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SA inquiry into state removal of Aboriginal children
South Australia’s first Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner has launched a year-long Royal Commission-like inquiry into the State Government’s removal of Aboriginal children.
South Australia’s first Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner has launched a year-long Royal Commission-like inquiry into the State Government’s removal of Aboriginal children.
Newly-appointed Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has told an Adelaide audience Liberal leader Peter Dutton should “show his much-talked-about different side” by supporting a referendum for a constitutionally-enshrined First Nations Voice.
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Lawyers at South Australia’s pro bono Aboriginal legal practice are juggling over 150 clients each at one time, prompting calls for the state government to provide funding in next week’s budget to help the organisation retain staff and keep up with “horrendous” demand.
Bickering over funding responsibility continues to cloud the future of a dilapidated Aboriginal health clinic in Ceduna, with Labor accusing the Marshall Government of misrepresenting the building’s ownership, while the Premier says it’s not the state’s job to fund an upgrade despite SA Health owning the current site.
An “unsafe” and mouldy SA Health-owned building used by an Aboriginal health service in Ceduna will receive a $13 million upgrade if Labor wins the upcoming federal election, a SA senator has pledged, ending a bureaucratic stalemate over funding.
A temporary isolation hub with shelter, food and health services in the west park lands will open next week to accommodate Aboriginal rough sleepers who test positive for COVID-19.
Construction begins today on South Australia’s new Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre at Lot Fourteen, with the State Government revealing the $200 million building will from now on be named “Tarrkarri”, meaning “the future” in Kaurna.