Remote Indigenous services report welcomed

03 December 2009
ANTaR has welcomed the first report of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services released today. ANTaR National President, Dr Janet Hunt, says the report is honest about the state of the 29 Remote Indigenous Locations where the Coordinator-General currently has powers.

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ANTaR welcomes the end of Perth Native Title Litigation

26 November 2009
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) applauds the West Australian Government decision to end its litigation against the Federal Court Native Title decision over the Perth metropolitan area.

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Racial Discrimination Act changes crucial to re-engage Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory

25 November 2009
Draft legislation to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) in relation to the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) is a crucial opportunity to turn around the Federal Government's troubled relationship with Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) said today.

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Concerns remain about the Northern Territory Emergency Response

25 November 2009
Extending income management to all welfare recipients in the Northern Territory will disproportionately and adversely affect Aboriginal people in Northern Territory," said ANTaR National President, Dr Janet Hunt.

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Forming alliances the only solution

28 October 2009
Opinion piece by Janet Hunt, President of ANTaR. First published in the Canberra Times, 29 October 2009
One year ago the Federal Government received the final report of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Panel. It concluded “the intervention diminished its own effectiveness through its failure to engage constructively with the Aboriginal people it intended to help”.

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"A Better Way" for NT Aboriginal Communities

27 October 2009
ANTaR is launching its "A Better Way" campaign today. The campaign aims to highlight that there is a better way to work with Aboriginal people than the coercive and stigmatising approaches still continuing under the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) and related Aboriginal policies.

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Sober up the man: the wife wins. Sober up the wife: the children win.

25 October 2009
This little ditty is at the heart of an innovative Aboriginal Men’s Centre.
The Goori Men’s Recovery Centre, in Cleveland, has been awarded the ANTaR Qld 3rd Annual Close the Gap Award for their well-structured and culturally appropriate approach to helping men recover from drug and alcohol addiction problems.

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Rights Report a good start but Indigenous rights left in the "too hard" basket

13 October 2009
ANTaR today welcomed the release of the report of the National Human Rights Consultation. "We welcome the dawning of a human rights culture and legal framework in Australia which this report represents," ANTaR President, Dr Janet Hunt, said today.

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ANTaR's new National Director starting today

12 October 2009
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is pleased to announce that Mark Drury will be taking up the role of ANTaR National Director today.

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Indigenous rights organisation welcomes UN report on Northern Territory

28 August 2009
The report on the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) by UN Special Rapporteur Professor James Anaya has been welcomed by ANTaR, the only non-Indigenous national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights - and overcoming the disadvantage - of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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UN official to report on Aboriginal human rights

17 August 2009
Prof. James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Human Rights is visiting various centres in Australia over the next two weeks. His task will be to report back to the UN.

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Town Camps take over a low point in Indigenous Affairs

31 July 2009
The reluctant acceptance of a government take-over of town camps in Alice Springs represents a low point in Indigenous affairs, ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation), said today.

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Keep Aboriginal housing in Aboriginal hands

30 July 2009
ANTaR signed this public letter which was published in The Australian newspaper on Thursday 30th July 2009

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NSW Government should support alternative interventions designed for young Indigenous offenders

07 July 2009
ANTaR NSW urges the NSW Government to think again about legislative amendments which have led to dramatic increases in Indigenous juveniles in jail.

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COAG meeting welcomed, but work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

01 July 2009
ANTaR welcomes the special COAG meeting devoted to Closing the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage taking place in Darwin.

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Flawed and inadequate consultation continues at the second anniversary of the NT intervention

19 June 2009
Flawed and inadequate consultation with Aboriginal communities remains a key concern at the second anniversary of the Northern Territory Emergency Intervention, according to ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation).

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New Minister for Indigenous Health welcomed

09 June 2009
The announcement of the appointment of Warren Snowdon to the new portfolio for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery is welcome, says Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation spokesperson, Sally Fitzpatrick.

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Remote homelands rethink urgently needed in the Northern Territory

02 June 2009
ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) today urged the Australian and Northern Territory governments to urgently reconsider their remote Indigenous community strategy in the wake of criticisms by NT Labor MLA, Marion Scrymgour.

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Launch of ANTaR's new Respect campaign

18 May 2009
Respect campaign targets new relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
A new national campaign calling on all Australians to take action and commit to a new partnership between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians will be launched today by ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) in collaboration with The Body Shop.

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4.6 billion COAG 'closing the gap' investment at risk

08 May 2009
ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) is launching a campaign to urge supporters to write to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) about critical weaknesses in its $4.6 billion 'closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage' strategy.

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Search for new ANTaR National Director

24 April 2009
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is searching for a new National Director following the resignation of Gary Highland from the position he has held for the past three years.

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ANTaR: "Government must act swiftly on petrol sniffing recommendations"

19 March 2009
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) today urged the Australian Government to swiftly implement the recommendations of the Senate Community Affairs Committee's Petrol Sniffing Inquiry report to ensure there is not a resurgence of sniffing in communities in Central Australia.

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Foundations laid in past year to 'Close the Gap in health

02 March 2009 The Close the Gap coalition has welcomed the Rudd Government’s Report Card on closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes, in particular the $58.3 million over four years for eye and ear health - with a trachoma element - and the appointment of a Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services.

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Closing the Gap report card – more effort needed on Indigenous engagement

27 February 2009
"The Rudd Government needs to embrace an expanded, shared vision of what closing the gap means by engaging Indigenous people more effectively in the development and implementation of its policies," Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) National Director, David Cooper, said today.

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ANTaR Victoria Calls for Brumby Government Apology Day Commitment to Reconciliation

13 February 2009
Today as we celebrate the anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation in Victoria (ANTaR Vic) called on the Brumby Government to commit to continue and increase its commitment to Reconciliation in Victoria.

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Watching the prime ministers report card on closing the gap

01 February 2009
The Close the Gap coalition eagerly awaits the Rudd Government's promised Report Card tomorrow on closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes. Chair of the Close the Gap steering committee and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma, whose 2005 Social Justice Report laid the groundwork for the Close the Gap campaign, said he expected the Report Card to deliver big ticks on some major initiatives.

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Another small step on the road to reconciliation

29 January 2009
I can think of no better choice for Australian of the Year in this International Year of Reconciliation than Mick Dodson. Mick is a man whose achievements are myriad and who has earned respect as a leader from all who have worked with him. He's a straight talker, at times a tough talker but also someone who is at ease in any company, always self-effacing, always ready to share a joke.

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What is the Australian story?

28 January 2009
As we collectively sober up from yet another Australia Day weekend, it is an opportune time to reflect on the ambiguities and inadequacies of celebrating a nation's achievements and cultural diversity, on a day that represents the beginning of what Indigenous academic Anne Pattel-Gray has termed "The great white flood".

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