenous
sideʼs 20-6 win was the
culmination of what was an
important week for the side.
Johnathan Thurston in action in the All Stars game at Cbus
Stadium on the Gold Coast, on Friday, February 13. Picture: AAP
“Itʼs a celebration of the input
and the sacrifices everyoneʼs
made to get into the NRL,” he
said.
“It was a massive crowd
tonight and the boys responded
really well.”
The Indigenous side certainly
turned it on for the fans, with
Greg Inglis pulling out his
trademark goanna celebration
after a spectacular try and
Thurston setting up Will
Chambers for another.
Justin Hodges and Inglis did
their part for the team too,
spending time in the scrum but it
was all part of the duty they had
to the side.
While the Gold Coast did pull
a greater crowd than expected,
NRL All Stars coach Wayne
Bennett said the concept could
be successful anywhere.
“I think we donʼt have to have
it on the Gold Coast every year if
we donʼt feel itʼs right,” he said.
“Iʼm not saying we shouldnʼt,
but you could take it to most
parts of Australia and we could
have a sellout.”
Bennett said the significance
of the match to the Indigenous
side was clear to see with the
support they received on the
night.
“Weʼve got to put ourselves
above all that and this is bigger
than how many actually turn up
because of what it means to
them,” he said.
“It was great to see them
there and it made the night.
“This is a tremendous game
and a tremendous concept.
Ben Barba is an Indigenous
player who found a spring in his
step in the 14-point win and he
always had faith the public would
get behind the concept.
“In the back of our minds we
always knew the crowd was
going to turn out,” he said.
“We know the Indigenous
public love this game and they
get amongst it.
“Words canʼt explain the
feeling after the full-time siren.”
Sport
Reuben returns to his roots
By ALF WILSON
RISING young Torres Strait Island
footballer Jonathon Reuben, of
Darnley descent, has signed with the
Townsville and District Mendi
QLD
Blackhawks for their debut in the
Queensland Intrust Super Cup.
The 21-year-old former Sydney
Roosters and Canberra Raiders
TSI
outside back has speed to burn and
will be an asset for the Blackhawks.
Reuben, who has many relatives
in Townsville, Cairns and the Torres
Strait Islands, has a host of
accolades already in his short career,
including being named in the National Rugby
Leagueʼs (NRLʼs) 2013 Holden Cup Team of the
Year and the competitionʼs leading try scorer while
playing for the Canberra Raiders under 20s (NYC)
side.
Reuben is also sixth in the all-time list for the
NYC with most career tries.
He was born and raised in Townsville and
played his junior football with the Centrals Tigers.
He returns to north Queensland after four years
of playing rugby league in Canberra and Sydney.
He is a brother of Townsville local league
stalwart Sam Reuben, who still coaches junior
rugby league.
“Jonathon comes to us well prepared. He has
been in the Roosters system for the past 12
months playing NSW Cup and prior to that was
one of the leading players in the under 20s
competition. We know he will hit the ground
running.” Blackhawks football operations manager
Adrian Thomson, said.
“He is a local boy who gets to come home and
play in the inaugural Blackhawks team – I think
heʼs excited about that.”
Reuben is sure to add spark to the Mendi
Blackhawks backline with his devastating speed
and natural ability to find the line.
The soon-to-be-22-year-old already knows
many of his teammates through his time in the
under 20s system and is looking forward to making
a statement in the 2015 Intrust Super Cup.
Reuben is proud of his TSI heritage and played
in All Blacks carnivals at Cairns and Townsville in
October 2013.
As a younger player, Reuben lined up in
Townsville with Indigenous club Bindal Sharks.
Bindal chief Jenny Pryor has a big opinion of
him.
“We at Bindal Sharks are so proud of Jon and
that we had the privilege of him having his
grounding with us,” she said.
“We know he will do us all proud.”
Jonathon Reuden at a North Queensland All Blacks rugby league
carnival. Picture: Alf Wilson
Humble All Stars
MAGIC’S
MOMENTS
With MICHAEL
OʼLOUGHLIN
magic@koorimail.com
A
S important as the
Australian Football League
(AFL) All Stars match is
itself, the week leading up to the
game and the significance and
pride in pulling on a jersey that
represents our mob is equally
important to the players.
It is a pride grounded in
humility.
Our captain, Shaun
Burgoyne, epitomised this when
the dual premiership player with
Hawthorn and three-times
premiership winner was named
captain of the side.
He was voted in as skipper by
the Indigenous All Stars squad.
“Itʼs something that Iʼm very
proud of,” Burgoyne said in the
lead-up to last Friday nightʼs
game in Perth.
“I grew up playing for an allIndigenous team in Port Lincoln.
“So this game just gives me
memories of being a kid again
and playing with my family.
“Adam Goodes and Andrew
McLeod have been previous
captains, so to follow in their
footsteps, itʼs going to be quite
hard but exciting as well.
“I feel very happy and
privileged to be captain of this
team.”
The game always has a
special edge for the players who
are chosen to play against their
club side.
Josh Hill wasnʼt expecting his
West Coast teammates to hold
back against him.
Only Eagle
The Eagles forward was the
only West Coast player to play
for the All Stars.
Sharrod Wellingham, Jamie
Bennell and Malcolm Karpany
were picked for the Eagles.
“I donʼt think theyʼll be holding
back against me,” Hill said when
preparing for the game.
“I saw the boys this morning. I
copped a bit of flak, a bit of lip
from the boys. Iʼm looking
forward to it.”
Hill said he was unsure which
Eagle would line up on him, but
he had been made aware of
what would happen should he
play well early.
“Apparently, itʼs going to be
one of the young boys,” Hill said.
“But if I start making an
impact, apparently Mitch Brown
is going to come and crush me.
So, yeah, Iʼm a bit worried about
that.”
The 26-year-old said he was
proud to represent the
Indigenous All Stars after initially
not caring which team he played
for.
“At first it didnʼt bother me
who I played for really,” Hill said.
“I just wanted to be a part of
the game and if one of the
younger players wanted the
opportunity to play for the All
Stars, I would have happily given
my spot.
“Itʼs just great to be a part of it
and to be asked to play is a big
honour for me and my family.”
The importance of the game
was reinforced during the AFL
Playersʼ Association Indigenous
camp.
The team travelled around
Perth during the week for various
activities, taking part in a
ceremony at Kings Park and also
making a trip to Rottnest Island,
20km off the coast of Perth.
They were mobbed by fans
everywhere they went.
The players were presented
with their jumpers at a function
on Wednesday night.
Hill said the whole week had
been a great experience.
“Itʼs been fun,” Hill said.
“Thereʼs a lot of new faces in
the system these days with
young boys coming in. Weʼve
sort of given them a bit of
knowledge on how to prepare
themselves for footy and an AFL
career.
“Itʼs been pretty exciting to
learn a few things about our
history.”
The camp was certainly no
holiday, according to one of the
speakers at the event, Dr Sean
Gorman.
Some of the big issues facing
the Indigenous players were put
on the table.
For example, the short time in
the game for former Hawks
recruit Dayle Garlett was used
as a warning of how quickly
things could go wrong.
Dr Gorman was an academic
contributor to the AFL Player
Associations Best Practice
Guidelines for Indigenous
Players and the lead researcher
on the AFLʼs vilification project
that has just tabled its findings to
the AFL and and the Australian
Football League Playersʼ
Association (AFLPA).
Dr Gorman said the AFL clubs
had worked hard in recent years
to ensure that Indigenous
players had the support required
in order to succeed.
“Players see that despite
what challenges they might face,
that clubs are set up for them to
succeed,” he said.
“Kids see those situations …
see Garlett as a warning of how
quickly they can slip on that
slope. Itʼs a valuable lessons to
see, talk and hear and
acknowledge from a wide range
of players what is available if the
slope becomes slippery.
Multi-tiered
“Itʼs a multi-tiered operation,
not just about a game of football,
not just vilification – a whole
suite of things – issues that
enable them to enjoy playing
football as an elite and be a wellpaid athlete – that has
obligations.”
Dr Gorman said support for
Indigenous players had
improved a great deal, even in
the past couple of years.
He said the AFL Indigenous
camp was about reminding
players of the opportunity that
they had, and not just to play
football.
And while some people may
see the camp as tokenism,
Indigenous players have always
had and continue to have unique
issues that do not face all AFL
players.
“There is an emphasise put
on the importance of the legacy
of the likes of Syd Jackson, Ted
Kilmurray, Stephen Michael and
Polly Farmer,” Dr Gorman said.
“How difficult it was for them
to play the game when they may
have been in the care of the
native welfare department, a
welfare scheme where they had
a chief protector who had to
agree to have them go out and
play football.
Challenges
“Legends of the game had to
work quite hard and had
challenges just to play football.
But those great champs made
the most of their opportunity.
“Footy was their ticket out and
they took it.”
Dr Gorman said the camp
was a good reminder that any
playerʼs time in the AFL may be
long or short, but it was an
opportunity nonetheless.
“That time should not be
squandered,” he said.
“Itʼs a chance to not just earn
a good dollar, but to build
capacity to assist other
individuals, their communities
and their families.
“And that time should be used
constructively.”
Mixing with the community
reinforces all of these key
messages.
And then there is that
immense surge of pride that
comes with pulling on that jersey.
Until Next Time… Keep
Dreaming!
Sport – Imparja Cup Cricket
Highlights of a big week
Big Bash League (BBL) rookies at the Imparja Cup are pictured at Anzac Hill, overlooking Alice Springs. From left: Brett
Russell (Sydney Sixers), Brendan Doggett (Brisbane Heat), Ayden McGregor-Baptista (Adelaide Strikers), Michael Bailey
(Perth Heat) and Josh Eaton (Melbourne Stars). Picture: Getty
Western Australian coach Matt Abrahamson joins the onfield
celebrations after the win over Queensland in the menʼs final.
Picture: Graham Hunt
Traditional dancers from central Australia performed at
the Imparja Cup gala dinner. Picture: Graham Hunt
Two sides to the story – Queenslander Barry
Weare trudges from the field as West
Australians celebrate their last-ball win in the
menʼs final. Picture: Graham Hunt
NSW speedster Lain Beckett in action.
Picture: Getty
Player of the
womenʼs final
Roxsanne
Van-Veen
strides down
the wicket to
punish the
Victorian
bowling at
Traeger Park.
Picture:
Graham Hunt
Tasmanian and West Australian Imparja Cup players get some cultural tips during a visit to
Simpsonʼs Gap, near Alice Springs. Picture: Getty
Highlights of a big week
The Community Division women All Stars, who were named at the gala dinner.
The Community Division male All Stars. They were named at the Imparja Cup gala
dinner. Picture: Graham Hunt
l LEFT: The women
Black Caps were
named at the gala
dinner at the Alice
Springs Convention
Centre.
l RIGHT: The men
Black Caps with
Cricket Australiaʼs
National Indigenous
Cricket Advisory
Committee co-chair
Aaron Briscoe (left)
and Imparja Cup
carnival co-founder
Shane Franey
(right) at the gala
dinner. Pictures:
Graham Hunt
The Victorious West Australians were greeted by a
water shower from the West Australian women
players as they left the field at Traeger Park.
NSW batter Taylor Gilbert hits out
in the womenʼs final against
Victoria. Picture: Graham Hunt
South Australian Ayden McGregorBaptista in action. Picture: Getty
Willy Nona celebrates a great catch he
took to dismiss Brendan Doggett as
the Queensland collapse continued in
the menʼs final at Traeger Park.
l LEFT: Major Centres
division winners Alice
Springs All Sorts have made
rapid progress in the Imparja
Cup. Last year they won the
Community division and
were promoted this year to
the Major Centres division.
They upset favourites
Darwin in the final.
l RIGHT: Singer/songwriter
Shellie Morris was a big hit
at the gala dinner. She was
the 2014 Northern Territory
Australian of the Year and
NAIDOC Artist of the Year.
Brendan claims
boasting rights
TOOWOOMBA
brothers Sam
and Brendan
Doggett played
in opposing
teams for the
first time at the Imparja Cup.
Older brother Sam, 23,
turned out for NSW after
moving to Sydney for work.
The Doggett brothers went
head to head in the
tournamentʼs fourth round on
the second day with younger
brother Brendan, 19, who was
also the Brisbane Heatʼs Big
Bash League (BBL) community
rookie, taking two wickets from
14 deliveries.
He also claimed boasting
rights after Queensland,
responding to NSWʼs total of
6-99, scored 5-100 with two
balls to spare.
Jubilant NSW players leave the field after beating Victoria in the womenʼs final at Traeger Park.
Eight out
of eight
THE NSW womenʼs Imparja Cup
side claimed their eighth straight
Faith Coultard-Thomas trophy,
beating Victoria in the final by 75
runs.
The match pitted the
inexperienced upstarts Victoria, in just their
second Imparja Cup, against the might of seventimes champions NSW.
NSW openers Ash Gardner and Roxsanne
Van-Veen catapulted the NSW innings into action
with a display of clean hitting that took the Blueys
to 70 after seven overs.
Gardner was in a hurry. She had a plane to
catch, and reeled off 28 runs from 27 deliveries
before retiring and leaving the ground.
Great tournament
Van-Veen continued her wonderful tournament
with the bat, kickstarting the NSW innings with 28
from 23 deliveries, including two sixes and two
fours.
It took an incredible full-stretched catch from
Natalie Plane on the boundary to dismiss the inform Van-Veen. Plane ran at full pace from deep
backward square leg to take the catch just
centimetres off the Alice Springs outfield.
Van-Veen was supported atop the NSW order
Brotherly banter as Queenslander Brendan Doggett, 19, left,
embraces big brother Sam, 23, who turned out for NSW.
Picture: Getty
by Gardner and Nicole Honeysett, who both
finished with 28 in their sideʼs total of 7-121.
The Victorian bowlers, led by Jess Martin
(4-15) and Fiona Hale (2-19), bowled admirably
and, but for a few missed chances, could easily
have kept the powerful NSW batting line-up to a
total under 100.
A target of 122 lay before the Victorian side in
their quest for a first Imparja Cup title.
Much relied on the opening pair Fiona Hale
and Jacinta Goodger-Changler who had led the
Victorian top order commendably throughout the
tournament.
But their early dismissals immediately
hampered the Victorian run chase and quashed
hopes of a maiden victory.
A constant flow of wickets followed, the
Victorians dismissed in the 19th over for 46.
Veteran Julie Muir, who has been involved in
each of NSWʼs Cup wins, showed the form that
has kept her in the side for eight years, taking 3-8,
supported by Haylee Hoffmeister (2-3) who
bowled an outstanding first spell early in the
innings.
Van-Veenʼs 2-9, to go with her earlier runs,
earned her the player of the match honour,
capping a magnificent week for the all-rounder.
Renee Melton top scored for Victoria with 26.
l LEFT: The
Victorian girls were
all smiles after
being beaten by
NSW in the
womenʼs final. They
were outclassed by
the experienced
Blues, but Jacinta
Goodger-Chandler,
Fiona Hale, Natalie
Plane and Jess
Martin were named
in the Black Caps
womenʼs team
announced at the
end of the carnival.
Picture: Getty
NSW captain Jeff Cook and Usman
Khawaja at the Imparja Cup.
Test players
lend a hand
A
USTRALIAN and Queensland Bulls star
Usman Khawaja was joined by
Queensland Fire and Commonwealth Bank
Southern Stars all-rounder Jess Jonassen in
Alice Springs for Imparja Cup activities.
Jonassen helped kick off the first all-girls
MILO T20 Blast School Cup that included
seven Alice Springs primary schools
competing in eight-over modified matches.
Jonassen, Khawaja and Sydney Sixer Big
Bash League (BBL) rookie Brett Russell were
at the Alice Springs School of the Air to deliver
a leadership and cricket skills clinic through the
schoolʼs Interactive Distance Learning studio
to students spread across 1.3 million square
kilometres of the Northern Territory, South
Australia, Western Australia and Papua New
Guinea.
The stars also met with the 2015 Imparja
Cup menʼs and womenʼs state division teams
to impart their knowledge of playing cricket at
the highest level.
Southern Stars all-rounder Jess Jonassen
at a skills clinic for children at Traeger
Park. Picture: Getty
White heads
Blacks Caps
THE leading men and
women of the 2015
Imparja Cup, cricketʼs
national all-Indigenous
tournament, were named
in the menʼs and
womenʼs Black Caps squads during the
Imparja Cup gala dinner in Alice Springs
on the last night of the cricket
tournament.
The best-performed men and women
were selected for the 12-member squads
based on their performances throughout
the week.
Cricket Australia national Indigenous
officer Paul Stewart, Cricket Australia
senior manager game development John
Watkin and National Indigenous Cricket
Advisory Council co-chair Aaron Briscoe
selected the sides.
Preston White (Qld) and Ashleigh
Gardner (NSW) were named Players of
the Tournament for the menʼs and
womenʼs state divisions.
White performed strongly with bat and
ball scoring 187 runs and taking 12
wickets, while Gardner shone in her
Imparja Cup campaign with 147 runs and
nine wickets before reporting for duty
with the Commonwealth Bank Shooting
Stars who departed for a tour of Sri
Lanka on February 15.
Next month Cricket Australia will also
announce the National Indigenous
Development squad comprising of the
best Indigenous talent of the 2014-15
season.
Series of matches
The squad will travel to Brisbane in
July to compete in four one-day matches
against the Australian National
Performance Squad which includes the
nationʼs best up-and-coming players,
including members of the Australia A
squad. Past graduates of the squad
include Gurinder Sandhu and Sean
Abbott, who have gone on to represent
Australia.
The Indigenous side, which will also
gain access to Cricket Australiaʼs
National Cricket Centre, will be selected
based on their performance at the 2015
Imparja Cup and club cricket. The side
will be selected by a panel of Cricket
Australia high-performance staff.
Two male and female Indigenous
cricketers will also be awarded
Indigenous cricket scholarships. The
male recipients will link with the under 17
or under 19 National Development
Squad.
Similarly, the female recipients will join
the under 15 or under 18 National
Development squads.
The scholarships, also selected by
Cricket Australia high-performance staff,
are designed to give the nationʼs best
Indigenous talent an opportunity to
further develop their skills at the National
Cricket Centre in Brisbane.
Black Caps menʼs squad: Rohan
Wight (Vic), Preston White (Qld),
Cameron Trask (Qld), Nathan Price
(NSW), Callan Morse (Tas), Ayden
McGregor-Baptista (SA), Zac Chapman
(Tas), Josh Chapman (Tas), Wade King
(Vic), Craig Jones (WA), Bhodi Walker
(Vic), Dane Ugle (WA).
Black Caps womenʼs squad:
Roxsanne Van-Veen (NSW), Jacinta
Goodger-Chandler (Vic), Ashleigh
Gardiner (NSW), Fiona Hale (Vic), Sally
Moylan (NT), Carmella Grey (NT), Sara
Darney (NSW), Natalie Plane (Vic), Julie
Muir (NSW), Jess Martin (Vic), Haylee
Hoffmeister (NSW), Kavita Pepper (WA).
Queensland captain Preston White poised to strike in the final against Western Australia. White was run out at a crucial
time, marking the turn of the tide as the West Australians applied the screws and went on to win a tense final. White may
have been disappointed with the result, but he emerged as the star of the Imparja Cup, being named Player of the
Tournament and was named in the Black Caps team. Picture: Graham Hunt
l LEFT: The news for
Willy Nona is not good
as the West Australian
surveys the damage in
the final against
Queensland.
l RIGHT:
Queenslander Mark
Thompson about to
unleash in the menʼs
final against Western
Australia.
l LEFT:
Victorian
bowler Renee
Melton in
action
against NSW
in the
womenʼs
final.
She finished
with 0-21
from 4.2
overs.
Picture:
Graham Hunt
Northern Territorian Gene Norman, 20, from Katherine, playing in spike shoes on
turf for the very first time, in action against Queensland on day one of the Imparja
Cup. Picture: Getty
l ABOVE:
Australian cricket
star Jess Jonassen
was joined by
Sydney Sixer BBL
community rookie
Brett Russell at the
Alice Springs
School of the Air
to deliver a
leadership and
cricket skills clinic
through the
schoolʼs
Interactive
Distance Learning
studio.
Picture: Getty
l RIGHT: NSWʼs
Roxsanne VanVeen, player of the
womenʼs final.
The Blacks Caps team that played the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA)
Masters on the eve of the Imparja Cup at Traeger Park, Alice Springs. The Black
Caps won in the last over, scoring 5-140 chasing the Mastersʼ 8-134. Picture: Getty
Blacks Caps
chase down
modest total
A YOUTHFUL Black Caps
team – a representative
side from the 2014 Imparja
Cup – edged out the
Australian Cricketers
Association (ACA) Masters
in a close fought match at Traeger Park on
the eve of the 2015 Imparja Cup.
It took the Black Caps until the last over
to chase down a modest, albeit tricky, total
of 134 set by the ACA Masters.
An ACA Masters side filled with first-class
experience batted first on a customarily
balmy Alice Springs evening.
Former South Australian batsman Ben
Johnson paired with Victorian Graeme
Vimpani atop the Masters batting order.
The openers could have been forgiven
for a level of anxiety as they took guard on a
Traeger Park pitch which possessed a
foreboding top layer of grass.
Three early boundaries to the Masters
Jayden Bennell swings and misses late in the
West Australian innings in the final against
Queensland at Traeger Park. Picture: Graham Hunt
helped allay those concerns, but wickets
were soon to follow.
Johnson was the first to go for seven,
followed not long after by Vimpani for 14.
West Australian DʼArcy Short, fresh from
a century for club side Gosnells, strode to
the middle and rapidly continued his form,
hitting two towering sixes, coupled with four
crisply hit boundaries before being
dismissed for 33 from 21 balls to a
full-stretched Cameron Trask catch at
midwicket.
Lee Carseldine and Brandan Drew
solidified the Mastersʼ middle-order.
Carseldine struggled somewhat with the
pace of the slowish pitch, inching his way to
19 from 26 deliveries. For Drew, the pace of
the pitch appeared irrelevant as he belted
two huge sixes over the stands at Traeger
Park before being caught on the boundary
for 29.
From there, the Mastersʼ lower order
added little save for two hefty late innings
sixes from Fletcher Stewart.
Western Australian leg-spinner Yagan
Walley finished with 4-21, supported by his
WA teammate Dane Ugle with 2-17.
The Black Caps top order made an
express start to the chase thanks to Preston
White (23) and Rohan Wight (29).
The big-hitting pair accounted for nearly
half of the Mastersʼ total before being
dismissed in quick succession, triggering a
mini Black Caps collapse that included the
wickets of captain Ben Abbatangelo and
Dane Ugle. But Cameron Trask stood
undeterred at the other end, steadying the
Black Capsʼ faltering batting line-up. He
eventually departed for a fine 54 from 42
balls, having taken his side within a handful
of runs of victory.
It was left to Tasmanian captain Callan
Morse to steer the young Indigenous side to
victory, with the assistance of Ayden
McGregor-Baptista .
Johnson (2-12) and Alice Springs local
Greg Louis (2-17) had the most success
bowling good length and stump-to-stump
line for the Masters. – Cricket Australia
Another thriller
LAST year, Western
Australia won the Imparja
Cup with one ball to spare.
This year, their winning
margin was even tighter,
leaving it to the last ball to
Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles
presents the Imparja Cup to Western Australian
captain Michael Bailey at the gala dinner at the Alice
Springs Convention Centre. Picture: Graham Hunt
claim the title.
Western Australia won its second
consecutive Imparja Cup, defeating
Queensland by three runs in the last over of
the final at Traeger Park, Alice Springs, on
February 14.
The final was almost a carbon-copy of
the previous year when Western Australia
beat NSW.
This time, WAʼs total of 5-94 looked an
unlikely victory total as Queenslandʼs
openers strode to the crease for the run
chase.
At 0-45, the total looked within
comfortable reach of Queensland.
Pendulum swung
But a Bevan Bennell wicket and direct hit
run-out shifted the momentum of the game.
Bevan Bennell first had Queensland
wicketkeeper batsman Michael Strange
(27) caught behind and followed up the
dismissal by throwing down the stumps to
run out Queensland captain Preston White
(24), igniting the possibility of back-to-back
Cups.
Had there been a third umpire, the
run-out decision may have been reversed.
White was clearly unhappy with the
umpireʼs decision, who at the time, was
trying to avoid Bennellʼs throw at the
stumps.
Bennell (2-14) and Dane Ugle (4-13)
continued to stifle the Queensland
batsman. Ball by ball, the total of 94 grew in
stature.
With two overs remaining, Queensland
needed 19 runs for victory. An over later,
there were 10 runs left to chase.
Queenslandʼs hopes of victory lay
squarely on the shoulders of seasoned
campaigner Barry Weare.
For WA, it was a matter of finding
someone to bowl the last over, with
their main bowlers having already
bowled their quotas.
Jayden Bennell was entrusted with the
final in what was his first over of the match.
The final over began with the wicket of
Mark Thompson for a golden duck. Three
runs and three balls later he was followed
by Brendan Doggett for another golden
duck.
Weare scampered through for two runs
on the fifth ball of the over, leaving five runs
to win – or four to draw – from the final ball
of the match.
Weare swung hard at a full pitched ball
that skidded off his pad and through to
wicketkeeper Liam Ugle, who charged to
the stumps, half celebrating, half ensuring
the batsman didnʼt go more than a leg bye.
Earlier, WA batted first at Traeger Park
which was bathed in the late afternoon Alice
Springs sun.
Grassy wicket
Perth Scorchers BBL Community Rookie
Michael Bailey opened alongside Liam Ugle
on a newly-prepared pitch that had traces
of green.
Neither batsman truly got going; Ugle
fell first for six, followed soon after by
Bailey for 15.
Dane (22) and Keren Ugle (27) came to
the crease following the dismissal of the
openers and set about steadying the WA
innings.
The brothers looked solid, but quick runs
proved elusive. However, their contributions
helped WA eke their way to 5-94.
Not an imposing score, but one that was
defendable in a week of low-scoring
victories.
Alex Melville (2-8) and Thompson (1-18)
were best for Queensland with the ball.
– Cricket Australia and Graham Hunt
The look says it
all… Queensland
Imparja Cup
captain Preston
White feels the
pain as wickets
fall in the menʼs
final against
Western Australia.
Queensland
needed five runs
off the last ball to
win, but it wasnʼt
to be. There was
consolation for
White: He was
named player of
the tournament.
Picture: Getty
Josh Chapman had an amazing Imparja Cup debut,
clinching a hat trick with the first three balls he bowled at
the carnival. And there to help him celebrate was his
Tasmanian wicketkeeper brother Zac. The hat trick came
in the opening game against the powerful Queensland
side and continued a day of upsets, with defending
champions Western Australia losing both their opening
games and Victoria winning their first two games.
Picture: Getty
Sport – Rugby League All Stars
NRL women
too strong
A COMMANDING display by NRL
Womenʼs All Stars five-eighth Ali
Brigginshaw orchestrated a
convincing 26-8 win over the
Indigenous Womenʼs All Stars at
Cbus Super Stadium on Friday,
Indigenous All Stars Kierran Moseley and Ryan James celebrate with
supporters after their win over the NRL All Stars: Picture: Naomi Moran
Touch footy game went
right down to the wire
THE Indigenous All
Stars pipped the
Touch Football
Association All Stars
by five tries to four
in an entertaining
opener to the 2015 Harvey Norman
All Stars rugby league showcase on
the Gold Coast on February 13.
Fresh from the razzle-dazzle
display produced in the previous
weekendʼs Auckland Nines
tournament, the touch football
contest provided an equally
enthralling spectacle at Cbus Super
Stadium.
Australiaʼs top male and female
touch football talent were on display
demonstrating their speed, skill,
vision and guile – prominent
attributes throughout the six-a-side
format.
The Indigenous All Stars -– led by
2005 Clive Churchill Medallist Scott
Prince – raced out to four-tries-toone lead in the latter stages of the
first half only for the TFA All Stars to
peg one back before the break to
see the score read 4-2 at half-time.
The second stanza saw the TFA
All Stars cross for the first two tries
of the half, locking the scoreboard up
at four tries apiece with five minutes
left.
With a stalemate looking likely,
the Indigenous All Stars broke the
deadlock with three minutes
remaining when man of the match
Lachlan Pierce scooted over the line
to score his second try of the
afternoon. – Matt Harris, NRL.com
Indigenous Touch Football All
Stars 5 (Lachlan Pierce 2, Riki
Watego 2, Cody Green tries) d
Touch Football Association All Stars
4 (Emily Hennessey 2, Scott
Buckley, Kennedy Herito tries) at
Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast.
February 13.
Such was the performance of Brigginshaw it
caught the notice of rugby league Immortal
Andrew Johns midway through the first half as she
scored a first-half try and directed her team
throughout a highly entertaining clash in front of an
appreciative crowd.
With a team laden with Jillaroos
representatives, the NRL All Stars had all the early
running on the back of a trio of penalties.
However, the Indigenous defence held firm until
the eighth minute when winger Kellye Hodges
crossed in the corner following a nice cut-out pass
from fullback Sam Hammond.
With Heather Balliger and Steph Hancock
making plenty of metres up the middle, the NRL
team crossed again two minutes later when
Brigginshaw dived over wide out.
Brigginshaw put in a pinpoint kick to the left
corner which was collected by Hodges and, after a
quick exchange of passing, Brigginshaw dived
over, Hancockʼs conversion extending the lead to
10 points.
After seeing very little of the ball in the opening
15 minutes, the Indigenous team worked their way
into the contest over the next 10 minutes but again
conceded a try in the 24th minute when centre
Annette Brander crossed in the right corner on the
back of a big run from Hancock for a 14-0
advantage.
The biggest cheer of the half however came in
the minute prior to half-time when Indigenous
fullback Mahalia Murphy cut through the NRL
defence and her teammates made good use of the
field position with a try to winger Latoya Billy in the
left corner for a 14-4 scoreline at the break.
Although they lost momentum going into
half-time, the NRL All Stars quickly re-established
their dominance with two tries to player of the
match Kezie Apps in the opening seven minutes of
the second half to race out to a 26-4 lead.
Playing on the right edge, Apps was unlucky
not to score in the opening 30 minutes and, as the
defence tired, her line-running exposed holes in
the Indigenous defence.
The Indigenous team brought the crowd to its
feet on numerous occasions in the second half
with exciting passages of play from deep in its own
territory, but more often than not its efforts came
undone at the hands of poor ball control.
Five-eighth Casey Karklis and hooker Caitlin
Moran often provided the spark for the Indigenous
team, with Karklis laying on a second try to Billy in
the 54th minute with a cut-out pass to the left
corner after making a bust through the NRL
defence on the previous play. – Tony Webeck
NRL Womenʼs All Stars 26 (Kezie Apps 2,
Kellye Hodges, Ali Brigginshaw, Annette
Brander tries; Brigginshaw 2, Steph Hancock
goals) d Indigenous Womenʼs All Stars 8 (Latoya
Billy 2 tries).
Badu Kulpiyam captain Joey Laifoo and
Walgett captain Matt Rose with NRL
Indigenous Council chair Linda Burney at the
Interstate Challenge match at Southport.
Picture: Naomi Moran
Brisbane Natives snatch last-minute win
BRISBANE Natives
beat the Jaydon
Adams Memorial
team 14-12 in a
QLD
thrilling womenʼs
curtain-raiser to the
Kulyipan-Walgett
Interstate Challenge
rugby league match at Southport
on Thursday, February 12.
After trailing most of the way,
Brisbane Natives snatched victory
in the final 10 seconds with a try.
Brisbane Natives
spokeswoman Elaine Chambers
said it was a tough, but
entertaining game.
She said the women did not
receive the privileges given to
men players such as travel and
accommodation, jerseys, socks
and shorts – but each of them
played with pride in jerseys theyʼd
borrowed.
“Our women do it tough, but
they love the sport and will do
whatever it takes to have a run,”
she said.
The Brisbane Natives team
included a couple of outsiders
because some of the regular
women couldnʼt play because of
work commitments.
Ms Chambers said the
Brisbane Natives women first
The Brisbane Natives womenʼs rugby league team that beat the Jayden Adams Memorial team 14-12 in a curtain-raiser to the Interstate
Challenge at Southport on February 12.
played in the 2014 Murri carnival,
where they reached the
semifinals.
She said that following on from
that, the women now were keen to
play in a regular Brisbane
womenʼs competition.
They hope to be ready to do
that in 2016.
In the meantime, they will play
in the Murri carnival.
Two of the Brisbane Natives
women played for the womenʼs
Indigenous All Stars team on
February 13, and one of them –
Latoya Billy – scored two tries.
Thrilling 24-all draw
THE Queensland
and New South
Wales Under 16s
Indigenous sides
played out a
pulsating 24-all draw
in a curtain-raiser to rugby leagueʼs
All Stars extravaganza on the Gold
Coast.
Locked up at 10-all at half-time,
the Maroons appeared on course for
victory only for the Blues to snatch a
draw after the fulltime siren with
five-eighth Braeden Stewart nailing a
penalty goal from 30 metres out.
The drawn result enabled
Queensland to retain the Origin
shield in a contest not short on
feeling and bruising hits.
The Blues opened their account
inside the opening five minutes when
hulking prop Zac Saddler crashed
over the line from close range to
hand the NSW Koori side a 6-0 lead. That initial attacking foray would
be the last opportunity the Blues
would have to crack Queenslandʼs
line until late in the first half as the
hosts enjoyed the majority of field
position in the aftermath of Saddlerʼs
try.
Quickfire tries
With the Blues struggling to slug it
out of their own end, Queensland hit
the lead with quickfire tries to winger
Dwight Daly and halfback Braydon
Trindall to take the score to 10-6.
Two minutes out from half-time,
NSW levelled at 10-10 when stocky
back-rower Josh Curren found the
line adjacent to the posts, although
Stewart shanked his conversion
attempt to keep the scoreboard level
at the main break.
NSW were the first to cross in the
second half when nippy halfback
Tristan Reilly dashed over from close
to the line before the Maroons struck
back three minutes later when David
Fifita – cousin of Sharksʼ siblings
David and Andrew Fifita – crossed to
level the score yet again.
Queensland Indigenous Under 16 player Hakeem Dickson with rugby League great Darren Lockyer and the Queensland Indigenous
Under 16 coach and former rugby league player Sid Domic. Pictures: Naomi Moran
All-in brawl
The Blues were reduced to 12
men with 12 minutes left as Allen
Lockwood was sin-binned as the
result of an all-in scuffle and the
Queenslanders took full advantage
four minutes later when lively
five-eighth Travis Turnbull toed the
ball behind the NSW line for speedy
fullback Denzel Burns to score.
Turnbull added the extras to take
the Queensland Murris to a 24-16
lead.
However, the Blues crossed for
their fourth try three minutes from
fulltime to narrow the margin to two
points.
NSW threw everything they could
at the tiring Maroons, eventually
drawing a penalty for a high shot 30
metres out directly in front of goal to
enable the Blues a chance at
squaring the contest.
Stewart steadied himself before
confidently drilling the penalty kick
over the uprights after the full-time
siren to ensure the match finished at
24-24. – Matt Harris, NRL.com
Queensland Under 16s
Indigenous 24 (Dwight Daly, Braydon
Trindall, David Fifita, Denzel Burns
tries; Travis Turnbull 4 goals) drew
with New South Wales Under 16s
Indigenous 24 (Tristan Reilly 2, Zac
Saddler, Josh Curren tries; Braeden
Stewart 4 goals) at Cbus Super
Stadium. Half-time: 10-all. Sin-bin:
Allen Lockwood (NSW).
From left, Calaniece Wallace with her nephew
Bo-Dalan Wallace and nieces Shonali Wallce and
Azariah Wallace, from Upper Coomera, at the
Interstate Challenge match at Southport.
From left, Carmiel Idagi, from Tweed Heads, Tracey Mial, from Burdekin, Julie
Idagi, from Tweed Heads and Amos Idagi, from Tweed Heads at the All Stars
match.
Young supporters from Kempsey, from left, Braithe Davis, 7, Chaise
Davis, 7, Kaelem Davis, 5 and Kobe Davis, 3.
Stephen Lynwood Jnr, 7, Stephen Lynwood Snr and Darryl
Lynwood, from Coffs Harbour.
2015 Murri v Koori Interstate Challenge champions Badu Kulpiyam, who beat Walgett AC at Southport on February 12. Pictures: Naomi Moran
Badu bragging rights
BADU Island side
Kulpiyam is the
undisputed best
Indigenous rugby league
side in Australia after
beating NSW champions
Walgett 30-22 in the Murri versus Koori
Interstate Challenge on the Gold Coast
on February 12.
The game pitted Queenslandʼs 2014
Murri carnival winners Kulpiyam against
Walgett Aboriginal Connection (AC), who
took out the NSW Knockout.
A Kulpiyam spokesman said it was a
good win for their side under difficult
circumstances that included lots of
travelling.
“Some of our standouts included Matt
Bon, Ben Schell, Eddie Daniel and
Windsor Bowie,” he said.
“Walgett has a big side, but it was our
speed and fitness that got us there in the
end.
“The game was played in quarters and
leading into the final quarter, we were
behind by two, but thatʼs when we clicked
into gear to score two tries, and a
Bernard Mosby conversion from the
sideline gave us an eight-point lead with
two minutes remaining.
“Peter Jensen and Noel Underwood
did a lot of damage for Walgett and Matt
Rose was directing their plays, but we
just stuck to our guns and controlled most
of the game with strong defence.”
The spokesman said that young back
Windsor Bowie was Kulpiyamʼs man of
the match, scoring two tries.
From Walgettʼs perspective, it was
errors that cost them the game. The best
on field by far were Peter Jensen and
Noel Underwood up front, with a strong
game at fullback by Jack Lyons.
Kulyipan players were mostly from the
Torres Strait, with some living in Cairns,
two from Ipswich and one each from
Mackay, Moranbah, Gladstone and
Brisbane.
Star Kulpiyam back Eddie Daniel who
lives in Cairns and is of Boigu descent,
said Kulpiyam went into the game as
underdogs.
“We were given little chance of
winning and were severely under strength
missing champions Steven Singleton and
Aaron Binawel, but we came through,”
Daniel said. – With Alf Wilson
Australian touch
football and womenʼs
rugby union icon Bo
de la Cruz caught up
with Indigenous All
Star and Titans recruit
Kierran Moseley at the
Interstate Challenge
game. De la Cruz was a
member of the
Indigenous All Stars
touch football team
that beat the Touch
Football Association
All Stars 5-4 in a
curtain-raiser to the All
Stars game the
following night.
Badu Kulpiyam Captain Joey Laifoo with the
Interstate Challenge trophy after his sideʼs 3022 win over Walgett AC.
Roberts gives all
SADLY, Tyrone Roberts could lay
claim to giving the shirt off his
back for the Indigenous team in
their 20-6 boil-over win against the
National Rugby League (NRL) All
Stars on the Gold Coast.
Any doubts remaining over what the maligned
All Stars concept meant to players were erased
when Newcastle half Roberts cut a forlorn figure
after losing his Indigenous jersey
post-match in the dressing room on Friday,
February 13.
Not that there were many concerns for the
game after Roberts helped spark an undermanned
Indigenous teamʼs stunning upset win over an
aptly-named NRL All Stars in front of more than
23,000 fans.
A last minute fill-in for injured Eels playmaker
Chris Sandow (ankle), Roberts impressed off the
bench, sparking the Indigenous teamʼs remarkable
three-try finish by setting up Greg ʻGoannaʼ Inglisʼ
51st minute four-pointer with a freakish, pinpoint
cross-field kick.
Not that it made his fruitless post-match search
for his Indigenous jersey with his supportive
teammates any easier to stomach.
“Iʼll speak to you after I find my jersey,” a gutted
Roberts told reporters.
High praise from Thurston
Not much was going to cheer up Roberts – but
Indigenous captain and Kangaroos half Johnathan
Thurstonʼs assessment of the Knights playmaker
would no doubt have helped ease his pain.
Roberts almost outshone impressive starting
pivot Ben Barba in a scintillating display and
Thurston was full of praise.
“You see at Newcastle what he has done with
the team there,” Thurston said.
“He will be a part of this team for many years to
come.
“He was a lot more comfortable in the team and
he trained well.
“I chopped and changed with him at training to
give him that confidence – and you saw the impact
he made.
“He took the line on a lot more – this game will
give him a lot of confidence.”
Remarkably it was Robertsʼ first senior
representative experience since last May when he
played in Country Originʼs 26-26 draw with NSW
City. – AAP
Indigenous All Stars players celebrate after Chris Grevsmuhl, second from left, scored a try against the NRL All Stars at
Cbus Stadium, on the Gold Coast, on Friday, February 13. Picture: AAP
Indigenous pack upsets NRL All Stars
‘Chris who?’
asks Barba
BEN Barba genuinely did
not know who Chris
Grevsmuhl was when they
entered the Indigenous All
Stars camp.
“I was like, ʻWho is this
guy?” Indigenous pivot Barba laughed.
South Sydney lock Grevsmuhl had
unbelievably been slotted into the NRL
showcase event before playing a first grade
game due to team injuries.
And he was asked to line up against
NSW skipper Paul Gallen, no less.
Yet Grevsmuhl still helped inspire a
depleted Indigenous packʼs Herculean effort
in a boil-over 20-6 win against a world-class
NRL All Stars on the Gold Coast on Friday,
February 13.
By rights, Grevsmuhl, 21, should have
been the standout story after crashing over
for the match-clinching try in an
against-the-odds Indigenous win.
Yet remarkably, Grevsmuhl was the tip
of the iceberg.
The Indigenous teamʼs forward depth
was so depleted by injury that veteran
centre Justin Hodges, superstar fullback
Greg Inglis and Melbourne three-quarter
Will Chambers were forced to spend time in
the back row.
“I asked them the question and they
said, ʻYeah, put me in,ʼ” Indigenous coach
Laurie Daley said.
“I donʼt think they want to make a career
change, but thatʼs the spirit of the whole
week.”
Then there was the likes of one NRL
game wonder Kierran Moseley.
The Indigenous hooker belied his
inexperience when he jolted the ball free
from Gallen and a few tackles later
Indigenous skipper Johnathan Thurston
sealed the victory with a 35m penalty goal
near full-time.
The Indigenous team had a forward
pack with just 241 NRL games of
experience – and not one representative
match.
And the NRL boys?
Rival coach Wayne Bennett unleashed
the “biggest, meanest guys I could”
featuring 1618 first grade appearances, 58
Origins and 148 Tests.
Thurston may have grabbed the
post-match headlines along with Greg Inglis
for orchestrating the win in attack.
But the Test playmaker said the glory
must go to their unheralded pack which he
believed responded to a week of criticism
by typifying the Indigenous All Stars spirit.
“You guys (media) were questioning us
whether the game would be played with
intensity,” he said.
“I think what you saw out there for a
game in February was first class.
“I was asked plenty of questions during
the week whether we were skinny in the
forwards.
“But they understand what it means to
play in this game, to pull on this jersey.
“This game should be around for many
years to come.”
The Indigenous packʼs spirit was typified
by man of the match, Dragons prop George
Rose.
Teammate and Gold Coast front-rower
Ryan James put himself in the NSW Origin
early frame after his outstanding display in
front of NSW coach Daley.
But James only had raps for Rose.
“Big Georgey got us going forward and I
just went off the back of him,” he said.
“We just had to make sure they didnʼt
come through the middle – then the backs
did all the pretty stuff.”
It did not take Paul Gallen long to again
land in trouble.
Critics of the All Stars concept would
have again been sharpening their knives
after a flat first half in front of a healthy
23,177-strong Gold Coast crowd.
The fans were most vocal when they
booed NRL All Stars forward Gallen, who
was placed on report in the fourth minute
for a forearm and head slam that left Kyle
Turner groggy.
It was not a good look for Gallen in his
return from a backdated ban over
Cronullaʼs supplements saga.
However, crowd favourites the
Indigenous All Stars finally provided bang
for the puntersʼ buck in the latter half of a
match played in quarters.
Greg Inglis locked up the scores at 6-6
when he spectacularly latched onto a
Tyrone Roberts cross-field kick in the 51st
minute.
And they had the crowd on its feet when
Johnathan Thurstonʼs perfect cut-out pass
found Will Chambers in the 65th.
Thurston potted a 76th minute penalty
before lock Chris Grevsmuhl crossed two
minutes from time to ice the result, giving
his team an overall 3-2 advantage in the All
Stars tally.
The crowdʼs only complaint was the
video referee not awarding a 79th minute
Dane Gagai try after an NRL All Stars short
kick re-start went awry. – AAP
Will Chambers heads towards fans to celebrate after scoring a try
for the Indigenous All Stars against the NRL All Stars at Cbus
Stadium, on the Gold Coast, on Friday, February 13. Picture: AAP
Back to Brisbane
PRESTON Campbell, the
man behind the All Stars
concept, says he has no
problem with the Gold
Coast game relocating –
and just as well.
It was confirmed the day after the 2015
All Stars game that the showcase event
would return to Brisbane in 2016 despite
more than 23,000 attending the Indigenous
sideʼs stunning 20-6 upset over their NRL
All Stars rivals on Friday, February 13.
Ex-Titans player Campbell liked what he
saw on Friday night as the public voted
with their feet on the tourist strip in
response to criticism of the All Stars
concept.
Campbellʼs chest puffed out as he
reflected on the All Stars game returning to
original home the Gold Coast in 2015 after
Brisbane hosted the last match before a
12-month hiatus.
But Campbell felt it was “only fair” if the
All Stars match was shared around
Australia.
“There is a lot of pride in the jersey
shown, but it doesnʼt matter where it is
played; it is the concept,” he said.
“And itʼs only fair to share it around.
“People come from far to watch this
game – we need to take it to them, give
them an opportunity to see it in their
backyard.”
National Rugby League (NRL) boss
Dave Smith stopped short of guaranteeing
the All Stars gameʼs future after slow initial
Gold Coast ticket sales and the withdrawal
of injured big name players marred the
lead-up to the match.
But Smith sounded like a different man
on February 14 after the Indigenous teamʼs
stirring victory in front of a near capacity
crowd.
“This is an extremely important week for
the game,” Smith said.
“It was clear last night what this contest
meant to those who were part of it.
“The All Stars week will have touched
many lives this week and inspired many
people, which is why it is so important.”
Concerns for future
It would have been music to the ears of
Campbell, who feared the All Stars match
may be squeezed out of an increasingly
packed NRL pre-season calendar thanks to
the Auckland Nines and this yearʼs
expanded World Club Challenge series.
NRL All Stars coach Wayne Bennett
backed the call to take the game on the
road.
“This is beyond how many people turn
up ... you could take it to most parts of
Australia and you are going to have a
sellout,” he said.
Indigenous skipper Johnathan Thurston
did not have to be sold on the merits of the
All Stars match after upsetting an NRL
outfit boasting an international pack.
“I got emotional once that hooter went,”
Thurston admitted.
“Itʼs a massive week for our culture, for
what our past players have done and the
sacrifice that those have made to get into
the NRL.”
Australian Rugby League Indigenous
Council chair Linda Burney said the
importance of the match to Indigenous
communities was unquantifiable.
“The All Stars match is important to the
people, to rugby league, and to Australia,”
she said.
“Last nightʼs match was particularly
special as it was played on the seventh
anniversary of the Governmentʼs 2008
Apology to the Stolen Generation.”
During the slow build-up to the February
13 match, Brisbane Broncos star Justin
Hodges said it was essential the NRL
found room to keep it as a permanent
fixture on the rugby league calendar – and
take it to Townsville.
“This gameʼs wonderful,” he said.
“I think for us itʼs a game we always look
forward to ... thereʼs not too many players
that wouldnʼt put their hand up and come
and have a run for this side.
“Obviously the Gold Coast has had a
fair few games (but) I think it would be
great up there (in Townsville). Why not?
“We had it up in Brisbane, why not take
it up north?”
The Broncos star said he still gets
“chills” up and down his spine in the leadup to the All Stars clash.
“When we first got into these camps a
few years ago, it sure did open our eyes up
to a lot of culture things we didnʼt know of,”
said Hodges.
“Itʼs something that really struck home
for myself and a lot of other players.”
For proof, look no further than Dane
Gagai.
In awe of teammates
The Newcastle utility said he was in awe
at the calibre of players he would be
sharing the field with and the sheer
emotional weight of the opportunity.
“To be honest, Iʼm not thinking about the
ticket sales or any of that – Iʼm just thinking
about doing my family and my people
proud,” Gagai said.
“I played in the finals a couple of years
ago, but to have so many star players on
the field at one time, for me itʼs going to be
an unbelievable experience.
“All us boys are just getting along well
with each other and weʼre all there for the
same reason and thatʼs to represent our
people and make our people proud.” – AAP
Another great night of celebration
The Indigenous All Stars during a moment of silence before kick-off in the game against the National
Rugby League (NRL) All Stars at Cbus Stadium, Robina, on February 13. Pictures: Naomi Moran
From Brisbane were Jesse
Green, son Korben Green and
partner Kirrily Phillips.
Duke Brady, 15, and
Tameeya Brady, 2, from
Inala in Brisbane,
celebrate the Indigenous
All Stars victory.
From the Sunshine Coast were Alison Bradley and Colin
Lewis (rear) and Imagene Lewis and Erenah Bradley.
The ever-popular Jessica Mauboy entertained the 23,000 crowd.
Indigenous All Stars David Fifita and Justin Hodges celebrate with
supporters after their win over the NRL All Stars.
Woorabinda fans Sarah Walker, Kevin Saltner Jnr and Kevin Saltner Snr.
The Indigenous All Stars had no shortage of supporters.
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to the rescue to lift the Eagles to
an eight-point win over the
Australian Football League (AFL)
Indigenous All Stars at Leederville
Oval, Perth, on Friday night.
The All Stars looked in control for most of the
match, but their wayward kicking came back to
haunt them in front of a sellout crowd of 10,000.
Trailing by four points at the final change, West
Coast sneaked over the line 7.7 (49) to 5.11 (41)
courtesy of late goals to rookie Rowen Powell and
18-year-old Tom Lamb.
Although Powell and Lamb scored the matchwinning goals, the efforts in defence by Will
Schofield and Sam Butler were crucial in the win.
West Coastʼs defence was under siege for long
periods of the match, with the fine work of All Stars
captain Shaun Burgoyne, Stephen Hill, Brad Hill,
Jack Martin, and Jarrod Harbrow cutting shreds
through the Eagles.
But the teamʼs inaccuracy proved to be their
undoing.
Burgoyne was awarded the Polly Farmer medal
as best afield.
Stars missing
Both sides entered the match missing a host of
their best players.
Lance Franklin, Cyril Rioli, Paddy Ryder, Chad
Wingard and Adam Goodes were among the big
names missing for the All Stars.
West Coast were without skipper Shannon
Hurn, ruckman Nic Naitanui, Brownlow medallist
Matt Priddis, Jack Darling, Scott Selwood and
Luke Shuey, among others.
The Eagles, aided by a strong breeze, took
the early ascendancy to set up a 12-point
buffer at the first break.
But their lead vanished within a blink of the eye
in the second term as the All Stars showcased
their skill and pace.
With Stephen Hill, Burgoyne, Harbrow, and
Lewis Jetta firing through the middle, the All Stars
piled on four goals to one to take a 10-point lead
into the long break.
The highlight of the half belonged to the Hill
brothers.
With the clock winding down, Stephen gathered
the ball on the wing before squaring it to Bradley in
the centre of the ground.
The two-times Hawthorn premiership winner
sprinted forward and took a bounce before nailing
a 50m goal on the run.
The third quarter appeared destined to be a
goalless affair before Eagles goalsneak Jamie
Cripps dribbled through a major with just minutes
remaining.
And with the game on the line in the final term,
Powell roved the pack to dribble through a goal,
before Dyson Heppell-lookalike Lamb secured the
win.
“I thought the Indigenous boys got quicker as
the game went on,” Eagles coach Adam Simpson
said.
“To finish off the last quarter was pleasing and
for our young boys to come on and make an
impact is a good sign for our future.”
Burgoyne said the All Stars players would be
better for the run when they returned to their clubs
this week.
“No doubt we will benefit from that because the
game was played at a pretty high intensity for a
practice match,” he said.
“It was disappointing to lose, but it tops off a
good week.”
The Indigenous All Stars perform their war cry before their game
against the West Coast Eagles. Pictures: AFL Media
Shaun Burgoyne leads out the All Stars. The Hawk later was named
best afield. “It was disappointing to lose, but it tops off a good
week,” he said after the match, adding that the All Stars players
would be better for the run when they returned to the clubs this
week.
Port Adelaideʼs Jake Neade looks to move the ball on for the All Stars.
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ITʼS been a big month for Indigenous sport
in Australia, with rugby leagueʼs All Stars
match on the Gold Coast, the Australian
football Indigneous All Stars team playing
the West Coast Eagles in Perth, and the best
Indigenous cricketers gathering in Alice
Springs for the annual Imparja Cup
tournament. In rugby league, the Indigenous
All Stars beat the National Rugby League
(NRL) All Stars 20-6 at Cbus Super Stadium,
on the Gold Coast on February 13. The next
day, the finals of cricketʼs Imparja Cup were
played and Western Australia snatched
victory from Queensland in the menʼs game
that went down to the last ball of the match.
In the womenʼs final, Roxsanne Van-Veen
was at her deadliest as she steered NSW to
victory against Victoria. Over in Perth last
Friday night, the Indigenous All Stars
Australian football team was beaten 7.7 (49)
to 5.11 (41) by the West Coast Eagles.
l ABOVE: Greg Inglis does his trademark
goanna crawl after scoring a try for the
Indigenous All Stars against the NRL All
Stars at Cbus Stadium. Picture: AAP
l LEFT: Roxsanne Van Veen in full flight
against Victoria in the Imparja Cup womenʼs
final. Picture: Getty
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