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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
Oodgeroo gets
point across
ER NEWSPAPER
Poet Oodgeroo Noonuckle gets her point
across at the Aboriginal Studies
Conference at the University of N e w
South Wales last month: " W e must get
our elders back into position with the
support of informed younger people w h o
have infiltrated the white system."
PICTURE B Y PETER McKENZIE
N T 'scare monger
DARWIN. The Northern Territory Gov
ernment must stop scaremongering
about the creation of a black state, the
chairwoman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
Lois O'Donoghue said.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Marshall Perron told a constitutional conference recently that some people 'would
like to turn the Territory into a black
state, or s o m e h o w link together Aboriginal land in the Territory and elsewhere
to form an Aboriginal nation'. H e said
the idea w a s 'divisive, paternalistic and
impracticable'.
Black-state fear campaign
must stop, says ATSIC chief
Mr Perron w a s apparently responding
to comments by Northern Land Council
director Mick Dodson, w h o called for
the establishment of Aboriginal self-government.
Mr Dodson said one possibility w a s to
set up a number of self-governing Aboriginal areas, which would deal directly
with the Federal Government, and would
have 'nothing to do with the Territory
government'.
After attending the three-day Constitutional Change in the 1990s conference, M s O'Donoghue said the conference had not been about the creation of
a black state. "It's not true that there
w a s a discussion about a black state,"
she said. "I think the Northern Territory
Government really needs to stop what I
see as a scaremongering sort of campaign about black states, and let us sit
the
downreal
and
issues
talk with
are. maturity about what
"Any discussions about a black state
were conducted outside of this forum.
There w a s talk about Aboriginal
self-government and what form self-government might take," she said.
M s O'Donoghue said Aboriginal
self-government did not mean a black
state. "It means Aboriginal people having self-determination in self-governing
communities," she said.
She did not believe Australians were
ready for Aboriginal self-government but
said she w a s hopeful that by 2001 it
would be possible.
The Northern Territory Government
had a great opportunity to create the
first constitution in Australia that recognised the special place of Aboriginal
people, she said.
"Twenty-five per cent of the population of the Northern Territory are Aboriginalthat,"
do
people,
M sso
O'Donoghue
it is in a good
said.
position to
Chief Minister Marshall Perron: Idea
'divisive, paternalistic and impracticable'
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Discrimination is
what we face in all
areas of our lives
I felt compelled as an indigenous journalist to make a comment on your article
— Should colour be the main criteria (Koori
Mail, October 7, 1992).
M s Wilson's unashamedly thought provoking article of the frustrations she has
come up against in trying to acquire a designated Aboriginal position in her chosen
profession would have come as a shock to
many indigenous readers of your paper as
one usually tends to hear of these happenings in the reverse in many indigenous
communities.
The word discrimination is a word w e as
the rightful owners of this land have to put
up with every day in all areas of our lives,
not just within the workforce.
W e know about discrimination and lack
of qualifications. W e as indigenous people
could disagree with the white man's definitions of qualifications within our communities because of the extensive on-hand
training, voluntary and community work,
courses, workshops, certificates etc that
are not usually recognised when Murris apply for a job.
Also in the past when a white person
was put in an Aboriginal designated position to train an indigenous person to takeover, when ready, it was hard for the trainer to want to leave and many of these
good people left on a sour note.
Your article also refers to the fact that
there are not many qualified Murri journalists. This is true because it is a field Murris
are now starting to realise is attainable.
Murris have been involved in the media
for a long time, but mostly in radio and
most of the training has been from on-hand
experience over many years.
Traineeships in journalism for Murris in
the past have mostly been in a form of tokenism within the A B C and now with more
indigenous radio licences becoming available, these media training modules will be
more accessible to Murris within their com-
Overseas Aborigine on his way home, at last
Firstly I'd like to introduce myself. I
a m an Aboriginal man, w h o has lived
in England for 23 years. I a m n o w 27
years old.
I w a s born in Katherine, NT, in 1965.
M y mother w a s a Gurinji, m y father
w a s a white Australian.
I w a s taken into care w h e n I w a s
two, but w a s later adopted by an English couple and taken back to England.
M y English parents were very good
to m e . But the lies they were told
about m y real parents caused m e a
great deal of pain a n d distress
throughout m y life.
In the last 12 m o n t h s I have m a d e
contact with m y real father. M y real
mother died s o m e 18 months ago.
There are a n u m b e r of reasons for
writing to you. Firstly to voice m y anger at the white imperialists w h o
thought it w a s a good idea to remove
half-caste children and assimilate them
into a white world.
This h a s caused m e , and I have
learned m a n y other children and famimunities.
lies,
great pain
andknow
distress.
could g o
Indigenous
people
aboutIself-deteron complaining
about step
whatforward
the whites
mination,
but with every
they
seem to be pushed two steps backward in
this white dominated institutionalised country.
The self-determination process should be
determined by the people you are referring
to, not by yourself or the white governing
power structure.
I feel you are disillusioned and have
much to learn about Murri people and Murri issues — from a Murri perspective.
Indigenous people don't need sensationalism in media. A s a Murri journalist I find
it quite distasteful. I a m accountable to m y
community at all times and have a cultural
protocol to abide by an unwritten Murri
code of ethics in media to obey.
I hope this episode will not stop your
did and still do to our people, but I will
not give them the satisfaction of knowing they have beaten our spirit and
life. Never!
Recently I've m a d e contact with m y
father and s o m e of m y mother's family
w h o are traditional Aborigines in the
Northern Territory, and without the
help and support of Marie Munkare, of
Link Up, Mollie Dyer and M u m Shirl,
this would not have been possible.
Also a Rikki Shields here in England,
of the Larakia people, has been a help
too.
In the past 12 months I have been
catching up on m y culture and missed
life, so if you have any books I'd be
more than grateful.
I enclose a photo of myself with a
T-shirt that Mollie Dyer painted for m e
with a Yothu Yindi design and h o m e
land movement.
I hope in the next six months to return to m y h o m e — Australia — with a
film crew to film m y return. The B B C ,
Channel 4, in
andworking
I believewith
Blackindigenous
Out, an
dedication
Australian
T V you
unit,have
is interested
people
as I feel
shown your as
supwell.for
S ous
it in
could
a very
port
your be
long
time interesting
association
with the Koori Mail as a respected white
journalist.
— Glenice B Croft, Moorooka, Qld.
year ahead of m e .
I could g o on for ages, but one last
thing from an Aboriginal m a n in England half w a y around the world ... to
all m y brothers and sisters back home,
be strong as we've always been and
keep our spirit proud!
Thank you for your time and I hope
to hear from you very soon, Bunji.
— LEITH BELL,
England.
position; the very thing she claims to be
concerned about regarding the employment
of Aboriginal people.
Nowhere does she say, or discuss,
where the training of her Aboriginal colleagues will take place to 'allow him/her to
have the qualifications' that make someone
like Janine Wilson the most suitable white
person to edit a fortnightly national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newspaper.
W h y is it that journalism is one of the
The opinion piece by Koori Mail Editor
Janine Wilson invited discussion on the few areas where there are few qualified
people? Could it be that colour has been
subject (Koori Mail, October 7, 1992).
the main criteria for (non) employment of
I can't help but wonder why Janine WilAboriginal people in all facets of a whiteson considers herself to be 'working in
European-industrialised society?
Aboriginal Affairs'. What is wrong working
H o w long must the Aboriginal person rewith an Aboriginal enterprise?
The tone of her article, to this reader, is main the 'trainee' under the above system;
be it 'highly trained doctors and nurses,
one of utilising her position to justify her
and teachers, including principals etc,' or,
dare I say it, journalists?
Has Janine Wilson ever thought that a
'black bum' might not wish to sit in a whitewarmed seat?
'Self-determination' as a 'part' of what?
And on whose terms?
— Mary Willis, Cawongla, N S W .
Missing the point on
training, qualifications
Roo meat could
be on the menu
2. THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
Roo burgers could soon be on the menu
in Queensland restaurants after the Goss
government has said it would consider
legalising the sale of kangaroo meat for
human consumption.
Queensland Primary Industries Minister
Ed Casey told the United Graziers' Association's executive council last week that the
State Government's 30-year policy against
the consumption of kangaroo would be reviewed.
"The kangaroo issue has been handled
sensitively up until now. Maybe too sensitively," he said.
Aiming a barb at conservationists, Mr
Casey said those w h o did not agree with
the beef industry on the problem of kangaroos should go out to south-western
Queensland and see for themselves the
extent of the problems they caused.
He said if the government decided to
legalise the domestic consumption of kangaroo meat, animal husbandry and health
and hygiene standards for the industry
would have to be developed.
"I don't believe it's a major market," Mr
Casey said.
"I'm still convinced it's only yuppie tucker
and I don't think there's a huge export
market.
"But just because the banning of roo
M o v e to dispel M a b o doubts
D A R W I N . Federal Cabinet this week
w a s to consider acting to dispel doubts
over property ownership raised by a
landmark High Court ruling in June which
recognised Aboriginal 'native title' to
land.
Meanwhile, a powerful Northern Territory land council predicted 'blanket land
claims' across Australia in the wake of
the M a b o High Court case.
Northern Land Council director Mick
Dodson said 'dramatic action' w a s
needed to force Australians to realise
that the 'ground rules' had fundamentally changed with the M a b o decision.
In June the High Court ruled that the
Murray Islands in the Torres Strait belonged to the traditional Meriam people.
The decision recognised a n e w class
of land title, called 'native title' and
ended the notion of 'terra nullius' — the
legal notion that Australia w a s effectively unoccupied when Europeans arrived.
Legal opinion indicated that only 15
percent of Australia's land mass, that
land subject to freehold title, w a s definitely unaffected by the M a b o decision.
Aboriginal groups had already moved
to m a k e claims on at least three mining
sites, based on the M a b o decision.
Cabinet w a s expected consider a
submission which canvassed options for
action to clarify property rights following
Mabo.
The submission followed pressure
from industry, which w a s concerned that
the M a b o decision had thrown questions of land use and ownership into
turmoil.
Mr Dodson said: "People like the mining industry and the forces against
Aboriginal rights are shitting themselves.
"It's a radical, revolutionary judgment
and I think, to put it in the mining industry vernacular, it's a goldmine as far as
Aboriginal people are concerned."
H e said industry and governments
should immediately sit down to negotiate with Aboriginal people on a full
Morgan salvo prompts
vilification law call
BRISBANE. — An Aboriginal and Islander group has called for legislation
to outlaw racial vilification following criticism of the High Court 'native title'
decision.
Western Mining Corporation managing
director Hugh Morgan attacked the High
Court's Murray Islands land rights decision, saying it had thrown Australian
property laws into chaos.
He also called for the repealing of the
Racial Discrimination Act.
But the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Island Commission (ATSIC) said Mr Morgan had 'displayed ignorance and arrogance'.
ATSIC acting chairman Sol Bellear
said the High Court had m a d e it clear
the Murray Islands decision did not
change existing property laws. "Its decision to recognise native title does not
in any way diminish existing property
interests," Mr Bellear said in a statement.
He accused Mr Morgan of using scare
tactics similar to those used by mining
companies in Western Australia in a
campaign against land rights. "If Mr
Morgan's statements signal another
racist campaign w e need racial vilification legislation to stop it," Mr Bellear
said.
In Federal Parliament, Prime Minister
Paul Keating accused Mr Morgan of 'a
prejudiced view very harming to Australian community relations'.
Queensland Aboriginal Affairs Minister Anne Warne said Mr Morgan should
think carefully about the social consequences of his comments. The Queensland Government had welcomed the
High Court decision because it returned
a sense of dignity to Aborigines, she
said.
Mr Bellear said Mr Morgan's comments were 'an international embarrassment comingas they do on the eve of
the launch of the international Yearfor
the world's indigenous peoples'.
"Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians are n o w workingtogether in a
process of reconciliation. It is sad that
aprominent industry leader should be so
out of step," MrBellear said.
DARWIN. — A number of major mining
companies have been subject to Aboriginal land claims based on the recent
High Court decision recognising Aboriginal 'native title' to land, the Australian
Mining Industry Council (AMIC) says.
AMIC assistant director Geoffrey Ewing callejl on the Federal Government to
review the implications of the M a b o decision, handed down in June.
However, Mr Ewing declined to support the call by Western Mining chief
executive Hugh Morgan for legislative
change to quash the effect of the decision.
Mr Ewing said a move to quash the
decision through legislation w a s just
one option 'at one extreme of the spectrum' that might be considered.
"I think it is true that the Government
does have to very carefully look at the
implications of the decision," Mr Ewing
said.
"It is a factor that potential claims to
land, and any alteration of what were
previously deemed to be settled property rights, means that people have to
said. "But I'm not in a position to say
there's an AMIC view as to the way w e
should handle that."
Mr Ewing said he w a s aware of 'a
number of companies, s o m e major,
s o m e minor', which had received land
claims based on the M a b o decision.
"I'm personally aware of a number and I
don't want to be any more specific than
that.
"There are s o m e instances where
s o m e Aboriginal people have put in
claims to mining companies in relation
to land over which mining leases and
exploration leases are held, since the
M a b o decision, based on the precedent," he said. "There are obviously a
number of large operations which operate in areas where there are very wellestablished Aboriginal communities, and
there have been claims put that the
titles are not as they appear to be.
"I'm not wanting to be alarmist, I think
these things should be worked through
discussions and consultations," Mr Ewing said.
Mr Ewing said any Government review
range of issues, from land rights to
Aboriginal self-government.
Such negotiations would probably
take 10 years, he said. "The sooner w e
start, the sooner we'll c o m e to a settlement.
"But I don't know if they will c o m e to
the table unless w e take s o m e dramatic
action to compel them to do so.
"It (the dramatic action) could be
blanket claims for land under the M a b o
decision."
He agreed that such blanket claims
could comprise 'vast tracts' of land
across Australia.
"It needs to be demonstrated that the
ground rules have changed, and for the
good of this nation, the whole nation
has to c o m e to terms with its relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people and that relationship
should be put on a proper legal and
constitutional footing," he said.
"I think people oughtn't to be afraid of
this, it's not something to strike fear
into people's hearts, it's an exercise in
the right of people to self-determination."
Mr Dodson said the N L C had written
to the Federal Government and the Nabalco mining company foreshadowing
action over a major bauxite mining operation on the Gove Peninsula in east
Arnhem Land.
" W e point out that M a b o significantly
changed the c o m m o n law," he said.
" W e say M a b o confirms the view of the
traditional land owners that past and
present arrangements regarding the
bauxite mine are unfair, unsatisfactory
and should not be continued.
" W e seek to rectify these past grievances, but more importantly w e want to
establish a new, comprehensive and equitable relationship between the (Aboriginal) people and the relevant parties."
The letter w a s sent to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Robert Tickner and Resources Minister Alan Griffiths two
weeks ago, and no reply had been received, he said.
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Stop deaths n o w angry, rally demands
On an average Saturday morning in
inner-Sydney hundreds ot shoppers are
beating the pavement in their efforts to
catch last-minute bargains.
However on September 26. more than
a thousand people were marching to the
beat of a very different drum down
George Street. A m a z e d onlookers
paved the sidewalks wondering about
the black, yellow and red human snake
slowly making it's way towards Redfern.
Organised by the Aboriginal Deaths in
Custody Watch committee the march
w a s an open show of protest against
Aboriginal deaths in custody. The strong
turnout suggested people were sick and
tired of Aboriginals dying in custody and
have called for desperate and urgent
action to betaken on the 300-odd
recommendations which came out of the
By BRITTA LYSTER
$30 million Royal Commission.
The protest, however, did not go off
without a hitch. A m a n in his 30s w a s
arrested by police after he barged into
the banner at the head of the march.
Luckily, it w a s an isolated incident as
hundreds of people snaked their way
down George Street.
Traffic w a s brought to a standstill as
the march w a s given a police escort.
Several motorists w h o did manage to
get past let out a loud honk of support
for the cause that had managed to get
us all out of bed on that overcast
Saturday morning.
The march commemorated the ninth
anniversary of the death of 16-year-old
Benefits taken out of income tests
C A N B E R R A . — Parents with children under 18 on Job Search Allowance will not have child-maintenance
benefits included in income tests under
legislation introduced in Parliament.
T h e Social Security Legislation
Amendment Bill (No 2) 1992 acknowledges that only Denefits paid to parents not for the assistance of children
should be counted in any parental inc o m e test.
The Bill covers a host of changes to
social security, including provisions to
Jon Pal, w h o died in police custody in prepared to take the stage in front of an
Western Australia nine years ago.
impatient crowd waiting eagerly for
The watch committee says an something to happen.
all-white jury acquitted five police They did not have to wait long before
officers of his death. O n e of the sparks flew as accusations began to fly
organisers, Eddie Murray, has himself about police brutality, cover-ups and
had a son die in custody at W e e W a a lack of government action. You did not
cells in western N e w South Wales more have to be Einstein to work out there
than 10 years ago. He has campaigned w a s clear condemnation of the
endlessly against police brutality authorities and the continuing high
against his people and is angered by number of Aboriginal deaths in custody.
the Federal and State Governments' Figures quoted suggest more than 30
lack of interest in implementing the Aboriginal men and w o m e n have died in
Royal Commission recommendations.
custody since the completion of the
As the march ground to a halt at the Royal Commission. Marchers have
Settlement Community Centre in called for desperate and urgent action
Chippendale, it w a s clear that emotions before the numbers continue to
were running high after the hour-long increase. People are sick and tired of
trek through the city. Tensions ran high 'police say suicide, w e say murder'.
as speakers, musicians and politicians
allow Australian Defence Force reservists to qualify for Job Search or Newstart Allowance if attending a training
c a m p overseas.
Twelve Acts are amended by the Bill
with technical and provisional changes.
Other Acts affected include provisions
for Carer Pensions for those w h o look
after the sick and disabled in the
h o m e , the data-matching program of
fraud detection in social security and
the Health Insurance Act 1973.
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greater for
y o u n g Kooris
Aboriginal teenagers are no more
likely than other Australian youth to attempt suicide while in detention, according to a n e w Perth study.
Although 45 percent of teenagers
held at the Longmore R e m a n d Centre
were Aborigines, they were involved in
only one third of the suicide attempts,
researchers found.
But they said the issue nevertheless
had a major impact on the Aboriginal
community because Aborigines were
significantly over-represented in the detention centre.
The study, published in the latest
Australian and N e w Zealand Journal of
Psychiatry, found males aged 17 on
average m a d e the 12 serious suicide
attempts during the two-year study.
T h e researchers, from the centre
and Adelaide University, called for
greater scruntiny of suicide attempts in
juvenile detention centres, saying public attention had focused on those occurring in police custody and prisons.
Although suicides were relatively
rare in youth remand centres, doctors
working in the area reported that at-
tempts were c o m m o n , they said. Their
study showed the juveniles involved
were not just seeking attention but
were making serious attempts on their
lives.
"Without the vigilance, the constant
checking and the quick responses by
the staff at the remand centre, there
would have been a disturbingly high
level of completed suicide among
these adolescents in custody," they
said.
The study suggested that teenagers
held for more than one week were at
greatest risk of attempting suicide. The
youths w h o attempted suicide generally
had been in foster or institutional care,
had committed serious, violent offences and had a history of drug and
alcohol use. Three-quarters had attempted suicide previously.
Adelaide psychiatrist associate professor Robert Goldney told a confer-.
ence in Canberra last month that Australians had fallen prey to many myths
about suicide, including that Aboriginal
prisoners were more likely than other
prisoners to commit suicide in custody.
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National talks on the implications of the
landmark High Court "Mabo" decision in
June on Aboriginal land ownership were almost inevitable, Senator Bob Collins said.
Senator Collins, who represents the
Northern Territory, said he supported a call
for talks on Mabo between Federal, State
and Territory Governments and Aboriginal
groups.
But such a meeting was premature until
more was known about the legal implications of Mabo, he said.
In June, the High Court ruled that the
Murray Islanders in the Torres Strait had
"native title" to their land, and that "terra
nullius" — the legal notion that Australia
was unoccupied before European settlement — was dead.
Federal Cabinet is this week due to receive a report by Attorney-General Michael
Duffy on the legal implications of Mabo.
The call for national talks was made by
Northern Territory A L P Opposition Leader
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Prime Minister Paul Keating.
Mr Ede said immediate national talks
were needed to head off possible racial division and hatred, and to forestall "the potential for years of uncertainty and conflict".
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THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
Potting people first by managing
better
Hayden to return
traditional lands
He cited recent comments by Western
Mining's managing director Hugh Morgan,
who called for legislative action to quash
the effect of Mabo.
"We are well aware of the ability of certain politicians and others of Mr Morgan's
ilk to utilise uncertainty to stir up hatred
and division," Mr Ede said in the letter.
He said bitterness and hatred could
prompt future conservative governments to
try to quash "Mabo-type rights and other
hard won gains".
"This could tear the already fragile social
fabric of central and northern Australia
asunder," the letter stated.
"I believe that the Federal Government
must grasp the nettle and use Mabo as the
basis for a major round of negotiations with
Aboriginal people," Mr Ede said.
A spokesman for Mr Keating said Mabo
might be an agenda item at the next Council of Australian Government — the nonfinancial premiers conference style meetings — due in December.
Aboriginal groups believe the Mabo judgment could form the basis of major new
land claims, and already have moved on
several claims, including the major Nabalco
bauxite mine in the Northern Territory.
Senator Collins said Mr Ede's call for
national talks was sensible.
"I think that such a discussion frankly is
almost inevitable, but I just think it's premature," he said.
Senator Collins, the Transport and Communications Minister, said he hoped the report could clarify the conflicting legal opinions that had been given on the
implications of Mabo.
Any national meeting to discuss it should
not be held until participants were fully informed on what Mabo meant.
In an historic ceremony next week,
the Governor-General, the Hon Bill
Hayden, will perform a handover of traditional Aboriginal land in the Northern
Territory.
The handover follows a decision by
the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Affairs, Mr Robert
Tickner, to grant the land under the
Aboriginal Land Right (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
Mr Hayden will deliver the deeds for
two parcels of land, totalling about
4000 square kilometres, east of Tennant Creek, known as the WakayaAlyawarre Land Claim, the areas were
claimed in 1980 and were the subject
of a recommendation for grant by the
Aboriginal Land Commissioner in 1990.
The Governor-General will be accompanied to the handover on Wednesday,
October 22, by Mr Tickner.
Mr Tickner said last week that the
handover would be the only second
time title deeds had been personally
delivered by a Governor-General under
the Act, and the first time since Sir
Ninian Stephen returned title to traditional owners from the Uluru Katatjuta
Aboriginal Land Trust in October,
1985, almost seven years ago.
"The Governor-General's participation in the return of traditional land aspirations is a critical and central issue
to be addressed by governments to
give effect to the reconciliation process," Mr Tickner said.
"This essential place of Aboriginal
land rights on the social justice agenda of Aboriginal people w a s recognised in the recommendations of the
Royal Commission into Aboriginal
The uncle of a recently-deceased member of the Northern Territory legislative assembly will fight the by-election for his
nephew's former seat of Arafura.
The Northern Territory's ruling Country
Liberal Party (CLP) said its candidate was
Tiwi Islander, Bernard Tipiloura, who will
contest the seat against former Victorian
Football League champion footballer Maurice Rioli.
Mr Tipiloura was the uncle of the former
ALP member for Arafura, who died aged
35 on September 20.
The N T C L P president Gary Nairn announced Mr Tipiloura's pre-selection following a meeting of the CLP's management
committee on October 8.
The N T ALP president, Bob Collins, federal Transport and Communications Minister, announced the pre-selection of Maurice
Rioli on September 26.
There had been speculation that Mr Rioli
would stand as the C L P candidate.
UNCLE TO S T A N D IN
NT BY-ELECTION
Murray lodges complaint
over alleged harassment
The head of the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Watch Committee, Mr Arthur Murray, has lodged
a complaint with the N e w
South Wales O m b u d s m a n
following alleged harassment from an inner-city
police officer.
Mr Murray and his 18year-old daughter Eileen
were arrested on October
2 after returning from the
N S W Aboriginal knockout.
It's alleged they broke
a neighbour's window
and they were subsequently charged with malicious damage and injury. Mr Murray and Eileen
will defend the charges
in Glebe court later this
month.
Meanwhile, action will
be taken against a police
Deaths in Custody and those recommendations have received welcome
support from Governments around
Australia.
"I a m confident that the land title
handover by the Governor-General will
make history and be a great celebration uniting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians."
Mr Tickner said most Australians, including politicians, were rarely exposed to life in remote Aboriginal communities and he hoped would illustrate
to those in attendance the importance
of land rights to Aboriginal people.
On the same trip, Mr Tickner will
present traditional Aboriginal owners
title to a number of 'red areas' around
Alice Springs, which were the subject
of a 1989 agreement between the then
Prime Minister, Mr Bob Hawke, and the
Chief Minister for the Northern Territory, Marshall Perron.
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On completion of study, scholarship holders will be
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demanding answersand
condemning both police
and Royal commission
told father and daughter, authorities.
'You Aboriginal people
Mr Murray said he had
are all the same. W h y
launched his complaint in
don't you take your
the hope that action
socks and hang yourwould be taken. He has
self?'
called for the sacking of
Mr Murray and his famofficers for such behavily have conducted a 10- iour, not just chastised
year crusade against
and told to be good
Aboriginal/police racism
boys. H e also thought
and Aboriginal deaths in
Commissioner
Lauer
custody since his 21- should, if not sacked, be
year-old son Eddie Murheld responsiblefor the
ray was found hanging in
actions of his officers.
a police cell at W e e W a a
Mr Murray says he bein the far west of N e w
lieves the N S W Police
South Wales.
service should be wiped
A decade later Mr Murclean until a person
ray, wife Leila and the theAboriginal community
rest of the family are
trusts is employed by the
calling for justice and
boys in blue.
some answers.
He says he sick and
Recently, more than
tired of the actions
of
THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1992. 5.
than a thousand people
| B y BRITTA L Y S T E R |
THE KOORI MAIL
Philosophy
T h e Koori Mail is a unique, independent newspaper which examines m a y
issues from a Koori perspective.
It is the first time in Australia that
Aboriginal people will have an undistorted source of information, and an
outlet for their o w n views. It is also
expected to have an impact upon the
general community, with the aim of re^
dressing prejudices and introducing
non-Aboriginal Australians and ultimately the whole world to our culture and
our beliefs.
T h e following principles will guide
production standards and procedures:
1:The reporting of n e w s and views
without fear or favour.
2: T h e maintenance throughout of
Koori beliefs and standards.
3: T h e highest level of production
values, to produce a quality newspaper.
4: T h e training of Aboriginal staff to
ensure they are instilled with professional skills to give them a high level of
employability in the future.
5: The dissemination of the m a x i m u m
amount of relevant information from
Government agencies and statutory
bodies, with the proviso that this information is not merely propaganda and is
viewed critically.
6: The presentation of a wide range
of issues, not necessarily only traditional Aboriginal issues but also other
important matters which impinge upon
the lives of Koori people.
7: Increased positive interaction between Aboriginal communities and individuals throughout Australia.
8: T h e inclusion of lighter items, such
as a children's page, cartoons, sport,
crosswords, g a m e s , art, film and book
reviews, historical features and h u m a n
interest stories and photographs.
9: A classified advertisement section, offering the full range of classifications, such as employment, births,
deaths, marriages, In Memoriam, etc.
10: Display advertising not exceeding 5 0 percent of newspaper content.
f t: The inclusion of a responsible but
daring editorial column in each issue,
addressing matters of importance.
12: T h e promotion of the overall
well-being of Aboriginal Australia.
fcM*3)
W A courts m a y not be able
to accept 'guilty' plea
Courts of law would not be able to accept a guilty plea from an Aboriginal defendant unless the court w a s satisfied the defendant understood the ramifications of
pleading guilty, under proposed changes to
Section 4 8 of the W A Aboriginal Affairs
Planning Act which are to be tabled in the
W A Cabinet this week.
The Cabinet has approved a package of
amendments to the Act.
The W A Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,
Dr Judyth Watson, said recommendations
from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal
Deaths in Custody were reflected in the
proposed amendments to the Act.
Dr Watson said the amendment implements recommendation 99 of the Royal
Commission.
"The change will encourage the use of
interpreters to assist Aboriginal people appearing in court where language maybe a
barrier," she said.
"Current legislation provides for the court
to refuse to accept such a plea in cases
involving serious offences only."
Dr Watson said changes to Section 48
of the Act would mean only legally qualified
people could represent Aboriginal people
appearing in superior courts — the district
and supreme courts and the court of criminal appeal.
"Both amendments are in line with key
recommendations of the Royal Commission
into Aboriginal Deaths in custody," she
said.
"Many Aboriginal people face a court situation where they do not understand procedures or the legal language being used.
They could prejudice their cases be entering a plea of guilty not understanding what
it means or the ramifications of doing so."
The third area of change under the
amendments would see the creation of an
Aboriginal cultural heritage commission,
which is consistent with Royal Commission
recommendations on Aboriginal self-determination and empowerment.
The new body, to consist of seven Abor-
A n illiterate Kimberley Aboriginal w h o
mutilated himself three times in custody
and escaped from hospital twice before being drugged with sedatives has been freed
by a Halls Creek magistrate to face tribal
punishment at home.
Nicholas West, 24, from a remote community near W A ' s Northern Territory border, w a s a high-risk prisoner, Magistrate
Colin Roberts said last week.
Magistrate Roberts said last month that
The Western Australian legal system
West's lack of understanding of English
was not capable of adequately dealing with
m a d e it difficult for him to comprehend
situations involving people like West with
court proceedings.
limited English skills.
However, Halls Creek police claimed
It w a s better to send West h o m e to be West spoke English 'fluently', and prison
punished by his o w n people.
officials confirmed that he spoke and unThe Aboriginal Legal Service says there
derstood English in jail at Wyndham.
is an urgent need for trained interpreters to
Mr Unkovich said West did understand
help police inquiries, brief solicitors and in- some English, but it w a s not his first lanterpret court proceedings for tribal Aborguage and he w a s confused by what had
igines.
happened to him.
West first mutilated himself six weeks
West pleaded guilty in Port Hedland four
ago when he used his fingernails to rip weeks ago to burglary, causing damage
open his scrotum at the South Hedland
and twice escaping custody — the first
police lockup.
time from Halls Creek police lockup late
H e was taken to Port Hedland Regional
last year.
Hospital, where he escaped but w a s recapH e also faced a third charge of escaping
tured three days later while trying to steal
custody at W y n d h a m .
a horse in a bid to ride 1500km home.
However, Halls Creek police agreed to
West was returned to the South Hedland
Magistrate Robert's request to drop the
lockup but used his fingernails again to cut more serious charge of going armed in
open his throat.
public to cause terror at the Kiwirr Kurra
Magistrate Roberts remanded West in
community early last month to avoid putting
custody at Port Hedland and he w a s sent
West back in custody to await a Kununurra
to W y n d h a m Regional Prison, where he
District Court hearing.
slashed his throat again about two weeks
West pleaded guilty instead to new charago.
ges of possessing a firearm while intoxicatHe w a s taken to W y n d h a m District Hosed, pointing a loaded firearm at a person
pital where he again escaped custody beand not having a firearm licence.
fore being recaptured by police in the bush
Magisffate Roberts warned West that he
later the same day.
would give him
a heavy
sentence
if he
laOdiratg©
on jail
Sexual
Violence
Kununurra Aboriginal Legal Service solicappeared in court again for serious fireitor John Unkovich said Health Department
arms offences.
psychiatrist Jock McLaren examined West
and prescribed sedative drugs to calm him.
The Port Hedland A L S said West underIf you've ever been
stood little English, had mild brain damage
from petrol sniffing and little understanding
Sexually Assaulted you can help
of the charges against him.
iginal commissioners, would consult with
Aboriginal people as to their needs and aspirations in regard to the future preservation and promotion of their cultural heritage, as well as provide advice to
Government on cultural heritage programs
and services.
Operations of the Cultural Heritage Commission would be reviewed after the first
two years.
"It will have the responsibility of dealing
with the broad issue of preserving and promoting living Aboriginal culture," Dr Watson
said.
"It will consult with Aboriginal people on
how best to preserve their dance, song,
language and art.
"While actively pursuing ways of preserving living Aboriginal culture, the new commission will also provide a broader focus
for general community education on Aboriginal cultural heritage matters. It will provide the impetus for a wider appreciation of
Aboriginal culture, history and society."
Court sends Kimberley Aborigine
home for tribal punishment
NATIONAL PARKS
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Aboriginal Trainee R a n g e r P r o g r a m
In these positions an applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised
under the provisions of Section 1 4 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
Applications are invited from Aboriginal people, both male and female w h o are willing to
undertake training to b e c o m e Rangers with the National Parks and Wildlife Service. T h e
National Parks and Wildlife Service has a commitment to achieve equality for Aboriginal w o m e n
by encouraging a 5 0 % intake in the Aboriginal Trainee Ranger Program.
Trainees will as part of their employment be required to complete a Degree in Applied Science
(Parks, Recreation and Heritage}.
Location:
10 positions exist under the program.
Locations for training in the Service are Broken Hill, Lismore, Hawkesbury (Gosford), Hunter
(Raymond Terrace), Glen Innes, Nowra, Eden, and T u m u t . Applicants should indicate their
preference of placement w h e n applying.
Salary:
$23,236 to $24,801 range (4 year incremental scale) as well as a loading for weekend work.
Qualifications:
Duties: Trainees will be responsible to the District Manager for the protection and m a n a g e m e n t
of wildlife: the care, control and m a n a g e m e n t of natural resources; the protection and
preservation of Aboriginal relics, buildings and objects of historic significance; the provision of
services to visitors; fire m a n a g e m e n t planning; administrative duties.
Essential: Aboriginality; demonstrated ability to communicate both orally and in writing;
preparedness and willingness to complete a Degree in Applied Science (Parks, Recreation &
Heritage) at the Charles Sturt University, Albury involving 4 years combined part-time/full-time
study. (Trainees will undertake on-the-job training when not involved in studies at Albury);
possession of or eligibility to obtain a drivers licence. A n interest in the activities of the National
Parks and Wildlife Service.
Desirable: Higher School Certificate, School Certificate (applicants with no formal school
qualifications are invited to apply, however their entry m a y be subject to an assessment of their
academic standard) mature age entry consideration; knowledge of the Service's m a n a g e m e n t
and/or nature conservation policies.
General: At the successful conclusion of the Degree course, and after satisfactory on-the-job
performance of their duties during the course, trainees will be offered permanent employment
with the Service. Permanent appointment will be based on two years being spent in the training
district after which Rangers m a y apply for transfer to anywhere in N S W .
Inquiries:
Barry Duncan Project Officer, Aboriginal Employment Unit (02) 5 8 5 6 5 5 7 or Rosemary Jarrett
(02) 5 8 5 6586. A comprehensive information package is available on request.
Applications
Applications (quoting P o s . N o . 9 2 / 8 7 ) to the Recruitment Officer, National Parks and Wildlife
Service, P O Box 1967, Hurstville, N S W 2220, closing date 6th N o v e m b e r 1992.
Equality of Employment Opportunity is Government Policy
Confidential Phone-in
change NSW's Sexual Assault
laws and help improve services
(or victims of this crime.
Monday - November 2nd, 9am to 5pm
Phone: (008)808 677 (Rural NSW>
(02) 791 8944 (Sydney)
"Just ask to speak to a Koorie worker"
Confidentiality assured. For more information telephone
Joanne Selfe or Lynette Byrnes on (02) 3341160.
THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
Putting people first by m a n a g i n g better
6. THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992.
Sexual Assault includes Sexual Harassmenttope,null Indttwt tow.,
B o n e s m a y b e missing
Aboriginal teenager's
Police are unable to confirm if bones
found in the past two months on a
N a m b u c c a Heads (New South Wales)
beach are those of 16-year-old Colleen
Walker, w h o w a s the first of three
Aboriginal children to disappear from the
Bowraville area in the late 1990 and early
1991.
Initial forensic tests have indicated three
bones found at Shelley Beach in early
September are human, possibly those of a
teenager 158cm tall.
A fourth bone, 12.5cm long be 2 c m in
diameter, which w a s handed to police on
October 12, is yet to be tested.
Detective Sgt Allan Williams, of the
Major Crime Squad, said he w a s leaning
towards the theory that they were Colleen's
bones.
By NATASHA MORSE
been behind Colleen's family and the
families of the other two 'missing' children,
Colleen w a s aged 16 w h e n she
Clinton Speedy and Evelyn Greenup,
disappeared after a Bowraville Party on
whose bodies have been found. Murder
September 15, 1990. N o relevant missing
charges have been laid in relation to their
persons reports existed for males of that
deaths.
description.
Mr Walker said most of the community
Detective Williams appealed for help
tended to bind together when in need,
from the public.
whether black or white.
The only confirmed trace of Colleen has
He added special praise for the work of
been items of clothing she was wearing at
police in searching for Colleen.
the time of her disappearance which were
"I think the police have done a wonderful
found in a plastic bag in the Nambucca
job," he said.
River in April, 1991.
Police have urged residents to be on the
Colleen's uncle, Ken Walker, w h o is the look out for more bones in the Shelley
chairperson of the Bowraville Local
Beach area.
Aboriginal Land Council, declined to
The other bones were found in a
comment on the discovery of the bones.
100-metre stretch of beach and rocks.-The
However, he said the community had
three already identified were from a tibia
and fibula.
Sixteen-year-old Clinton Speedy's
Aborigines should be able to vote on whether they want an Aboriginal homeland
remains were found soon after his
— a nation within a nation, activist Michael Mansell said earlier this month.
disappearance. They were located in
And if self-government became a reality, Aborigines would no longer get social
bushland about 10km east of Bowraville in
security payments or rely on Australian government bodies to fund Aboriginal orFebruary, 1991.
ganisations, he said.
The skull and partial remains of
"Our program is that in three years' time, w e think the federal government
four-year-old Evelyn Greenup were found
should agree to a referendum of Aboriginal people in this country to determine
in April, 1991, in the same area during a
whether they wish to go d o w n the track of sovereignty or whether they wish to
full-scale search.
stay in the Australian community," he said.
Jay Thomas Hart, 26, of Bowraville, w a s
Mr Mansell and his fellow-executive members of the Aboriginal Provisional Govcommitted for trial in May this year for the
ernment (APG), Geoff Clark and Bob Weatherall, were on a national tour to consult
murder of the two teenagers. H e w a s
with Aboriginal communities.
granted bail on conditions including he not
They are promoting the idea of Aboriginal sovereignty as an alternative to government programs being put forward as the ultimate future for Aborigines, Mr Man- enter an area bounded by Taree, the
Queensland border and the Great Dividing
sell told a news conference.
His vision is of Crown land in rural areas — one-third of Australia — being grant- Range, and that he not consume alcohol or
illegal drugs.
ed to Aboriginal communities which would govern themselves.
A date for the trail has not been set.
It would not be a form of apartheid: Aborigines would still be free to live in the
Hart is also to stand trial for the ramed
cities and whites could live in the Aboriginal areas.
robbery of four people at a Bowraville
Mr Mansell has produced a m a p of areas he wants granted to Aborigines, covering for example half of Tasmania, 25 percent of Victoria and 10 percent of N e w house in November, 1990.
A protest 'march for justice' was held in
South Wales.
Mansell calls for referendum
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT
OiVISION OF ABORIGINAL AND
ISLANDER
AFFAIRS, DEPT OF FAMILY SERVICES
AND
ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER
AFFAIRS
The Organisation: The Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, through the
Division of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, provides a range of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people on communities and in urban and rural areas throughout the State. Services include:
• Assislance for the physical, cultural, social and economic development ot Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities;
• Co-ordination ol Government services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests in land; and
• Promotion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights, heritage and culture.
In addition to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, the Department is responsible through its other
Divisions for the provision ol support and services to community groups and organisations concerned with
ethnic affairs, ageing, disability, child care, domestic violence and child abuse, and community problems
such as isolation, homelessness and youth disadvantages.
It is expected that the following positions will be transferred from December 1992, to the Department of
Housing, Local Government and Planning
The Positions
MANAGER:
(A07) $48,466-$52,025
FS 119/92
Housing Section — Brisbane
The Manager will manage the program development and service delivery in the area of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander housing. The officer will require abilities to develop, implement and evaluate
program options, manage the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement Programs and provide advice and
support to relevant bodies
POLICY R E S O U R C E OFFICER:
(A06) $43,227-$46,306
F S 120/92
Housing Section — Brisbane
(AOS) $37,576-$40,905
FS 121/92
The Policy Resource Officers will contribute to policy and program development within the housing area,
and provide secretariat support to the Stale Advisory Committee, The officers will require abilities to
develop, implement and evaluate relevant policy options, co-ordinate apprentice training and contribute to
the formulation of annual plans.
P R O G R A M OFFICER:
(A05) $37,576-$40,905
F S 122/92
Housing Section — Brisbane; Townsville; Rockhampton; Mt Isa; Cairns
Program Officers are located in various Area Offices and will take primary responsibility for the service
delivery and administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing products including rental,
home ownership and community housing, routine maintenance, upgrading and construction issues. The
Officers will require abilities to develop, administer and evaluate programs and assist in strategic product
and policy development
Applicants: Applicants for all the abovementioned positions must demonstrate the following attributes:
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the relevant issues and protocols associated with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their culture, and an ability to identify and articulate
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and sensitively communicate with Aboriginal and Torres Strar
Islander people.
Additional requirements for all ol the individual positions, can be found in the relevant Position Description
which should be obtained from the Department
A comprehensive information package for job applicants, including a detailed Position Description should
be obtained by contacting (07) 2247025 or 008 804992 (tor applicants outside Ihe Brisbane Metropolitan
Area), The package also contains an application proforma which can be used by applicants This
application prolorma is optional, bul it is recommended for use by applicants who are not currently
officers of the Queensland Public Service,
Written applications will clearly need to address selection criteria for the positions.
Closing Date: 5 00 pm, Monday. 9th November, 1992.
The Queensland Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
A non-smoking policy operates In all Government buildings.
Domestic violence
— grounds
for eviction?
Domestic violence could b e c o m e
grounds for eviction from rented premises following legislative changes being
considered by the N S W government.
State Housing Minister Robert W e b ster said a review of public housing and
domestic violence r e c o m m e n d e d the
government extend the Residential Tenancy Act allowing offenders to be evicted from h o m e s shared with their victims.
"Currently, the Residential Tenancies
Act allows for the eviction of tenants
w h o cause or intend to cause d a m a g e
to premises or injury to the landlord,
the landlord's agent or neighbours," Mr
Webster said.
"It seems incongruous that while tenants w h o cause nuisance and annoyance to neighbours can be evicted, tenants w h o cause violence to a co-tenant
cannot."
Mr Webster said the review recomm e n d e d the government consider extending section 68 of the Act to incorporate the perpetration of violence
against a co-tenant as grounds for eviction.
The review results, announced by Mr
Webster in parliament last week, also
recommended an overhaul of the existing process by which public housing is
allocated to domestic violence victims.
"The review found that this process is
fundamentally flawed due to its subjectivity, inability to identify cases involving urgent housing need or delivery of
prompt assistance to people in lifethreatening situations," he said.
Bowraville on June 12 this year over Hart's
release on bail.
A spokesman and legal adviser for the
Bowraville Aboriginal community said he
believed it had not been treated correctly.
"The feeling's there and it surfaced
during the march," Mr Davis said.
The peaceful march attracted about 100
Aboriginal people from Bowraville and other
communities.
APPLICATIONS FOR ACCESS
AND TOURING PROGRAM
Applications are invited from organisations for
funding to assist them with the touring of
professional Australian • based performing artists
to their area.
Closing date for Applicalions
Friday 19 February, 1993
For further information and application forms
Contact: Monika Bretmaisser
Access and Touring Program Officer
C/o Queensland Arts Council
G P O Box 376, Brisbane. 4 0 0 1
Phone: 0 7 2 2 1 5 9 0 0
Funds managed Dv Queensland Arts Council under regrantmg from
the Community Cultural Development Board of (he Australia
Council, tne Federal Government's Arts Funding and Advisory Body
nzu
DEPARTMENT OF
EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
The Deportment of Employment, Education and
Training is an Equal Employment Opportunity
Employer and encourages applications from
Aboriginal m e n and women.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Identified
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICE OFFICER
CLASS 4
$29,407-531,929
Wollongong Abstudy
Position No. 9987
Duties: Assess and determine eligibility for the more
complex applications under one or more of the
schemes OT student assistance administered by the
deportment. Reassess complex applications based on
further information received concerning applications
for assistance. Supervise and act as a resource person
for subordinate assessing staff on matters of
interpretation of conditions of eligibility.
Qualifications: An ability to communicate effectively
with Aboriginals and a knowledge and understanding
of Aboriginal cutlure and society is most important.
Successful applicants will be appointed to the
Australian Public Service as a Permanent Officer.
Fares and removal expenses to take up duty may be
paid in certain circumstances.
To be eligible for appointment applicants must be
Australian citizens, however applicants with
Permanent Resident Status w h o have applied or
intend to apply for Australian Citizenship may be
appointed pending citizenship.
Selection for this position will be made on the basis of
specified selection criteria. It is in the best interest of
candidates to obtain the selection criteria and frame
their application accordingly A full duty statement
and selection criteria can be obtained by contacting
(042)21 1004.
For more information about the position please phone
the Contact Officer Elspeth Smith on (042) 24 2131.
Applications should be forwarded to:
The Area Director
Department of Employment
Education and Training
lllawarra/Southern Area
P O Box 2102, Wollongong N S W 2500
By closing date: 2 November 1992
The Australian Public
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EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992. 7.
Mining industry welcomes govt
m o v e on N T mining exploration
^nrea*
ner's moves to overcome the impasse.
The legal ruling, by Justice Kearney of
the N T Supreme Court, found that 'double
veto' mining agreements were not legal under the Land Rights Act.
The 'double veto' agreements had been
widely used to allow traditional Aboriginal
owners to first agree to exploration without
any obligation to permit mining.
After exploration w a s completed, the traditional owners had the opportunity of a
'second veto' to prevent any proposed mining.
Justice Kearney ruled that such agreements were not legal, and that in saying
'yes' to exploration, Aboriginal owners must
simultaneously say 'yes' to mining.
The land councils have argued that such
agreements are not in the best interests of
traditional Aboriginal owners.
In his letter to AMIC, Mr Tickner said: "I
acknowledge AMIC's and the industry's
concerns about the difficulties surrounding
the successful resolution of exploration licence agreements which seem to have developed in the wake of that decision."
"In this regard, Resources Minister Alan
Griffiths and I propose to prepare a range
of options containing possible amendments
to the act for distribution to all interested
parties," he said.
Mr Ticker said he had sought the assurance of the Central and Northern Land
Councils that they would continue to process exploration licence applications in accordance with the Land Rights Act.
A spokesman for the Northern Land
Council said the council w a s continuing to
negotiate exploration licence agreements
on behalf of traditional owners under the
Land Rights Act as it stands.
However, the spokesman said the N L C
would welcome any move by Mr Tickner to
legalise the two-step process, which the
N L C beleived w a s in the best interests of
Aboriginal people.
The director of the Central Land Council,
Kumanjayi Ross, w a s not available for
comment.
A spokesman for N T Mines and Energy
Minister Barry Coulter said the N T Government had not been consulted by Mr Tickner over the proposed changes to the N T
Land Rights Act, which is administered by
the federal government.
and governments.
H e w a s addressing the conference for
constitutional change inthe 1990s in Darwin.
In light of the High Court's decision in
the Mabo case which rejected terra nullius
and recognised a form of native title, there
was a need for all governments to recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had rights of land ownership
in the c o m m o n law.
THE FOBTNIEHTLY H»TI0H»l ABORIGINAL HMD tORBES STRAIT ISLAMOEB HEWSPHPEB
"These rights need to be maintained for
the benefit of future generations of indigenous and other Australians. All Australians
have an obligation to cherish and value
Australia's indigenous heritage," he said.
"In areas where dispossession has taken
place, there is a need to address the land
and economic needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people so that present
levels of disadvantage and inequality are
will be published on ^ ^ ^ * * *
reduced. T h e agreement of C o m m o n wealth, State and Territory governments to
the land recommendations of the Royal
Commission into Aboriginal Deathsin Custody provides a platform for change."
ortance
A supplement that deals with the
Addressing the proposal for a Northern
Territory constitution he said that any such
of educating our kids
constitution should lead to greater opportunities for Aboriginal self-determination, to
recognise and support Aboriginal native tiThis special supplement will offer information about the
tles and cultural traditions in the light of the
latest developments in Aboriginal education throughoutHigh Court's decision.
sup,
Australia, overcoming
the problems, State and Federal "Aboriginal people should be resourced
effectively to formulate their views on the
government initiatives and featuring Aboriginal educaconstitution and be able to negotiate the
tion achievements
key issues of title and rights in land and
self determination as equal partners," he
said.
"These are challenging issues for the
Northern Territory, but are the same issues
that face the nation as a whole as part of
the process of reconciliation. They are also
issues that are receiving increased international attention, in countries such as Canada and N e w Zealand, and Australia's response will be closely watched during the
United Nations international year for the
World's indigenous peoples.
Only if all parties in the nation as a
whole work together with respect and honesty can the issues be resolved.
AUSTRALIAN INSTTTUTl
OF ABORIGINAL AND
TORRES STRAIT
ISLANDER STUDIES
REVIEW OF
The Aboriginal
Overseas Study
Award Scheme
The Department ot Employment, Education
and Training has commissioned a review and
evaluation ot the Abonginal Overseas Study
Award Scheme.
The S c h e m e
The Aboriginal Overseas Study Award S c h e m e
( A O S A S ) provides opportunities tor Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people to increase
their skills and experience overseas. T h e
awards are granted to individuals and groups
to see how similar communities overseas are
developing. Priority is given to applications in
fields covering economic development, health.
education and training and to applications from
Aboriginal people wishing to undertake post
graduate studies at overseas institutes. (199*1992 Programs: DEET),
Your Part
A questionnaire has been developed and circulated seeking input from all interested parties
particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strail Islander
organisations and individuals. It you would like
to receive a questionnaire — or would like to
comment on the scheme please contact:
Jim R a m s a y
AIATSIS.
G P O Box 553
C A N B E R R A ACT 2601
Telephone: (06) 246 1106
Fax: (06)249 7310
Comments on the Aboriginal Overseas Scholarship Award Scheme will need to be received
no later than 20 November 1992.
The mining industry last week welcomed
moves by the federal government to overcome an impasse between Aboriginal land
councils and mining companies which the
industry claims has effectively halted mineral exploration agreements in the Northern
Territory.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Robert Tickner
has written to the Australian Mining Industry Council (AMIC) promising to look at
amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights
(Northern Territory) Act to solve the problem,
A M I C assistant director Geoff Ewing said
exploration agreements between mining
companies and traditional Aboriginal owners had come to a virtual standstill since a
court ruling in March.
"We seem to have been at a stalemate
since the court decision," Mr Ewing said.
"We can't say no action has been going
on, but the indications from the companies
are that it's very difficult to get the Central
and Northern Land Councils to talk about
signing up agreements at the moment," he
said.
Mr Ewing said he welcomed M r Tick-
Need to recognise land needs of
indigenous people — Dodson
The Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Mr Patrick Dodson,
says there is a need for change in the relationships between Aboriginal land owners
fJ^Kbori Mail
Aboriginal education
Supplement
November 4
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8 THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992.
Kevin Gilbert
shuns awards
ceremony
Writer Kevin Gilbert shunned^in Australia Council c e r e m o n y o n October 7
where Prime Minister Paul Keating w a s
to present him with a four-year fellowship, saying he would betray Aboriginal
people by attending.
"My people m a y feel hurt should I attend," M r Gilbert said in a statement
handed to m e m b e r s of the media by his
wife, Eleanor.
"They could feel that I w a s fraternising and collaborating with the oppres-
M) WATER BOARD
^ S y
SYDNEY- ILLAWARRA- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Aboriginal/Torres Strait
Islander Graduate
Under the N S W Public Sector Aboriginal/
Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy
the Water Board is seeking to employ an
Aboriginal person for a Graduate campaign.
The Water Board has a clear defined
objective — to excel in environmental
management and commercial performance.
T Q this end, w e need exceptional people w h o
will bring a fresh prospective to our
organisation.
W e want questioning individuals w h o are not
afraid to speak their minds and look at new
ways of doing things.
If that's you — and you are a graduate or a
final year student in Arts, Economics, Urban
Planning, Environmental Science or Business
— a career with the Water Board will
provide rich rewards for all the hard study
you have put in.
We'll give you every opportunity to develop
your skills and acquire experience by job
placement and rotation and other training
opportunities. Your salary will commence at
$26,754 p.a.
with
generous
benefits
including flexible working hours and paid
study leave.
The above list of disciplines is a guide only.
For an application form and information
package please contact a m e m b e r of the
Employment
Services
Group
on
(02) 269 6649,
quoting
A740-92.
Applications close on 6 November, 1992.
The Water Board is an Equal Employment
Opportunity employer and has a smoke free
workplace.
THE N E W SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
Putting people first by managing
better
TraffTc^oTfence
records cross
State boundaries
From October 12, Queensland drivers
w h o commit traffic offences in other
States would have demerit points recorded on their driver's licences.
The step is part of the 10-point national road safety package being progressively introduced across Australia.
S o m e 19,000 Queensland licences
were expected to have interstate demerit
points applied each year, Transport Minister David Hamill said in a statement.
He said the system would operate
through computer links between participating states.
The demerit points exchange scheme
already operated in Victoria, N e w South
Wales and South Australia, with
Queensland joining on October 12.
The other States and Territories were
expected to join soon.
Any interstate demerit points recorded
on a driver's licence would count towards the cancellation of that licence if
12 points or more were accumulated
over three years.
Learner's permits and provisional licences could be cancelled if the drivers
notched up four demerit points within
12 months.
W o m e n reinforce need for
culture, traditional values
G Y - Y O O BINDA-BAY W O D J A - B A Y
( W O M E N SIT D O W N TALK) was the agenda for the Indigenous Women's conference
in Yeppoon, in Central Queensland, in
September.
The conference w a s funded by ATSIC
and the Aboriginal and Islander Community
Resource Agency (Anglican Diocese of
Rockhampton) Aboriginal Corporation.
Murri women from as far north as Mackay, west to Winton and south to Maryborough attended the Conference at the Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon.
The speakers included Muriel Brown,
Maureen Egglomese, Valda Beazley, Rebecca Maher and Muna Sepon.
The coming together of women in unity
to discuss and attempt to alleviate the
problems they encounter was a significant
and emotional occasion.
There were feelings of unexperienced
emotions. There w a s much caring and
sharing amid the conference as every one
was touched both culturally and personally
as the w o m e n told of their plights.
The conference agenda touched many
facets: Aboriginal health, social security,
GO AHEAD FOR $500m
MARANDOO PROJECT
The West Australian Labor government has given Hamersley Iron the go-ahead for
its $500 million Marandoo Iron ore project in the State's Karijini national park.
However, W A Environment minister Bob Pearce said the project would be subject
to stringent environmental conditions.
Environment programs would have to be prepared for the protection of flora and
fauna in the area and to counter the impact on local communities.
"The project is important to the State — it will create much-needed jobs and
boost the W A economy," Mr Pearce said.
"However, environmental protection has not taken second place to the project."
The Marandoo project, which is aimed at extending the life of the Mt T o m Price
deposit in the Pilbara, has been the subject of a long Aboriginal sites approval
process.
Krajini Aborigines were concerned that it could disturb Dreamtime sites.
Environmental approval was the final obstacle to the project proceeding.
The W A Conservation Council which is opposed to mining in national parks, today condemned the government's decision.
Co-ordinator Rachel Siewart said the State could end up with 'Swiss cheese' national parks.
"There are plenty of resources outside the park," she said.
"It's not the last bit of iron ore that you need to extract."
M s Siewart said the council w a s considering its options.
"It is difficult to see h o w the government could find that it is environmentally
acceptable. It makes a mockery of the whole process," she said.
By KAREN MORAN
domestic violence, grief counselling, juvenile justice, corrective services and
women's issues.
Workshops were constructed in such a
way as to attempt to alleviate the problems
Aboriginal w o m e n cope with. M s Brown
said they were intense and emotional,
there was so much to cover, but there was
not enough time.
From a cultural aspect Aboriginal women
played a significant role in traditional Aboriginal society, the stance still holds today,
more so now in the urban and suburban
society as the problems are many; not like
the Dreamtime.
Topics were discussed and aired among
the w o m e n with compassion and concern.
The question? What can w e do?
Many belived the youth are torn between
two cultures — wanting to hold on to their
culture and to live in European culture. The
major pitfall? Loss of identity.
S o m e women suffer the trauma of petrol
sniffing, drug and alcohol abuse among the
children.
" W o m e n experience emotional turmoil
within the family unit for their maternal
bond is strong. Each time the child hurts,
we hurt just as bad," Mrs Brown said.
Because of the important taboo of never
discussing women's issues, which ar sacred, with men, the conference gave the
w o m e n an opportunity to share and air
their hopes, achievements, woes and
pains. Age was irrelevant, the bonding process as the elders related to the younger
women, speaking of the old ways and how
they learnt, coped and survived was emo-
MANAGER
FOR ABORIGINAL A R T A N D CRAFT S H O P
Applications are invited from suitably qualified
and experienced persons for the position of
Aboriginal Art and Craft Retail Shop Manager.
The Aboriginal Art and Craft Shop will be located at the N e w Italy Museum Complex on the
Pacific Highway. The customers will be from
interstate and overseas.
Qualifications and experiences:
• Drivers licence and own vehicle.
• Managerial skills and experience with small
business operation.
• Affiliation with Aboriginal culture.
# Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal
arts and crafts.
• Effective and efficient public relation manner.
• Good personal communication skills.
• Able lo supervise staff.
Salary: $24,000 to $28,000 (depending on
qualifications and experience).
Application in writing by 30 October, 1992 to
— The Administrator, Kurrachee Co-operative
Society Ltd, P O Box 3, Coraki 2471 N S W .
Telephone enquiries — Russell Kapeen or Victor Lee Burks on (066) 832410.
ATSIC
ABORIGINAL AND
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
COMMISSION
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applications Irom Aboriginals and Tones Strait Islanders are encouraged.
The successful applicant should possess the ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islanders and a knowledge and understanding of their cultures.
WOMEN'S ISSUES OFFICER
ABORIGINAL/TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
Under the New Public Sector Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy the Water
Board is seeking to employ three aboriginal people.
Now is your opportunity to "Trade up" for a career with the Water Board. We are offering
Apprenticeships in the following Trades:
Electrical Fitter Mechanic
Fitting and Turning
We are looking for people who want to learn, get their "hands dirty" and get the job done.
In your apprenticeship you will be working with the best training supervisors and at a "high
tech" training centre located at Yagoona.
Being an apprentice is a four year commitment, you will need to study at an appropriate TAFE
college to fulfil the requirements of your apprenticeship. The opportunities are endless, when
you "trade up" for a career.
For an application form and information package please contact a member of the Employment
Services Group on (02) 269 6484 quoting A742-92.
Applications close: 6 November, 92.
The Water Board is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and has a smoke free work
place.
SYDNEY- IlLAWARRA - BLUE MOUNTAINS
KUHRACHEE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED
C.D.E.P. 2-4 Yabsley Street. Coraki NSW 2471. PO
Box 3. Coraki. Tel: (066) 832410 or 832625. Fax:
(066) 632093
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I WATER BOARD
tional.
This was a significant event for Aboriginal w o m e n of many ages and backgrounds. The only difficulty being the time
limit for important issues such as medical.
cultural, emotional aspects, the family unit,
child care and employment.
The meeting, which proved beneficial to
many Aboriginal women, decided there was
a need to to instill traditional values and
culture in our children, even more so now
than ever before.
The need for children to be taught the
old way, taught respect, caring sharing and
unity from a grassroots level w a s highlighted.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER C L A S S 4 — W O M E N ' S ISSUES SECTION
B R I S B A N E R E G I O N A L O F F I C E — POSITION No. 468 — $29.407-$31,929 per annum
DUTIES: Consult with Aboriginal women in the field in order to identify and assess their needs
and objectives. In consultation with the Regional Manager and Project Officers, monitor the
impact and effectiveness of Commission programs in meeting women's needs. Assist in the
development of goals to ensure that women receive equitable participation at all levels of
Commission programs. As necessary, assist in liaison with other agencies providing services to
Aboriginals and assist in enabling women to access their services.
C O N T A C T OFFICER: Valerie Cooms (07) 229 8277.
S E L E C T I O N CRITERIA O B T A I N E D F R O M : R. Sampson (07) 229 8277.
TRAINEE PROJECT OFFICER
A D M I N I S T R A T I V E S E R V I C E O F F I C E R C L A S S 2 — FIELD O P E R A T I O N S S E C T I O N
B R I S B A N E R E G I O N A L O F F I C E — POSITION No. 467 (expected vacancy)
$23.165-$25.687 per annum
DUTIES: Under general direction perform the functions of a less complex nature associated
with: Business Services. Secretariat and Field Work. Attend formal training courses to ensure the
development on work areas associated with the Commission's functions.
C O N T A C T OFFICER: John Dagge (07) 229 8277.
S E L E C T I O N CRITERIA O B T A I N E D F R O M : Natalie Spence (07) 229 8277
It is in the interest of applicants to obtain the selection criteria and to frame their
applications accordingly. Applications marked 'Confidential' should address the selection
criteria and be forwarded to:
STAFFING CO-ORDINATOR
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION
GPO BOX 2472
BRISBANE. QLD 4001
V
Applications close: 30 October. 1992.
THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1992
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Extracts from
'THE YEARNING OF MY SOUL'
There was another part of me;
Another part of m y life.
M y natural family taken from me;
Hidden throughout m y life.
The feeling was becoming stronger.
I could no longer ignore the call.
Something was happening within me.
Breaking down m y hidden wall.
To become a person complete;
A w o m a n becoming whole.
Black and Beautiful,
for the first time I listen;
To the Y E A R N I N G O F M Y SOUL.
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370 GT. WESTERN HIGHWAY
BULLABURRA NSW 2784
P.O.BOX 93
LAWSON NSW 2783
PHONE: (047) 59 1911
FAX:
(047) 59 2607
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CORNFLAKE BISCUITS
INGREDIENTS
2 egg whites
(beat stiffly)
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of coconut
2 cups of cornflakes
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon of
vanilla essence
Pre heat oven to
low temperature.
Grease a flat tray.
Mix ingredients in
the order of the ingredient list.
Using a dessert
spoon, make small
balls and place on
greased tray.
Bake in a slow
oven until brown.
Unscramable the
letters to make the
names of 10 Australian birds and animals.
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Find the names of these 18 Australian birds:
ALBATROSS
BLACKBIRD
BOWERBIRD
CATBIRD
COCKATOO
EMU
Make a new word Which flower is it?
Can you m a k e the top word into the
bottom word in two moves by changing only one letter at a time.
R U L E
H A N D
GALAH
HONEY EATER
JABIRU
KOOKABURRA
LYRE BIRD
MAGPIE
QUARRIAN
QUAYLE
ROSELLA
SEA EAGLE
SEAGULL
WREN
Which boomerang
is different?
Of these three flowers, Brenda Bee has been
to only one.
It is not the flower in the middle.
Out of the other two flowers Brenda has been
to the one on the opposite end to the one that
has got a hole in one of its petals.
Can you guess which one it is?
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THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992. 11.
G o v e bauxite m i n e to test
'native title' — D o d s o n
N a a m o r o Skillshare,
Redfern
&
Kree courses enrolling no*
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Starting October — .1 da>s a week for ft wec-k%
making m o n o out ul hubbic-, course iruluiif h.iruK un
Mncricncc .md market duj
EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING OPTIONS
WORKSHOP
Noiember 17 and IX
All ihe infiirniilimn w u need jbuul where ihe courses and jobs
for Koori- are in 1491
COACHING AND TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR
RUGBY LEAGUE
M u ) be run m December if cnougli people want n
to:>) JIK21S9.
Redfern.
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N S W DEPARTMENT OF
* t e
COMMUNITY SERVICES
District Officer
(Aboriginal), Grade 3-6, Southern
Division, Campbelltown
Total remuneration package
valued up to $38,996 p.a. including
fixed salary ($28,418-$37,016) p.a.
Essential: Aboriginality. Experience in
providing casework/counselling to children,
adolescents and families in a paid or
voluntary
capacity. Understanding of
cross-cultural
issues
and
of
non-discrimination/EEO principles. Ability to
communicate effectively. Current driver's
licence. Desirable: Tertiary qualifications in
a related area. General: Training provided.
In this position an applicant's race is a
genuine qualification and is authorised by
Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act,
1977. Inquiries: Ray Hodge (046) 25 5911.
The Department has a non-smoking policy.
The remuneration package for this position
includes
annual
salary,
employer's
contribution to superannuation scheme and
annual leave loading. Pos. No. FC/5228.
Applications to: Recruitment Officer,
Southern
Division,
PO
Box
93,
Campbelltown, N S W 2560.
Closing date: 30 October, 1992.
fl@K£fc\ THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
4a&R»L
Putting peoplefirstby managing better
Aboriginal Land Act 1991
NOTICE OF LAND CLAIM
TO SIMPSON DESERT
NATIONAL PARK
The Land Tribunal has received a land claim application made
A legal challenge over a major bauxite
mine would test whether the High Court's
historic recognition of Aboriginal 'native
title' in June included ownership of mineral
resources, an Aboriginal leader said last
week.
Northern Land Council (NLC) director
Mick Dodson said traditional owners of the
Nabalco Pty Ltd bauxite mine site on the
Gove Peninsula in east Arnhem Land had
instructed the N L C to take legal action.
The challenge would be based on the
Mabo High Court decision, which ruled that
the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait
belonged to the traditional Meriam people.
The M a b o decision recognised a n e w
class of land title, called 'native title', and
ended the legal notion of 'terra nullius' —
the concept that Australia w a s unoccupied
when Europeans arrived.
Mr Dodson predicted 'blanket land
claims' across Australia, based on Mabo,
to force governments and industry to
negotiate on Aboriginal land rights and
self-government.
Dramatic action w a s needed to force
Australians to realise that M a b o had
changed the ground rules on Aboriginal
issues, he said.
"It's a radical, revolutionary judgment
and I think, to put it in the mining industry
vernacular," it's a goldmine as far as
Aboriginal people are concerned," he said.
H e told A B C radio in Darwin that it w a s
as yet unclear whether the Mabo definition
of 'native title' extended to the ownership
by Aboriginal people of mineral resources.
"It could mean that — there's a deal in
the Mabo case that needs to be tested and
perhaps elaborated," Mr Dodson said.
H e said the mining company Nabalco
presently had a 'cosy arrangement with the
commonwealth which excludes the
Aboriginal land owners'.
The agreement w a s reached in 1968,
and includes leases for about 5000
hectares of land which run until the Year
2011, with the option of a 42 year renewal.
Under the Land Rights (Northern
Territory) Act, the Abonginal owners
receive mining royalties from the federal
government, Mr Dodson said.
If a court upheld a claim for native title,
the arrangement could change radically, he
said.
"It m e a n s they m a y be compelled to
negotiate proper arrangements with the
traditional owners," he said.
"The amount of compensation for the
mining that would be negotiable if the
people were deemed to be the owners ol
the minerals of course would be different to
The controversial inner-Sydney suburb of
Redfern has a n e w Police commander following the transfer of Chief Inspector Alan
Peek, w h o will take up the role of Patrol
Commander atRose Bay.
The decision on the appointment w a s
made by the Executive Council last week
and conveyed to the Commissioner of
Police on Friday, after the recommendations of the selectioncommittee had been
endorsed in turn by the Police Board, including the commissioner, and the minister
for Police and Emergency Services.
Redfern police have been dogged by
controversy following the screening earlier
this year of a documentary, 'Cop It Sweet',
on ABC-TV.
The one-hour documentary attracted national attention w h e n Redfern police officers were filmed swearing, telling dirty
jokes and making openly racist comments.
Redfern's new commander is Superintendent Terry Andrews.
mous in it's decision to appointSuperintendent Andrews.
The selection committee for the post inPolice officials say Supt Andrews is a
cluded public defender, Mr Bob Bellear,
distinguished police officerwith 27 yaers'
w h o has had extensive involvement in
service.
Aboriginal issues, a detailed knowledge of
H e became a Patrol Commander at PadRedfern and an understanding of the policdington in 1988 and has recently servedas
ing challenges of the patrol.
Patrol Commander of Engadine.
Commissioner Lauer said Chief Inspector
A police spokesmand said Mr Andrews
Peek handled the taskat Redfern under
had served in outback postings where he
particularly difficult and stressfulconditions
developed an excellent understanding of
and believed that the Redfern community
the policing needs of Aboriginal communiwould sharein his appreciation of Chief Inties and hismetropolitan service includes a
spector Peek's work.
considerable experience inethnic and minority communities.
Police Commissioner Lauer said the
competition for theposition had been particularly strong, with 19 highlyqualified officers
DEPARTMENT O F HEALTH
applying for the Redfern position presenHOUSING A N D COMMUNITY SERVICES
tingthe selection committee with a difficult
task. However, thecommittee w a s unani-
the scheme that's set up by the Land
Rights Act," he said.
An Aboriginal leader from the Gove
Peninsula claims a number of clan leaders
from east Arnhem Land have decided to
end their association with the NLC.
Gatjil Djerrkura, representing the
Wangurri people, said last weeks that
representatives of 12 clans had written to
the N L C withdrawing legal instructions over
the legal challenge.
The only clan not represented was the
Gumatj clan, which is headed by Galarrwuy
Yunupingu, the chairman of the NLC, he
said.
Last week, Mr Dodson said the NLC had
not received the letter, but had seen a
copy of it.
He said a number of the signatories had
told the N L C they did not realise what they
were signing.
The Country Liberal Party candidate for
the House of Representatives seat of the
Northern Territory, Arthur Palmer, claimed
the N L C was desperately trying to stave off
the inevitable emergence of smaller land
councils.
A Coalition goverment was committed to
allowing the establishment of 10 new land
councils in the Northern Territory within two
years, he said.
New police commander for Redfern
By BRITTA LYSTER
Non-Aboriginal Australians educated
to be prejudiced — Tickner
by a group ol Abonginal people lo an area of approximately
1.012,000 ha ol available Crown land, described as National
Park 1 (NP 1 Aboukir). known as the Simpson Desert National
Park
Generations of non-Aboriginal Australians had been 'educated to be prejudiced'
A copy of the application, including a map showing the land
claimed, can be inspected on business days Irom Monday
towards Aborigines and Islanders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
12 October 1992 lo Friday 11 December 1992 at:
Minister Robert Tickner said last week.
• Oftice of the Land Tribunals, Ground Floor, BP House,
Mr Tickner was introducing the Aboriginal Education (Supplementary Assistance)
Herschel Street, Brisbane between 9am and 5pm.
Amendment
Bill 1992 which provides $241,351 million for Aboriginal educational
• District Lands Oftice, Department of Lands, Courthouse
Building, Alfred Street, Charleville between 9am and 5pm.
initiatives for the 1993-95 triennium.
• Diamantina Shire Council Office. Herbert Street, Bedourie
The amount represents a 13 percent increase on funding allocated for the first
between 8.30am and 5pm.
triennium of the national Aboriginal and Islander education policy.
• Central Land Council, 33 Stuart Highway. Alice Springs
between 6am and 4 30pm.
Mr Tickner told parliament he had made it clear to education providers that the
• Birdsville Post Office, Birdsville between 9am and 5pm.
implementation
of the education recommendations
of the Royal Commission into
• Abonginal Legal Rights Movement, 6 Gibson Street. Port
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was the government's first priority.
Augusta between 8.30am and 5pm
* Department ot Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander
In its report the Commission
noted 40 ot the 99 people whose deaths they
Affairs. Old Court House Building, Isa Street, Mt Isa
investigated had not proceeded beyond primary school and recommended
many
between 9am and 5pm.
improvements to Aboriginal education.
Any person whose pecuniary or other interests could be
affected by the grant of the land as Aboriginal land may apply
These included the provision of pre-school education, education for prisoners
to the Land Thbunal to be made a party to the proceeding for
and expansion of Aboriginal studies and Aboriginal control of curricula.
the hearing ol the claim. A person who wishes to be made a
The Commonwealth's
second priority was the implementation of the national
party should apply in writing to the Land Thbunal not later than
Aboriginal Languages and Literacy Strategy which will encourage the teaching of
18 December 1992.
Any other group of Aborkjinal people that wishes to make a
Aboriginal languages at schools and improved literacy.
claim to the whole or part ol the land (or to that land and an
The third priority was the National Reconciliation and Schooling Strategy.
additional area ot claimable land) should write to the Land
Aboriginal studies were vital to bridge the gap between home and school for
Thbunal not later than 18 December 1992 Information about
what should be included in a land claim and copies ol land
Aborigines and Islanders and to provide a proper foundation for future relations
daim lorms, can be obtained from the Land Tribunal.
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Mr Tickner said.
All correspondence and inquiries should be made lo:
Negative myths about Aborigines and Islanders were major obstacles in the
Senior Deputy Reglttrer
Land Tribunal
development of harmonious cross-cultural relations and had their foundation in the
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COMMONWEALTH
RESPITE FOR CARERS
(CRC) PROGRAM
The Commonwealth Department of Health.
Housing a n d C o m m u n i t y
Services invites
expressions of interest from organisations wishing
to establish or extend the reach of community
based services providing respite to the carers of
frail aged and younger people with disabilities.
T h e C o m m o n w e a l t h Respite for Carers (CRC)
Program is part of a Carers Package announced in
the 1992/93 Budget which recognises the vital
contribution of carers to the community.
T h e C R C Program will provide grants to establish,
expand or extend coverage of in-home and centre
based respite care services to enable the provision
of m o r e flexible and responsive services to meet
the individual needs of carers.
Priority will be given to proposals which improve
the availability of services through expanding the
days, hours and geographic availability of services
and which target:
• carers with a high need of assistance in
maintaining their caring role
• carers w h o need assistance because of an
emergency or other unplanned situation
• carers supporting highly dependent people, eg
people with dementia
• carers in rural and remote areas
• carers from special needs groups, eg Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people and people
from a non-English speaking background.
T h e C R C Program
is a
Commonwealth
Government
initiative altogether
providing
$ 4 1 . 2 m over four years to assist carers.
Interested organisations should contact E m m a |
Whitfield o n (02) 225 3 6 1 4 for application forms 5
and guidelines.
Applications ciose on 6 November 1992.
t Kimberley radio under threat
trying to negotiate with ATSIC for funds
Three of the four Kimberley Aboriginal
roadcasting Network radio stations will
for several months.
e forced to close their d o o r s a n d
"We went through the proper chanease broadcasting at the end of this
nels and eventually had to spend scarce
ionth d u e to lack of support from the
dollars to send a delegation to Canberboriginal a n d Torres Strait Islander
ra to speak personally with the ATSIC
Commission (ATSIC).
commissioners," she said. "All w e got
. Aboriginal radio stations in B r o o m e , were promises that ATSIC would try to
:
itzroy Crossing and Halls Creek will all help. But w e can't run our radio stations
in out of operational funds at the end on promises — we need funds urgentf October. T h e Aboriginal station in
ly."
ununurra will b e able to continue operM s West said the final recommendating. but not without laying off staff.
tions of the Royal Commission into
Funding for trainees at all four
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recogtations is also at a critical level.
nised Aboriginal media as having an
:
All four stations broadcast daily proessential role in supplying community
rams of vital community interest and
information and reporting events when it
nportance to a total Aboriginal audisaid: "Aboriginal media organisations
' nee of about 10,000 people.
should receive adequate funding where
The chairwoman of the Kimberley
necessary in recognition of the imporboriginal Broadcasting Network, Dot
tance of their function."
Jest, said the broadcasters had been
M s West pointed out that even in
ATSIC's 1992 evaluation of its own
broadcasting and communications subprogram it found that:
"This program has the potential to
make a very significant contribution to
the process of reconciliation, to the
preservation of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander language and culture and
to the advancement and quality of life of
all Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders especially those living in remote
areas. It has achieved several important
goals already but its effectiveness has
been limited by lack of clear policy,
integrated planning and training."
"It's time ATSIC puts its money where
its mouth is. Anyone can write fine
words — w e need action from the commission now," M s West said. "Kimberley
people, like all indigenous people, have
the right to their own media outlets.
"The Kimberley Aboriginal broadcast-
D O T W E S T — chairwoman of the Kimberley Aboriginal Broadcast Network.
ers have come a long way since radio
first started here in 1987 and it would
be shameful if ATSIC let them fall now.
" W e will not be fobbed off by ATSIC
and w e will not rest until w e have the
funding to provide our communities with
the services they need."
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
COORDINATOR
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
EDUCATION SUPPORT CENTRE, Townsville
$53,780 $56.922 pa.
Vacancy Reference Number (VRN): E D 445/92
An exciting initiative in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Education
The Queensland Department ot Education is seeking to
appoint a Coordinator to the newly established Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Education Support Centre in
Townsville. The person appointed will m a n a g e the
operations of the state wide Support Centre which has been
set up to identify and meet the needs ol indigenous
students.
This is a new position and is a unique opportunity for a
person w h o has a background in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander education to promote the culture through a
learning environment and implement programs to improve
the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students
Applications: Merit is the sole basis of selection and is
gauged by how well applications meet the selection criteria
conlamed in the position description A complete applicant
package is obtainable from the Human Resources Directorate by telephoning (07) 237 0215 and quoting the VRN.
Enquiries: Further information is available from Darcy
Turgeon. telephone (07) 237 1272.
Closing date: 5.00 p m Monday, 2 November 1992.
DEPARTMENT OF THE
PRIME MINISTER A N D CABINET
ABORIGINAL
RECONCILIATION UNIT
The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation is
undertaking initiatives leading to reconciliation
between Australia's indigenous peoples and
the wider community and playing an educative
and leadership role in bringing about a deeper
understanding of the cultures, past dispossession and continuing disadvantage of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people and the need
to address that disadvantage.
Public Affairs
Officer
Grade 1, $31,816 -$34,778
Communication
Position number 871
The position assists with the development and
implementation of a comprehensive Communication program for the Council on issues
associated with the reconciliation process.
Activities include drafting media releases.
media liaison, supervising the preparation of
posters, leaflets and other materials and commissioning the production of videos. In implementing these tasks there is a need to consult
extensively with other government departments, agencies and community organisations.
The successful applicant should have skills in
the fields of journalism, community education
or public relations; an ability to communicate
effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people and a knowledge and understanding of their cultures; well developed oral
and written skills and interpersonal skills of a
high order. Mandatory qualifications apply.
Normal Public Service conditions apply.
Selection criteria and a duty statement can be
obtained by telephone (06) 271 5812 or (06)
271 5890. For further information, please contact Mr Steve Jiggins on (06) 217 5909.
Applications should be forwarded by
30 October 1992 to:
The Recruitment Officer
Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet
3-5 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
is an equal opportunity employer
UTS
u N 1V E R S 1 T Y
OF TECHNOLOGY
S Y D N E Y
ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA IN ADULT EDUCATION
(ABORIGINAL EDUCATION)
This two year course is for Aboriginal people who want to know more
about planning and delivering adult education, training and community
development programs, and w h o are able to show evidence of suitable
work experience in the field, or be able to obtain relevant work experience.
There are 5 one week blocks per year, and if you fill in an ABSTUDY
form your travel to and from the University, as well as your accommodation, will be covered by D E E T .
An academic adviser helps you develop your program, and a local DEET
tutor helps you carry out your work on a week to week basis. A
tutor/counsellor is also available for students w h o are having difficulty
with the course content.
INTERESTED?
For further information and an application form please contact Karen
Vaughan at the
School of Adult and Language Education
PO Box 123
B R O A D W A Y , N S W 2007
Telephone (02) 330 3814
Applications close 30 October 1992
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on disabled
ATSIC cops blast TaiKs
services changes
on funds failure'
ATSIC
ABORIGINAL A N D T O R R E S STRAIT
ISLANDER COWAISSION
CANBERRA
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
Selection for the positions will be on the basis of
specified criteria which includes an ability to c o m municate effectively with Aboriginals and Torres
Strait Islanders and a knowledge and understanding
of their cultures. It is in the interest of candidates to
obtain both duty statement and selection criteria
and frame their applications accordingly.
COMMERCIAL BRANCH
Senior Officer
Grade C ($41,929 • $45,546)
PN: 1184
A s Assistant Director of the Business Funding Section.
the successful applicant would be required to develop
and review policies, procedures and strategies as they
relate to the Enterprise Development functions of the
Commission and also provide specialist, technical and
corporate advice and assistance to Senior Management and to the Regions.
A knowledge of Aboriginal Employment Development
Policy, particularly as it relates to enterprise development would be required as would sound conceptual,
analytical and creative skills. The Assistant Manager
would also possess the ability to represent the C o m mission at meetings, conferences and seminars and
to liaise effectively and to undertake negotiations on
its behalf.
Contact
Officer
is M s Christine
Hagan on
(06) 289 3417. Selection Documentation will be available from M r Peter Olsen on (06) 289 3415.
DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION &
TRAINING BRANCH
Administrative
Service Officer
Class 5 ($32,800- $34,778)
PN: 1292
The Community Training Program Section of this
Branch is seeking a highly motivated person to conduct research on specific projects or programs and
assist senior officers in the section by obtaining and
analysing data for the preparation of complex reports.
The successful person would also be required to liaise
with Regional staff and training providers to assist
Aboriginal organisations to meet their training needs.
Contact Officer is Mr Michael
Haeusler on
(06) 289 3329. Selection Documentation will be available from M s Val Boag on (06) 289 3817.
HUMAN RESOURCES BRANCH
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been
condemned for failing to fund an innovative Aboriginal-run alcohol treatment
program in Alice Springs.
Aboriginal people involved in a pilot program, which was due to start this week,
would be forced to sleep outdoors in primitive conditions due to ATSIC's failure to
provide funding, a program spokesman
said.
But an ATSIC spokesman said funding
from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal
Deaths in Custody would be allocated once
new guidelines had been endorsed.
The alcohol program, run by the Central
Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Program Unit
(CAAAPU), is said to be the first of its type
to address the alcohol abuse crisis among
central Australian Aborigines.
The program is based on a Canadian Indian model, and involves Aboriginal elders
re-teaching ancient Aboriginal culture to alcoholic Aborigines, along with modern
Western treatment for alcoholism.
C A A A P U has trained its own staff — all
Aboriginal people who have had problems
with alcohol, and some of w h o m have travelled to Canada to see the Indian program
in action.
Founded in March, 1991, C A A A P U was
due to begin its first treatment program for
40 Aboriginal people this week using a
$500,000 grant from the Northern Territory
Government.
But C A A A P U project officer Gill S h a w
said a failure by ATSIC to provide funding
meant the participants in the first residential program would be forced to sleep outdoors.
"We've put up some shades and people
will have to sleep under them because w e
Administrative
Service Officer
Aborigines urged to help lift health
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very low average life expectancy of Australia's indigenous people, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly has been told.
Class 4 ($29,407 - $31,929)
SEVERAL POSITIONS
The Member for Arafura, a native of
Within the Operations Sub-Section of Personnel, sevBathurst Island about 50 k m off Darwin,
eral group leaders are required to supervise small
teams of staff involved in the day-to-day processing
died in Melbourne of a heart attack after a
of salaries and administration of conditions of service
history of kidney problems.
for staff of the Commission. This will involve the
interpretation and application of legislation, the calH e w a s the N T Labor Opposition
culation and processing of claims for allowances, the
provision of advice and assistance to staff and clients,
spokesman for Aboriginal Affairs, elected to
the processing of compensation determinations and
the N T Legislative Assembly in 1987.
exercising delegations.
Contact Officer is M s Sandy Nix on (06) 289 3354
In the N T Legislative Assembly members
Selection Documentation will be available from the
Contact Officer.
from both the ruling Country Liberal Party
and the Labor Opposition spoke during a
SECRETARIAT BRANCH
motion that condolences be sent his family.
N T Labor Opposition Leader Brian Ede
told the Assembly that in keeping with
Aboriginal tradition, the member's parliaClass 3 ($26,384 - $28,475)
mentary office would be 'smoked'.
PN: 1618
The Aboriginal ritual of smoking is to
An Administrative Support Officer to the Ministerial
and Parliamentary Liaison Section of this branch is
cleanse a building of a person's presence.
required to assist in the maintenance and update of
"I have no doubt that w e will be the first
Ministerial and Parliamentary information systems and
in the follow-up of outstanding Ministerial briefs and
Parliament to be smoked under Aboriginal
correspondence. They would also be required lo provide administrative and keyboard support and courier
customary law," Mr Ede told the Assembly.
service for Ministerial and Cabinet work as required.
He said the Member for Arafura's youthContact Officer is M r David Wyatt on (06) 289 3038
Selection Documentation will be available from the
ful death reflected the "tragedy of AborigContact Officer.
inal life in the Northern Territory" that the
Applications close 30 October 1992.
average life expectancy of a male was 40
Conditions of Service
Normal Australian Public Service conditions apply.
years.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or have perHis death 'brings into sharp focus the
manent resident status pending the granting of Austra
lian citizenship.
fact that Aboriginal men have life expectanApplications addressing the selection criteria should
cies some 30 years less than non-Aborigbe forwarded to;
inal men', Mr Ede said.
The Recruitment Officer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
The N T Chief Minister Marshall Perron
Commission
said that before being elected to ParliaP O Box 17
W O D E N ACT 2606
ment, the Member for Arafura was one of
the first Aboriginal Territorians to become a
14. THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,
1992
police
officer.
with
Aboriginal
his
can
representation
equally
unique
"He
"The
work
and
passion
was
part
central
share
should
without
Affairs
a
ofand
quiet
Australia
of
the
theme
live
fuss,
conviction,"
was
Aboriginal
mdevelopment
and
athat
yet
of
n
" who
work
his
maintained
allhe
Territorians
went
position
together
said.
of
about
his
this
on
to
Administrative
Service Officer
A meeting will be held in Lismore on th
N S W North Coast this weekend to explain major changes planned for serhaven't got any money for residential facilivices to the disabled.
ties, even for a pack of demountables."
The changes will cover the approval
M s Gill said she first sought funding
funding and evaluation of services to
from ATSIC in March this year, but had
disabled people in the State.
been told repeatedly the funds had been
And they will mainly affect employment
delayed.
accommodation, respite care and dav
"As long as they don't do anything, the
care services in N S W .
old story continues, and that is Aboriginal
The meeting will be held on Saturday al
people will continue to die from alcohol
1 p m at the Lismore Workers Club
abuse," she said.
The changes follow the signing of the
C A A A P U treatment co-ordinator Lana
Commonwealth/State Disability AgreeAbbott said she w a s "very disappointed"
ment in 1991.
that her own Aboriginal people at ATSIC
It will result in the transfer of administrahad failed to meet the needs of the people.
tive responsibility of more than 300
Both M s Abbott and M s Gill praised the
service organisations, administered by
Northern Territory Government and Chief
the Federal Disability Services ProMinister Marshall Perron for the commitgram to the N S W State Department of
ment shown to allow Aboriginal people to
Community Services.
address the alcohol problem.
Under the agreement, the State will take
M s Abbott said a residential alcohol
on responsibility for all accommodatreatment program was desperately needed
tion, respite care, independent living
in central Australia.
training, recreation, information and
An ATSIC spokesman said: "All projects
print disability services and the Comto be funded from Royal Commission into
monwealth will retain responsibility for
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody money will be
all employment services.
assessed equitably and at the same time."
For details on the meeting phone Vicki
Woolhouse
(066) can
22 2977
or (008)
The health of Aboriginal people will not these
goals, noon
change
be expected."
0340. said that too much emphasis
improve until they are ready to do someDr80Saddler
thing about it themselves, claims a doctor
had been placed on using drugs to beat
working with remote Western Australian
disease in Aborigines, when the real issue
communities.
was their environment.
Any plans to improve Aborigines' health
Most Halls Creek Aboriginal communities
would not succeed without them being eduhad poor hygiene, with dog or child faeces
cated and aware of their problems, said Dr
lying on floors, and food remnants and
Howard Saddler, a W A Health Department
waste spread everywhere, leading to infesofficer at Halls Creek in the east Kimberley
tations of cockroaches and other pests.
region.
Although a project to train environmental
Until Aborigines see for themselves their
health workers in the Halls Creek area had
own plight and want to improve their own improved hygiene and lowered disease
health, until they are prepared to allot prior- rates, only two of several communities had
ities and alter their own lifestyle to achieve
agreed to participate, he said.
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The incidence of diseases like hepatitis A and salmonella is more than 10
times higher in the Northern Territory
than the rest of Australia, and is highest
in Aboriginal communities, a report has
found.
The report is contained in the latest
edition of Communicable Diseases Intelligence, published by the Federal Health
Department.
The publication's editor, Dr Robert
Hall, said the research, carried out by
the N T health department in 1991,
showed that the incidence of enteric or
intestinal diseases w a s "enormously
higher" in the NT.
Dr Hall said salmonella highlighted the
problem.
The national average for salmonella
was 31.4 cases per 100,000 people,
while the figure for Darwin w a s more
than 10 times higher at 376 cases per
100,000.
But the figure for East Arnhem Land,
comprising almost exclusively Aboriginal
people, was a staggering 868 cases per
100,000 people, he said.
In the case of hepatitis A, the national
average w a s 12.7 cases per 100,000,
while the figure in Darwin was 61 cases
per 100,000.
In the Barkly region of the NT, in the
area south of Arnhem Land, the figure
for hepatitis A w a s 201 cases per
100,00, Dr Hall said.
Electoral
Information Officer
{Administrative Service
Officer Class 5)
P/ns CO 342 & 343
$32,800-$34,778 p.a.
The Australian Electoral Commission {AEQ is
seeking t w o people to work in N e w South
Wales with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Electoral Information Service. The
locations for the positions are Moree a n d
Wagga Wagga.
Electoral Information Officers plan and
conduct electoral information and education
activities as welf as enrolment and roll
maintenance within specified areas in N e w
South Wales. This includes training nominated
Community Electoral Assistants to carry out
continuing electoral functions within their
o w n communities and liaising with Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander organisations and
relevant agencies to determine other
appropriate means of dispersing electoral
information. The positions involve extensive
travel within the State.
Applicants
should
have
considerable
experience working with Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander people in education,
training, liaison or related fields and possess
excellent communication skills. A proven
knowledge of Aboriginal and Islander culture
and a current and continuing driver's licence is
essential.
A person w h o is, a n d is seen to be, active in
political or electoral affairs, and intends to
publicly
continue
this activity, m a y
compromise the stria political neutrality of the
A E C and cannot be considered. A n y applicant
w h o is unsure of or concerned about the
application of this policy is encouraged to
discuss this with the contact officer.
The A E C is an equal opportunity employer. To
enable an appropriately structured interview
committee,
applicants
who
are
Aboriginal/Torres Strait islanders, c o m e from a
non-English speaking background or have a
disability m a y wish to indicate this in their
application.
The positions are available on a fixed term 3
year
temporary
engagement
basis.
Departmental housing is not provided.
Selection will be o n the basis of specified
selection criteria. Copies of the selection
criteria are available by telephoning
(02) 289 0377 (24 hour answering machine).
For further information regarding the duties of
the positions contact Mrs Pat Huckel o n
(02)289 0318.
These positions are readvertised vacancies.
Previous applicants wilf be contacted and
need not reapply.
Full applications addressing the selection
criteria and quoting position nos. C O 3 4 2 &
343 together with t w o written referee reports
should be submitted to:
Australian Electoral Officer for N e w South Wales
(Attention: Recruitment OfflcerJ
P O Box K778, Haymarket, N S W 2000
by 6 November 1992.
The A E C is an Eqiwl Opportunity Employer and
provides a smoke-free working environment.
Kids sniff petrol
to 'block' hunger
Children at remote Aboriginal c o m m u "In other words, when the parents are
nities were sniffing petrol to block out
too drunk to properly supervise their chilhunger pains, the Northern Territory
dren, petrol sniffing will follow, as a means
Legislative Assembly has been told.
of blocking out the hunger pains as well as
The Assembly also heard of a report
the distress of disturbances and fights
:hat a crying baby had a petrol soaked rag
which accompany alcohol binges.
Teld to its face to stop the crying.
"The Committee w a s even told of a
M L A Eric Poole told the Assembly that
w o m a n holding a petrol soaked rag to a
at one remote community, older m e n re- baby's face to stop its crying, a report
portedly used petrol to get young girls high
which sounds melodramatic but if true
lo sexually abuse or rape them.
should be of great concern to all," Mr
Mr Poole was reporting on the findings Poole said.
of the N T Parliament's Sessional Commit"The community representatives to w h o m
tee on the use and abuse of alcohol by the w e spoke at Maningrida revealed another
community, of which he is chairman.
disturbing aspect of petrol sniffing at that
He also reported on the illicit use of the community, in that older m e n will use petmind altering drink kava, derived from a
rol to get the young girls high in order to
root, which he said was costing some comsexually abuse or rape them," he said.
munities up to $500,000 a year.
But Mr Poole said the committee could
He said kava users were apparently now report positive developments regarding alseeking n e w highs by mixing kava with
cohol abuse.
bourbon whiskey.
He said in Alice Springs, alcohol related
Mr Poole said at one Aboriginal commuoffences were down by nearly 30 per cent
nity, Maningrida, in north-east Arnhem
and in Tennant Creek, alcohol related ofLand, petrol sniffing w a s regarded as a
fences were down almost 43 per cent.
more serious problem than alcohol abuse.
Mr Poole said the "general air of hope"In most communities it seems to be an lessness" which the committee had enaddiction or occupation of youths and chil- countered two years ago had been redren, and most often found where parental
placed by s o m e cautious optimism that
control has broken down because of their things were "not as bad as they were" in
own alcohol problems.
some communities.
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander C o m m i s sion is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
are encouraged.
Selection for the positions will be on the basis of
specified criteria which includes an ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginals and Torres
Strait Islanders and a knowledge and understanding of their cultures. It is in the interest of
candidates to obtain both duty statement and
selection criteria and frame their applications
accordingly.
CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION
Senior Officer
Grade C, ($41,929 - $45,546)
(Pos. No. 1233)
The Division Head of Corporate Services requires
a competent and organised person to provide high
level Executive Support and assist in the coordination of work of Branches within the Division.
The successful person will prepare significant
briefing material, Ministerial Correspondence,
replies to Parliamentary Questions, personally
undertake projects, policy development and
research related specifically to the work of the
Division and have the ability to liaise widely with
m a n a g e m e n t on a wide range of Corporate Services activities to facilitate the work of the Division.
The ability to exercise a high degree of judgement,
tact and discretion and demonstrated conceptual,
analytical and creative skills as well as written and
oral communication and negotiation skills of a high
order would be necessary.
Contact Officer for enquiries is Mr B o b B e a d m a n
on (06) 289 3265.
Selection Documentation will be available from
Mrs Viola Kelly on (06) 289 3244.
OFFICE OF EVALUATION & AUDIT
Internal Audit Section
Administrative
Service Officers
Class 6, ($35,424 - $40,693)
(Pos. No. 418) (Expected Vacancy)
The Office of Evaluation and Audit is seeking a
person to undertake individually, or as a m e m b e r
of a team, the conduct of a range of internal audits,
and to undertake reviews and investigations of
complex matters referred to the Office. Applicants
should have a knowledge of audit methodology
and techniques, and experience and demonstrated
ability in the conduct of internal audits, as well as
demonstrated conceptual, analytical and creative
skills and an ability to write clearly and concisely.
Note: The occupant of this position will be required
to travel interstate for extended periods of up to
three or four weeks.
Class 6, ($35,424 - $40,693)
(Pos, No. 420) (Expected Vacancy)
The Office of Evaluation and Audit is seeking a
person to undertake and/or assist, as a m e m b e r
of a team, in the conduct of a range of internal
audits; to assist with reviews and investigations of
less complex matters referred to the Office and
provide general support to the Internal Audit Section. Applicants should have experience in, or
knowledge of audit methodology and techniques.
and the conduct of internal audits, as well as
demonstrated conceptual, analytical and creative
skills and an ability to write clearly and concisely.
Note: The occupant of this position will be required
to travel interstate for extended periods of up to
three or four weeks.
Contact Officer is Ian Willis on (06) 2 8 9 3108.
Selection Documentation will be available from
M s Neroli McAulay on (06) 2 8 9 3423.
Applications close on 6 November 1992.
Applications addressing the selection criteria
should be forwarded to:
The Recruitment Officer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission
P O Box 17
W O D E N A C T 2606
Australian Electoral Commission
THE KOORI MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992. 15.
Victorian teacher's union
cautious on extended
school year proposal
Victoria's largest teacher union has
The Association of Councils of Postreacted cautiously to proposals to ex- Primary Institutions has also proposed
tend the school year, saying the public students be m a d e to stay at school
will need some convincing it's a good until the official close of the school
idea.
year on December 18.
The
33,000-strong
Federated
Association spokesman Barry Rust
Teachers' Union of Victoria (FTUV) said the present system, which has
said keeping students at school longer been operating for more than a dewould need s o m e major restructuring cade, allows Year 11 and 12 students
and would affect tertiary admissions, to finish the school year in November.
curriculum structure and the rights of
S o m e Year 10 students can leave to
older students to take up part-time take up part-time jobs in early Decemwork.
ber 'and from then on everything
"I think it will take a bit of convinc- starts to fold', Mr Rust said.
ing that there's more pluses than mi"Everybody wants more of this edunuses in it," F T U V president Peter cation system but nobody's prepared
Lord said last week.
to say, 'hold on, we're not achieving
Mr Lord also said the plan would the aims w e want because w e aren't
prevent students w h o were over the keeping (students) in school for long
legal school-leaving age from getting enough'," Mr Rust said.
valuable work experience at Christmas
The association, which represents
time.
90 percent of school councils at VictoDelaying the end of the school year rian government secondary schools,
could also have a huge impact on ter- plans to meet Education Minister Don
tiary admissions, he said, since stu- Hayward to present its proposal.
dents would have to wait longer to
A spokesman for Mr Hayward said
find out whether they got a place at the minister w a s taking 'first steps
atertiary institution.
first', and his first step was to ensure
"I think w e have to look at it very that next year's curriculum w a s in
carefully," Mr Lord said.
place.
In a proposal devised by secondary
"He's working to achieve that n o w
school councils, many curriculum days so there will be certainty for students
and student free days would be abol- and teachers in 1993," the spokesman
ished in a bid to re-establish a fuller said.
school year with time for all students,
But he said the association's proparticularly those in V C E years, to pre- posal would be considered at a later
pare and complete assignments.DEPARTMENT
date in
with ministry staff.
OFconsultation
EMPLOYMENT,
Ifxgi
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
A B E A U T Y IN
T H E FAMILY
Ruth Walker with granddaughter and namesake Ruth Walker, from Bairnsdale, Victoria,
during a recent visit to their relatives in Casino. The younger youth was this year's Miss
NAIDOC for Victoria. She had previously won two regional titles.
GOING OVER THE BOOKS
Aboriginal a n d Torres Strait Islander Identified Positions
The Department of Employment, Education and Training is an equal employment opportunity employer
and encourages applications from Aboriginal m e n and w o m e n .
^
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER CLASS 4
$29,407-531,929
Staff Training Unit
Lismore Area Office (Position N o . 14730)
DUTIES: The successful applicant will be required to perform a range of duties in the staff training unit
including providing advice on training issues and answering enquiries. Assist staff trainers in the
development and evaluation of training courses and materials. Maintain training and financial records
and resources including library materials. Provide administrative assistance and operation of keyboard
equipment as required.
For m o r e information please contact S u e R y a n (066) 2 3 2 7 1 5 .
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER CLASS 4
$29,407-531,929
Casino (Position N o . 14742)
DUTIES: The successful applicant will be required to perform a range of duties in the Casino CES including
doing complex interviewing and counselling of jobseekers, assisting in the compiling and analysing of the
local labour market intelligence and developing departmental responses. Exercise formal delegations
pertaining to financial, administrative and/or program matters.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER CLASS 3
$26,384-$28,475
Ballina (Position N o . 18022)
DUTIES: The successful applicant will be required to perform a range of duties in the Ballina C E S including
doing less complex interviewing and counselling of jobseekers, assisting employers in the circulation and
filling of job vacancies, participating in the promotion of DEET services and programs and assisting in the
analysis of the local labour market ond the development of responses to identified problems.
For m o r e information o n these two positions please contact Ingrid G a y n o r (066) 2 2 0466.
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S : A n ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginals and a knowledge and
understanding of Aboriginal culture and society is essential. Current driver's licence is desirable.
Successful applicants will be appointed to the Australian Public Service as a Permanent Officer. Fares and
removal expenses to take up duty m a y be paid in certain circumstances. To be eligible for appointment
applicants must be Australian citizens, however applicants with Permanent Resident Status w h o have
applied or intend to apply for Australian Citizenship m o y be appointed pending their obtaining citizenship.
Selection for these positions will be made on the basis of specified selection criteria. It is essential for
candidates to obtain selection criteria and frame their application accordingly.
Full duty statements and selection criteria can be obtained by contacting (066) 23 2735.
Applications should be forwarded to:
The Recruitment Officer
D e p a r t m e n t of E m p l o y m e n t , Education a n d Training
Northern N S W A r e a Office
P O Box 556, Lismore N S W 2 4 8 0
s
By closing date: 6 November 1 992 1
Ttie Commonwealth Employment Service Offices are smoke-free work environments. S
COMMONWEALTH
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
16. THE KOORI MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y . O C T O B E R 21. 1992.
Buyinbin Aboriginal Co-op trainee Tim Torrens and Cameron Lawrence, w h o is on
work experience, check their bookwork. Buyinbin Co-op is at Casino, in Northern
New South Wales, and is one of the shareholders in the Koori Mail.
Seeing Sydney Harbour
through Koori eyes
Did you know that the world-famous
Bondi Beach was actually called Coolong,
the southern Sydney suburb of Sutherland w a s Gweagal and the throbbing
centre of Circular Quay was called Warrane.
They are the kind of facts that you
won't here when you go on the average
cruise of Sydney Harbour, but on the
newly established A B - O Z Dreaming
Cruises and Tours, you will get a unique
insight into h o w the world w a s before
white man.
The information brochure says you will
meet Aboriginal tour guides w h o will take
you back to the days of Ancient Dreamtime, and then journey into modern Sydney. O n the cruise I went on that is exactly what w e did.
It could not have been a more perfect
day when w e gathered at Circular Quay,
the sun w a s out and a brisk breeze aided
us on our journey out of Sydney Harbour.
Aboriginal tour guides, hosts and hostesses wander the ciuise ship assuring
our comfort and well-being.
It is interesting to note the well-dressed
staff and attendants are mostlv from a
cruise through the remainder of the harbour, listening to Aboriginal guides talk of
T A F E training initiative in the inner-Sydhow our ancestors saw Sydney Harbour.
ney suburb of Redfern. S o not only has It is interesting to hear of the Aboriginal
A B - O Z provided a much-needed tourist
history of such well-known sites as Fort
service, but has also employed Kooris
Denison.
from an area with an excessively high
It is a far cry from the history books
rate of Aboriginal employment.
and the well-known stories of the landing
Fifteen minutes into the journey w e are of Captain Cook and the convict escapes
fed traditional snacks prepared by the from stockades scattered along the Sydhospitality trainees, with traditional plum
ney Harbour shoreline.
drinks flavoured with lillipilli. There is a
Through one of the main tourist serconstant flow of nibbles in the lead-up to
vices provided by A B - O Z you could exthe serving of the main course, consisting
perience and enjoy Aboriginal hospitality
of kangaroo marinated and served with
and a demonstration of the lifestyle and
bush chillies, fresh salad and wattle-seed
culture, hear dreaming stories that belong
bread.
to Sydney and the surrounding area, you
It's a far cry from what is served on
could discover ancient harmonious uses
the average dinner table today and it is of unique flora and fauna which have
hard to think of our ancestors sitting
great spiritual significance to many moddown to such a unique meal.
ern Sydney-sitters or enjoy a bush-tucker
Dessert and bush tea soon follows as
meal as you relax and take in the sereniw e are served crunchy wattleseed bisty of harbour.
cuits topped with strawberries and cream.
It is a far cry from what's available on
It is easy to tell the tea has been served
the mainstream tourism market and it is
straight from the billy can and into our
what pleased everyone lucky enough to
cups.
enjoy the special launch of A B - O Z dreamAfter the meal it is a slow leisurely
ing cruise and tours.
A bush wallaby confused for a monkey
and ends up a pocket mouse?
This is what happened when Aborigines
and Torres Strait Islanders met with Chinese at a folk festival.
Sydney based dance company, Bangarra, has returned from the 2nd International
Folk Art Festival in Beijing where it w a s
Australia's sole representative.
But despite the cultural differences, communication problems and general confusion, it w a s a learning experience and a
cross-cultural exchange. The medium w a s
the performing arts.
"It crossed over to us that maybe it's not
uniquely Aboriginal (the bush wallaby
dance) because here is another culture
across another part of the world that has
the s a m e movements. N o w although it's
unique to us, that wallaby dance, it can be
interpreted quite easily as monkey," said
Bangarra's tour manager Debris Scott.
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia w a s
invited to perform at the 12 day festival by
the China Federation of Art and Litera-y
Circles after a delegation s a w Bangarra
performing in Sydney last year. They were
one of 15 dance companies at the festival,
which included Bolivia, Korea, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia and Japan.
The festival officially opened in Beijing
on August 14 and each company performed for 5 minutes, but because of it's size
the festival w a s divided into two groups
and half were moved to a northern province called Liaoning.
For many Chinese people, the Australian
Aboriginal experience was bewildering. Debris Scott said the Chinese had no idea of
"The biggest thing was the communication. The Chinese people, the audiences.
They were interested in what w e were doAboriginal Australia and though Australia
ing and watching, but probably did not fully
was only a little over 200 years old.
"People's perception of Australia is white understand what w e were dancing about."
(Translators explained the wallaby as a
Australia, the Opera House and Olivia
pocket mouse because there is no Chinese
Newton-John. The Bolivians kept on saying
equivalent).
Olivia Newton-John."
However, M s Tim said it w a s important
"They had no idea. I don't think any of
for Bangarra to attend the festival to eduthem had ever seen any Aborigines or Torres Strait Islander dancing before and so cate the wider community and the rest of
the world about Aboriginal and Torres
they were quite shocked. They all hung
Strait Islander culture.
around after the show and wanted to know
"To know that w e exist and that it (Aborwhat the ochre w a s on the boy's bodies
iginal culture) is for sharing. People are
and how do you get if off and they were all
welcome to join us, anyone is welcome to
lining up to take photos with our boys with
see us, to recognise our people and culthe paint on," she said.
ture. A n d also to break into the wider
For Bangarra it w a s a demanding tour
dance community too, as a contemporary
and for all the company it was the first trip
modern dance company.
to China.
M s Scott said the Chinese were generalFor dancer lllona Tim it w a s more of a
personal catharsis, "it was interesting in a ly surprised to discover h o w old Aboriginal
Australia culture was and how the culture,
w a y for m e to go, because in m y family
and the performing arts, was and is being
background there's Chinese so it's a thing
retained and performed.
about seeing a country where one of your
"Knowing that our culture, Aboriginal culancestors c o m e from," she said.
ture, is unique and something w e should
"The tour overall w a s long. It was over
really hold on to and keep retaining and
three weeks. It w a s full-on. W e were doing
passing down to our children and children's
two to three performances a day and if w e
children. Something to be really proud of,
weren't performing we'd be doing parades
and walking around and dancing at the she said.
same time".
By BRITTA LYSTER
How does a wallaby become a mouse?
WALGETT ABORIGINAL
MEDICAL SERVICE
CO-OPERATIVE LTD.
3 7 Pitl Slreel
(PO Box 396), Walgeti, N S W 2832
Phone: (068) 2 8 1611, 2 8 1798
Fax: (068) 28 1201
COMMUNITY NURSE
W A.MS is a progressive organisation, which requires the
services of a registered nurse wilh midwifery and/or early
childhood qualifications and experience.
This position entails working m a primary health care team,
with specific responsibility for assisting the Aboriginal
health workers to expand both clinical and community development skills.
Job description available on request.
Salary and conditions according to Nurses State (NSW)
Award
Applications to be addressed to:
The Board of Directors
Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service
PO Box 396, WALGETT 2832 N S W
For further information, contact:
The Administrator, Ph (068) 281798. 281059 (business)
Ph (068) 281720 (ah)
By CHARLTON BUZZACOTT
Aboriginal, Islander delegation
for Pacific art festival
The largest contingent of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander artists ever to
take part in an overseas event left on October 13 for the sixth Festival of Pacific
Arts in Raratonga in the Cook Islands.
The 83 artists will dance, tell stories,
paint, carve, m a k e pottery, perform and
weave their way through the 11-day festival, starting on Friday, to represent Australia a m o n g delegations of other South
Pacific performers.
Held every four years, the Festival of
Pacific Arts has the capacity to capture
global interest, assistant tour manager
Carroll (Carroll) Karpany said shortly before departure from Sydney Airport.
"What's really positive about this tour is
that indigenous people are modernising
— not westernising," Mr Karpany said.
Instead, they were maintaining their
cultural values, while spreading their
unique talents and traditional practices,
he said.
Gaining support for Aboriginal and Tor-
Aboriginal Medical Service
CO-OPERATIVE LTD.
The Aboriginal Medical Service Co-op Lid Redfern has
organised a fashion parade for Aboriginal Week July
1993.
Design categories will be day. spor! and evening wear
for men and w o m e n of all ages
W e wish to extend an invitation to Aboriginal fashion
designers to promote their designs at our parade.
For further information contact the Secretary. A M S
Fashion Parade Committee on (02) 6992493. (02)
6998891
Or P O B o x 1174
Strawberry Hills. N S W 2012
Central Gippsland Aboriginal
Health & Housing
Co-operative Ltd.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
The Central Gippsland Aboriginal Health and Housing Co-operative Morwell. require a medical practitioner This exciting
opportunity to combine primary health care, general practice, hospital, obstetric, and child health practice in a
community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
This position in the health service provides a unique opportunity to also learn about Aboriginal health problems, Aboriginal culture and history, while participating in the development of appropriate health care provisions tor the Aboriginal
community ol the Latrobe Valley region This position has
Ihe potential (or participation in the training of medical
students and allied health professionals.
Qualifications: Applicants must be registered with the Victorian Medical Board, as a medical practitioner
Essential: The appointed applicant must b e c o m e involved in
an after hours roster with other medical practitioners in the
area which will, in effect provide a 24 hour medical covet for
the area
Remuneration negotiable.
Applications should be addressed to: The Administrator.
P O Box 250. Morwell 3B40.
Or for lurther details phone (051) 34 4616
Closing date no later than 1st November 1992.
NORTHERN REGION YOUNG WOMEN'S
ACC0MM00AT10N PROJECT
SECRETARY
The Northern Region Young Women's Accommodation Project requires a secretary to provide an active
and administrative service with a busy office in
Casino.
This important front line position is open lo a well
groomed and well spoken person with general secrelarial skills. You will be dealing with Ihe public as
well as answering telephones, typing, faxes, photocopying, preparing wages and paying accounts.
ESSENTIAL: Aboriginality, experience in compuler/word processor operation, typing, ability lo communicale effectively.
SALARY: AWARD WAGES.
Applications in writing to:
Vicky Bardon
P 0 Box 289
CASINO, N S W 2470
CLOSING D A T E : 30th October 1992.
For further information please contact Vicky Bardon
(066) 62 3781 or the Casino C E S (066) 6 2 1288.
Practical assistance at home
and in the community
SERVICE CO-ORDINATOR
Redfern/La Perouse Branch. 28 hpw.
Pos No: 92B144. Salary Package is valued up to $23,518 p.a. includes a Salary Range $21,520-$22,324 p.a. leave
loading and employers contribution to
superannuation.
Duties: Provide consistent, high quality/cost-effective services to customers
through planning; allocation; supervision
of Home Aides, matching service delivery resources to requirements.
Essential: Aboriginality. Commitment to
quality of life for aged people/people
with disabilities. A focus on customer
service. Significant experience in a similar role in a community service setting
and/or tertiary quals in behavioural/social/health sciences. Ability to organise/supervise staff. Sound knowledge/capacity to implement EEO,
OH&S, Ethnic affairs policies/Aboriginal
issues. Administrative experience. Drivers licence/own vehicle.
Desirable: Computer literacy.
For a copy ot the Statement ot Duties
contact: Lai Blakeney on (02)
319 2247.
•
Written applications to: Home Care
Service of NSW. Redfern/La Perouse
Branch, 120 Lawson Street. Redfern
NSW.
Closing date: 30th October 1992.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYER
slow and tedious process', Mr Karpany
said, but recognition w a s on the increase
— thanks largely to a resurgance in indigenous culture by popular bands such as
Yothu Yindi.
O n e group which will perform at the
festival is the highly-acclaimed musical
cabaret act, Bran N u e Dae, which captured the attention of over 40,000 people
during its 1990/91 national tour.
Described as 'a celebration of Aboriginality', Bran Nue Dae is based on the real-life experiences of band member, Jimm y Chi, w h o wrote the story to ease the
pain of his own life.
Mr Chi has said: "Bran N u e Dae could
be taken anywhere — to Ireland, Palenstine, South Africa — anywhere there's a
minority group being persecuted."
Singer Stephen Albert, believes other
Pacific people will relate to Bran N u e
Dae's story.
"I'm sure our contribution will be a very
THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992. 17
positive one," Mr Albert said.
I
COMMUNITY AID
ABROAD TRADING
C A A Trading is a rapidly expanding alternative trading organisation which imports and sells handcralls
trom developing communities through a national
chain ol retail shops, mail order and wholesale
outlets wilh an aim to assist artisan producer
groups As a reflection of its commilment to Aboriginal Australia, C A A Trading invites applications for
the position of
TRAINEE COORDINATOR
ABORIGINAL ARTS AND CRAFTS PROGRAM
lo assist in implementing and developing C A A Trading Aboriginal Arts and Crafts program The position
requires Ihe commitment of a molivated and resourceful person w h o has a demonstrated interest
in the area of Aboriginal Arts and Crafts
The Aboriginal Arts and Crafts program will be
supported by Aboriginal Advisory Commitlee and
will operate trom the C A A Trading oftice and
warehouse complex in Athol Park, S O U T H A U S T RALIA.
The successful candidate will have —
A sound respect for Aboriginal people and their
culture, and an ability to effectively communicate
with Aboriginal people from remote, rural and urban
communities
A commitment to working with C A A Trading as an
organisation working for social and economic justice
8 e confident about developing high levels of responsibility during the course of the training.
Be prepared to undertake required training courses
at appropriate educational institutions
Be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent
Salary level 3 — $29,500 1/7/92
Please phone (08) 341 1422 for a detailed job
description
Applicalions should be addressed to:
Coordinator Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Program,
Jane Easton. C A A Trading, P O Box 184, KILKENNY
SA 5009.
Closing date: 6th N o v e m b e r 1992.
U L U R U (AYERS R O C K —
M O U N T OLGA)
NATIONAL PARK
INFORMATION
OFFICER
$23,165 - $25,687
(Administrative Service Officer
Class 2)
Directorate of Protected Areas —
North and West
(PIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR 12
MONTHS)
This position is located at the Ranger Station
within the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park and
offers the successful applicant a rewarding and
enjoyable experience providing International
and Australian visitors with information about
the cultural and natural values of a unique
World Heritage National Park.
Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park is jointly
managed by the Australian National Parks and
Wildlife Service and the Aboriginal traditional
owners of the Park. Through the general
direction of a Senior Ranger, the occupant of
this position will be expected to undertake the
following duties:
• provide information and advice to visitors
• assist with the Ranger training programme
• contribute to the interpretive duties
• assist with receptionist duties
• contribute to cross cultural training
programme
The person w e are seeking will need to have
highly developed communication skills including the ability to communicate sensitively and
effectively with Aboriginal people.
Selection to the above vacancies will be based
on assessment against a specified selection
criteria. Applicants should therefore ensure
that in their applications they address their
claims in terms of the selection criteria.
The Position Profiles m a y be obtained by
telephoning (06) 250 0265.
Further information regarding the position
may be obtained by contacting Bob Seaborne
(Park Manager) between 4 and Spm, Monday
to Friday on (089) 56 2299.
Conditions: Normal Australian Public Service
conditions apply. To be eligible for appointment the applicant must be an Australian
Citizen. Permanent residents willing to take
out citizenship may be appointed however will
not be confirmed in the position until citizenship has been obtained.
Applications for the above vacancies should be
forwarded to:
The Director Human Resources
Australian National Parks and Wildlife
Service
C P O Box 6 3 6
C A N B E R R A A C T 2601
by 23 October 1992.
The Australian National Parks and Wildlife
Leaders learn about
dealing with t h e law
Aboriginal leaders attending a seminar in
Casino (Northern N e w South Wales) were
given expert advice on how to deal with
police.
About 40 Aboriginal leaders from Casino
and district attended the seminar, 'Kooris
and the Law', with speakers from Community Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Police
and Legal Services w h o explained legal
processes.
The seminar included sessions on how
to avoid going to jail for unpaid fines,
knowing your rights and the law, family violence issues, what happens when you are
arrested and getting bail.
The co-ordinators, Community Corrections officer Eddie Ozols and Juvenile Justice officer Marcia Duncan, invited speakers
from Community Corrections, Juvenile Justice, police and legal services to explain
and discuss the legal processes with Aboriginal leaders from Casino and surrounding
communities.
Mr Ozols said statistics showed Aborigines were still being locked up in disproportionate numbers since the Royal Commission's recommendations.
"Many people are still going to jail for
unpaid fines," he said.
He said this often happened because
Aborigines didn't understand the system
and were afraid of police, courts and governments.
He said he believed that if Aboriginal
leaders were informed how the system
worked they would be able to advise
others in the communities on how to
change a fine into a community service order rather than a cell in prison.
Clerk of the court in Casino, Mr Peter
Muldoon, said people who were issued
with warrants for not paying fines should
seek advise from the local court or police
station straight away to avoid being arrested.
He said the first warrant gave a period
of seven days when arrangements could
be made if the person couldn't pay the
fine.
"Don't just forget about it," he said, "it
won't go away so try to pay a small
amount each week or change the fine into
a community service order if possible."
Senior Sgt John Barnes from Casino
said problems often arose because people
were in a hurry to get away from the police
An average of three Australians were
reported to have contracted HIV each day
during August, according to the latest
official figures.
The Australian HIV Surveillance Report
shows another 20 Australian m e n died
from AIDS in August, bringing the national
toll from the epidemic to 2292.
Another 92 people, including eight
women, were reported to have HIV during
August, bringing the number of Australians
reported with HIV to 16,441.
The report shows the epidemic continues
to be centred among N e w South Wales
men, who account for 1985 of the 3484
reported AIDS cases.
In the ACT, 131 men and seven women
have been reported with HIV, as have 62
men and six w o m e n in the Northern
Territory.
In Queensland, 1088 men, 58 w o m e n
and two people of unreported sex have
been reported infected, as have 468 men
and 33 women in South Australia.
In Tasmania, 62 men and three women
have been reported with HIV, and in
Victoria 2675 men, 110 w o m e n and 65
people of unknown sex also have the virus.
In Western Australia, 573 men and 33
women have been reported with HIV, while
in N e w South Wales 8566 men, 441
women and 2042 people of unknown sex
have been reported with it.
Three n e w Australian cases
of HIV reported daily
CROCODILE BITES
THROUGH BOAT
A huge crocodile in Kakadu National
Park bit a hole in a small fishing dinghy
then shoved its head into the boat and
snapped at the occupants, a crocodile
tour guide said last week.
The guide's tale prompted renewed
warnings from the acting park manager
at Kakadu, Fred Haala, who said the
public must realise that 'crocodiles are
wild animals in a wild environment'.
Ian Brown, 59, said he was fishing
with his wife in a small aluminium dinghy at Home Billabong near Cooinda resort about 200km south-east of Darwin
when the 3.5 metre salt-water crocodile
attacked.
The beast bit a hole in the boat which
began to fill with water.
After biting the vessel the the crocoService is an equal employment opportunity
dile reared out of the water, and put its
employer and provides a smokefree working
head in the boat, he said.
environment in offices and associaled
workplaces
"He came over the side and had a bit
of a snap at me — he had his head and
neck
18. THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21.
1992in the boat alongside my leg," he
so they didn't always listen closely to what
they were told.
He said the police in Casino would issue
bright coloured instruction cards with warrants from November 1 so community
groups would recognise them and advise
the person what to do.
"When the police arrest someone, they
don't decide whether someone's guilty or
not, that's the court's job," he said. He said
new policies were being introduced which
would ensure the police were sensitised to
Aboriginal issues.
Casino solicitor Peter Walsh explained
there was always a duty solicitor who could
be contacted at any time for anyone arrested, and legal aid was available if
needed.
He said 95 percent of people could qet
bail.
Co-ordinator of the Lismore Independently-Living Youth Service, Aaron Wade, said
bail was difficult to get if you didn't have a
local address so they would provide one if
necessary.
The day ended with discussions on domestic violence.
Casino community worker Vicky Bardon
said violence was never a part of the Aboriginal culture before 1788.
She said because it was a problem
which affected the whole family it was not
a women's or a men's problem but one
that belonged to the community.'
"There needs to be priority housing for
domestic violence victims such as women's
shelters and support groups," she said.
— By PATRICIA NOLAN Irom Charles Sturt
versity, Bathurst, a work experience s
with the Koori Mail.
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A n Aboriginal final t o
rival t h e Winfield C u p
A week before, thousands of rugby
league fans dressed in maroon and yellow,
red and white, had converged on the Sydney Football Stadium for the 1992 Winfield
Cup Grand Final. A week after the Brisbane Broncos' momentous victory, at a
lesser venue, thousands of fans from
throughout N e w South Wales attended the
annual Aboriginal Football Knockout competition.
Stickers on mud-strewn cars indicated
hundreds of families from thousands of
kilometres away had travelled from far and
wide to watch and support their community
football teams. About 10,000 converged on
Henson Park in the inner-western Sydney
suburb of Marrickville where souvenir
stands, port-a-loos and food stalls had
been set up to keep the thousands of fans
happy.
Competition got under way on Saturday
By BRITTA LYSTER
morning to mark three days of actionpacked rugby league. About 50 teams
were to battle it out for the next three days
to see who would take away the coveted
cup and more than $20,000 in prizemoney.
From the start competition and rivalry
was fierce, an indication it was going to be
a long three days. O n Saturday several
teams packed up and decided to call it a
day as they were unceremoniously knocked out of the competition.
The competition continued into Sunday
as hundreds of fans turned up bearing
headaches after a night of heavy partying.
For hundreds of people Sydney was not
only the big smoke but also a wealth of
party venues, where people could party
hard without giving a hoot in the world.
O n Monday Sydneysiders woke to blaring headlines in the newspapers, and talk
shows could not get enough of the so
called riot at the Petersham Inn on the
Sunday night. Many media organisations
were quick to point the finger at hundreds
of blacks attending the football knockout.
However, organisers were quick to distance
themselves from the events of the night
before. A n d it wasn't long before angry
spectators c a m e out and publicly played
down the Aboriginal-police confrontation.
It was alleged 500 Kooris had been involved in an all-out brawl where four
people were arrested and a policeman injured. However, spectators were quick to
extinguish the controversy saying it w a s
only the actions of a few that happened to
catch the attention of the wrong people.
Meanwhile many knockout players and
Nambucca Valley Rams look ahead
The Nambucca Valley R a m s are determined to take out the prestigious N S W
Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout title
next year after their narrow defeat in this
year's grand final on October 5.
The R a m s lost to the Redfern All
Blacks 30-26, despite an 18-4 lead at
half-time.
"It's the furthest we've ever got in the
competition so everyone's proud with
what w e have achieved," said R a m s player and spokesman Mark Edwards.
"It's just made us more determined."
Mark attributed the R a m s ' fine performance to 'a professional approach, good
outlook and the services of four Winfild
Cup players'.
Although they only c a m fourth in last
year's knockout, the R a m s were tipped as
the country favourites this year and were
determined to meet the challenge.
However, because the R a m s are scattered — with s o m e living in Rockhampton, Tweed, Ballina, and Sydney, they
had been unable to train as a whole team
before the Knockout.
"That went against us — w e didn't
know each other's play, whereas the All
Blacks played throughout the whole season. W e only get together once a year for
the Knockout," said Mark.
The grand final loss was due to a combination of silly errors and some controversy over two disallowed tries — one a
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move by Balmain's Wilf Robinson.
Mark said the backline was the strongest, with the forwards giving it yardage
to work with.
The R a m s began the match strongly,
securing an early lead, with tries from
Paul Davis and Dennis Carriage.
Hamstring injuries left Brett Davis and
Matt Donovan out of the g a m e withing
the first 20 minutes, to be replaced by
Gary Edwards and Dennis Kelly.
The All Blacks scored an unconverted
try from a dropped ball, with just 10 minutes to go in the first half.
"It was from our mistakes really," Mark
said.
Coach Reg Donovan Snr, of Macksville, told the team to 'keep to the fundamentals' during the half-time break.
He also urged them to control the ball
and not neglect their defence.
In the second half mistakes continued
to take a toll, with s o m e poor passing
and lack of ball control.
Scoring opportunities for Redfern
brought its score higher and Nambucca
was unable to out more than 26 points on
the board by the final bell.
The R a m s and the All Blacks had not
met in the lead up regional knockouts because the All Blacks chose to compete in
the controversial Kempsey knockout —
which was held on the same day as the
northern regional knockout at Nambucca
Heads.
Needless to say the R a m s and the All
Blacks won the respective knockouts, and
both were favourites at the State knockout.
More than 100 R a m s supporters from
World Youth
Soccer
Championships
for Australia
The State Government has pledged
$100,000 toward the staging of the
World Youth Soccer Championships in
Australia next year.
Brisbane will host four games, three
double-header matches and a quarter
final at Lang Park.
Tourism, Sport and Racing Minister
Bob Gibbs said 166 countries would
be represented at the championships.
the Nabucca Valley travelled the 500 kilometres south to Sydney to cheer on the
side.
"In the final all the country sides and
supporters were going for us," Mark said.
"The North Coast has only w o n the
knockout once — and that was the win
by Kempsey in the 70s."
The current R a m s lineup has played
for three years, but Mark said there would
be s o m e 'young blood' coming through
next year.
"There's a lot of good young players
who are putting the pressure on everyone
else," he said.
"The future looks bright."
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OF MELBOURNE
fans had retired to their respective houses
and hotels to prepare for the next day's
grand finals. It was not known until the last
minute w h o would contest the cup but
many people had a fair idea the notorious
Redfern All Blacks would s o m e h o w be a
part of action.
After a day of competition and sorting
the m e n from the boys, the North Coast
Nambucca R a m s were to clash with the
Redfern All Blacks in what was to be one
hell of a match. Hundreds of fans grabbed
their last bite to eat before rugging up for
the final.
Black clouds rolled in, and the overcast
day turned a shade darker as both teams
began preparations on the sidelines. After
an under-19 exhibition match the stage
was set for the 1992 Aboriginal Football
Knockout Grand Final.
By this stage most of the remaining fans
had decided which team they were going
to support and the field was split down the
middle as the teams ran on to the oval.
Rain began to drizzle, indicating the match
was going to be a lot longer and a lot
harder than many had anticipated.
Thousands roared as the hooter sounded marking the kick-off for the cup. A s anticipated the g a m e w a s long, hard and
fiercely fought but favourites Redfern All
Blacks came away with the cup at an excruciatingly close 30-26.
However, by the full-time hooter, I don't
think many people would have cared w h o
won as the rain began to pour and people
began to track back to their cars in preparation for the long journey home. Despite
the unnecessary media attention, long
games, on-field injuries and overcast
weather, it was one hell of a long weekend, enjoyed by all who had come from far
and wide.
GUNGIL JINDIBAH CENTRE
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Education Centre)
Koorie Student and Liaison Unit
Director
(Three Year Appointment)
The University of Melbourne is seeking a highly
motivated person with appropriate experience and
qualifications to be appointed as Director of the
newly created Koorie Student and Liaison Unit
The Direclor. as head of Ihe Unit within the Registrar : Division, will be responsible for the recruitment of Koorie and Torres Strait Islander students.
provision of support services to these students and
liaison with Koorie communities and organisations.
The Director will participate in the development
and implementation of the University's Aboriginal
Education Strategy and other University policies
relating lo education and employment of Koorie
people. Applicants should have extensive experience in and a strong commitment to Koorie education and the Koorie community, excellent c o m m a
nication skills and preferably a tertiary qualitication.
You must be able to demonstrate the ability to
supervise staff, to manage budgets and to work
cooperatively in a team Koorie people are strongly
advised to apply tor this position rhe i
lull time and initially for a three year term
Salary $40.753-$44.041 p.a. (Administrative Officer Gr 4).
Further information and a position description
Eva-Jo Edwards (03) 3 4 4 8223
Applications close: 23 October 1992.
Reference number: Y/043/165.
Applications should be sent, in duplicate, quoting
two referees (including facsimile numbers) to the
Director. Personnel Services, T h e University of
Melbourne, Parkville. Victoria. 3052
The University of Melbourne is an equal opportunity employer and has a s m o k e free workplace
policy
The University offers a range of accredited courses specifically lor
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people including the:
Tertiary Bridging Certificate ( T B C ) 1 year full-time
Associate Diploma of Health Science (Aboriginal
Health and C o m m u n i t y Development) 2 years
full-time, 4 years part-time
Associate Diploma of Business (Aboriginal Business
Development) 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time
Associate Diploma in L a w (Aboriginal Legal
Studies) 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time
These courses ate co-ordinated jointly hy the Centre and relevant
faculties. Preference in admission is given to Aboriginal and Torres
Strail Islanders. Successful completion of the TBC enables entry to
most accredited programmes at the University, The Health course
gualifies people for employment as health workers and the
Business course foi work in the private or public sector. The
University also offers a wide range of mainstream programmes in
the areas ot education, health, business, tourism, sport,
environmental science, art, music and media.
For information on application procedure please ring (066) 20 3955
or write to the Centre.
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THE KOORI MAIL. W E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 21, 1992. 19.
Kaurna dominates S A
Nunga netball carnival
Kaurna (Adelaide) continued its domination of the State Nunga Netball Carnival
with a stunning 34-19 victory over the east coast's Weena Blue in Adelaide over the
October Labour Day weekend.
While the B-Grade final was a battle of the south-east which saw Meningie
escape with a one goal victory over traditional rival, Raukkan (Point McLeay).
More than 28 Nunga teams from across the State took part in the carnival, hailed
by the SA Aboriginal Sports and Recreation (SAASRA) as one of the most
successful carnivals in its 10-year history.
Netball co-ordinator and member of Kaurna's A-Grade winning team, Ms Beryl
Wison, said even the umpires (brought in from the SA Netball League) were
astounded by the smorgasbord of talent on display.
"It's the only time our mob get together (other than at funerals) and as usual the
competition and rivalry between the various communities was fierce," Ms Wilson
said.
"A lot of these kids could be playing in the State League and we need to start
developing our kids early," she said.
"The time has come for a junior carnival where we could invite League coaches
along as a recruiting opportunity, rather than expect our kids to go out there as a
lone lack face."
Ms Wilson added that the fact that the netball (played at the Wwst Parklands)
was declared a 'dry zone' while the football carnival (at Thebarton Oval) wasn't,
also contributed to netball's success.
"Lots of people said how great the atmosphere at the netball was and how that
feeling changed once they went to the football where alcohol was allowed," she
said.
"We need to get our priorities straight and exclude alcohol from all our sports.
camaraderie as three Nunga netball
"Sport and alcohol don't mix."
including
and
Under
19 teamand
SAASRA executive officer, Mr Michael teams,
O'Loughlin
said the
issue
of alcohol
picked would
from the
carnival
battled
using carnivals as a chance to 'spot talent'
besenior
discusses
at the
next
against
SAASRA delegated meeting in Adelaide next
month. Victoria's 'Koories' at
Shepparton
next
weekend.
(Details
Meanwhile, local rivalry gave waynext
to
edition)
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If y o u think health is a n important issue for Aboriginal people
then w h y not consider Medicine.
The Aboriginal Liaison Office is the support unit for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Medical Students at the Faculty of Medicine. University of
Newcastle. The unit has a staff of 3 people. This year w e have 16 students
enrolled in 4 of 5 years of the degree. These Aboriginal m e n and w o m e n
come from communities around Australia and come from a variety of
educational backgrounds. All are committed to the need for many Aboriginal
doctors.
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• Previous study experience
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20. THE KOORI MAIL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1992.
Amateur boxer John Binge, of Wollongbar near Lismore, N S W , is hoping to bring
h o m e another trophy w h e n he competes in the national amateur boxing
championships in Darwin next week.
John hopes for another trophy
Binge, a trainee clerical assistant,
By Patricia Nolan, who is on work
said that he hoped to make a career
experience with the Koori Mail. She
out of professional boxing, so he
is a third-year student from Charles
trained two hours every day with
Sturt University, Bathurst, New South
coach Arthur Maloney.
Wales.
"I'd like to be as good as Joey DonBudding Far North Coast N e w
South Wales boxer John Binge will fly ovan because he's Aboriginal and the
same weight as me," he said.
to Darwin next week to compete in
Binge's father Gary, w h o was a prothe national amateur boxing chamfessional boxer, has encouraged and
pionships.
Binge, 20, of Wollongbar near Lis- coached him since he w a s 10 years
more, has w o n more than 60 trophies old.
"I'm very proud of John," said
over the past 10 years.
Last year he w o n the North Coast Binge's father. "And he's a great intitle and earlier this year scooped the spiration to the kids at Moree."
W h e n Binge isn't training for boxing
N S W title.
Binge is hopeful of adding another contests, he spends his time painting
trophy to his collection after the Dar- like his father.
He is self-taught and although has
win competition.
"If I win the Darwin contest, I will been painting for only five years, sells
be going to Finland for the world his work in Lismore and Brisbane
championships in M a y 1993," he said. 'without any problems'.
Maoris defeat Aboriginal
rugby league team
AUCKLAND,
New Zealand (AFP). — The New Zealand Maori rugby league
side beat the Australian Aboriginal team 36-24 in the opening match of the
South Pacific Cup tournament in Auckland on Saturday (October 17).
The Maori team scored six tries to four and led 18-6 at half-time.
In a second tournament match, American Samoa beat Tokelau Islands
26-18.