Australia cracks down on Aborigines
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Federal troops arrived Wednesday to enforce tighter regulations on welfare payments and a ban on pornography and alcohol in Aboriginal communities.
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Australia apologized on Wednesday for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines in a move indigenous leaders said would help end generations of pain.
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Australia signalled a new hardline approach on welfare for its Aboriginal people as it vowed to end &quot;sit-down money&quot; -- generous handouts for doing little.
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The government finally apologizes to Aborigines forcibly taken from their families over the course of six decades. But don't ask for compensation
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An Australian government plan to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities to try to curb rampant child sexual abuse was labelled racist and knee-jerk by indigenous groups Friday.
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Aboriginal art in  Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black  communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists  and fraud from China and India is undermining the industry.
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Six aboriginal men will appear in court  on Tuesday charged with sexual assault, including rape, of  underage aboriginal girls -- the first charged since Australia  announced a crack down on indigenous child sexual abuse.
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Australia's Aborigines are set to lose the legal right to stop people entering their outback lands, which cover an area almost the size of Mongolia, sparking protests their homes will become an "Aboriginal Disneyland".
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Anger over the gang rape of a 10-year-old aboriginal girl has prompted Australia's new Labor government to make indigenous welfare the focus of a summit of national and state leaders this week.
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Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in Outback communities, giant TV screens went up in state capitals, and schools planned assemblies so students can watch the telecast of Australia's government apologizing for policies that degraded its indigenous people.
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TROUBLED Aboriginal communities have been encouraged to introduce curfews and alcohol bans after John Howard supported the more radical initiatives as part of a new accord between the Prime Minister and senior indigenous leaders.
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Australia will ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country&#39;s vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.
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The Australian government has been accused of humiliating Aborigines plagued by a blinding infection after offering to provide their community with a gasoline pump if they agreed to make their children wash their faces twice a day.
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ALCOHOL bans and curfews could be the answer to lagging living standards for Aborigines, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday.
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An Australian state Tuesday approved millions of dollars in compensation for members of the "stolen generation" of Aborigines just weeks after the federal government rejected similar demands.
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A timeline of key dates and facts about Australia's Aborigines:
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The Australian PM, Kevin Rudd, makes a formal apology in parliament to the country's Aborigines