The Commonwealth has come under attack for the way it handled Aboriginal affairs during the proclamation of self-government for the Northern Territory.
Intervention 'a mark of the failure of self-government'
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The former chief minister of the Northern Territory, Paul Everingham, says the federal government was wrong to split responsibility for Aboriginal affairs when it granted self-government 30 years ago.
Secret 1978 federal cabinet papers have been declassified, revealing new insights into the Commonwealth's decision to lift its control on the Northern Territory.
The Federal Labor Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, has paid tribute to the late Jim Downing for his service to Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
Researchers are warning climate change will have a bigger impact on Indigenous people than it will on non-Aboriginal Australians.
The organisers of the annual Tidy Towns competition are hoping more Aboriginal communities in Western Australia will take part this year.
The Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, in far north Western Australia, is today saying goodbye to overseas guests who shared a special Christmas celebration with locals.
The former chief minister of the Northern Territory, Paul Everingham, says the federal government was wrong to split responsibility for Aboriginal affairs when it granted self-government 30 years ago.
The Federal Government is expanding its program of employing Indigenous people to work as rangers in remote environments.
A woman from Condobolin in New South Wales has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of a scholarship named in honour of the late Peter Andren.
A remote Aboriginal Health Service is struggling to attract staff to fill a fifth of its positions, despite one job being advertised for more than a year and a half.
An Aboriginal leader in The Hills area of north-western Sydney say he is concerned that the local council is about to backtrack on plans for an indigenous cultural centre.
Police in far north Queensland say they have foiled two attempts to smuggle large amounts of alcohol into remote Indigenous communities in Cape York for New Year's Eve.
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