DARWIN — The Northern Territory government and the Darwin City Council have rejected appeals for water and toilet facilities for homeless Aborigines camped under the busy flight path of the international airport in Ludmilla. The
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Homeless Aborigines in Darwin protestDARWIN — Corrugated iron humpies and tarpaulins slung between trees around an Aboriginal flag flying from a bamboo pole make up the base camp for homeless Aborigines protesting the
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Aborigines occupy Lee PointDARWIN — On May 12, homeless Aboriginal people here reoccupied Lee Point, a camp site in Darwin's northern suburbs. The group erected a large sign saying: "We need shelter, water, not games —
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Punished for being homelessDARWIN — A woman who spoke at a rally of homeless Aboriginal people here on March 17 has been fined $1060 for taking two blankets and a bedspread from a city motel. Her partner was fined $540 for
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Homeless Aborigines take to the streetsDARWIN — Homeless Aboriginal people in Darwin have grown impatient with NT government inaction. Since the chief minister has called the chairperson of the Northern Land Council,
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Maningrida is a town of about 600 on the coast of Central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, servicing about 1500 people. Although the town is mainly Aboriginal, remnants of the old colonial administration remain in managerial
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DARWIN — A determined group of pensioners and their carers are making a stand against the Darwin City Council (DCC) policy of harassing homeless Aboriginal people. In the last council elections, Mayor George Brown