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nipaluna on The Chase Australia!

nipaluna (Hobart) nipaluna formed a question in popular show The Chase Australia, 7plus, Tuesday 9 April 2019. Contestants were quizzed on nipaluna, the original name for which Australian capital? Watch the clip

nipaluna/Hobart Language Day 2019

nipaluna/Hobart Language Day 2019 nipaluna/Hobart Language Day was held at Parliament lawns nipaluna (Hobart) on Saturday March 30. The theme was 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages. Over 300 people attended. palawa kani activities were: Opening - Daisy Allan, milaythina-mana Dewayne Everettsmith, kanaplila luna Women's Dances, Sharing Aboriginal place names - June Sculthorpe; & Hands-on workshops throughout the day: rri karati-ti Hands in friendship - ochre handprints on a banner for International Indigenous Languages Year, rayakana nipaluna song + kanalaritja kitina stringing a shell bracelet with Rosetta Thomas and Tessa Atto, and truwuta ...

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TAC Annual Report 2017-18

Poor choice by Canberra

Dear Sir, In 2013, the federal Attorney-General’s department saw fit to shut the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre run Aboriginal legal service and hand it to a Victorian group run by Wayne Muir. Muir is alleged to have committed rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment between 1987 and 2003, allegations Mr Muir denies. The federal government requires Tasmanian Aborigines (and presumably others on the mainland) to have police checks just to sit on a committee, let alone be a CEO of legal services. Ballarat ...

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More outrageous conduct by Tasmania Police with Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service nowhere to be seen.

Aboriginal youths held for two days

Applications are now open for people seeking redress for their sexual abuse as children

Applications are now open for people seeking redress for their sexual abuse as children. Institutions have to sign up to be part of the scheme and not all relevant organisations have done so. There is a government web site that explains the details and provides the application form. There are also funded support services and a community legal advice service Knowmore. Further details here. https://www.nationalredress.gov.au

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