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CAMERAYGAL FESTIVAL LAUNCH
Mon, Aug 17 2009
A focus on relationships between traditional custodians of the land - and new cultures - is the main thrust of a community event now in its 17th year - the Cameraygal Festival in Lane Cove in Sydney.
It features more than 65 events united by the theme - One Village Many Cultures - with its patron Roger Climpson.
Michelle Lovegrove went along to the festival launch.
ABORIGINAL MANDALA
Tue, Aug 04 2009
Ancient links between Aboriginal and Tibetan spritual beliefs have been celebrated recently in Sydney.
A group of Buddhist monks from Sera Je monastery in India have visited the Northbridge Aboriginal Heritage Centre, to spend six days creating an intricate sand mandala symbolising healing and protection.
They will visit 20 regions across south-eastern Australia, and create a mandala in each area.
When completed, the sand mandalas are ceremoniously destroyed to illustrate the transitory nature of material life.
Michelle Lovegrove is speaking with Aboriginal Heritage Officer David Watts and monk Geshe Sonam Thargye.
Uluru - will the chains come off?
Mon, Aug 03 2009
Uluru will be closed to tourists wanting to climb the sacred rock if a draft proposal is accepted by parliament.
Every ten years a National parks management policy review is undertaken and 2009 marks the start of the next ten year cycle.
If this draft proposal is accepted, the chain which runs over the rock will be removed.
This is something that couldn't come too soon for Uncle Bob Randall, Mutijulu elder and one of the recognised traditional owners of Uluru.
He's speaking with Artan Jama.
Tour operators say Uluru climb should go
Mon, Aug 03 2009
Around 250 tourists climb Uluru every day, and the track can be seen miles away.
Some tour operators claim they'll lose revenue as a result of the closure.
But Anangu Waai Tours says there are many other things to do at the base of the rock and in the surrounding areas.
Angangu Waai Tours has been running since 1995 and is one-hundred per-cent Aboriginal owned and managed.
General Manager Andrew Simpson speaks with Artan Jama.
This Is Not Nowhere - nuclear waste in the Northern Territory
Mon, Aug 03 2009
Lobbying is continuing over the big question mark of dumping nuclear waste in the Northern Territory.
It's now been four years since the Howard Government started moves to impose a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.
Four sites have been identified by the government - Harts Range north-east of Alice Springs, Fishers Range, near Katherine … Muckaty, north of Tennant Creek and Mount Everard, just 40 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.
Tradtional owners remain opposed to a dump on their land.
One traditional owner for Mount Everard, Audrey McCormack has been lobbying delegates at the ALP conference in Sydney to overturn legislation allowing a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.
She says the reasons are many.
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