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Manufacturing the Intervention
Chris Graham, former editor of the National Indigenous Times, uncovers another layer of controversy surrounding the Northern Territory Intervention, dating back one whole year before the "Little Children are Sacred" report was published. His focus: an ABC Lateline program that aired on 21 June 2006... a program that was almost completely fraudulent. Please Be Advised: [...]
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Our Generation
Our Generation is a ground-breaking new documentary on Indigenous relations in Australia. Called Australia's "Inconvenient Truth," Our Generation takes us on "a powerful journey into Australia’s indigenous relations, from colonization until the present day. It looks at Australia’s ongoing policies of paternalism and assimilation, explains the real issues underlying Indigenous disadvantage in this “lucky” country, [...]
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Nowhere here in the Middle
A documentary exploring the proposed radioactive waste dump in Northern Territory, Australia. In 2005 the Australian Federal government announced its plan to build a radioactive waste dump on one of 3 department of defense sites in the Northern Territory. One year later, another site was added to the list, to the dismay of the Muckaty [...]
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The Ampilatwatja Walkoff Continues
In July 2009, a group of 30 indigenous elders and leaders from Ampilatwatja, in Australia’s Northern Territory, walked away from their community to escape the Northern Territory Intervention and regain control over their own lives. 3 months later, the Ampilatwatja Walkoff continues. In October, Ampilatwatja's spokesperson, Richard Downs, conducted a speaking-tour along the east coast [...]
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People of Didipio Face Increasing Pressure from Philippines Government
On October 2, approximately 100 armed men from the Philippine National Police (PNP) violently confronted the Ifugao, Indigenous peoples of the Didipio valley, in the Philippines' province of Nueva Vizcaya. The Ifugao were trying to prevent OceanaGold from demolishing their homes, when the PNP arrived with truncheons (batons), shields and tear gas to disperse the [...]
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Ampilatwatja elders threaten to abandon community
A group of 30 indigenous elders and leaders from Ampilatwatja, in Australia's Northern Territory, have said they will soon abandon their community unless the government starts listening to them. The group says that the intervention has brought nothing but shame and misery to their lives, leaving with no choice but to build a new community [...]
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Nothing’s changed for Australia’s Indigenous People
We so desperately wanted to believe Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he told us things were going to be better from now on. But the fact of the matter is: things aren't better. They're much worse. Uncle Bob Randall is a member of the Yankunytjatjara people and one of the listed traditional owners of Uluru [...]
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