Aboriginal Law Bulletin --- "Update: Aboriginal Pre-Law Programmes; 'Our Place' - Streetwize Comics; Director - Aboriginal Law Centre; Indigenous Art Rip-Offs" [1995] AboriginalLawB 49; (1995) 3(77) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 2

• Update
• Aboriginal Pre-Law Programmes
• 'Our Place'-Streetwize Comics
• Director-Aboriginal Law Centre
• Indigenous Art Rip-Offs

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Update

Aboriginal Pre-Law Programmes

WEST COAST: The Aboriginal Education Unit at Monash University is coordinating the 1996 Aboriginal Pre-Law Program in conjunction with the Murdoch University School of Law.

The Aboriginal Pre-Law Program is a course designed to prepare students for first-year law studies. The Program offers an intensive pre-law education, and assessment of likelihood of success in law studies. In 1994 and 1995 the Program was coordinated by the Centre for Aboriginal Programmes and the School of Law at the University of Western Australia.

Applications close on 17 November 1995. (Late applications may be accepted.) For more information and/or application forms, please contact

Jade Maddox phone [phone] or

Nellie Green phone [phone] Fax [phone]

Northern Territory residents are encouraged to contact:

Martin Flynn phone [phone]

EAST COAST: The Aboriginal Education Program at the University of New South Wales will be running an Indigenous Pre-Law Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from 8 January to 9 February 1996.

The Program aims to prepare participants for mainstream education in law, boost participants' access into higher legal education, and assist participants to determine if law studies suit them.

Applications must be received by 11 December 1995. Interested persons are encouraged to apply early as places in the Program are limited. For more information and/or application forms, please contact:

Phyllis Lee phone [phone] or

Anne Martin phone [phone]

Fax: [phone] or write to:

Aboriginal Education Program

University of NSW

SYDNEY NSW 2052

'Our Place'- Streetwize Comics

'Our Place' looks at housing options available to Aboriginal people and has been written, drawn and produced by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, especially those living in New South Wales. 'Our Place' includes three stories:

1. Immediate Housing - Annie moves from the country to stay with her sister Wilma in the inner city. With six kids, it's pretty crowded. Annie needs a place of her own near a hospital, because her son Charlie requires constant medical attention. Story provides contact numbers for refuges and information on the circumstances considered by the Department of Housing when allocating 'immediate' housing.
2. Room to Move - Kelly lives in a country town. On discovering she is pregnant, she investigates her housing options and learns about the Department of Housing's general list and the list for Aboriginal people. Includes information on community housing options, Aboriginal housing organisations, a women s housing scheme, and the Community Tenancy Scheme.
3. Home and Housed - Three students rent a rundown house, and learn of their rights and responsibilities as tenants. Includes information on the Tenants' Union, Rental Bond Board, the Office of Real Estate Services, and rental assistance through the Department of Housing.

'Our Place' also lists 6 things to consider before buying a house, including financing a home loan. Housing Advisory Service contact numbers are given.

Streetwize Comics now has a new Aboriginal Editor; her name is Gayle Kennedy. If you need any information, copies of the magazine, or have any ideas for future editions, please contact her on [phone].

Director - Aboriginal Law Centre

The Aboriginal Law Centre at the University of New South Wales is seeking to appoint an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander with suitable qualifications to serve as Director of the Centre. The position will be advertised in national newspapers shortly.

In the meantime, inquiries and expressions of interest may be directed to Garth Nettheim on [phone] or Anne Martin on [phone].

Indigenous Art Rip-Offs

The Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Mr Robert Tickner, and the Minister for Justice, Mr Duncan Kerr, announced on 19 September that a review of legal mechanisms necessary to protect the artistic and cultural activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was reaching its conclusion.

Part of the review has included the discussion paper Stopping the Rip-Offs, issued in October 1994, which has received around 50 submissions in response.

Proposals for an authentication mark for indigenous artists, amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), and special legislation were among the options being examined. It is hoped that the legislative proposals will be taken shortly to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups for their opinions.

The Ministers recognised that current law fails to protect the communal nature of artistic expression and ownership widespread in indigenous culture.

Further information may be obtained from Mr Tickner’s office on [phone] or Mr Kerr’s office on [phone].