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Has the Governement’s approach over the last 2 years had any positive effect on Aborignal and Torrse Strait Islander communities? The present Labour Federal Government along with the Northern Territory Government have a policy approach called “Closing the Gap.” But is their approach working? Richard Trudgen the author of “Why Warriors Lie down and Die” has written a discussion paper on this topic called “Are We heading in the right direction? ‘Closing the Gap’ or making it bigger?”
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Archive for September, 2008
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Loss of Indigenous Languages – symptom or underlying cause?
Posted on September 1, 2008 | 1 CommentLanguage is mastery, who ever controls language controls information and those who lack information are marginalised. When we talk of equal rights for indigenous peoples, the right to hear and be heard using their native languages should be at the top of the list, because it give people mastery over their own lives.