Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • The Hawthorn Football Club says it will cooperate with an AFL independent panel to address the club’s alleged treatment of indigenous players and their families. • Traditional owners have won a federal court challenge against gas company Santos, over a multibillion-dollar Barossa gas project in waters north of Darwin. • The sergeant in charge of the Yuendemu police station on the night Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe has apologised to the man’s family for not informing them of his death.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • After seeing growing criticism over conditions at the Don Dale youth detention centre in Darwin over the past few weeks, the Northern Territory Government has unveiled a half-finished new youth detention facility, which it initially promised five years ago. • Aboriginal communities against fracking are still concerned that significant resource activity will still occur despite one of the largest companies pulling out fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. • The mayor of the Barkly Regional council says he will step down and take personal leave from his position while he faces drug charges laid by Territory police this week.
Territory-based research institute, Menzies School of Health Research is seeking volunteers to be ‘Citizen Climate Scientists’ as part of its ‘Air in Alice’ project, where it plans to collect data on the air quality and heat in Alice Springs by crowd sourcing the data from the residence of Mparntwe Alice Springs.
Senior Research Officer on the Air in Alice project, Dr Lisa Stefanoff, spoke at CAAMA Radio, saying that, “There have been playgrounds in Sydney measured with temperatures that gives kids third degree burns, schools too hot for kids brains to function.”
Dr. Stefanoff says that as part of the project, they’re looking for people to volunteer to use a number of gadgets to collect data around the town, from an air quality detector, a temperature monitor that clips onto your bag, a thermal camera that attaches to your smart phone to an ingestible device that monitors internal temperature.
Dr. Stefanoff says that the best way to protect people from the negative impacts of a heating climate in the future is to collect data to shape policy in the future.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • Six Wurramungu artefacts will be returned to Tennant Creek by the Tahura Otago Museum, which is located in New Zealand. • New gaming machine licenses at venues in Mbantwe Alice Springs have been suspended for nine months as the Territory Fyles Labor Government moves to strengthen the application process. • Energy Company Origin has abandoned plans to frack for gas in the Northern Territories Beetaloo Basin.
Rugby League great, Gunggari and Gubbi Gubbi man Steve Renouf holds the record for most tries for the Brisbane Broncos and was named in the Broncos 10 and 20 year teams, the 25 year grand final team, and the Indigenous Team of the Century.
Steve played 212 Broncos Games, 11 Queensland State of Origin games, 9 International Australian Rugby League Tests, and was part of 4 premiership winning teams for the Broncos.
He has lived with Type 1 diabetes for nearly three decades !
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system is activated to destroy the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. The reasons for the autoimmune reaction are unknown. Type 1 diabetes is not linked to modifiable lifestyle factors. There is no cure and it cannot be prevented.
For those who have asthma, the simple act of breathing in and breathing out can be very challenging indeed.
According to Asthma Australia, up to 11% of the population have asthma to some degree which means that there are 2.7 million Australians suffering from asthma.
The rate is almost double in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Each episode of asthma is different. The duration of an attack can vary, depending on the trigger and how long the airways have been inflamed. Mild attacks can be over in minutes but severe attacks can range from hours to many days in duration and can result in death.
CAAMA broadcaster Jenni Hubert chats with Steve Renouf about diabetes and asthma management.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • Police say they’ll review an incident that’s left a 14-year-old indigenous boy bloodied and needing hospital treatment at Korakai in the NSW Northern Rivers region. • The family of Kumajayi Walker has condemned racist text messages sent by Constable Zachary Rolfe to other officers. • The 2022 Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner Worker Awards were held over the weekend.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • Northern Territory CLP senator Jacinta Nampajinpa Price has announced she’s drafting a private bill to reinstate long-term alcohol bans in remote indigenous communities. • The family of Kumajayi Walker has condemned racist text messages sent by Constable Zachary Rolfe to other officers. • Police have charged a teenager over the death of a man shot by an arrow at a top-end community.
Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta man, Jack Charles who died earlier this week in Naarm Melbourne will be remembered as a man who fought for the rights and progress of Aboriginal people throughout his life.
Despite amazing successes on both stage and screen… the 79 year old was for most of his adult life a petty thief and drug addict who was sentenced to imprisonment 22 times and convicted many times, for break in and drug offences.
Born to a Bunurong mother and Wiradjuri father at Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River, Uncle Jack was removed as an infant as part of the Australian Government’s forced assimilation programme .
His early years in state care, saw him physically and sexually abused and he later spoke of how the trauma of his childhood saw him spend the next five decades in and out of prison.
The federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney described Mr Charles as a ground-breaking storyteller and activist who brought people in with his warmth and grace, never shying away from his past and who he was.
She said Uncle Jack offered a window for many Australians to see the enduring pain of survivors of the Stolen Generations and inspired people with his strength of character and resilience
A fierce critic of colonialism Mr Charles often shared his thoughts on the future of the crown in Australia.
Uncle Jack was awarded 2022 NAIDOC Male Elder of the Year in recognition of his many and various achievements
Jack Charles photo Bindi Colesimages supplied.
A statement from Uncle Jack’s team: Like the rest of the nation, we are absolutely devastated by the passing of Uncle Jack Charles. He was someone we loved and respected, who made time for anyone who crossed paths with him. Uncle Jack loved extending a friendly wave, smile and having a yarn! Always more than happy to pose for a selfie. We take comfort in the thought of Uncle Jack hooning around on his scooter up in the sky and reconnecting with his long time friend, Uncle Archie Roach. The two were inseparable and shared an incredibly strong friendship, brotherhood and Eldership that was evident to all who witnessed them together. They shared so much but their limit was sharing their beloved Monte Carlo biscuits… It created much laughter to realise that was where they drew the line! Since the news of Uncle Jack, it’s been comforting to see this video doing the rounds again. The Uncles – being two Elder statesmen – are sharing their powerful and wise words on a difficult but necessary national conversation about Invasion Day. In this video, they launch into a moving and joyous version of “We Won’t Cry”, which became their signature song together at many public events. Each time the Uncles performed it, they ad libbed to reflect the moment they were in. This version is delightful. The song is, “We Won’t Cry” but it’s definitely okay to cry today.
Uncle Jack and Uncle Archie’s families have given permission for their names and images to be used.
The NT Intervention was a $587 million package of legislation that made a number of changes affecting specified Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. It included restrictions on alcohol, changes to welfare payments, acquisition of parcels of land, education, employment and health initiatives, restrictions on pornography and other measures.The package of legislation introduced included:
NorthernTerritory National Emergency Response Act 2007.
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007.
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment. (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007.
Appropriation (NorthernTerritory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008.
Appropriation (NorthernTerritory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008.
In order to enact this package of legislation, several existing laws were affected or partially suspended, including the :
Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).
Northern Territory Self-Government Act and related legislation.
Social Security Act 1991.
Income Tax Assessment Act 1993.
Text courtesy Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
In May 2012 the United Nations heard significant criticisms from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegations over race-based laws currently being considered by the Australian Government.
The delegations are rejecting the argument of the Australian Government that the race laws are ‘special measures’ and are therefore not racially discriminatory.
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which is currently in session at the UN Headquarters in New York, has been told that Australia is introducing new laws which treat Aboriginal people differently from all other Australians.
The Northern Territory ‘Stronger Futures’ Bills will extend the 5 year ‘intervention’ laws, which were first enacted in 2007, for another 10 years.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday and our full bulletin can be heard online.
In today’s bulletin: • Northern Territory Police are investigating the death of a man in the Pepperminanti remote community in the West Daly region following an outbreak of violence and unrest. • The Northern Territory police officer currently stationed at Yuendemu has told the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker that the officer in charge of a local station retains overall control of an operation, even if a response team is brought in to assist. • A Ngangiwumirr artist and educator from the Daly region have been selected as one of 10 everyday Australians to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.
