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10:41 AM - 3/07/2008
Queensland player ratings: Origin III 2008
BRISBANE July 3, 2008: Triumphant Maroons player ratings from last night’s historic three-in-a-row series win in Sydney… The story of the night was Johnathan Thurtson’s match-winning dummy in the second half, and the tragic loss of Scott Prince for the remainder of the home and away season.

10:30 AM - 3/07/2008
JT steps into Origin glory
SYDNEY, July 3, 2008: Aboriginal play-maker Johnathan Thurston lives in a State of Origin shadow no more.

10:20 AM - 3/07/2008
Qld win decider to take three Origin series in a row
SYDNEY, July 2 2008: Queensland claimed its third State of Origin series hat-trick when they won a physical deciding third match 16-10 against NSW at ANZ Stadium.

8:47 AM - 2/07/2008
Governments need to rethink indigenous urban drift
ALICE SPRINGS, July 2, 2008: Governments need to radically overhaul their thinking when framing policy on the urban drift of young Aboriginal men, says a population expert.

8:16 AM - 1/07/2008
Mobile pre-schools could help solve Indigenous education crisis: researcher
DARWIN, July 1, 2008: Mobile pre-schools could help solve the crisis of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory, according to a Darwin researcher.

9:47 AM - 30/06/2008
Bush medicine for chronic renal patients in Alice Springs
DARWIN, June 30, 2008: Bush medicine will be used in Alice Springs to treat people with chronic kidney disease.

1:36 PM - 27/06/2008
Aboriginal men aren't brutal and uncaring, summit will hear
DARWIN, June 27, 2008; Hundreds of Aboriginal men will gather in the sandy desert of Central Australia to dispel notions they are "brutal and uncaring".

10:08 AM - 27/06/2008
Emerging Aboriginal tourism ventures given helping hand
DARWIN, June 27, 2008: Emerging tourist ventures run by local Aboriginal people will be given a helping hand with specialised centres guiding their growth in Darwin and Alice Springs.

10:06 AM - 27/06/2008
Govt needs to do more to address child abuse: Macklin
CANBERRA, June 27, 2008: Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin says she felt "horror" at the numerous cases of child neglect brought to light this week.

9:21 AM - 27/06/2008
WORLD: Greenland bid to raise Aboriginal whale hunt quota fails
SANTIAGO, June 27, 2008: Anti-whaling nations have thwarted a bid by Greenland to raise its annual Aboriginal whale hunting quota by 10 humpbacks, deeply polarising pro and anti-whaling lobbies.

2:16 PM - 26/06/2008
Alice Springs camps sign to 40yr lease scheme
ALICE SPRINGS, June 26, 2008: The troubled town camps of Alice Springs will hand over control of housing and essential services to the Rudd government for the next 40 years.

2:15 PM - 26/06/2008
Qld Indigenous reforms ready for July 1 rollout
BRISBANE, June 26, 2008: A radical shake-up of Queensland's Indigenous communities will begin next Tuesday, with new welfare and alcohol laws coming into force.

3:51 PM - 25/06/2008
Vic Attorney-General calls for better coordination in Indigenous affairs
MELBOURNE, June 25, 2008: Victorian government departments need to work together more cohesively to manage Indigenous affairs, an auditor-general's report says.

12:50 PM - 25/06/2008
WORLD: Hundreds of Maori turn up for signing of $400m treaty deal
WELLINGTON, July 25, 2008: Hundreds of Maori from the central North Island descended on Wellington today to witness the signing of a $400 million-plus treaty settlement.

10:07 AM - 25/06/2008
History will judge Democrats well: Andrew Murray
CANBERRA, June 25, 2008: In his first speech to parliament in 1996, Australian Democrats Senator Andrew Murray quoted the poet William Butler Yeats.

9:55 AM - 25/06/2008
Origin III will be "best of the lot": Meninga
BRISBANE, June 25, 2008: A record-equalling victory is a hard act to follow - especially in State of Origin.

9:52 AM - 25/06/2008
Aboriginal land and sea management the key to future: scientist
DARWIN, June 25, 2008: Northern Australia's future lies in Aboriginal land and sea management - not relocating farmers from parched southern states, a forum in Darwin has heard.

9:50 AM - 25/06/2008
Ageing workforce a dark cloud for NT: researcher
DARWIN, June 25, 2008: Australia's ageing workforce is a "darkening cloud" for the booming Northern Territory economy, warns a population expert.

9:47 AM - 25/06/2008
GP and nurse shortage threatens gains in Aboriginal health: AMSANT
DARWIN, June 25, 2008: GP and nurse shortages threaten to undermine improvements in Aboriginal health, the Northern Territory's peak Indigenous health body has warned.

3:18 PM - 24/06/2008
Green considers comeback to take on Mundine
PERTH, June 24, 2008: Boxer Danny Green says he will consider making a return to the ring after Indigenous boxer Anthony Mundine's camp sent him an "extremely lucrative" contract for a re-match.

3:15 PM - 24/06/2008
Indicators of sexual abuse still rife in NT: police officer
DARWIN, June 24, 2008: Sexual behaviour among children as young as 10 remains a problem in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, the territory's top police officer says.

3:13 PM - 24/06/2008
National snapshot reflects a fatter, boozier Australia
CANBERRA, June 24, 2008: Australians are fatter, drunker and have more sexually transmitted diseases than ever before, but access to doctors is falling.

3:11 PM - 24/06/2008
WORLD: NZ govt and iwi set to ink largest ever Treaty deal
WELLINGTON, June 24, 2008: Hundreds of members of several central North Island iwi will travel to Parliament tomorrow for the signing of New Zealand's largest ever Treaty deal.

11:41 AM - 20/06/2008
Indigenous education bill passes parliament
CANBERRA, June 20, 2008: Three new boarding colleges will be built in the Northern Territory to cater for 150 Indigenous students from remote areas.

11:32 AM - 20/06/2008
Intervention has been a sucess: Gordon
CANBERRA, June 20, 2008: The woman overseeing the federal intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities says the exercise has achieved what it set out to do.

11:30 AM - 20/06/2008
Rudd says NT Aboriginal communities feel safer after intervention
CANBERRA, June 120, 2008: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Northern Territory Aboriginal communities feel safer as a result of the controversial Commonwealth intervention.

11:26 AM - 20/06/2008
More black sex assault counsellors on the way: Iemma
SYDNEY, June 20, 2008: The NSW government says it is recruiting more Aboriginal child sexual assault counsellors to work across the state, amid criticism its program has stalled.

11:24 AM - 20/06/2008
NSW govt ignoring rape of Aboriginal children: Stoner
SYDNEY, June 20, 2008: The NSW government is being accused of ignoring the rape of Aboriginal children.

11:23 AM - 20/06/2008
Orkopoulos to appeal against conviction and sentence
SYDNEY, June 20, 2008: Former NSW Aboriginal affairs minister Milton Orkopoulos has launched an appeal against his conviction and the severity of his sentence for a string of child sex and drug offences.

10:07 AM - 19/06/2008
Cowboys not done despite Bowen surgery
SYDNEY, June 18 2008: North Queensland insist they haven't given up on their dire 2008 NRL campaign despite today's decision to book Matt Bowen in for season-ending knee surgery.

9:57 AM - 19/06/2008
Kanye West or Lauren Hill could visit Aboriginal community
SYDNEY, June 19, 2008: A remote Aboriginal community could get a visit from one of the biggest names in hip hop, such as Kanye West or Lauryn Hill, when the television series 4Real shines its spotlight on Australia.

11:54 AM - 18/06/2008
Senate committee to examine petrol sniffing
CANBERRA, June 17, 2008: A Senate committee will examine the effectiveness of efforts to combat petrol sniffing in central Australia.

2:48 PM - 17/06/2008
WORLD: Minister says largest Treaty of Waitangi claim close to completion
WELLINGTON, June 17, 2008: Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen says the "Treelord" deal is safe, despite a suggestion that it had fallen over.

11:39 AM - 17/06/2008
Committee recommends "healing fund" for Stolen Generations
CANBERRA, June 16 2008: The federal government should establish a "healing fund" to pay for services to members of the Stolen Generations, a Senate committee has recommended.

10:34 AM - 17/06/2008
Franklin accepts reprimand, Brownlow hopes dashed
MELBOURNE, June 16, 2008: The AFL's crackdown on head-high contact will further narrow the Brownlow Medal field, with Hawthorn star and award favourite Lance Franklin set to accept a reprimand.

4:10 PM - 16/06/2008
Gurrumul's UK debut on the cards
SYDNEY, June 16, 2008: Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's star is on the rise, with shows at the Sydney Opera House on the horizon and a UK release for his debut album imminent.

9:59 AM - 16/06/2008
Senate committee to report on Stolen Gen compo fund
CANBERRA, June 16, 2008: A Senate committee will report today on a proposal to compensate the Stolen Generations.

9:57 AM - 16/06/2008
Roxon sorry AMA not happy with contract
SYDNEY, June 16, 2008: Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is sorry the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has declined take up another contract to recruit doctors for Aboriginal communities.

9:52 AM - 16/06/2008
Nuke waste dump site will be based on science: Rudd
DARWIN, June 16, 2008: The decision about where to build Australia's first nuclear waste dump will be based on science, says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

9:50 AM - 16/06/2008
Rudd says govt will simply replace AMA
DARWIN, June 16, 2008: Another body will take over the role of the Australian Medical Association in the federal intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

9:48 AM - 16/06/2008
Govt shelved Aboriginal suicide report, inquiry told
PERTH, June 16, 2008: The West Australian government appears to have ignored a seven-year-old report that predicted Aboriginal suicide rates would increase and had proposed solutions, an inquiry has been told.

9:46 AM - 16/06/2008
Girls aged 6, 9 and 11 assaulted in remote community
DARWIN, June 16, 2008: A man has been charged with indecently assaulting three girls aged between six and 11 at a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory.

9:45 AM - 16/06/2008
Fed court dismisses legal action over McArthur mine
DARWIN, June 16, 2008: The Federal Court has dismissed legal action against a former Howard government minister over the controversial expansion of the Northern Territory's largest zinc mine.

2:39 PM - 13/06/2008
Appeal win sees Aurukun rape offenders jailed
BRISBANE, June 13, 2008: Three of the nine males who raped a 10-year-old girl in remote far north Queensland have been handed jail terms and two others given juvenile detention after an appeal against a judge's decision to let them walk free.

10:01 AM - 13/06/2008
Wells back for Kangas, Hall for Swans
MELBOURNE, June 12, 2008: North Melbourne have regained Aboriginal star midfielder Daniel Wells for Saturday night's round 12 AFL game against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval.

3:49 PM - 12/06/2008
APY Lands chairman rejects government request to stand down
ADELAIDE, June 12, 2008: The chairman of the Anangu Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Council has refused to stand down while criminal charges against him are resolved.

8:54 AM - 12/06/2008
Giant tennis racquet to honour Goolagong Cawley
SYDNEY, June 12, 2008: A giant tennis racquet will be built by residents of south-west NSW town Barellan, the home town of former world number one Aboriginal player Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

3:37 PM - 10/06/2008
Goodes' guilty plea means streak continues
MELBOURNE, June 10, 2008: Sydney's Adam Goodes will continue to build his long streak of consecutive AFL games after submitting an early guilty plea to rough conduct against West Coast's Adam Selwood.

3:35 PM - 10/06/2008
Webb called in as 18th man
BRISBANE, June 10, 2008: Queensland have called in dumped prop Carl Webb as 18th man for tomorrow night's second Origin clash at Suncorp Stadium.

1:13 PM - 10/06/2008
Walker finds human skull near lake
MELBOURNE, June 10, 2008: A human skull found near a lake bed in Victoria's west is being examined to try to establish its history.