Roebourne (Australia)

Type: City

Name: Roebourne (Australia)

Latitude: -20.77

Longitude: 117.129997

population: 19,264

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Quadriplegia has not stopped Dave Jacka

A motorbike accident left Dave Jacka with quadriplegia. Dave Jacka has been planning this trip for five years. He wants to be the first quadriplegic to fly solo around Australia and his message is clear - It's all about raising the public expectation ... [Published ABC Online - May 18 2013]

Entities: Quadriplegia, Roebourne (Australia), JavaScript, Disability

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Revealed: Australia’s “dirty little secrets”

Leaders welcome John Pilger's story telling the world about racism and poverty inflicted upon First PeoplesIndigenous leaders have welcomed a confronting article written by one of the world's most renowned documentary film makers, social commentators, ... [Published National Indigenous Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: John Pilger, Australia, Racism, Roebourne (Australia)

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

The tough life of a Native

Eleven miles by ferry from Perth is Western Australia's "premier tourist destination". This is Rottnest Island, whose scabrous wild beauty and isolation evoked, for me, Robben Island in South Africa.Empires are never short of devil's islands; what makes ... [Published Southern Times Africa - May 07 2013]

Entities: Henry Vincent, Russel Ward, Australia, prison, Margaret Quirk

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition

A rally last year protesting the death in 2004 of Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey. (Photo: Peter Boyle.)Social justice and anti-deaths in custody organisations around Australia formed a new national coalition on February 10.The new group will allow for national ... [Published Green Left Weekly - May 04 2013]

Entities: Custody, Coalition, Roebourne (Australia), Peter Boyle, Criminal

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people | John Pilger

The story of the first Australians is still poverty and humiliation, while their land yields the world's biggest resources boom Eleven miles by ferry from Perth is Western Australia's "premier tourist destination". This is Rottnest Island , whose ... [Published Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Henry Vincent, Australia, Margaret Quirk, prison

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

A tour inside Australia's first Aboriginal prison

Officers say they've already noticed a change in behaviour for offenders who've come back to the Kimberley to serve their term at the first purpose-built prison for Indigenous people. Since it's opening in November 2012, the West Kimberley Regional Prison ... [Published ABC Online - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: prison, Australia, Roebourne (Australia)

Quotes

" It was the scariest experience I ever had while flying in my entire life. When the wind blows over a mountain you get a lot of rota which is like flying through a washing machine. When I hit that it was like a sledge hammer hitting my plane. My head hit the roof three times and I fell over because I have no movement from the armpits down" he said

Quadriplegia has not stopped Dave Jacka [Published ABC Online - May 18 2013]

"Having reported all over the world by the time of coming back, I was shocked to find out the injustices" Mr Pilger said

Revealed: Australia’s “dirty little secrets” [Published National Indigenous Times - May 14 2013]

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Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition [Published Green Left Weekly - May 04 2013]
Australia's boom is anything but for its Aborig... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 28 2013]
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Australia's boom is anything but for its Aborig... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 28 2013] The story of the first Australians is still poverty and humiliation, while their land yields the world's biggest resources boom Eleven miles by ferry from Perth is Western Australia's "premier tourist destination". This is Rottnest Island , whose ...