Rudi Maxwell
Writer and Senior Journalist at Australian Associated Press (AAP)
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1 week ago |
sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell |Dan Rennie
Less than a year after laws decriminalising public drunkenness came into effect, the Queensland Government is considering making it a crime again - despite an outcry from First Nations, legal and human rights advocates. In September last year Queensland became the last state to decriminalise being drunk in public, more than 30 years after the move was recommended by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
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2 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell
Traditional Owners have overcome the first hurdle to force the Queensland Government to protect an important sacred site, safeguard cultural heritage and defend human rights. Nagana Yarrbayn Senior Cultural Custodian Adrian Burragubba is leading the case to protect the Doongmabulla Springs, alleging they have suffered unauthorised environmental harm due to activity from Adani's (Bravus Mining and Resources in Australia) Carmichael coalmine.
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3 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell
After more than three years waiting for a government decision on the protection of Murujuga, home to the world's largest collection of rock art, a traditional custodian will now have her day in court. In February 2022, Mardathoonera woman Raelene Cooper submitted an application under Section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act (ATSIHPA) to then-Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
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3 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell
In the wake of another death in custody in the Northern Territory, a senior Warlpiri man believes Aboriginal lives are "worth less than a chocolate bar" to those in power. Central Land Council chair Warren Williams - whose nephew Kumanjayi White died in custody last week - is calling on the Federal Government to withhold funding to the Northern Territory Government until it sets up an independent police conduct commission.
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1 month ago |
sbs.com.au | Rudi Maxwell
As the dust finally settles on the federal election results, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has announced her Shadow Ministry, promoting South Australian Senator Kerrynne Liddle to Minister for Indigenous Australians. The Arrernte woman will also hold the portfolio of Social Services and be a member of the Shadow Cabinet.
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