The Media and Indigenous Policy Project Index of Indigenous Health Articles in The Australian 1988-89, 1994-95, 2002-03 & 2006-07 Compiled by Monica Andrew University of Canberra The articles in this index from 1988-89 and 1994-95 were collected from newspaper clipping files held at the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study (AIATSIS) library. The researchers are grateful to AIATSIS for allowing access to their facilities. The articles from 2002-03 and 2006-07 were collected from the Factiva database. Further information on the methodology for collecting newspaper articles for this project is available at http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research- centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy/the- media-and-indigenous-policy-database © Monica Andrew, 2013 Andrew, Monica (2013), Index of Indigenous Health Articles in The Australian, 1988-89, 1994-95, 2002-03 & 2006-07, Media and Indigenous Policy Project, University of Canberra. http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media- research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy/the-media-and-indigenous-policy- database Further information about the Media and Indigenous Policy project is available at http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media- research-centre/events/the-media-and-indigenous-policy The Media and Indigenous Policy project was supported under the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme (DP0987457), with additional funding supplied by the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra. The Australian 1988 Title: Legionella found in Aborigines’ water Publication: Australian Publication date: Wednesday, 6 January 1988 Writer(s): Ragg, Mark Page number: Word length: News source: Academic, Publication First spokesperson: Ian Simpson, senior microbiological technologist, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth Second spokesperson: Synopsis: A study conducted by the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre of Perth claims that up to one-third of Aborigines in outback Western Australia have been exposed to the bacterium that causes the potentially fatal Legionnaires’ Disease. Keywords: Disease, Living conditions Title: Poor Aboriginal housing ‘causing health problems’ Publication: Australian Publication date: Friday, 22 January 1988 Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa & Maurer, Tracy Page number: 3 Word length: News source: Aboriginal leader, Lawyer/Legal representative, Publication First spokesperson: Yami Lester, chairman, Nganampa Health Council Second spokesperson: Jim Bradshaw, barrister representing Aboriginal Coordinating Council at the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Synopsis: A confidential report on the living standards of Aborigines in central Australia, prepared by Nganampa Health Council and South Australia's Health Commission and Aboriginal Health Organisation, claims their housing is overcrowded and a cause of health problems. Keywords: Child health, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions Title: Tears still flood the tracks of Toomelah Publication: Australian Publication date: Sunday, 31 January 1988 Writer(s): Lowe, Barry Page number: Word length: News source: Human Rights Commission First spokesperson: Justic Marcus Einfeld, Chief Justice, Human Rights Commission Second spokesperson: Synopsis: Review of Toomelah, six months after Justice Marcus Einfeld’s visit. Keywords: Living conditions Title: Aboriginal housing ‘breeds disease’ Publication: Australian Publication date: Wednesday, 25 May 1988 Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa 3 The Australian Page number: Word length: News source: Publication First spokesperson: Second spokesperson: Synopsis: A report on the health of 2000 Aborigines in Central Australia has revealed that overcrowded housing and unsanitary living conditions are causing high levels of disease. Keywords: Indigenous health standards, Living conditions Title: A wonder drug or danger to health? Publication: Australian Publication date: Tuesday, 31 May 1988 Writer(s): Walker, Susannah Page number: Word length: News source: Bureaucrat, Medical First spokesperson: Dr John McEwen, head, drug evaluation support branch, Federal Department of Community Services and Health Second spokesperson: Margaret Culbong, chairwoman, National Aboriginal and Islanders Health Organisation Synopsis: Concerns about Depo-Provera use as a contraceptive. Keywords: Women's health Title: Initiations ‘an AIDS risk to Aborigines’ Publication: Australian Publication date: Sunday, 5 June 1988 Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy Page number: Word length: News source: Medical First spokesperson: Gracelyn Smallwood, federal government adviser on communicable diseases in the Aboriginal community Second spokesperson: Synopsis: The modernisation of Aboriginal initiation practices, using knives and razor blades to form scars, is putting Australia's black communities in danger of an AIDS epidemic. Keywords: Disease, Health funding, Medical services - Indigenous community controlled Title: Discredit to Aborigines Publication: Australian Publication date: Friday, 10 June 1988 Writer(s): Perkins, Charles Page number: Word length: News source: Aboriginal leader First spokesperson: Charles Perkins, Secretary, Department of Aboriginal Affairs Second spokesperson: Synopsis: Response to an article on the risk of AIDS to Aborigines. Details funding to 4 The Australian Aboriginal AIDS education projects in 1987-88. Keywords: Disease, Health funding Title: Things are looking up at Toomelah Publication: Australian Publication date: Monday, 13 June 1988 Writer(s): Jamieson, Anne Page number: Word length: News source: Human Rights Commission, Local government, Publication First spokesperson: Michael O'Riley, clerk, Moree Plains Shire Council Second spokesperson: Synopsis: The 500 Aboriginal residents of Toomelah village on the NSW-Queensland border can look forward to better living conditions following the release of a report by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Keywords: Living conditions Title: Doomed by buck-passing Publication: Australian Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988 Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy Page number: Word length: News source: Human Rights Commission, Publication First spokesperson: Justice Einfeld, president, Human Rights Commission Second spokesperson: Synopsis: In his report on Toomelah, the Human Rights Commission president, Justice Einfeld, admitted that much of the problem was doomed to be left unsolved. He pinpointed health as perhaps the most alarming aspect of a many-faceted problem. Keywords: Disease, Indigenous health standards, Living conditions Title: More Toomelahs ‘will be exposed’ Publication: Australian Publication date: Thursday, 16 June 1988 Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy Page number: Word length: News source: Human Rights Commission, Publication First spokesperson: Justice Einfeld, president, Human Rights Commission Second spokesperson: Synopsis: The Human Rights Commission issued a strong warning to the Australian Government that it would systematically expose the appalling conditions of Aboriginal communities throughout the country during the remainder of the Bicentenary. Keywords: Living conditions 5 The Australian Title: Top End quandary on kava control Publication: Australian Publication date: Tuesday, 21 June 1988 Writer(s): Grutzner, Anna Page number: Word length: News source: Academic First spokesperson: Professor John Mathews, director, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin Second spokesperson: Synopsis: Concern about kava drinking in Arnhem Land communities. Keywords: Alcohol & drugs Title: Fatal virus found in Aborigines Publication: Australian Publication date: Tuesday, 19 July 1988 Writer(s): Page number: Word length: News source: Academic, Publication First spokesperson: Dr John May, senior lecturer in microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne Second spokesperson: Synopsis: A potentially fatal virus, previously unknown in Australia, which causes leukaemia, has been found in Aborigines from remote areas of Western and central Australia. Keywords: Disease Title: NT liquor laws ‘fail Aborigines’ Publication: Australian Publication date: Sunday, 28 August 1988 Writer(s): Morrison, James Page number: Word length: News source: Police/Court First spokesperson: Justice Michael Maurice, Northern Territory Supreme Court Second spokesperson: Synopsis: A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge criticised the Territory’s Liquor Act, describing its protection of Aborigines from the problems of alcohol as inadequate. Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Violence Title: Why alcohol is killing Aurukun Publication: Australian Publication date: Sunday, 28 August 1988 Writer(s): Maurer, Tracy Page number: Word length: News source: Aboriginal lay person, Academic First spokesperson: Mrs Geraldine Kawangka, Aurukun community member 6 The Australian Second spokesperson: David Martin, anthropologist, Australian National University Synopsis: Profile of drinking problem in Aurukun. Keywords: Alcohol & drugs, Living conditions Title: A favourable dialysis diagnosis Publication: Australian Publication date: Friday, 9 September 1988 Writer(s): Hudson, Lisa Page number: Word length: News source: Medical First spokesperson: Dr David Pugsley, renal unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Second spokesperson: Synopsis: Under a remote care program co-ordinated by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Renal Unit, haemodialysis treatment can be performed in some of the most isolated parts