Back for another week Joe Clarke and Fry Tuck tackle all of the footy action.
CAAMA Radio News 11-4-2021
In today’s bulletin:
- A federal election has been called for May 21 with the government and opposition, beginning to make their pitches to the community
- Gomeroi traditional owners have protested against plans by Santos to build oil wells in northwest NSW.
- There are more plans to get Aboriginal teachers in remote community classrooms with a graduate class recently graduating as assistant teachers.
Plus more.
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday.
CAAMA Radio News, 7-4-2022
In today’s bulletin:
- The remains of over 108 Aboriginal ancestors, including Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, will be returned and re-buried on country.
- Northern Territory Police are calling for public assistance to locate an Aboriginal woman, Beryl Collins, who has been missing since mid-March.
- Mutti Mutti and Womba Womba woman Janice Stewart has been confirmed as the new Federal Labor Senator for Victoria yesterday.
Plus more.
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday.
CAAMA Radio News 6-4-2021
In today’s bulletin:
- Anti-fracking protestors disrupted the NT Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar during a presentation by Empire Energy on Monday.
- Documents show that the Northern Territory Gunner Government predicted it would miss its target to build 650 homes in five years but are now on track to complete them.
- Traditional Owners in Western Australia say they are concerned about the leadership over the state’s first uranium mine.
Plus more.
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday.
CAAMA Radio News 5-4-2022
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In today’s bulletin:
- The Northern Territory has appointed Kate Worden as its first minister dedicated to the prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence.
- Three Indigenous spears taken by James Cook will be returned to Sydney for the first time in 250 years.
- Traditional owners and archaeologists have uncovered industrial-sized sandstone quarry sites which are thought to be “Australia’s own silk road”
Plus more
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday.
Afghan veteran shares his personal journey back from PTSD and finding his place after military service.
In 2001 Andy Fermo enlisted in the regular Army as an Electronic Warfare (EW) operator in Royal Australian Signals Corps.
He later applied and completed the arduous selection process for the Army’s elite Special Forces becoming commando qualified and realising a career goal.
Andy completed two deployments to Afghanistan and was awarded a Special Forces commendation. He was at the pinnacle of his trade and passionate about his future but a series of traumatic events on his second tour including; witnessing the death of a colleague, surviving the impact of a roadside bomb and the major injuries of his colleagues prematurely ended his career and led to his medical discharged in 2010.
He struggled daily to find a passion for a life and career outside the Army and was later diagnosed with PTSD.
This is his story….
Andy Fermo is talking with Jenny Hubert…
CAAMA NEWS 4-04-2022
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 6pm every weekday.
In today’s bulletin:
- Research shows that almost half of all young people in detention in Australia are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
- There are fears that a major road upgrade could damage important Aboriginal sacred sites through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
- The Bundjalung community have begun a second cleanup from floods on the North Coast of New South Wales in a month.
and more.
Why caring for country will benefit all Australians…..
The Morrison Government says it will more than double the highly successful Indigenous Ranger Program and bring on 2,000 additional ranger jobs in regional and remote Australia as part of a targeted program to empower Aboriginal people, create jobs, build skills, and unlock the economic potential of Aboriginal land.
As part of the federal budget… Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt says the $636.4 million funding towards the program will encourage more Aboriginal women to begin working as rangers on land and sea country as well as fund long-term economic opportunities and environmental outcomes.
Patrick O’Leary from The Country Needs People campaign which has been calling on the government to significantly invest in the Indigenous ranger workforce says the announcement recognises the long term commitment of elders to protect their country
CAAMA Footy Show 1st April
The Footy Show is back for another Friday. Joe Clarke and Fry Tuck take a look at all the footy action and catch up with Nigel Lockyer Junior.
CAAMA NEWS 1-04-2022
.Both Labor and CLP will be responsible for reducing the number of Aboriginal people in territory jails over the next seven years, regardless of who is in government . Seven months after the initial launch of the Aboriginal Justice agreement by the Gunner Labor government Attorney-General Selena Uibo and CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro have agreed to uphold and fund the 48 actions to reduce incarceration.
Covid 19 case numbers in the Northern territory have increased slightly on previous weeks as the new and more infectious subvariant of Omicron gathers pace across the nation .
The Territory recorded 458 new cases …370 cases were recorded in the Top End region, 24 in Central Australia, nine in East Arnhem, 14 in the Big Rivers region, two in the Barkly and 39 are under investigation.