Time For A Change
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The Arnhem Club Pours Last Pint
Whatever your preference of watering hole in remote Arnhem Land, The Arnhem Club had something its colder neighbour, the Walkabout Tavern, never had and never will have. Call it heart, soul, warmth or ‘hwyl’ from the Welsh word meaning “a complex and intangible quality of passion and sense of belonging that isn’t easy to translate”.
Arnhem Land fishermen prohibited from selling their barramundi threaten coastal closure
Indigenous traditional owners in remote West Arnhem Land have lost patience with being prohibited from selling valuable barramundi from their coastal waters, while commercial boats do just that.
Yingiya Mark Guyula makes history, addressing NT Parliament in language
For the first time in Northern Territory Parliament history, an interpreter has been permitted on the Chamber floor to translate a sitting member’s speech in their traditional language.
‘Monstrous’: Indigenous rangers’ struggle against the plastic ruining Arnhem Land beaches
The Gulf of Carpentaria is being inundated with some of the highest densities of rubbish in the world
Federal Labor promising consultation through ‘Indigenous assemblies’ would fix remote jobs program
Joseph Brown, an Indigenous leader from the nearby community of Beswick, is among those who have watched the accompanying penalty regime make families go hungry. Many participants have had their welfare payments cut for up to eight weeks if they don’t attend regularly enough.
The Cashless Debit Card: Flawed Beyond Technological Redemption
….the government fails to accept that the data on the Cashless Debit Card shows effects on the communities ranging from negligible to negative. We know that the CDC has not worked, and yet there is still a push for the trials to be expanded and extended.
The Mounting Human Costs of the Cashless Debit Card
The pursuit of income management by government continues to be a disturbing trend given the evidence mounting against its efficacy, including its latest iteration – the Cashless Debit Card, introduced in 2015.
Police lay charges – Unlawfully cause serious harm – Yirrkala
Police in Nhulunbuy have charged a 38-year-old male after he allegedly used a fishing spear to stab a 27-year-old male.The incident occurred around 10pm yesterday evening in Yirrkala when an argument between the two intoxicated males escalated, with the alleged offender arming himself with the spear.
When did Humans First Inhabit Australia? New Findings Suggest a Much Earlier Date
Australia’s most revered geologist, Jim Bowler, suggests Shell middens and an ancient hearth point to a much earlier beginning to the human occupation of Australasia.