Aboriginal children play an outstation in the Utopia community near Alice Springs.
The future of Aboriginal outstations considered
December 2, 2008 18:00:00
The Northern Territory Minister for Central Australia has told a workshop that many remote outstations are home to mainly birds and lizards and the government can't continue to fund them.
About 70 people, many of them residents of the NT's 500 outstations, have attended the workshop in Alice Springs to discuss their future.
The chairman of the APY Lands executive board Bernard Singer has been re-elected as a councillor in his electorate of Amaranu in the far north-west of South Australia.
The head of the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service in the ACT says more resources are required for carers in the Territory.
A New South Wales mid-north coast independent politician wants to know why the Government plans to scrap an Indigenous employment program.
The government-appointed leader of discussions on the future of Aboriginal outstations in the Northern Territory says he hopes residents will present him with strong arguments for why they should be maintained.
Another Cape York Aboriginal council in far north Queensland has decided to appeal against a Supreme Court ruling that has shut down its canteen.
The NT Minister for Central Australia says the government can't continue to fund many remote outstations.
The Australian Crime Commission says its investigations into child abuse in Indigenous communities won't be hindered by a recent court ruling preventing it accessing a medical clinic's records.
Qld Health says there's no evidence many Indigenous people are moving to Mount Isa to escape the NT intervention.
The Qld Govt and the State Oppn say the Palm Island Council is wrong to ban public servants.
A Cape York publican in far north Queensland says new restrictions on his business will do nothing to stop the flow of alcohol into Indigenous communities.
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