Leon Harrison

  • Call to relocate brewery

    Call to relocate breweryPERTH — Aboriginal activist Robert Bropho and other members of the Swan Valley Fringedwellers have told the WA Heritage Council to remove the old Swan Brewery and rebuild it elsewhere. The

  • Aborigines reject heritage amendments

    Aborigines reject heritage amendmentsPERTH — Western Australian Aboriginal communities and the Aboriginal Legal Service have condemned the state government's proposed Aboriginal Heritage (Amendment) Bill. In the words

  • Brewery protests continue

    Brewery protests continuePERTH — The WA Labor government is in bed with Multiplex boss John Roberts over the development of the old Swan brewery site, well-known environmentalist and former union leader Jack Mundey told a

  • Anti-racism trust set up in WA

    Anti-racism trust set up in WAPERTH — The parents of an Aboriginal youth killed in January in a racist attack have set up a trust to counter racism. Bill Johnson is still deeply angered by the death of his 19-year-old

  • Death by racism in WA

    Death by racism in WAPERTH — Legal action is being taken by the father of an Aboriginal youth who was a victim of the state Labor government's racist campaign concerning juvenile crime. Louis Johnson died on January 4,

  • Aytas representatives here

    PERTH - Indigenous people from the Philippines met with Aboriginal people here on April 12 to discuss their shared struggle to regain their land. Both Aboriginal people and the Aytas people have been denied control of their

  • Pilbara Aborigines plan for jobs

    Pilbara Aborigines plan for jobsPERTH — Aboriginal people in the Pilbara region are planning to establish enterprises to boost jobs and achieve greater independence. The Karijini Aboriginal Corporation, representing the

  • WA criticised on land rights

    WA criticised on land rightsPERTH — A University of Western Australia law professor, Richard Bartlett, has criticised the WA government's record on returning Aboriginal land as the worst in Australia. He was speaking

  • WA Aboriginal sites threatened

    WA Aboriginal sites threatenedPERTH — Aboriginal sacred sites are threatened with destruction at Yakabindie, where the state government has given Dominion Mining the go-ahead to mine for nickel. The advisory Aboriginal

  • WA Labor attacks state government

    PERTH — The ALP state executive voted to condemn the Labor government of Premier Carmen Lawrence on February 24. The executive was particularly concerned by the dumping of a safe sex campaign and savage

  • WA safe sex campaign hit

    WA safe sex campaign hitPERTH — The safe sex campaign launched by state health minister Keith Wilson has been condemned by ACT UP Perth, the Family Planning Association, the Uniting Church and the Australian Federation of

  • Forum condemns youth crime bill

    Forum condemns youth crime billPERTH — A public forum on January 29 condemned the state government's juvenile crime legislation, under which children as young as 10 could be detained indefinitely. The 500-strong forum