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[Link] Zachary Rolfe trial: no ‘reasonable’ grounds for shooting Kumanjayi Walker second and third time, court hears
Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
Police officer Zachary Rolfe did not have “reasonable” grounds to shoot Kumanjayi Walker a second and third time, and the second and third shots provided no tactical advantage in the attempted arrest of the Aboriginal man, a former Northern Territory police defensive tactics trainer told Rolfe
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[Link] Company that retains exclusive rights to make Aboriginal flags says government has ‘misled’ community
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
The federal government’s announcement that it has “freed” the Aboriginal flag is misleading and has been seriously misinterpreted, according to the company which still holds the exclusive licence to make Aboriginal flags for sale.
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[Link] Park lands hub helps Aboriginal rough sleepers return to Country
Read: 9/12/2021 indaily.com.au
Puti on Kaurna Yerta in the southern park lands. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDailySince opening in October, the Puti on Kaurna Yerta hub has helped 75 Aboriginal people – approximately half of whom came from the Northern Territory – to travel from Adelaide back to Country.
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[Link] Amnesty UK accused of ‘spreading false information’ about Northern Territory Covid outbreak
Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Amnesty UK has been accused of “spreading false information” about the Northern Territory’s Covid outbreak in an extraordinary joint statement from the territory’s peak Aboriginal health organisation and Amnesty’s own Australian operation.
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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case
Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au
Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.
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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.
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[Link] 'It was theirs': Landholder gives property to traditional owners
Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
As a result, Ms Carter has been welcomed into the Nukunu nation's family and was called Aunty by the elders. About 30 people attended a hand-back ceremony recently where Aunty Zarna officially signed the property over to the NWT.
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[Link] Australia may miss treaty deadline to establish torture protections for prisons, advocates warn
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australia could miss an international deadline to introduce new safeguards against torture and abuse in jails, human rights advocates have warned.
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[Link] After 'very, very long fight', NT Stolen Generations survivors to be compensated
Read: 5/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The head of the Northern Territory's Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation has welcomed the Commonwealth's new $378 million redress scheme for people forcibly removed from their families as children.
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