Excitement is building for the Koori Knockout to be held in Tamworth on the October long weekend, but a special moment today has acknowledged this history of the event.
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Tamworth celebrates historic partnership
Tamworth has become Australia’s first council to sign a formal partnership with an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation to work together on Closing the Gap.
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A ‘David and Goliath battle’ ends in Nationals upset
The National Party has suffered a symbolic defeat in a key rural seat, with a party defector claiming victory after a hard-fought grassroots campaign.
Posted inHealth, Indigenous
Dose of cultural medicine to ‘decolonise healthcare’
Most Indigenous people would like to access cultural medicine, but many have difficulty doing so, with the practices largely left out of medical policy.
Posted inArts, Indigenous, National News
Big Girls Don’t Cry: Black joy celebrated in debut play
Inspired by the playwright’s grandmother and aunties, Big Girls Don’t Cry explores the power of joy amidst the political movements and racism of the 1960s.
Posted inIndigenous, Legal, Tamworth
Four decades of questions over teen’s train track death
A friend of an Indigenous teenager whose body was found on train tracks near Tamworth 37 years ago has denied any involvement in his mysterious death.
Posted inCrime, Indigenous, Tamworth, Youth
New initiatives to address youth crime in Tamworth
Three programs are underway in Tamworth to try and address the causes of youth crime.
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Tamworth Council to present groundbreaking local government-Indigenous partnership
The Tamworth Coalition of Aboriginal-Controlled Community Organisations is working to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with revolutionary move.
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Moree Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan on public display
Moree’s draft Reconciliation Action Plan is now on display, inviting both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community members to Have Your Say.
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AEC work underway to ensure remote, Indigenous votes are counted
Following electoral disaster in Toomelah at last year’s council election, the Australian Electoral Commission is pulling out all the stops to make sure that those who live remotely or in small villages have their vote counted.