Not a white man s disease - that s the message the Indigenous Affairs Minister is desperate to convey to vulnerable communities, where COVID-19 vaccination rates are lagging behind the rest of the country.
Figures released by the federal government show vaccination rates in Western Australia s Kimberley and Pilbara regions are languishing at 8.6 per cent - among the lowest in Australia and less than half the national average.
Community-controlled health services are working overtime to supply vaccines to remote communities, but in some cases, the message isn t getting through.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has urged Indigenous Australians to get vaccinated against COVID-19.(Alex Ellinghausen)
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The silence out of the premier’s office has been deafening.
It has been more than two weeks since freshly pressed Indigenous Affairs Minister Dr. Alan Lagimodiere made his now infamous statements about residential schools giving Indigenous kids the skills they need, justifying the actions of settlers as “They thought they were doing the right thing.”
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NDP Opposition Leader Wab Kinew interrupted his scrum to correct the record and note that the intention of the residential schools was to “kill the Indian in the child.”
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This all culminated in the burning and desecration of more than 45 churches and the toppling of half a dozen statues.
Thursday’s media presentation didn’t deliver another jaw-dropping headline, but it did give us a better understanding of what was discovered.
A researcher from the Fraser Valley University near Vancouver walked us through her research and methods, explaining how she detected roughly 200 “subsurface anomalies” which remain “targets of interest.” The 215 figure, we were told, was given in error. And to be clear, no one yet knows if these 200 “anomalies” are graves. We do know with certainty that these were not mass graves.
A young white artist who was abused on social media for selling Aboriginal-style dot paintings has apologised and admitted she was guilty of cultural appropriation .
Jessica Poland, who sells art in Hobart and online under the name Jessica James, sells dot paintings which resemble traditional Aboriginal artworks.
Ms Poland claims the dot technique helps to reflect energy and vibrations and the very fundamental truth of our nature here on earth .
Tasmanian woman Jessica Poland, who sells art in Hobart and online under the name Jessica James, has been slammed for selling her own dot paintings which resemble traditional Aboriginal artworks