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  ISSUE 180









Govts don't know full picture on Indigenous Australia: Rudd
NORTHERN TERRITORY, July 3, 2009: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted governments across Australia do not have a clear picture of what's happening on the ground in remote Indigenous communities.

Indigenous leaders call for COAG to spend dollars wisely

NORTHERN TERRITORY, July 2, 2009: Government leaders are being warned not to squander the millions of dollars set aside for Indigenous health on state and commonwealth bureaucracies.

Returning remains needs sensitivity: Weatherall

NATIONAL, July 1, 2009: Australian governments are doing nothing to help repatriate Aboriginal remains held in overseas museums and other institutions, an Indigenous think tank says.

Sacred Aboriginal object returned from USA

INTERNATIONAL, June 30, 2009: An American museum has returned a sacred Aboriginal object, the first time a US institution has independently initiated a repatriation.


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THE BOXED SEAT: A pox on all their houses

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Whitefellas were ripping off black land in 1835, and they're still doing it today, writes BRIAN JOHNSTONE*.

EDITORIAL: Intervention still a racist joke

SSUE 180, June 25, 2009: When the army troops began rolling into prescribed communities in the Northern Territory two years ago there was, surprisingly, still a bit of humour around writes editor CHRIS GRAHAM.

THE POINTED VIEW: Making out a special measure, Macklin-style

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Just because a law erodes a human right doesn't make it 'special' write PROF LARISSA BEHRENDT and ALISON VIVIAN.


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Ambassadors taking the lead in the Territory

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: High-performing Indigenous students will visit schools and community groups across the Northern Territory in a major program to inspire greater Indigenous engagement in higher education.

New jobs on Country with Parks Victoria

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Up to 25 new Indigenous jobs will be created within Parks Victoria.

A cultural walk to work

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: The walk to work for employees at a Queensland coal mine is now an opportunity to learn more about Indigenous culture, with the establishment of a walking trail showcasing items of cultural significance to local Aboriginal people.


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BLACK&WHITE: A woman seeking justice

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: In Darwin, GRAHAM RING catches up with Alyssa Vass, a member of the Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition, to talk about the federal intervention and the rights of Indigenous Australians.

NIT STARS

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Your horoscopes with NIT resident astrologist LARA KITTEN.

NIT QUIZ

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Try your hand (and brain) at the NIT quiz.


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Aboriginal side re-traces steps of cricketing ancestors

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: A group of Aboriginal cricketers hope their re-tracing of the famous 1868 tour of England will raise the sport's profile in Indigenous Australia.

Warlpiri man Liam Jurrah debuts for Demons

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: From the heart of Australia's Red Centre, Warlpiri Liam Jurrah was given the job to spark Melbourne's flailing attack.

Green cap for black player

ISSUE 180, June 25, 2009: Standing next to Matthew Hayden may be the cricketing highlight to date for many of the national Indigenous development squad members.


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National Indigenous Times is Australia's leading Indigenous Affairs news provider. Every day thousands of Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders and ‘whitefellas’ read NIT. From land rights, native title and treaty to reconciliation, stolen wages and Aboriginal art, NIT gives an in-depth look at black and white Australia.

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