Newsletter date: 25 February 2013
Contents:
* arena: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton’s Boyer Lectures
* Andrew Crook, Crikey: Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers
* ABC Radio National: 2012 Boyer Lectures
* NIT: Native Title win
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)
* The Wire: Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education
* The Wire: Taking books out bush
* ARENA: OPPORTUNITY LOST BY BORIS FRANKEL: MARCIA LANGTON'S BOYER LECTURES
- Analysis / Opinion
arena: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton’s Boyer Lectures
http://www.arena.org.au/2013/02/opportunity-lost/
February 2013: "It is possible that Langton’s five lectures will rank as a particularly shameful episode in the ABC’s history. For five weeks, audiences were subjected to the kind of vitriol and empirically unfounded claims against the Left and environmentalists usually confined to Andrew Bolt’s columns or Alan Jones’ broadcasts. Where was the so-called 'balance' that ABC management invokes usually to placate the Right, but never the Left?" By Boris Frankel
* ANDREW CROOK, CRIKEY: MARCIA LANGTON DEFENDS NON-DISCLOSURE ON MINING CASH BEFORE BOYERS
- Analysis / Opinion
Crikey: Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/marcia-langton-defends-mining-money-...
22 Feb 13: "The academic background to last year’s Boyer Lectures was funded by global miners Rio Tinto and Woodside. But the audience was none the wiser. Should she and the ABC have disclosed? Indigenous leader Marcia Langton and the ABC have defended a lack of disclosure over last year’s Boyer Lectures, despite tens of thousands of dollars in cash for Langton’s academic research being sourced from resources giants Rio Tinto, Woodside and Santos. The series of five Boyers, titled "The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom", ... " Andrew Crook
* ABC RADIO NATIONAL: 2012 BOYER LECTURES
- Analysis / Opinion
ABC Radio National: 2012 Boyer Lectures
The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures/
2012: "The 53rd Boyer Lectures will be presented by Professor Marcia Langton AM, Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at The University of Melbourne. The lectures' subject will be The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom. Prof Langton will look at the dependency of Aboriginal businesses and not-for-profit corporations on the resources industry and their resultant vulnerability to economic downturns."
* NIT: NATIVE TITLE WIN
- Analysis / Opinion
National Indigenous Times: Native Title win
http://www.nit.com.au/your-say.html
http://www.nit.com.au/news/2515-native-title-win.html
23 Feb 13: "The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) are the federally prescribed body (2005) authorised to negotiate with mining companies over Yindjibarndi Country. Last week, Federal Court Justice Neil Kerracher ruled in favour of YAC's application for a new suite of Native Title claimants. This follows the long endurance of failed negotiations between mining giant Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and the Yindjibarndi. The new claimants will speak for a claim area which includes the vacant Crown land where Fortescue Metals Group is developing the Firetail mine site."
* BACKGROUND TO THE YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION (YAC):
Last updated: 17 February 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/27/background-to-the-yindjibarndi-aborig...
* THE WIRE: LITTLE STEPS TOWARDS CLOSING THE GAP IN TERTIARY EDUCATION
- Audio Interview
The Wire: Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education
Produced by Daria Dolgova
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10059
22 Feb 13: "An organisation is helping to close the gap in a very real way. With a tiny budget and some very dedicated staff, they are giving indigenous kids the opportunity to pursue tertiary education. The Mary MacKillop Foundation is working towards closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous university students. The Foundation has funded more than 460 life-changing projects since 1995, and their indigenous scholarships program funded 10 new graduates last year. ...
Featured in story: Sam Hardjono - CEO,Mary MacKillop Foundation"
* THE WIRE: TAKING BOOKS OUT BUSH
- Audio Interview
The Wire: Taking books out bush
Produced by Graham Backhaus
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10062
22 Feb 13: "An innovative program organised by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is providing experience with books for very young children in remote indigenous communities. Book Buzz provides kits of quality and culturally appropriate books selected in consultation with the community in which they are to be placed. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) aims to raise literacy levels and improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous children living in remote and isolated regions. ...
Featured in story: Tina Raye - Program Manager, Indigenous Literacy Foundation"
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