"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." - Euripides 431 B.C.
News Items from 2005

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This index updated 31st December 2005
* The great American hypnosis by Harold Pinter The Age - 9th December 2005
* Elders pass on songs in race to save languages The Age - 7th December 2005
* Schooling for Kooris under fire The Age - 7th December 2005
* MPs back Costello plan to redirect welfare pay The Age - 6th December 2005
* Costello's welfare by Peter Costello The Age - 6th December 2005
* How Peter Costello became a Cape crusader The Age - 6th December 2005
* Educator backs push to lift Aboriginal schooling The Age - 6th December 2005
* Terror laws threat to 'basic civil liberties' The Age - 5th December 2005
* No faith in charity The Australian - 19th November 2005
* Couple's rift exposes years of corruption The Sunday Age - 16th October 2005
* New British laws allow Aboriginal remains to return The Age - 6th October 2005
* ALP offers cautious support to land rights reforms The National Indigenous Times - 5th October 2005
* Warren Mundine: How to lose friends and influence people The NIT - 29th September 2005
* The dark side of The Latham Diaries The National Indigenous Times - 29th September 2005
* NSWALC weighs in, Mundine weighs out? The NIT - 29th September 2005
* Keith Windschuttle: Racist essay is from the Left, not the Right The Australian - 29th September 2005
* Remote living 'no good for blacks' The Australian - 28th September 2005
* Ten reasons for not going into politics - Mark Latham The Age - 28th September 2005
* Editorial: Putting people first The Australian - 26th September 2005
* Helen Hughes: Policies entrench poverty The Australian - 23rd September 2005
* End near for Kalahari Bushmen The Australian - 18th September 2005
* Quiet revolution a silent disaster The National Indigenous Times - 16th September 2005
* Playing the race card - NZ Elections The Australian - 16th September 2005
* FLASH BLAK: Merv Bishop's life through words, music and photos The NIT - 16th September2005
* Crikey, the myths are getting bigger The National Indigenous Times - 16th September 2005
* Leaving is the key to survival The Australian - 12th September2005
* Survey sparks indigenous funds row The Age - 12th September 2005
* Aborigines must change to survive: Mundine The Australian - 10th September 2005
* Indigenous art makes mark in city of light The Australian - 9th September 2005
* The winds of change at Papunya The Age - 4th September 2005
* The dollars and sense of SRA's just don't add up The National Indigenous Times - 1st September 2005
* Gulpilil widens a cultural journey The Weekend Australian - 20th August 2005
* David Gulpilil - A feather in his cap The Age - 20th August 2005
* Warren Mundine - Hope lies in the great Australian dream The Australian - 15th August 2005
* Yunupingu to face funding probe The Australian - 15th August 2005
* The big picture, little dreaming The Australian - 15th August 2005
* Lawyers fail the native title test The Australian - 8th August 2005
* Yunupingu plans own mine The Australian - 8th August 2005
* Irate Gulpilil loses licence The Age - 4th August 2005
* Clash of cultures: Aboriginal leader rejects Pearson as 'new messiah' The Age - 30th July 2005
* Aborigines back welfare overhaul The Age - 25th July 2005
* Costello hears elders' despair over children The Age - 23rd July 2005
* Costello embraces Pearson's radical reforms The Age - 22nd July 2005
* Number of Aborigines in prison stuns activist Angela Davis The Age - 22nd July 2005
* The ugly ocker rears his racist head once more The Australian - 20th July 2005
* Cold comfort The Australian - 20th June 2005
* Keeping it real Aboriginal The Australian - 20th June 2005
* Lost scandal amid NT election politicking The Age - 19th June 2005
* Gulpilil angry at plan to jail drunks The Age - 18th June 2005
* Clare Martin defends anti-social behaviour laws ABC Radio AM program - 17th June 2005
* Proposed anti-social laws in NT to make it tougher for long grassers ABC Radio AM program - 17th June 2005
* Labor and CLP in Northern Territory take hard line on anti-social behaviour ABC Radio AM program - 16th June 2005
* Editorial: Yunupingu must account for cash The Australian - 14th June 2005
* Millions fund just four houses The Australian - 13th June 2005
* Royalties divide Yunupingu family The Australian - 11th June 2005
* Aborigines clash over PM's words The Age - 6th June 2005
* Pearson no Messiah: O'Donoghue The Australian - 6th June 2005
* Pearson backs Howards approach to Indigenous affairs Transcript of The Insiders - ABC-TV - 5th June 2005
* Freeman concerned by poor state of Aboriginal health The Herald-Sun - 5th June 2005
* Boy jailed for an ice cream The Australian - 6th June 2005
* NT politics targets public drinking ABC Radio AM program - 1st June 2005
* "A Nation Dispossessed" by Pat Dodson - The Age - 31st May 2005
* Workshop finds minister hard to reconcile - The Age 31st May 2005
* Howard Pledge on Race Relations The Age - 30th May 2005
* Black responsibility deals 'no miracle' The Australian - 16th May 2005
* Joh was no statesman Phillip Adams - 26th April 2005
* Plan to get black kids into training - 22nd April 2005
* Reconciliation a building block by prominent Aboriginal assimilation advocate Noel Pearson - 19th April 2005
* Senator Amanda Vanstone - Address to National Press Club - 23rd February 2005
* Police 'bash victim' too weak to eat - The Age 9th February 2005
* Mother tells of son's injuries - The Age 8th February 2005
* Doomadgee had reading of 0.29 - The Australian 7th February 2005
* Tovey or not Tovey - Age 16th January 2005
* A bone to pick with museums - Times Online 16th January 2005
* Pearson named 'Australian of the Year' - The Australian 15th January 2005
* PIC investigates NSW rural police misconduct - AM - ABC Radio 14th January 2005
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