via Susannah Augustine Two years ago the UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay described Australia’s treatment of Aboriginal peoples as “racism”. Recently, international documentary filmmaker and legendary journalist John Pilger investigated the ‘mining boom’ and how Aboriginal peoples are being ripped off. “The story of the first Australians is still poverty and humiliation, while their land yields the world’s biggest resources boom,” wrote Mr Pilger in The Guardian UK on April 30. “Barely a fraction of mining, oil and gas revenue has benefited Aboriginal communities, whose poverty is an enduring shock.” “A mature society would not accept the myths that surround Aboriginal life right here in Australia,” wrote Mr Pilger. In 2013, the annual National Native Title Conference will be convened by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the Central Land Council (CLC) on the traditional lands of the Central Arrernte people, the Native Title holders of the Alice Springs area. Rest assured, that there will be changes to Native Title practices end of the year but sadly they will not be favourable to Aboriginal peoples. This year’s Conference title is “Shaping the Future” but for whom
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 06:57:02 +0000
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