Indigenous Australian's quality of life ranks low
A United Nations measurement of human development ranks the the quality of life of Australia's Aborigines as second worst in the world, according to a Canadian study. The Age

Indigenous health declining in Australia
Key health standards for Indigenous Australians are below those of poor countries such as Sudan, Sierra Leone and Nepal. The Fred Hollows Foundation has declared the situation a health emergency. SMH

New coalition of Aboriginal organisations launched
The National Coalition of Aboriginal Organisations aims to fill a void in Aboriginal leadership and lobby the federal government on key Indigenous issues. ninemsn

Healing Hands Indigenous Health Rights Campaign 2004
Find out about Indigenous health issues in Australia, why 'practical reconciliation' has failed and what you can do to respond to the situation. ANTAR

A Matter of Urgency
Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway, in his speech to the Senate, says the health crisis facing Indigenous Australians is a shame upon the whole nation. Democrats

Indigenous Health Report Card
A more simplified version of the statistics comparing the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
www.antar.org.au/health/health_stats.html

Film: Fahrenheit 9/11
This controversial film has begun its international release. " ...this is a highly critical portrait of the president, his initially care-less administration, then the aftermath of 9/11 leading to the terrifying of the American people about terrorist threats and the decision to invade Iraq ... To complain that it as anti-Bush propaganda is futile because that is what it intends to be." Signis

An Australian Creed
"We believe in God, creator and sustainer of life,
creator of the black woman and the white woman
of the black man and the white man
of the woman who is not quite black and not quite white
of the man who is not quite white and not quite black."
SMC