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The Media and Indigenous Policy Project
Index of
Indigenous Health Articles
in The Australian, Courier-Mail &
Sydney Morning Herald
1988
Compiled by
Monica Andrew
University of Canberra
The articles in this index from The Australian and the Courier-Mail were collected from
newspaper clipping files held at the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Study (AIATSIS) library. The researchers are grateful to AIATSIS for allowing access
to their facilities. Articles from the Sydney Morning Herald were collected from the Factiva
database.
Further information on the methodology for collecting newspaper articles for this project is
available at http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-
centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy/the-
media-and-indigenous-policy-database
© Monica Andrew, 2013
Andrew, Monica (2013), Index of Indigenous Health Articles in The Australian, Courier-Mail and
Sydney Morning Herald, 1988, Media and Indigenous Policy Project, University of Canberra.
http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-
research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy/the-media-and-indigenous-policy-
database
Further information about the Media and Indigenous Policy project is available at
http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-
research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy
The Media and Indigenous Policy project was supported under the Australian Research Council’s
Discovery Projects funding scheme (DP0987457), with additional funding supplied by the Faculty of
Arts and Design, University of Canberra.
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January 1988
Title: The year of black protest
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 4 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 8
Word length: 554
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson: Unknown
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discussion of Aboriginal protests during the Bicentenary year.
Keywords: Bicentennial, Land rights, Living conditions
Title: Legionella found in Aborigines' water
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Wednesday, 6 January 1988
Writer(s): Ragg, Mark
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Academic, Publication
First spokesperson: Ian Simpson, senior microbiological technologist, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study conducted by the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre of Perth claims that up to one-third of Aborigines in outback Western Australia have been exposed to the bacterium that causes the potentially fatal Legionnaires' Disease.
Keywords: Disease, Living conditions
Title: What the reporters will see
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 9 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 42
Word length: 206
News Source: Unknown
First spokesperson: unnamed
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discussion of what foreign journalist who visit Australia in 1988 will see and hear when they visit Aboriginal communities.
Keywords: Aboriginal deaths in custody, Bicentennial, Child health, Disease, International, Living conditions
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Title: Expo violence fear as blacks plan protests
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 13 January 1988
Writer(s): Kent, John
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length:
News Source: Academic, Medical, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Les Collins, coordinator, Aboriginal Health Service, Cairns
Second spokesperson: Mr Gunn, Qld Police Minister
Synopsis: Aborigines were expected to converge on Brisbane in April to protest against the Bicentenary at World Expo 88.
Keywords: Living conditions, Violence
Title: Aboriginal life grim and ghastly, says Greer
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 14 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 317
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Dr Germaine Greer
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discussion of the living conditions of Aboriginals, witnessed by Germaine Greer during an 8-day stay in communities around Alice Springs.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Black diet blamed for child sickness
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 18 January 1988
Writer(s): Margo, Jill
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 456
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Professor Michael Gacey, Co-author of a study in Aboriginal children's nutrition
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study claims that incidence of low birth weight in Aboriginal children is double that of 'white' children.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Indigenous health standards, Women's health
1988
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Title: Blacks' rights abused, UN told
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 18 January 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony & Langsam, David
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 596
News Source: Film/TV/Other media report, Other, Politician, Publication
First spokesperson: John Gayler, Chairman of the ALP's Federal Caucus committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson: Professor Erica Daes, Senior UN Official
Synopsis: Response to a UN report on Aboriginal conditions.
Keywords: Disease, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, International, Land rights, Living conditions
Title: Eye disease rife: Doctor
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 18 January 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 2
Word length:
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study found that eye diseases, malnutrition and infections were widespread in Aboriginal children in a remote community in north-west Australia.
Keywords: Disease, Living conditions
Title: World focus on Aborigines
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 19 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 10
Word length: 505
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson: Justice Marcus Einfeld
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Criticises a UN report alleging that Australia's treatment of Aborigines contravened the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Keywords: International, Living conditions
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Title: Unions to fight for blacks
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 20 January 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 4
Word length:
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Mr Ernie Boatswain, assistant national secretary, BWIU
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A meeting of 14 unions decided to pressure the State and Federal Governments to improve the situation of Aborigines.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards
Title: 1788 Revisited
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 21 January 1988
Writer(s): Watson, Maureen
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 1
Word length: 1439
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson: Maureen Watson
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Compares the treatment of Aboriginal people in 1788 with 1988. Claims that Aboriginal people established their own medical, legal and housing services as well as their own schools, magazines, newspapers and broadcast and TV studios without government assistance.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Federal politics, Health funding, Indigenous politics
Title: Poor Aboriginal housing 'causing health problems'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 22 January 1988
Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa & Maurer, Tracy
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length:
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Lawyer/Legal representative, Publication
First spokesperson: Yami Lester, chairman, Nganampa Health Council
Second spokesperson: Jim Bradshaw, barrister representing Aboriginal Coordinating Council at the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Synopsis: A confidential report on the living standards of Aborigines in central Australia, prepared by Nganampa Health Council and South Australia's Health Commission and Aboriginal Health Organisation, claims their housing is overcrowded and a cause of health problems.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
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Title: Mining will bring death, say elders
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 23 January 1988
Writer(s): Green, Roger
News genre: Feature
Page number: 15
Word length: 1202
News Source: Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Peter Jatbula, Ranger in the Katherine Gorge National Park
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims that gold mining in Coronation Hill would result the deaths in the local Aboriginal community.
Keywords: Land rights
Title: Blacklash over blacks
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 23 January 1988
Writer(s): Abjorensen, Norman
News genre: News
Page number: 60
Word length: 623
News Source: Film/TV/Other media report
First spokesperson: Professor Erica Daes, United Nations official
Second spokesperson: John Howard, Leader of the Opposition
Synopsis: Summary of news articles, including claim by Professor Erica Daes that Australia violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its treatment of Aborigines.
Keywords: Federal politics, Indigenous health standards, International, Living conditions
Title: Aborigines should get priority - Opposition
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 25 January 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 5
Word length:
News Source: Church/welfare body, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Miles, Federal Opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman
Second spokesperson: Very Rev. Lance Shilton, Anglican Dean
Synopsis: In a statement on Aboriginal affairs prepared for Australia Day, the Opposition said Government welfare assistance should be allocated equally to all Australians, regardless of race, colour or creed. However, as the most disadvantaged identifiable cultural group in Australia, Aborigines should get priority in the provision of health, housing and employment.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards
1988
8
Title: Goodwill keeps the yobbos in line
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 27 January 1988
Writer(s): Brown, Malcolm
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 895
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Non-Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court, Politician
First spokesperson: Gary Foley, Aboriginal activist
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses emergency services operations in relation to Aboriginal protests and the Tent Embassy.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Bicentennial, Indigenous politics, Police, Race & racism
Title: A more caring nation with undreamt of opportunities ahead
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 27 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: Other
Page number: 8
Word length: 1252
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Ninian Stephen, Govenor-General of Australia
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Text of the Australia Day address given by the Governor-General; brief mention of Aborigines.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards
Title: Police hunt attacker after 300 brawl at Redfern hotel
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 28 January 1988
Writer(s): Norington, Brad
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 461
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Peter Sainsbury, Regent hotel manager
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Detectives were looking for an Aboriginal woman who allegedly menaced a police woman with her own revolver during a late-night brawl outside Redfern's Regent Hotel on Australia Day.
Keywords: Police, Violence
1988
9
Title: Rock singer wanted for anti-alcohol role
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 30 January 1988
Writer(s): AAPA US News
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 3
Word length:
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hatton, NT Chief Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Rosckstar Tina Turner had been asked by the Northern Territory Government to join its fight against petrol sniffing and alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Regular Shorts
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 30 January 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 4
Word length: 361
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Tina Turner has been invited by the NT government to participate in advertisements to battle petrol-sniffing among the Aboriginal population.
Keywords: State politics
Title: Tears still flood the tracks of Toomelah
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 31 January 1988
Writer(s): Lowe, Barry
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Human Rights Commission
First spokesperson: Justic Marcus Einfeld, Chief Justice, Human Rights Commission
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Review of Toomelah, six months after Justice Marcus Einfeld's visit.
Keywords: Living conditions
1988
10
February 1988
Title: Death on the tracks leaves police baffled
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 1 February 1988
Writer(s): Cordell, Michael
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 820
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Ms Tanya White
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Mark Haines, a 17-year-old Aboriginal man, was found dead between railway tracks. After two weeks of investigation, police were still uncertain whether his death was an accident, a suicide or possibly a murder.
Keywords: Police, Suicide, Violence
Title: Most had a good time at the 200th birthday party
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 8 February 1988
Writer(s): Stephens, Peter
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 1037
News Source: Other
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Saulwick Herald Poll found that Australians were divided on issues such as whether the natural environment had been damaged or improved by white civilisation. However, 73 per cent of people believed white settlement had improved the environment and also believed Aborigines were better off today than 200 years ago.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Indigenous history/archeology, Living conditions
Title: The Aborigines have never had it so good, most say
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 8 February 1988
Writer(s): Stephens, Peter
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 437
News Source: Other
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: According to the findings of a Saulwick Herald Poll, most Australians
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believe Aborigines are better off now than they were before white settlement. This result comes as a surprise considering the recent publicity given to Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and to the range of serious social problems besetting the Aboriginal population.
Keywords: Bicentennial, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: All is not
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 10 February 1988
Writer(s): Mayer, Elaine
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 14
Word length: 158
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Elaine Mayer
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to a previous article (4 February 1988), claiming it misrepresents the health standards of "all" Australians. Points out that the life expectancy given in the report (72.5 years for men and 78.8 years for women) differs dramatically from the life expectancy for Aborigines, which in 1985 was 48.3 years for males and 57.3 years for females.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream
Title: Silly question
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 11 February 1988
Writer(s): Kreger, Jack
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 10
Word length: 70
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Jack Kreger
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Questions the legitimacy of the Saulwick pollster who posed the question "Are Aborigines better or worse off than they were 200 years ago?"
Keywords: Bicentennial, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Immature people?
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 12 February 1988
Writer(s): Foulcher, John
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 8
Word length: 76
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News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: John Foulcher
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Argues that there would little to celebrate in the Bicentennial year, if the Saulwick Poll concerning Aboriginal living conditions were accurate.
Keywords: Bicentennial, Disease, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Tina's message to Aborigines: Be a winner
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 13 February 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 393
News Source: Other, Politician
First spokesperson: Tina Turner, middle-aged US singer and actress
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Tina Turner made a series of television commercials telling Australia's Aborigines to be a winner. The message, to be televised in the Northern Territory, states ". . . You know grog can be a bad sickness. And so is petrol sniffing. They can kill your culture and they can kill you. Aboriginal culture is something to be proud of."
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Arts, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: Poll questioned
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 18 February 1988
Writer(s): Colman, R
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 12
Word length: 97
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to previous article (8 February 1988) on opinion poll which found that most Australians believed Aborigines were better off now than they were before the white settlement. Refers to possible under-representation in the poll sample.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream
1988
13
Title: Fears that 40pc of blacks may have aids
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 19 February 1988
Writer(s): O'Neill, John
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 455
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Mr Jones. Part of the Federal Government's Drug Offensive.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims that herorin and AIDS were increasing causes of death for Aboriginal people around Sydney, particularly the Redfern area.
Keywords: Aboriginal deaths in custody, Alcohol & drugs, Disease, Federal department of health, Health funding, Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Suicide
Title: Asthma Overdose
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 23 February 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 7
Word length: 442
News Source: Unknown
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An overdose of asthma tablets left one girl in a critical conditions and other seriously ill at a Warawa Aboriginal College near Melbourne.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Schools
Title: Aboriginal health jobs threatened
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 25 February 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip.
News genre: News
Page number: 10
Word length: 300
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Harvey, Queensland Health Minister
Second spokesperson: Spokesperson for Mr Hand, Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Synopsis: Funding problems for Queensland’s Aboriginal Health Program were threatening the jobs of up to 50 health workers state-wide. Reports claim that, while individual Aboriginal-run services concentrated on treating existing ailments, they did not specialise in long-term, preventive health initiatives.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, State politics
1988
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Title: Bright future
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 25 February 1988
Writer(s): De Re, Caterina
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 12
Word length: 177
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Argues that extermination of Aborinals would be in line with the socio-economic and national priorities of Australia.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Race & racism, Stolen generations
Title: Health department to go west
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 27 February 1988
Writer(s): Aubin, Tracey & O'Neill, John
News genre: News
Page number: 6
Word length: 424
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Anderson, NSW Minsister for Health
Second spokesperson: Mr Collins, opposition spokesman on health
Synopsis: The NSW Department of Health was moving from the city to Parramatta. Notes that the government anounced a $2 million program of intiatives designed to imporve the health of Aborigines in NSW.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, State department of health, State politics
March 1988
Title: Police shoot black man in hotel siege
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 2 March 1988
Writer(s): Button, Doug, Kennedy, Nick & Maher, Sid
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Inspector Warren Smithers, homicide squad
Second spokesperson: Shane, regular female customer, Castle Hotel
Synopsis: A policeman shot an Aboriginal protester in the head at a South Brisbane Hotel.
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Keywords: Police, Violence
Title: State to resist loss of health workers
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 12 March 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, P
News genre: News
Page number: 17
Word length: 300
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Harvey, Queensland Health Minister.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Health Minister, Mrs Harvey, claimed the State Health Department was desperate not to lose the expertise of Aboriginal health workers based in Queensland. Mrs Harvey attacked the Federal Government for its “Total misunderstanding of the long-term preventative health aims of the Aboriginal Health Program.”
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream, State politics
Title: Report calls for new rights for Aborigines
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 17 March 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 373
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: The Anti-Slavery Society
Second spokesperson: Aborigines Today Land And Justice
Synopsis: A report released by the world's oldest human rights organisation claimed that the plight of Aborigines had changed little in the past 150 years.
Keywords: Bicentennial, Federal politics, Indigenous politics, Land rights, Living conditions
Title: Man cleared of aiding Aboriginal suicide
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 18 March 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 320
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A WA Supreme Court jury acquitted a Kalgoorlie man of aiding the suicde
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of an Aboriginal.
Keywords: Aboriginal deaths in custody, Suicide
Title: Aborigines poisoned by manganese dust -safety officer
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 24 March 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 23
Word length: 300
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Dr Yossi Berger, Victorian Trades Hall Council occupational health and safety officer.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study at the Gemco mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory found dangerous levels of manganese dust. The open cut mine had already resulted in 15 aborigines being poisoned. Dr Yossi Berger who completed an inspection of the mine said that he believed more local Aborigines and possibly workers at the Gemco mine could be affected.
Keywords: Disease, Living conditions
Title: Aborigines more likely to avoid alcohol, study finds
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 26 March 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 32
Word length: 200
News Source: Conference/Meeting
First spokesperson: Dr Carol Watson, research officer at the Nothern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study by the Northern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau found Aborigines were about five times more likely than other Australians to abstain from drinking alcohol. Dr Carol Watson told a World Health Organisation drugs conference in Sydney the study dispelled the common myth all Aborigines were big drinkers. Notes that two-thirds of Aboriginal drinkers drank to dangerous levels under the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Aborigines less likely to drink, study finds
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 26 March 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 471
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News Source: Academic, Church/welfare body, Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson: Dr Carol Watson, research officer N.T Drug and Alcohol Bureau
Second spokesperson: Mr Frank Brennan, Australian Catholic bishops' adviser on Aboriginal affairs
Synopsis: A study by the Northern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau found that Aborigines were about five times more likely than other Australians to abstain from alcohol.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Indigenous health standards
April 1988
Title: One man beat the torrent
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 1 April 1988
Writer(s): Brown, Malcolm
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 466
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Frankie O'Cleary, an Aboriginal
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses the impact of flooding on a group of Aborigines: 4 were missing and one was reported dead.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: The day floods hit the red centre
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 1 April 1988
Writer(s): Norington, Brad
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 658
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A group of Aborigines living by a riverbank were swept away by floods, presumed drowned.
Keywords: Living conditions, Police
Title: Aboriginal suicides 'rare'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 4 April 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Academic
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First spokesperson: Dr Harry Eastwell, researcher, University of Queensland
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study found that white Australians were over four times more likely to commit suicide than Aborigines living a traditional lifestyle.
Keywords: Suicide
Title: Poor lose as the health gap widens
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 6 April 1988
Writer(s): Pirrie, Michael
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 978
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Report commissioned by the Commonwealth and the States
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses the major findings of a report on the health of Australians; mentions poor Aboriginal health.
Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards, Women's health
Title: Stingray kills swim champion
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 6 April 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 375
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: George Zahmel, uncle of Jeff Zahmel
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy from Milikapiti Aboriginal settlement was killed by a sting-ray barb.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Black women plead for their birthright
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 8 April 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 15
Word length: 300
News Source: Conference/Meeting, Politician
First spokesperson: Ms Helen Liddle, Indigenous protestor
Second spokesperson: Dr Blewett, Federal Health minister
Synopsis: Five Aboriginal women filed onto the stage after a speech by the Federal
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Health Minster, Dr Blewett, at the World Health Organisation conference, to protest against the lack of government funding for a central Australian birthing centre.
Keywords: Child health, Health funding, Hospitals, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Women's health
Title: 'Extinction' threat to Aborigines
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 9 April 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 238
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Report from Federal Health Department
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A report from the Federal Health Department claimed that unless Aboriginal alcohol consumption was checked it could contribute to the extinction of the race.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Federal department of health
Title: Howard sees new ear under Liberals
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 11 April 1988
Writer(s): Steketee, Mike
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 545
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech, Politician
First spokesperson: John Howard, leader of the opposition
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Outlines Liberal's priority objectives, including eliminating impediments to full equality of opportunity for Aboriginals. Points out that states had prime responsibility for heath, education and housing for Aborigines.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, State department of health
Title: Jail hell without end for a tormented Black
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 16 April 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 13
Word length: 1583
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Bureaucrat, Medical, Police/Court
First spokesperson: John Jefferson Bray, South Australia's Chief Justice
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Second spokesperson: Chris Charles, Andrew Kiltie's solicitor
Synopsis: Discusses treatment of Andrew Kiltie, an Aboriginal man described as having a behaviour disorder, in Yatala maximum security prison in South Australia.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Prisons, Suicide, Violence
Title: Politics can make us unwell
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 20 April 1988
Writer(s): Shaw, Norman
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 19
Word length: 1139
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech, Medical, Politician
First spokesperson: Norman Shaw
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Outlines comments made at WHO conference on Healthy Public Policy in Adelaide, with particular focus on disparities between 'rich and poor and blacks and whites' in Australia. Brief mention of specific diseases affecting Aboriginals.
Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards
Title: Black health is 'Under Threat'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 21 April 1988
Writer(s): Kent, J
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 4
Word length: 100
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Harvey, Queensland Health Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Health Minister, Mrs Harvey, said the Aboriginal Health Program was under threat from Federal Government cutbacks.
Keywords: Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream
Title: Health services bad: Union
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 26 April 1988
Writer(s): Freudenberg, John
News genre: News
Page number: 23
Word length: 200
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Mr Denis Jones, Queensland Nurses Union Secretary.
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Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Mr Denis Jones, Queensland Nurses Union, said that health services on some north Queensland Aboriginal communities were appalling, leading to a high turnover of nurses working in remote communities.
Keywords: Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
May 1988
Title: Black win restrictions on Kava
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 May 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 14
Word length: 100
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Legislation would be introduced to restrict the sale of kava, following calls by Aborigines in Western Australia for a curb on kava drinking.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Service for blacks 'abject'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 11 May 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 11
Word length: 300
News Source: Medical, Politician
First spokesperson: Denis Hones, Queensland Nurses Union secretary
Second spokesperson: Mrs Harvey, Queensland Health Minister
Synopsis: Mr Denis Jones, Queensland Nurses Union, claimed that the level of public-health standards in the Doomadgee Aboriginal Community were appalling. He mentioned the high rate of chronic ear infections among young children, and women who had IUDs for up to 15 years without medical check-ups.
Keywords: Child health, Health funding, Hospitals, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream, Women's health
Title: Govt denies community blacks are neglected
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 12 May 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number:
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Word length:
News Source: Bureaucrat, Medical
First spokesperson: Unnamed spokesman, Northern Development, Community Services and Ethnic Affairs
Second spokesperson: Denis Jones, secretary, Nurses union
Synopsis: A spokesman for Northern Development, Community Services and Ethnic Affairs claimed that the Queensland Nurses Union had made some "wild, unfounded accusations" about health conditions at Doomadgee. Nurses union secretary Mr Denis Jones alleged that Aboriginal women at the Doomadgee community had been fitted for more than a decade with intra-uterine devices without having had medical check-ups.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Women's health
Title: Obsession with guilt pointless: Hasluck
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 12 May 1988
Writer(s): Kingston, Margo
News genre: News
Page number: 13
Word length: 341
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech, Politician
First spokesperson: Sir Paul Hasluck former Governer General
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Sir Paul Hasluck, former Governer General, lamented the shift of outlook from pride in our history and development and hope for better Aboriginal welfare, to breastbeating about past wrongs and mistakes.
Keywords: Bicentennial, Federal politics, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Indigenous politics, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Aboriginal health 'a calamity'
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 13 May 1988
Writer(s): Curtin, Jennie
News genre: News
Page number: 6
Word length: 188
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech, Medical
First spokesperson: Dr Niel Thomson, Acting secretary of the Australian Institute of Health
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Figures from the Australian Institute of Health show that the life expectancy of Aborigines in some areas was worse than in India, and the rate of premature deaths was up to four times higher than for other Australians.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Health funding, Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Women's health
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Title: Over-policing worsens Aboriginal problem, suppressed study says
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 16 May 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 8
Word length: 345
News Source: Unknown
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims that the higher rate of Aboriginal crime was explained by the higher commission of offences by blacks, and the higher level of intervention by police and other State agencies into their lives.
Keywords: Living conditions, Police, Prisons, Race & racism, State politics
Title: Govt quashes black crime report
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 16 May 1988
Writer(s): Williams, Graham
News genre: News
Page number: 8
Word length: 482
News Source: Bureaucrat, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Chris Cunneen, former senior of NSW Bureau of Crime Statistis and Research
Second spokesperson: Dr Tom Robb, Deputy Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistis and Research
Synopsis: The State Government suppressed a bulletin on Aborigines and criminal justice that puts the high rate of Aboriginal crime within the context of poverty, alienation and over-policing.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Living conditions, Police, Prisons, Race & racism, State politics, Violence
Title: Reserves compared to Nazi camps
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 17 May 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 295
News Source: Academic
First spokesperson: Ms Heather Goodall, Macquarie University lecturer
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Macquarie University lecturer likened the Aboriginal reserves of the 1930s and 40s to Nazi concentration camps.
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Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards, Indigenous history/archeology, Living conditions, Stolen generations
Title: Aboriginal housing 'breeds disease'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Wednesday, 25 May 1988
Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A report on the health of 2000 Aborigines in Central Australia has revealed that overcrowded housing and unsanitary living conditions are causing high levels of disease.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: Black health "world's worst"
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 25 May 1988
Writer(s): AAPGROUP
News genre: News
Page number: 31
Word length: 250
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Health Targets and Implementation (Health for all) Committee
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Health Targets and Implementation Committee released a report to health ministers showing that White Australians had the world's third longest life expectancy, but Aboriginal health appeared to be worse than that of any other population group.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Disease, Indigenous health standards, International, Living conditions
Title: Bureaucracy hinders battle against prejudice
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 27 May 1988
Writer(s): White, Peter
News genre: Invited column
Page number: 19
Word length: 917
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson: Dr Paolo Totaro, Chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Commission.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The NSW Anti-Discrimination Board admitted that it had achieved little
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through either the state or federal racial discrimination laws, particularly health and employment opportunities for minorities.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Race & racism
Title: A wonder drug or danger to health?
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Tuesday, 31 May 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Susannah
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Bureaucrat, Medical
First spokesperson: Dr John McEwen, head, drug evaluation support branch, Federal Department of Community Services and Health
Second spokesperson: Margaret Culbong, chairwoman, National Aboriginal and Islanders Health Organisation
Synopsis: Concerns about Depo-Provera use as a contraceptive.
Keywords: Women's health
June 1988
Title: Some maternal deaths 'avoidable'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 2 June 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 12
Word length: 200
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A National Health and Medical Research Council report found that maternal death rate continued to fall in Australia. Briefly mentions that Aboriginals and immigrants faced an increased risk of maternal death.
Keywords: Child health, Women's health
Title: Researchers to consult aborigines
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 2 June 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 20
Word length: 100
News Source: Medical
First spokesperson: Professor Richard Lovell, chairman, ethics committee, National Health and
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Medical Research Council
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: New ethical guidelines covering research into Aboriginal health were to be established to ensure researchers were sensitive to Aborigines’ wishes and culture. Professor Richard Lovell, the chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s ethics committee, said initial consultations with Aborigines had shown dissatisfaction with some research techniques.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards
Title: Children flown in for tests
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 3 June 1988
Writer(s): Woods, J
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 4
Word length: 100
News Source: Medical
First spokesperson: Dr Greg Lawrence, senior research fellow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Aboriginal children from the Woorabinda community, 200km west of Rockhampton, were flown to Brisbane as part of a three-year nutrition study. The study focused on Aboriginal children who were smaller than other Australian children of the same age to see if supplementing their diets would be beneficial to their nutrition.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Initiations 'an AIDS risk to Aborigines'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 5 June 1988
Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Medical
First spokesperson: Gracelyn Smallwood, federal government adviser on communicable diseases in the Aboriginal community
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The modernisation of Aboriginal initiation practices, using knives and razor blades to form scars, is putting Australia's black communities in danger of an AIDS epidemic.
Keywords: Disease, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
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Title: Discredit to Aborigines
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 10 June 1988
Writer(s): Perkins, Charles
News genre: Letter to the editor
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News Source: Aboriginal leader
First spokesperson: Charles Perkins, Secretary, Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to an article on the risk of AIDS to Aborigines. Details funding to Aboriginal AIDS education projects in 1987-88.
Keywords: Disease, Health funding
Title: Body flown home
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 10 June 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 5
Word length: 256
News Source: Unknown
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The body of an Aboriginal woman would be flown home to north Queensland for a traditional burial. The woman died of a heart attack and her body remained in St George Hospital until the transport costs were covered by St Vincent de Paul, Radio Redfern, Radio Skidrow and the Bureau of Aboriginal Affairs.
Keywords: Hospitals
Title: Riot study faults Aboriginal funds use
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 13 June 1988
Writer(s): Kingston, Margo
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 379
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Irene Moss, Race Discimination Commissioner
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Race Discrimination Commission accused local authorities of claiming grants for Aborigines and then failing to provide them with water, sewers and roads.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Indigenous politics, Living conditions
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Title: Aboriginal pact: It's on
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 13 June 1988
Writer(s): Milne, Glenn
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 756
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Bob Hawke, PM
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Hawke announced early 1990 as the target date for the signing of a treaty with Aboriginal people. Mentions alignment with international covenants on economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, rights to life, liberty, security of person, food, clothing, housing, medical care, education and employment opportunities.
Keywords: Federal politics, Land rights, Treaty
Title: Things are looking up at Toomelah
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Monday, 13 June 1988
Writer(s): Jamieson, Anne
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Human Rights Commission, Local government, Publication
First spokesperson: Michael O'Riley, clerk, Moree Plains Shire Council
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The 500 Aboriginal residents of Toomelah village on the NSW-Queensland border can look forward to better living conditions following the release of a report by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Government dashes $11M black housing plan
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 14 June 1988
Writer(s): Williams, Graham
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 458
News Source: Aboriginal Land Council
First spokesperson: Mick Duncan, chairman for the Toomelah Land Council
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims Greiner Government shocked the black community by halting a program to rehouse 1000 Aborigines living in overcrowded, Third World-type slums in NSW.
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Keywords: Federal politics, Living conditions, State politics, Treaty
Title: Buck-passing left Toomelah with no water, roads or sewerage
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 15 June 1988
Writer(s): Kingston, Margo
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 952
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Excerpts from report by Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission found that Federal government mismanagement was the direct cause of Third World living conditions at the Toomelah Aboriginal Mission.
Keywords: Federal politics, Indigenous communication policy & funding, Indigenous education standards, Indigenous politics, Living conditions, Schools
Title: More Toomelahs 'will be exposed'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Human Rights Commission, Publication
First spokesperson: Justice Einfeld, president, Human Rights Commission
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Human Rights Commission issued a strong warning to the Australian Government that it would systematically expose the appalling conditions of Aboriginal communities throughout the country during the remainder of the Bicentenary.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Doomed by buck-passing
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number:
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News Source: Human Rights Commission, Publication
First spokesperson: Justice Einfeld, president, Human Rights Commission
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: In his report on Toomelah, the Human Rights Commission president, Justice Einfeld, has admitted that much of the problem is doomed to be
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left unsolved. He pinpoints health as perhaps the most alarming aspect of a many-faceted problem.
Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: Actions louder than words: locals
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Human Rights Commission, Publication
First spokesperson: Mrs Julie Whitton, community member, Toomelah
Second spokesperson: Mrs Ada Jarrett, community member, Toomelah
Synopsis: The Aborigines of Toomelah welcomed the findings of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission report but remained unconvinced that "white man's" words would translate into action.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Poor fellow, my Toomelah
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 18
Word length: 520
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson: Justice John Wooten
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses findings of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's report on the living conditions at the Toomelah Aboriginal Mission.
Keywords: Federal politics, Indigenous politics, Living conditions
Title: Greiner sees Black 'test case'
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s): Aubin, Tracey & Dunn, Ross
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 529
News Source: Church/welfare body, Politician
First spokesperson: Premiere Greiner
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The NSW premier said that reports of third world living conditions in black communities were a 'very clear test case' for abolishing Aboriginal land
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rights policies in NSW.
Keywords: Land rights, Living conditions
Title: Race probe: Qld stalling alleged
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Jamie
News genre: News
Page number:
Word length:
News Source: Human Rights Commission, Politician, Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Justice Einfeld, president, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission
Second spokesperson: Mr Littleproud, Queensland Education Minister
Synopsis: Mr Justice Einfeld, president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, claimed that the Queensland Education Department had instructed teachers not to cooperate with the Toomelah racism inquiry. The Human Rights Commission report found that more than 20 per cent of children at the Toomelah settlement were suffering from recurrent chest infections and almost 50 per cent had chronic ear disease as a result of overcrowding, lack of water and poor sewage disposal.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions
Title: Perkins praises report critical of his department
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 441
News Source: Aboriginal Land Council, Bureaucrat, Human Rights Commission, Politician
First spokesperson: Charles Perkins, Secretary of the Federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The secretary of the Federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs acknowledged that his department was partly responsible for the appalling living conditions at Toomelah.
Keywords: Federal politics, Living conditions
Title: Toomelah not a land rights problem, say Aborigines
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 17 June 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony & Roberts, Greg
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 355
News Source: Aboriginal Land Council, Bureaucrat
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First spokesperson: Tiga Bayles, NSW Aboriginal Lad Council chairman
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The NSW Aboriginal Land Council claimed that Premier Greiner used the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission report about living conditions in Toomelah to 'gain political mileage' to mislead the public about land rights.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Land rights, Living conditions
Title: Racism: Can Australia deal with it?
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 17 June 1988
Writer(s): Steketee, Mike
News genre: Feature
Page number: 11
Word length: 1619
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: John Howard Opposition Leader
Second spokesperson: Claims that Howard's position that the Aboriginal treaty was an empty gesture and more focus needed to be placed on Aboriginal employment, education, housing and health.
Keywords: Federal politics, Indigenous communication policy & funding, Race & racism, Treaty
Title: Land rights act inadequate, but it's something to build on
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 21 June 1988
Writer(s): Donald, Bruce
News genre: Editorial
Page number: 17
Word length: 1227
News Source: Opinion
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Argues that the Land Rights Act was inadequate. Briefly mentions living conditions in Toomelah.
Keywords: Federal politics, Land rights, Race & racism, State politics
Title: Top End quandary on kava control
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Tuesday, 21 June 1988
Writer(s): Grutzner, Anna
News genre: News
Word length:
News Source: Academic
First spokesperson: Professor John Mathews, director, Menzies School of Health Research,
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Darwin
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Concern about kava drinking in Arnhem Land communities.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Toomelah: It ill behoves the leader
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 24 June 1988
Writer(s): Coles, P
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 10
Word length: 255
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: P. Coles, author of letter
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to Mr Greiner's statement about Toomelah being 'proof of the failure of land rights policies in the State'.
Keywords: Land rights, Living conditions, Race & racism, State politics
Title: Hard slog for envoy of Maralinga blacks
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 25 June 1988
Writer(s): Langsam, David
News genre: Feature
Page number: 11
Word length: 1316
News Source: Aboriginal leader
First spokesperson: Joan Wingfield, student at Canberra's Institute of Aboriginal Studies, representative of Kokotha People's Committee, the treaty '88 Committee for Aboriginal Deaths in Police Custody
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Profile of Joan Wingfield, a student at Canberra's Institute of Aboriginal Studies, who had 'stumped' across Western Europe to promote the Australian Aboriginal treaty and denounce uranium mining. Briefly mentions her concerns about Aboriginal children growing up to be alcoholics, or addicted to drugs or petrol sniffing.
Keywords: Aboriginal deaths in custody, Alcohol & drugs, Disease, Federal politics, International, Land rights, Treaty
Title: Toomelah - A long term and close view
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 27 June 1988
Writer(s): Buchhorn, R J
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 12
Word length: 190
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News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: R.J. Buchhorn, member of the public
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to Greiner's statement about living conditions in Toomelah.
Keywords: Indigenous politics, Living conditions, State politics
Title: Self Condemnation?
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 27 June 1988
Writer(s): Mathews, H V
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 12
Word length: 215
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: H.V. Matthews
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to Einfeld's criticism of the Government's handling of Toomelah mission.
Keywords: Living conditions, State politics
Title: Targeted need
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 27 June 1988
Writer(s): Isaacs, Elizabeth
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 12
Word length: 157
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Elizabeth Issacs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to allegations that the NSW Government and Great Lakes Shire Council neglected to provide water and sewerage systems to Toomelah.
Keywords: Living conditions, State politics
Title: Black aid campaign funds limited: Worker
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 29 June 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 12
Word length: 200
News Source: Conference/Meeting
First spokesperson: Sister Gracelyn Smallwood, Nurse and community adviser, World Health Organisation
Second spokesperson:
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Synopsis: The nursing sister behind the AIDS awareness campaign for Aborigines spent two and a half years living on a supporting mothers benefit. Sister Gracelyn Smallwood said this was the only way to get things done with only $2000 allocated to the project. Sr Smallwood worked on raising awareness in Aboriginal and Islander communities and, while millions of dollars were being spent on AIDS awareness, she complained that little of it reached community “grassroots” levels.
Keywords: Disease, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
July 1988
Title: No appeal for Islander
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 2 July 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 157
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Palm Island Aboriginal, who claimed he had a right to discipline his girlfriend with a knife but accidentally slit her throat, has been refused leave to appeal against a murder conviction.
Keywords: Courts, Indigenous history/archeology, Violence, Women's health
Title: Why child abuse laws are failing
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 9 July 1988
Writer(s): Horin, Adele
News genre: News
Page number: 11
Word length: 1092
News Source: Academic, Church/welfare body, Politician, Publication
First spokesperson: Jan Carter, Brotherhood of St Laurence director of social policy and research.
Second spokesperson: Professor Tony Vinson, school of social work, University of New South Wales
Synopsis: A new report on child abuse briefly mentioned Aboriginal child mortality rates.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions, Women's health
Title: The taps are now turned on in 'third world' Toomelah
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 15 July 1988
Writer(s): Williams, Graham
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News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 450
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Carr, NSW opposition leader
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: NSW opposition leader Mr Carr described Toomelah as a "national disgrace" after visiting the Aboriginal settlement's flooded streets, and seeing the dilapidated condition of houses bursting at the seems.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Federal politics, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Women's health
Title: A great centre for those on brink
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 18 July 1988
Writer(s): Wahquist, Asa
News genre: News
Page number: 11
Word length: 436
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson: Mrs Coral Dunlop, administrator, drop-in centre, Wilcannia
Second spokesperson: Mrs Suzanne Hall
Synopsis: Overview of workshop on dealing with child abuse.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Indigenous politics, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, State politics, Violence, Women's health
Title: Speakers gagged at nurses' seminar
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 18 July 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 16
Word length: 400
News Source: Bureaucrat, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Comben, State Opposition health spokesman
Second spokesperson: Mr Sherlock, the Liberal health spokesman
Synopsis: Two Health Department employees were told that they were not allowed to speak at the Queensland Nurses Union seminar after they had travelled there at their own expense. Brief mention of tour of the Weipa South Aboriginal Community by Mr Comben, Queensland Opposition Health spokesman.
Keywords: Living conditions, State politics
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Title: Fatal virus found in Aborigines
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Tuesday, 19 July 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Academic, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr John May, senior lecturer in microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A potentially fatal virus, previously unknown in Australia, which causes leukaemia, has been found in Aborigines from remote areas of Western and central Australia.
Keywords: Disease
Title: Alcoholism 'hits displaced peoples'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 21 July 1988
Writer(s): Murray, R
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 300
News Source: Bureaucrat
First spokesperson: Mr Cliff Fua, Health Department's Aboriginal alcoholims program director, and recipient of the Churchill Fellowship.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Mr Cliff Fua has returned from an American study tour, where he found that North American Indians and New Zealand Maoris, suffered from alcoholism similarly to Australian Aborigines. Mr Fua, the Health Department’s Aboriginal alcoholism program director, said that methods used among North American Indians were the same as those used in Queensland, but they received more government funding.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Govt seeks to attract more foster parents
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 27 July 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 524
News Source: Bureaucrat, Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Chadwick, The Minister for Family and Community
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The NSW government embarked on an advertising campaign to attract
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new foster parents. Briefly mentions the desire to place Aborignal children with black families.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Child prostitution: Chadwick acts
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 28 July 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 553
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Chadwick, Minister fro Family and Community Services.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses child prostitution; mentions that an Aboriginal boy aged 13 was picked up at a known child prostitution hot spot.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions, Police, Violence
Title: Drug dealers peddling heroin to blacks
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 29 July 1988
Writer(s): AAPGROUP
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 2
Word length: 100
News Source: Bureaucrat, Medical
First spokesperson: Bob Taylor, director of the Orana health region.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The NSW health department claimed that drug dealers are peddling cheap heroin in a New South Wales Aboriginal Reserve. Cases of AIDS had resulted from shared needles.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
August 1988
Title: An indictment of Aboriginal policy
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 5 August 1988
Writer(s): Daes, Ericas
News genre: Feature
Page number: 4
Word length: 524
News Source: Academic
First spokesperson: Professor Erica Daes
Second spokesperson:
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Synopsis: Claims that Australia was in violation of international human rights obligations.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous communication policy & funding, Indigenous education standards, Indigenous health standards, Indigenous media, International, Living conditions, Police, Race & racism, Treaty, Women's health
Title: Aborigines: Australia's shame, says UN
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 5 August 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 633
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Professor Daes Chairwoman of the UN's Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The United Nations found that Aborigines lived in "poverty, misery and extreme frustration", while being denied self-determination and the social status enjoyed by most Australians.
Keywords: Child health, Federal department of health, Federal politics, Health funding, International, Living conditions, Women's health
Title: More funds for blacks, says Hawke
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 6 August 1988
Writer(s): Pekol, Suzanne
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 400
News Source: Politician, Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Hawke, Prime Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, promised a significant increase in Aboriginal funding in the Budget. This follows the release of a United Nations report which found Aborigines were living in “poverty, misery, and extreme frustration.”
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, International, Living conditions
Title: UN report 'commends' Aboriginal initiatives
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 6 August 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 2
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Word length: 436
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Politician, Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson: Professor Erica Daes, Chairwoman of the United Nations' Working Group on Indigenous Populations
Synopsis: The Government defended itself against criticism from the United Nations, which reported that Aborigines live in "poverty, misery and extreme frustration".
Keywords: Apology, Land rights, Living conditions, Race & racism, Treaty
Title: Booze books anger blacks
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 8 August 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Jamie
News genre: Feature
Page number: 3
Word length: 600
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Aboriginal leader, Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Ron Jones, Indigenous man who has his bank book 'on account'
Second spokesperson: Dermot Tiernan, Publican.
Synopsis: Discusses the practice of taking bank cards or books from customers buying alcohol on credit. The practice was continuing in Cherbourg even after publicans agreed to stop the practice.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Child health, Living conditions
Title: Sober success, in black and white
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 9 August 1988
Writer(s): Maher, Sid
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Charlie Ah Wing, manager, KASH, the Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House, Mount Isa
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Profile of Charlie Ah Wing, a Chinese Aborigine, and KASH, the Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Govt will build $1 Mil hospital at Doomadgee
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 10 August 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 13
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Word length: 200
News Source: Other, Politician
First spokesperson: Mrs Harvey, Queensland Health Minister
Second spokesperson: Mr Denis Jones, Queensland Nurses Union secretary.
Synopsis: The State Health Department would take over medical services at Doomadgee and spend $1 million on a new hospital. A previous article (in May 2012) reported on the appalling level of public health standards, with 20 per cent of the population having secondary syphilis, and women having intra-uterine devices for more than a decade without medical checks.
Keywords: Health funding, Hospitals, State department of health
Title: Comben plans human rights move over health of blacks.
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 11 August 1988
Writer(s): Morley, P
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 14
Word length: 100
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Comben, Queensland Opposition health spokesman
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The state opposition health spokesman, Mr Comben, would take Aboriginal health care complains to the Human Rights Commission. During a visit to remote Aboriginal and Islander communities on Cape York and in the Torres Strait, Mr Comben found what he described as “Third World standards”.
Keywords: International, Living conditions
Title: True death rate
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 13 August 1988
Writer(s): O'Connell, Mary
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 32
Word length: 78
News Source: Non-Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Mary O'Connell, writer.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to a previous article ("Aborigines: Australia's shame, says UN"), which stated that the Aboriginal infants death rate was two to four time higher than non-Aboriginals.
Keywords: Child health
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Title: Police plea for action after WA Riot
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 17 August 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 10
Word length: 305
News Source: Police/Court, Politician
First spokesperson: Chief Superintendent Ron Kjellgren
Second spokesperson: Mr Taylor, WA Police Minister
Synopsis: Western Australian police said that welfare agencies should be doing more to combat the social problems of Aborigines.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Police, Riot
Title: At a glance
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 24 August 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 533
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The latest Budget provided about $49 million from 1988 to 1990 for improvements to housing and services for Aborigines.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Living conditions
Title: Big increase in the spending on Aborigines
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 24 August 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 435
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Commonwealth spending on Aborigines would jump 23.6 per cent in 1988, with the announcement of a comprehensive new package of health, housing, education and employment initiatives.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Education funding, Health funding, Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Women's health
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Title: Five targets for program
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 24 August 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 56
Word length: 100
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Dr Blewett, Health Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: State and Federal governments would enlist industry, charities and other non-government organisations in a “national program for better health” targeted at people with the greatest health needs, including women, low-income earners, Aborigines and people of non-English speaking backgrounds.
Keywords: Health funding, Medical services - mainstream
Title: $126m bid to bring Aborigines out of ‘third world’ conditions.
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 24 August 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip & Orr, John
News genre: News
Page number: 55
Word length: 500
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders would receive $126 million over the next two years to improve their health, housing, education and employment. The Priority Communities development strategy aimed to provide impoverished communities with basic services over the following two years.
Keywords: Health funding, Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: Whites buying the bush foods Aborigines should eat
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 25 August 1988
Writer(s): Curtin, Jennie & Beale, Bob
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 678
News Source: Business, Other, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Kerin O'Dea, Melbourne University researcher.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Argues that the reasons for poor Aboriginal health, particularly diabetes, can be blamed largely on the switch European foods.
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Keywords: Disease, Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: AIDS education
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 26 August 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 23
Word length: 100
News Source: Conference/Meeting
First spokesperson: Bernadette Hudson, Northern Territory health education co-ordinator
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims that Aborigines had a chance to show the world how to prevent AIDS spreading through the community, as AIDS had not so far surfaced as a problem.
Keywords: Disease
Title: NT liquor laws 'fail Aborigines'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 28 August 1988
Writer(s): Morrison, James
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Justice Michael Maurice, Northern Territory Supreme Court
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge criticised the Territory's Liquor Act, describing its protection of Aborigines from the problems of alcohol as inadequate.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Violence
Title: Why alcohol is killing Aurukun
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 28 August 1988
Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy
News genre: Feature
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Academic
First spokesperson: Mrs Geraldine Kawangka, Aurukun community member
Second spokesperson: David Martin, anthropologist, Australian National University
Synopsis: Profile of drinking problem in Aurukun.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Living conditions
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Title: New laws will speed up riot prosecution
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 29 August 1988
Writer(s): Garcia, Luis M.
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 526
News Source: Lawyer/Legal representative, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Dowd, Attonery-General
Second spokesperson: Mr Paul Coe, spokesman, Aboriginal Legal Service
Synopsis: The State Government would rush through new laws to deal with rioters more quickly in the wake of recent clashes between Aboriginal and police at Redfern.
Keywords: Police, Race & racism, Riot, Violence
Title: RAAF, army deny bashings claims
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 30 August 1988
Writer(s): Roberts, Greg
News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 488
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Lawyer/Legal representative, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Army and RAAF spokesmen
Second spokesperson: Father Don Barter, chairman of the Townsville Welfare Council.
Synopsis: Army and RAAF spokesmen in Townsville denied allegations that defence force personnel were responsible for a spate of bashings. An Aboriginal Legal Service spokesman said bashings of Aborigines had been a regular occurrence until recently.
Keywords: Race & racism, Violence
Title: Forces deny bashing in Townsville
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 30 August 1988
Writer(s): Roberts, Greg
News genre: News
Page number: 9
Word length: 432
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Lawyer/Legal representative, Other
First spokesperson: Army and RAAF Spokesmen
Second spokesperson: Fr Don Barter, chairman, Townsville Welfare Council
Synopsis: Army and RAAF spokesmen in Townsville denied allegations that defence force personnel were responsible for a spate of bashings in the North Queensland city.
Keywords: Race & racism, Violence
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September 1988
Title: Big death risk for Aboriginal babies
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 1 September 1988
Writer(s): Roberts, Greg
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 358
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson: Dr Aileen Plant, Lecturer University of Sydney
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A scientific conference in Brisbane heard that Aboriginal babies were five times more likely to die before they reach their first birthday than white Australian babies.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Indigenous health standards, Women's health
Title: AIDS joins alcohol on Palm Island
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 2 September 1988
Writer(s): Miller, Calvin
News genre: Feature
Page number: 7
Word length: 400
News Source: Aboriginal leader
First spokesperson: Ricky Clay, Palm Island Council chairman
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Five residents on Palm Island had been found AIDS positive after being tested by the Queensland Department of Health. However, alcohol was regarded as the longer-term tragedy of the island, and island leaders were worried about drunkenness leading to indiscriminate sex.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Disease, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: More premature babies surviving
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 5 September 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 209
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Beverley Hewitt
Second spokesperson: Dr John Newnham
Synopsis: Medical research showed that ruptured membranes and hypertension played a major part in the premature birth of many underweight babies. The hospital also found a significant rise in the number of Aboriginal
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women and first-time mothers giving birth to underweight babies.
Keywords: Child health, Hospitals, Women's health
Title: Services to blacks face chop in NSW
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 6 September 1988
Writer(s): AAPGROUP
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 300
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Greiner, NSW Premier
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Government discussion paper touted the possibility of closing all Aboriginal Affairs arrangements in NSW, after a study found that although $1.2 billion had been ploughed into Aboriginal programs in NSW in the previous decade, the gap in living standards between Aboriginal and White people had widened during the same period.
Keywords: Health funding, Living conditions, State politics
Title: Expert plans end to black drink trouble
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 8 September 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 14
Word length: 300
News Source: Conference/Meeting
First spokesperson: Mr Cliff Fau, alcohol and drug dependency service, Queensland Health Department & recipient of the Churchill scholarship study tour.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Mr Cliff Fau, Queensland Health Department alcohol and drug dependency service, claimed that a community approach to the Aboriginal drinking problem could turn communities to 100 per cent sobriety.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: When an Aboriginal grows old
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 8 September 1988
Writer(s): Brown, Malcolm
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 649
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Garry Scott, Consultant NSW Home Care Service and Aboriginal man
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Second spokesperson: Dr Bobby Sykes, PhD
Synopsis: Discusses ageing issues for Aborigines.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: A favourable dialysis diagnosis
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 9 September 1988
Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Medical
First spokesperson: Dr David Pugsley, renal unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Under a remote care program co-ordinated by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Renal Unit, haemodialysis treatment can be performed in some of the most isolated parts of South Australia.
Keywords: Disease, Hospitals
Title: A race of sociopaths or is it the system?
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 September 1988
Writer(s): Williams, graham
News genre: Feature
Page number: 19
Word length: 1215
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Academic, Conference/Meeting/Speech, Medical
First spokesperson: Marjorie (not her real name) Aboriginal mother
Second spokesperson: Dr Heather Goodall, lecturer in Aboriginal history at Macquarie University
Synopsis: Discusses the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Prisons, Stolen generations, Violence
Title: Promise of Mabo lost in paradise
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 23 September 1988
Writer(s): Priest, Marcus
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Aboriginal leader
First spokesperson: Sam Wallau, Mer council of elders
Second spokesperson: Nicey Sambo, brother of Eddie Mabo
Synopsis: A group, backed by Murray Island elders, declared an interim national government and said it would break away from the rest of Australia.
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Mentions living conditions on the island.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Pardon refused
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 27 September 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 8
Word length: 353
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A petition from convicted murderer Kelvin Condren for a pardon was turned down by the Queensland Governor, Sir Walker Campbell. Condren, a Queensland Aboriginal, had served almost five years of a life sentence for the murder of Patricia Rose Carlton at Mt Isa in 1983.
Keywords: Courts, Violence
Title: Five bodies found in the outback
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 September 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 139
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Five bodies were discovered at an Aboriginal outstation south-east of Oenpelli in western Arnhem Land.
Keywords: Police, Violence
Title: Killer wipes out top artist and family
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 29 September 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length:
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A renowned artist and his family were among six Aborigines murdered in a shotgun massacre in the Northern Territory's remote Top End.
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Keywords: Violence
Title: Family fled massacre in the outback
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 29 September 1988
Writer(s): Brown, Malcolm
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 565
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Mr Bell, pilot
Second spokesperson: Detective Cheif Inspector Graeme Charlwood, NT police
Synopsis: NT police would interview members of an Aboriginal family who fled into the scrub in Arnhem Land after at least five people, all members of one famly, were massacred at an Aboriginal outstation.
Keywords: Police, Violence
Title: Shopping spree may have led to massacre
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 30 September 1988
Writer(s): Morrison, James
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Unnamed relatives of family killed in massacre
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An ill-fated spending spree during which Cecelia Murrumurru failed to buy cigarettes - or batteries for her family's radio - may have triggered the massacre of six Aborigines near a remote Arnhem Land outstation.
Keywords: Violence
Title: NT police seek killer of six
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 30 September 1988
Writer(s): Zadel, Sonya
News genre: News
Page number: 6
Word length: 236
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Detective Superintedent Terry O'Brien
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Darwin police and Aboriginal trackers were searching remote Arnhem Land outstations for a 22-year-old man wanted for questioning over the shotgun killings of six Aborigines.
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Keywords: Police, Violence
October 1988
Title: New hope for frail Blacks
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 1 October 1988
Writer(s): Curtin, Jennie
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 243
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Richard Staples, Minister for Housing and Aged Care
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses issues faced by elderly Aborigines in north-west NSW and options for aged care.
Keywords: Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Libs back Aboriginal food vouchers plan
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 1 October 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 455
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Chris Miles, The Opposition spokesman on Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Federal Opposition would support State Governments wanting to use food vouchers to partly replace dole payments to Aborigines, if it won the next election.
Keywords: Federal politics, Indigenous politics, Living conditions
Title: It's a new Liberal face for feminism
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 1 October 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 15
Word length: 650
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Renata Kaldoe, head of the Greiner Government's Women Advisory Council
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Renata Kaldor was appointed as head of the Greiner Government's Women's Advisory Council. Mentions that the council would focus on
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'doubly disadvantaged' women such as Aboriginal women.
Keywords: State politics, Women's health
Title: Man killed in croc attack
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Monday, 3 October 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number:
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News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Sergeant Neville Pulford
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The body of a man badly mutilated in a crocodile attack was found on the banks of the remote Cato River in the far north of Arnhem Land.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Armed police hunt Aboriginal man in the stone country
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 3 October 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 573
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Anonymous sources, residents of outstation
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: At least 10 policemen with armalite rifles were searching for an Aboriginal man in connection with the killing of six Aborigines in western Arnhem Land.
Keywords: Violence
Title: Thomas Williams, Aboriginal leader
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 4 October 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 22
Word length: 167
News Source: Other
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Thomas Williams, a key figure in Aboriginal affairs, died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 66.
Keywords: Disease
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Title: NT search for mother of wanted Aboriginal
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 5 October 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 6
Word length: 334
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The mother of an Aboriginal man wanted for questioning about the death of six of his relatives was believed to have left her people to be alone in a remote and ruggest stretch of country in Arnhem Land.
Keywords: Courts, Disease, Police, Prisons, Violence
Title: Territory killings: Man, 25, charged
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 6 October 1988
Writer(s): Hewett, Tony
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 445
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Non-Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Chief Inspector David Moore
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An Aboriginal man was charged with murder over the deaths of six of his relatives in the Mulgawa Outstation massacre.
Keywords: Courts, Police, Prisons, Violence
Title: Jailed Aboriginal's plight taken to the UN
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 8 October 1988
Writer(s): Hogarth, Murray
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 624
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Lawyer/Legal representative, Non-Aboriginal lay person, Politician
First spokesperson: Ms Josie Crawshaw, NT Aboriginal rights campaigner
Second spokesperson: Paul Clauson, Queensland Attorney-General
Synopsis: The plight of a jailed Queensland Aboriginal, Kelvin Condren, described by one supporter as a 'living death in custody', was to be taken before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Keywords: Courts, Prisons, Race & racism, Violence
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Title: GP faces his hardest task
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 10 October 1988
Writer(s): Callander, Diana
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Medical
First spokesperson: Dr Gary Erikson, GP
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Profile of Dr Gary Erikson, who spent 6 months working at the Wiluna medical service, catering to the mostly Aboriginal population.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Disease
Title: Police bashed us, say aged churchgoers
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Thursday, 13 October 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Jamie
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length:
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Lawyer/Legal representative, Medical, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Daniel Coleman, Indigenous man
Second spokesperson: Mrs Florence Williams, Indigenous woman
Synopsis: Alleged baton attacks on two respected Aboriginal community identities have heightened concern over reported police violence at Kuranda, 34km west of Cairns.
Keywords: Police, Violence
Title: Police miss baton protest
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 14 October 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person
First spokesperson: Daniel Coleman, Indigenous man
Second spokesperson: Mrs Florence Williams, Indigenous woman
Synopsis: Police accused of having baton-bashed two Aboriginal elders were told to avoid a stormy public meeting over the alleged attacks.
Keywords: Police, Violence
Title: Bonalbo hospital is to remain open
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Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 15 October 1988
Writer(s): Garcia, Luis M.
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 6
Word length: 257
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Collins, Minister for health
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The State Government decided not to close Bonalbo Hospital following pressure from local residents and powerful sections of the National Party.
Keywords: Hospitals, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Medical services - mainstream, State department of health
Title: Black women "risk side-effects'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 20 October 1988
Writer(s): Gubby, R
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 200
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Bureaucrat
First spokesperson: Mrs Robyrta Felton, president, Yuenmanda Community Women's Association
Second spokesperson: Health Department spokesperson
Synopsis: The Yuenmanda Community Women’s Association president, Mrs Robyrta Felton, claimed that Aboriginal women in the Gulf of Carpentaria were still being issued with a contraceptive drug linked with a range of serious side effects.
Keywords: Federal department of health, Living conditions, Women's health
Title: Racist slur sparked gang death, jury told
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 20 October 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 20
Word length:
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Charles Bagley, prosecutor
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Supreme Court jury was told that an Aboriginal youth was stabbed to death during a teenage gang fight sparked by someone shouting "look at the coon".
Keywords: Race & racism, Violence
Title: Youth suicide 'a major problem'
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Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 22 October 1988
Writer(s): Hughes, Peter
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 384
News Source: Academic
First spokesperson: Professor Robert Kosky, foundation Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Claims that suicide by people in the 13 to 24 age group was a major public health problem. Suicidal behaviour among Aboriginal youths in the Kimberley region was rising and was consistent with suicide rates of Aborigines in custody.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Race & racism, Suicide
Title: Manganese madness
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 23 October 1988
Writer(s): Bremner, Ben
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Academic, Medical
First spokesperson: Professor John Cawte, school of clinical psychiatry, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
Second spokesperson: Dr Mark Florence, head, centre for advanced analytical chemistry, CSIRO
Synopsis: Aborigines living on top of the world's richest manganese deposit, on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, are suffering from a rare neurological disorder - poisoned by the manganese that has earned Australia hundreds of millions export dollars.
Keywords: Disease, Living conditions
Title: Mother's anger still burns after death of son
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 27 October 1988
Writer(s): Fitzpatrick, Kevin
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Mrs Loretta Patterson, mother of Aboriginal youth fatally stabbed in a fight in Goodan
Second spokesperson: Mrs Kay Karl, mother of Aboriginal youth involved in fight in Goodan
Synopsis: The mother of an Aboriginal youth fatally stabbed in a fight at Goodan was angry that the man accused of his stabbing was found not guilty.
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Keywords: Violence
November 1988
Title: Land claim call to save Prince Henry
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 3 November 1988
Writer(s): Zadel, Sonya
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 293
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson: Professor John Cawte, Prince Henry director of intercultural health
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Professor John Clawte said that the State Government's decision to sell the Prince Henry Hospital could be stopped by a land rights claim by the local Aboriginal community.
Keywords: Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Land rights, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, State department of health
Title: Young blacks
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 8 November 1988
Writer(s): Jaun, Stephen
News genre: News
Page number: 19
Word length: 1174
News Source: Academic, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Aileen Plant, Public health researcher with Sydney University.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Research by Dr Aileen Plant points to Aboriginal babies being five times more likely to die before they reach their first birthday.
Keywords: Child health, Disease, Health funding, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: For Aborigines, the bush is one big chemist's shop
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 10 November 1988
Writer(s): Stapleton, John
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 253
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Andy Barr, Northern Territory Health Department pharmacist
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Andy Barr, a pharmacist with the Northern Territory Health Department,
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released a book, Traditional Bush Medicines, outlining what he had learnt from Aboriginal people's use of native plants to make medicines. He also found that traditional Aboriginal medicines were useless against European diseases.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, State department of health
Title: Where you live can make you sick
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 11 November 1988
Writer(s): Visontay, Michael
News genre: Feature
Page number: 21
Word length: 1419
News Source: Academic
First spokesperson: Professor Peter Curson, a medical geographer
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A study by Professor Peter Curson, a medical geographer, has found that Aborigines had higher death rates in a number of areas.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Black infant deaths twice overall rate
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 11 November 1988
Writer(s): Hammond, Philip
News genre: News
Page number: 10
Word length: 200
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: State Health Department.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: State Health Department figures showed that the Queensland Aboriginal infant mortality rate remained more than double the rate for the overall population. The infant death rate for the 14 Aboriginal communities was 24.9 death per 100 live birth, while Statistics Bureau information showed Queensland’s overall mortality rate in 1987 was 9.3 deaths per 1000 live births.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Kava bans no help
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 12 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 11
Word length: 32
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News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Sydney conference has heard that government attempts to ban kava, a traditional Fijian brew, would not solve the kava drinking problems among Australian Aborigines.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, International, State department of health
Title: Govt may face bill for police attack
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 12 November 1988
Writer(s): Aubin, Tracey
News genre: News
Page number: 11
Word length: 479
News Source: Police/Court, Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Gunn, Spokesman for the Minister for Police.
Second spokesperson: Sergeant Ted Kenny, Vice-president of the Police Union
Synopsis: Taxpayer money could be used by a Queensland police department to pay for $25,000 worth of damages imposed on three police officers who kicked, punched and urinated on an Aboriginal.
Keywords: Legal aid, Police, Violence
Title: Water crisis may force evacuation
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 12 November 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Jamie
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 300
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Doomadgee Aboriginal Community Council
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The 1200 residents of Doomadgee faced evacuation because of a water-supply crisis. Residents were allowed only 4 half-hours of water a day and feared a threat to health from clogged toilets.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Vanishing water on sacred site
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 16 November 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 13
Word length: 300
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News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Publication
First spokesperson: Clive Cairns, Doomadgee Aboriginal Council Council member
Second spokesperson: David Douglas, Doomadgee Council shire clerk
Synopsis: The Doomadgee Aboriginal Community Council said 1200 residents at the township were on strict water rations because the pumping station drawing supplies from the Nicholson River had broken down. Doomadgee Aboriginal Community Council member Clive Cairns said a health crisis created by the water shortage could force an evacuation.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Say that again?
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 17 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 30
Word length: 102
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: ABS report.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Australian Bureau of Statistics released a paper, Aboriginal Child Survival, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. It found that virtually all of the difference between the incidence of child loss in the two populations was due to the higher number of children borne by Aboriginal mothers at young ages.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: Aboriginal infant deaths are double national rate
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 17 November 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 13
Word length: 238
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Australian Bureau of Statistic report on Aboriginal Child Survival.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A paper released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics claimed that Aboriginal mortality was a "vastly disproportionate" component of all child deaths.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
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Title: Black infant deaths 'twice the average'
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 17 November 1988
Writer(s): Quinn, Sue
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Academic, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Alan Gray, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A key report on Aboriginal child survival found that Aboriginal infants died at more than twice the average rate in Australia.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Land rights bid to save hospital
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 18 November 1988
Writer(s): Lumby, Catharine
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 675
News Source: Conference/Meeting/Speech
First spokesperson: Mr Cyril Cooley, Secretary of the Lands Council.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council claimed a hospital site under the Land Rights Act. The State Government was planning to sell the land and relocate the hospital. The Council said they want to save the hospital for the whole community, not just the Aboriginal people.
Keywords: Hospitals, Indigenous health standards, Land rights, State department of health
Title: Aborigine claims police cell assault
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 18 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
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News Source: Lawyer/Legal representative, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Robert Fitzgerald, defence counsel
Second spokesperson: Sergeant Lyle Dorn
Synopsis: Bourke Local Court has been told that one of 16 Aboriginal men charged over a racial disturbance last year in Brewarrina, in north-west NSW, was assaulted in a police cell.
Keywords: Police, Violence
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Title: Federal policy needed: study
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Sunday, 20 November 1988
Writer(s): Towers, M
News genre: News
Page number: 31
Word length:
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Peter Eisen, Melbourne psychiatrist
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A national investigation into mental health uncovered a system which was badly coordinated, struggling to cope with increasing numbers of patients, inefficient and too expensive. Brief mention of Aboriginal issues.
Keywords: Health funding
Title: Poisoning denied
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 22 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 14
Word length: 229
News Source: Business
First spokesperson: Professor John Mathews
Second spokesperson: Professor George Singer
Synopsis: BHP claimed health experts had found no evidence that mining operations at Groote Eylandt resulted in increased cases of manganese poisoning.
Keywords: Disease, Living conditions
Title: BHP: No manganese poisoning at mine
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Tuesday, 22 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number:
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News Source: Academic, Business, Publication
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: BHP has claimed that health experts had found no evidence its Groote Eylandt mining operations had caused manganese poisoning among some workers.
Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards
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Title: Scientists clear manganese: BHP
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 22 November 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 23
Word length: 200
News Source: Other, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Robert Hart
Second spokesperson: Mr John Parkin, Union health officer
Synopsis: BHP said that health experts found no evidence of manganese poisoning from Groote Eylandt mining operations. Brief mention that a union health officer, Mr John Parkin, said that a BHP-Northern Territory Government study last year found indications of brain damage among local Aborigines, but could not prove manganese was the cause.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Health risk as Doomadgee's water dries up
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 1988
Writer(s): Walker, Jamie
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 300
News Source: Aboriginal leader, Medical, Politician
First spokesperson: Unnamed doctor
Second spokesperson: Cr Clive Cairns, deputy chairman, Doomadgee Community Council
Synopsis: Medical authorities warned of an impending public health emergency in the drought-stricken north Queensland community of Doomadgee, where the water supply was restricted to six hours a day. The town’s government medical officer said that an evacuation of the 1200 residents might be necessary if the dwindling water supply was not replenished soon.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions
Title: Poison finding attacked
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 1988
Writer(s): AAPAUSNEWS
News genre: News
Page number: 47
Word length: 200
News Source: Business, Other
First spokesperson: Dr Robert Art, occupation and environmental health director, BHP
Second spokesperson: Dr Yossi Berger, occupational health and safety research officer, ACTU
Synopsis: Unions accused BHP of attempting to pre-empt the findings of a study to be carried out into the effects of manganese on Groote Eylandt workers.
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Brief mention that the manganese may have been harmful to Aboriginal residents and mine employees.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Brewarrina first on priority plan
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 24 November 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 8
Word length: 181
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Federal and NSW governments announced that they would spend a total of $4 million over the next two years to improve living conditions of Aborigines in the western NSW town of Brewarrina. Services such as housing, sewerage and water were top of the list of improvements.
Keywords: Federal department of health, Federal politics, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions, State politics
Title: Aussies get glowing bill of health; but not Blacks
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 24 November 1988
Writer(s): Quinn, Sue
News genre: News
Page number: 21
Word length: 200
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Australian Institute of Health
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An Australian institute of Health report said that Australians were healthier than ever and living longer, with female life expectancy increasing from 51 to 79 during the century to 1986 and males from 46 to 73. Brief mention that Aborigines were the least healthy group in Australia, with death rates ranging from two to four times the national average.
Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions
Title: BHP mine blamed for rare disease
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 25 November 1988
Writer(s): Bremner, Ben
News genre: News summary/minor piece
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News Source: Academic, Medical, Publication
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First spokesperson: Dr Mark Florence, Centre for Advanced Analytical Chemistry, CSIRO
Second spokesperson: Professor John Cawte, School of Psychiatry, University of NSW
Synopsis: Two leading scientists rejected a statement by BHP that its manganese mining operations on Groote Eylandt were not contributing to a rare neurological disorder among the local Aboriginal population.
Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards
Title: Maralinga workers sue govt over alleged negligence
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 25 November 1988
Writer(s): Chamberlin, Paul
News genre: News
Page number: 7
Word length: 247
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Briefly mentions the McClelland Royal Commission of 1985 that found that up to 15,000 Aboriginals, graziers, construction workers and Commonwealth employees exposed to radiation might be eligible for compensation.
Keywords: Disease, Federal department of health, Living conditions
Title: Aborigines 'deeply committed' to the family
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 25 November 1988
Writer(s): Thorpe, Deryn
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Publication
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A detailed study of Australian family life by the West Australian Government, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows Aborigines, compared with whites, face three times the rate of child death, double the number of still births and are twice as likely to be from one-parent homes.
Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards
Title: Murder charges
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
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Page number: 4
Word length: 45
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A Queensland truck driver was charged with murdering two Aboriginal men. Police said that the victims were killed by shotgun blasts.
Keywords: Living conditions, Race & racism, Violence
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Title: Doomadgee dry in 16 days - MP
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Friday, 2 December 1988
Writer(s):
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News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Beard, Liberal member for Mount Isa
Second spokesperson: Mr Katter, Community Services Minister
Synopsis: The Liberal member for Mount Isa, Mr Beard, said that the water supply for the Aboriginal community of Doomadgee would last only 16 days.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Govt grant aids water supply
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Saturday, 3 December 1988
Writer(s):
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News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Second spokesperson: Spokesman for Mr Katter, Community Services Minister
Synopsis: The Federal Government gave the Aboriginal community of Doomadgee an emergency grant of $560,000 to alleviate its water supply crisis.
Keywords: Living conditions
Title: Hand is accused on health funding
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 3 December 1988
Writer(s): Clark, Pilita
News genre: News
Page number: 3
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Word length: 580
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Departmental documents showed that the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr Hand, approved $180,000 in funding for the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organistation, despite undertakings he gave to Parliament on the issue.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Health funding, Indigenous politics
Title: Beer at centre of NT Riot
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 5 December 1988
Writer(s): Cooke, Karen
News genre: News
Page number: 5
Word length: 261
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Chief Inspector David Moore of the Northern Territory.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A riot erupted in Port Keats, a small town 300 kilometres south-west of Darwin, and 300 cartons of beer were taken from the Port Keats social club.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Riot, Violence
Title: Audit boosts heat on Hand
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 6 December 1988
Writer(s): Pekol, Suzanne
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 400
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Mr Howard, Opposition Leader
Second spokesperson: Mr Don McDonald, acting assistant secretary
Synopsis: An independent audit into a key Aboriginal health body revealed a high level of financial maladministration and inadequate accounting records. The report showed embarrassing details of non-accountability for spending by the organisation between 1984 and 1986. The damaging audit came as Mr Hand was under fire for allegedly deciding to resume Government funding to the organisation.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
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Title: Doomadgee drying up but residents plan to stay
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 6 December 1988
Writer(s): Ross, David
News genre: News
Page number:
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News Source: Aboriginal leader, Medical, Politician
First spokesperson: Clarence Walden, vice-chairman, Doomadgee Aboriginal Council
Second spokesperson: Unnamed hospital staff member
Synopsis: Discusses Doomadgee's dwindling water supply.
Keywords: Child health, Living conditions
Title: Hand accused of misleading house
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Tuesday, 6 December 1988
Writer(s): Pekol, Suzanne
News genre: News
Page number: 11
Word length: 300
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Howard, Opposition Leader
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The opposition claimed that Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Mr Hand, mislead Parliament over funding for an Aboriginal health organisation.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Minister to tough it out
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Wednesday, 7 December 1988
Writer(s): Grutzner, Anna
News genre: News summary/minor piece
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News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr Hand, has vowed to tough it out under Opposition pressure to resign for allegedly misleading Parliament over funding to the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
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Title: Hand holds firm in the face of row on black fund
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 7 December 1988
Writer(s): Pekol, Suzanne
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 300
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Senator Chaney, Opposition Senatre Leader.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Opposition claimed that Mr Hand had known about the damning audit of the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation before 8 September. The audit criticised the financial mismanagement and accounting records of the body between 1984 and 1986. Its Government funds were stopped in 1986.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Call to tighten law on child abuse
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 8 December 1988
Writer(s): Garcia, Luis M
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 596
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Mrs Chadwick, NSW Minister for Family and Community Services.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: A State Government report recommended that teachers, social workers, police officers, and even pharmacists should be forced by law to report cases of child abuse or neglect. The report also recommended special services for Aboriginal families, who were heavily over-represented in notifications of child abuse.
Keywords: Child health
Title: Hand could have been more precise, admits Hawke.
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Thursday, 8 December 1988
Writer(s): Pekol, Suzanne
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 500
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Mr Hawke, Prime Minister
Second spokesperson: Senator Button, Government Senate Leader.
Synopsis: The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, admitted that the Aboriginal Affairs
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Minister, Mr Hand, could have been more precise in his statements to Parliament. However, he stood firm behind his Minister in the face of continuing Opposition calls for Mr Hand’s resignation. The saga centres around Mr Hand’s comments to parliament that he decided not to resume funding to a health organisation, while a senior departmental officer said later that the Minister had told him to agree to fund the body. Brief mention that Mr Hand also knew of the damning audit report on the health organisation.
Keywords: Federal department of health, Federal politics, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: Misleading Parliament
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Friday, 9 December 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: Editorial
Page number:
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News Source: Politician
First spokesperson:
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Criticism of Mr Hand, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, with reference to an audit report critical of the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation.
Keywords: Federal politics, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled
Title: AIDS on reserves 'the worst'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Sunday, 11 December 1988
Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy
News genre: News
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News Source: Aboriginal leader
First spokesperson: Gracelyn Smallwood, AIDS expert
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An internationally acclaimed expert on AIDS, Ms Gracelyn Smallwood, is to resign from a key Federal Government advisory panel in disgust over the funding of "city blacks" in preference to those on reserves.
Keywords: Disease, Health funding
Title: Petrol sniffing 'deadly habit'
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Thursday, 15 December 1988
Writer(s):
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News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number:
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News Source: Medical, Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Jim Baker, member, Western Australian Government working party
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Petrol sniffing causes more deaths among Aborigines than lung cancer among smokers.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs
Title: Einfeld outburst over cash for blacks
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 16 December 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 305
News Source: Human Rights Commission, Politician
First spokesperson: Justice Marcus Einfeld
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Justice Marcus Einfeld, president of the Human Rights Commission, remarked that he was yet to meet an Aboriginal who has benefited from the $700 million annually poured into Aboriginal Affairs.
Keywords: Allegations of Indigenous corruption, Federal politics, Indigenous politics, Living conditions
Title: AIDS team on the road
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Monday, 19 December 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
Page number: 17
Word length: 100
News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Dr Blewett, Health Minister
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Teams of politicians and AIDS experts would travel the nation in a bid to gauge public knowledge and opinion of the disease. The Health Minister, Dr Blewett, said six groups would each examine a specific AIDS-related issue: intravenous drug use; AIDS and Aborigines; education and prevention; testing; treatment, services and care; discrimination and legal issues.
Keywords: Disease
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Title: Fewer blacks detained for drinking
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Monday, 19 December 1988
Writer(s): Moore, Matthew
News genre: News
Page number: 1
Word length: 553
News Source: Publication
First spokesperson: Dr Don Weatherburn, director of the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: According to the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, the number of intoxicated Aborigines taken to police stations in NSW had fallen sharply, although alcohol abuse among Aborigines remains extremely high. The statistics showed a 22.2 per cent drop in 1987 over previous years.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Police, Violence
Title: AIDS panels for Aborigines
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Monday, 19 December 1988
Writer(s):
News genre: News summary/minor piece
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News Source: Politician
First spokesperson: Dr Blewett, Federal Minister for Community Services and Health
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Federal Minister for Community Services and Health announced that six working panels would travel around Australia to consult with the community on AIDS.
Keywords: Disease
Title: More education needed on AIDS
Publication: Australian
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 December 1988
Writer(s): Del Popolo, N.
News genre: Letter to the editor
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News Source: Church/welfare body
First spokesperson: N. Del Popolo, Director, Family Care, Catholic Education Office, Cairns
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: An appeal for funding to employ community development officers, one Aboriginal and one white, to work in Far North Queensland on education of the communities and other groups and on counselling and support for families where AIDS was present.
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Keywords: Child health, Disease
Title: Takeaway alcohol: Blacks seek ban
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 21 December 1988
Writer(s): Cooke, Karen
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 438
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Justice Asche, Cheif Justice of the Northern Territory Supreme Court.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Members of three Central Australian Aboriginal communities made an application to the Supreme Court for an injunction to stop a licensed proprietor form selling takeaway alcohol.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Courts, Violence
Title: Drunk detention reflect policing policies
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Thursday, 22 December 1988
Writer(s): Cunneen, Chris
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 10
Word length: 345
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Chris Cunneen, Campaign for Criminal Justice
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Discusses the latest figures for detention under the Intoxicated Persons Act. Notes that 19 per cent of people detained by police in 1987 were Aboriginal.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Police, Violence
Title: Blacks' take-away alcohol stays
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Friday, 23 December 1988
Writer(s): Cooke, Karen
News genre: News
Page number: 4
Word length: 218
News Source: Police/Court
First spokesperson: Chief Justice Asche.
Second spokesperson: Mr Colin McDonald
Synopsis: The Supreme Court of Northern Territory rejected a claim from Central Australian Aborigines, saying that the groups failed to prove that the unrestricted sale of alcohol was a direct cause of disruption and violence in
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Aboriginal communities.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Courts, Living conditions, Violence
Title: Black detentions: Things are improving
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Saturday, 24 December 1988
Writer(s): Weatherburn, Dr Don
News genre: Letter to the editor
Page number: 10
Word length: 448
News Source: Other
First spokesperson: Dr Don Weatherburn, Director of the Bureau of Crime Statistics.
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: Response to the Intoxicated Persons Act, stating that the detention of Aboriginal persons under the Intoxicated Persons Act had fallen by nearly 72 per cent.
Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Police, Prisons
Title: NT cattlemen halt Aboriginal bid for 'a little bit of country'
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 December 1988
Writer(s): Cooke, Karen
News genre: News
Page number: 3
Word length: 607
News Source: Aboriginal Land Council, Aboriginal leader, Human Rights Commission, Other, Police/Court
First spokesperson: Justice Marcus Einfeld
Second spokesperson:
Synopsis: The Human Rights Commission was compiling a report on the living conditions at an Aboriginal community on Brunette Downs cattle stations in the Northern Territory following claims that Aborigines were forced to live in squalor.
Keywords: Courts, Disease, Hospitals, Living conditions, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled, Race & racism
Title: North has Christmas drink - of water
Publication: Courier-Mail
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 December 1988
Writer(s): Whittaker, Paul
News genre: News
Page number: 2
Word length: 500
News Source: Aboriginal lay person, Bureaucrat
First spokesperson: Nurse at the Doomadgee Hospital
Second spokesperson:
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Synopsis: Rain in the remote town of Doomadgee ended the threat of evacuation of the community. The town residents had been on strict water restrictions for six months, with the water only turned on for a few hours a day.
Keywords: Living conditions