Wik - Newspaper Archive

• 24-12-96 What it means
• 24-12-96 Court as divided as ever, but Mabo firmer
• 24-12-96 Seed was sown in 1788 - Dodson
• 24-12-96 Aborigines urge native title rethink
• 27-12-96 Wik graziers: leave it to us
• 28-12-96 Cabinet warned of massive Wik payout
• 30-12-96 The long - and confusing - road to native title - good article
• 31-12-96 Move to bar Mabo claims

• 01-01-97 Howard calls for co-operation on native title
• 03-01-97 Howard in need of a busman's holiday - Geoff Kitney
• 08-01-97 Wik is no threat says bank executive
• 10-01-97 The real Tim Fischer stands up
• 13-01-97 ATSIC warns not to bury native title
• 21-01-97 PM's urgent summit to resolve Wik
• 21-01-97 Summit to calm fears of farmers
• 21-01-97 PM bows to pressure for gabfest
• 21-01-97 Borbidge leads push to fight native title
• 21-01-97 The NSW Approach - Carr says quiet study is best
• 22-01-97 Aboriginal leaders join forces for historic summit in Cairns
• 22-01-97 Aborigines set tough demands for Wik talks
• 23-01-97 Shakeup for native title law
• 23-01-97 World apart as black and white search for common ground
• 23-01-97 NSW Premier turns wary on native title
• 25-01-97 Title Fight - good article
  
• 25-01-97 Former Liberal minister, Fred Chaney, has hopes over Wik
• 27-01-97 Don't apologise, Howard tells nation
• 27-01-97 Support grows for aboriginal elements in flag

• 07-02-97 Blacks get tough on Wik talks
• 10-02-97 Lawyers to seek common ground before Wik summit
• 19-02-97 Wik anger: Premiers seek veto on High court judges
• 20-02-97 Howard: hands off the High Court
• 24-02-97 Aborigines split over NSW South Coast claims
• 28-02-97 Chief Justice tells Fischer: stop attacks

• 08-03-97 High Court gets short shrift - Alan Ramsey - good article
• 20-03-97 Howard faces coalition revolt over Wik compromise plan
• 26-03-97 Angry Aborigines call off NFF talks
• 28-03-97 Native title's $1billion victory
• 29-03-97 Strong language fans flames in Wik debate - P.P. McGuinness
• 31-03-97 Farmers' "land grab" over Wik

• 08-04-97 Native title in NSW - Editorial
• 08-04-97 At last, tribal land goes back to its people
• 14-08-97 Showdown time for status of Wik ruling
• 15-04-96 Howard threat over native title
• 15-04-97 Wik lifeline for Tim Fischer
• 16-04-97 Talks will continue in bid to end Wik deadlock
• 16-04-97 Mr. Howard and Wik - Editorial
• 17-04-97 Aborigines spell out position on Wik
• 17-04-97 Behind-the-scenes shenanigans
• 18-04-97 Farmers won't give ground on native title
• 19-04-97 Backlash: PM angers aborigines
• 19-04-97 Prime Minister walking a tightrope over native title
• 22-04-97 State plan on Wik wins wide support
• 23-04-97 Native title claimants seek to save sea
• 25-04-97 PM isolated: Wik talks end in chaos
• 26-04-97 PM needs a lesson in grace - Alan Ramsey
• 28-04-97 Backbench warns Howard: no deals on Wik
• 29-04-97 PM vows: I will win on Wik
• 29-04-97 Aborigines win a battle but lose the war
• 29-04-97 Next it's the long and winding road to the Senate
• 29-04-97 Outback farmers fear a fleecing
• 29-04-97 10 Points? No points for PM's candour
• 30-04-97 Threat to boycott Olympic Games
• 30-04-97 Conservationists say Howard's plan will destroy environment
• 30-04-97 Elders may die while Borbidge holds back
• 30-04-97 Jobs, Wik and an applecart - Alan Ramsey

• 01-05-97 Borbidge urges backbenchers to block native title plan
• 02-05-97 Howard buys time on Wik
• 02-05-97 Actress Judy Davis rallies for Wik
• 02-05-97 Wik plan would be death by 1000 statutes, says Dodson
• 02-05-97 Secret white business - David Marr
• 03-05-97 The Meaning of Wik - A User-Friendly Guide
• 03-05-97 Wik title fight - James Woodford
• 03-05-97 Wik: Shame, Howard, Shame - Alan Ramsey
• 06-05-97 Queensland Government plan to thwart native title claims
• 06-05-97 Justice still eluding "first Australians".
• 07-05-97 Backbench revolts stirs over Howard's 10-point plan
• 07-05-97 Borbidge beaten as freehold land plan backfires
• 08-03-97 National Party MPs revolt over Wik deal
• 08-05-97 Not the Nationals' finest hour
• 09-05-97 Farmers ignored advice on Wik
• 10-05-97 Richest of rich are Wik winners
• 10-05-97 Howard, Nats divided over Wik
• 14-05-97 PM warned of rural backlash over Wik plan
• 16-05-97 Aboriginal leader in new tack on Wik
• 17-05-97 Howard and Fischer to go to Longreach to sell Wik
• 17-05-97 Subdued response to PM from his heartland
• 17-05-97 Racism backlash fear for 200 Ollympics
• 17-05-97 Outback aristocrats promise Howard a spine-tingling ordeal
• 17-05-97 Heckle and jibe bush trip for Howard and Fischer
• 22-05-97 Former Foreign Affairs Secretary says nation "risks ostracism over Wik"
• 24-05-97 30 years on and the fuse burns - Alan Ramsey
• 26-05-97 Dodson says Wik plan is final poisoning of the waterhole
• 26-05-97 University chiefs condemn rise of politics of division
• 26-05-97 Hawaiian leader says Hanson is seen as speaking for Australia
• 26-05-97 Pearson calls for debate on Constitution
• 26-05-97 How difficult reconciliation will be
• 28-05-97 Governor-General, Howard in conflict over Wik
• 28-05-97 Human Right chief attacks Howard's Wik "tragedy"
• 31-05-97 A week of emus and ugliness - Alan Ramsey - excellent article
• 31-05-97 Howard heightens the hurt - Geoff Kitney

• 02-06-97 Howard and Beazley in bid to find common ground on Wik
• 07-06-97 Help us solve it, says Pearson
• 17-06-97 Australians For Native Title Launched
• 20-06-97 Judge sees merit in Sydney native title bid
• 25-06-97 Howard has chance to fashion new High Court
• 28-06-97 Wik draft threat to native title

• 08-07-97 Malcolm Fraser attacks Howard on black policies
• 09-07-97 Howard attacked by Fraser and Whitlam

• 30-08-97 Right and Wrongs About Wik - Alan Ramsey

• 23-09-97 Native Title Revisited - Editorial
• 29-09-97 Blow to Howard on Wik Report
• 29-09-97 Wik law may see Australia taken before United Nations
• 30-09-97 Top law officer may face hearing

• 01-10-97 PM's office linked to gag on Wik
• 03-10-97 Attorney target of coercion inquiry
• 04-10-97 Tribunal member quits in Wik protest

• 01-11-97 Wik hasn't stopped land grab

• 02-01-98 Aborigines 30 years on - Editorial
• 08-01-98 Labor ready to lock in rejection of Wik bill
• 12-01-98 Fischer kicks off land title campaign
• 15-01-98 Fischer pledges renewed Wik effort
• 16-01-98 Howard exploits crack in Labor's Wik line
• 17-01-98 Labor to fight on against Wik bill
• 21-01-98 ALP stands firm on blocking Wik bill
• 22-01-98 Beazley: we'll fight race poll if we have to
• 23-01-98 Lib MP condemns Coalition claims of Wik putting backyards at risk

February 1998

• 07-02-98 Racist laws are valid, court told
• 09-02-98 Howard not gung-ho for a Wik election
• 10-02-98 Libs enlist Nazi race laws for court fight
• 17-02-98 Harradine to allow election over Wik bill
• 20-02-98 Wik poll warning: "blood on streets"
• 25-02-98 Labor, mining chief hail Wik talks
• 26-02-98 Cabinet abandons $3m Wik press ads
• 27-02-98 Howard rules out native title talk on visit to NT Aborigines
• 28-02-98 Day Howard found the heart of darkness

March 1998

• 03-03-98 ALP Wik move lifts pressure
• 03-03-98 EDITORIAL: Shaping up over Wik
• 09-03-98 Race poll threatens pre-2000 Aboriginal accord
• 12-03-98 Wik supporters in disarray over compromise call
• 16-03-98 Howard: Wik compromise is surrender
• 21-03-98 A big hand for Wik
• 26-03-98 Labor joins urgent talks to break Wik deadlock
• 27-03-98 Denials all round of a cave-in on Wik
• 31-03-98 Hindmarsh ruling to fuel the Wik debate

April 1998

• 01-04-98 Harradine dancing to rhythm of the Wiks
• 01-04-98 Wik-driven Federal poll "inevitable"
• 02-04-98 Ban on Aborigines "valid"
• 02-04-98 Numbers rule, but real test is one of race
• 02-04-98 "Worrying precedent" threatens all Aboriginal claims
• 02-04-98 Hinchinbrook spill may damage heritage area
• 02-04-98 Harradine's search for Wik deal
• 03-04-98 Priests to attack Libs in race poll
• 06-04-98 Aborigines launch post-Wik law fund
• 07-04-98 Senate Wik defiance pushes PM into talks
• 08-04-98 PM: I'm ready to go ahead with Wik poll
• 08-04-98 'Link to land' rule uproar
• 08-04-98 PM's critic defects for 'principles'
• 09-04-98 States' Wik veto clears way for race poll
• 09-04-98 Brian takes shelter as Aborigines nearly miss the bus
• 10-04-98 Howard's pledge to voters: "It won't be a race election"
• 10-04-98 QC's idea might have saved the day
• 10-04-98 Farm family fires first shot in "momentous" native title battle
• 13-04-98 Open land talks to save reconciliation: churches
• 15-04-98 Churches accuse Premier of racist electioneering
• 21-04-98 NSW to go its own way on native title
• 30-04-98 Voluntary native title deals get nod

May 1998

• 26-05-98 Qld polls no place for race: Sir Gustav

June 1998

• 03-06-98 Hanson claims Aboriginal State conspiracy
• 03-06-98 Australia's sovereignty threatened by "treaty"
• 05-06-98 One Nation spurs Wik Senate deal
• 05-06-98 Black heritage bill rammed through
• 06-06-98 Howard refuses to trade on Wik
• 10-06-98 Wik, tax poised as early triggers
• 12-06-98 Early election odds shorten as Howard sticks to his Wik plan
• 15-06-98 Howard vows to stand firm on Wik, Telstra, tax reform
• 15-06-98 Shaken Nats' Wik warning
• 22-06-98 Senator ready to let Wik bill pass
• 23-06-98 Wik plan hanging in the balance Right to negotiate challenged
• 24-06-98 Moderates push for Wik compromise
• 30-06-98 Reconciliation plugging in to people power
• 30-06-98 Wik deal in sight as Harradine takes a softer line

July 1998

• 01-07-98 Lib rebel to wreck Wik deal
• 02-07-98 Wik deal scuttles race poll
• 03-07-98 Aborigines left "out on the woodheap"
• 03-07-98 Howard's little ray of sunshine may go down in the wild west
• 03-07-98 Loyalty fruits on Harradine family tree
• 03-07-98 Pastoral dynasty battles to avoid sell-off
• 03-07-98 Harradine in driver's seat on black gains
• 03-07-98 "Sack of flour" but no say for Aborigines in pact
• 03-07-98 It seems it was Howard who blinked, and few will miss it
• 03-07-98 Harradine seized the moment and Howard finally saw the light
• 03-07-98 High Court challenge on Wik looks certain
• 03-07-98 Pact fails to resolve doubts: farmers
• 03-07-98 Farmers claim deal leaves them in limbo
• 03-07-98 How the new regime works
• 03-07-98 "Suddenly you have the door shut in your face"
• 04-07-98 Judge may test Harradine deal
• 04-07-98 Howard accused of passing the buck
• 04-07-98 The dust settles - A painful journey to a deal
• 04-07-98 Howard walks off into sunset clause
• 06-07-98 Colston threat to sink Wik bill

• 31-01-97 N.F.F. poised for native title fight
• 04-02-97 Miners want all leases validated
• 06-02-97 States present Wik action plan
• 07-02-97 National Party pincer action on native title change
• 07-02-97 Soap opera politics leave a stain - good article
• 14-02-97 Gulf divides Wik parties at conference
• 20-03-97 O'Chee threatens to quit coalition over Wik
• 07-04-97 Wik compromise essential: Howard
• 15-04-97 Cabinet to scrutinise PM's Wik plan
• 17-04-97 PM's spirit willing but flesh is Wik
• 22-04-97 Howard holds firm on Wik plan
• 02-05-97 PM wins Wik supports but Nats stand firm
• 05-05-97 Nats workshop Wik ultimatum
• 07-05-97 Fischer bound by party line on Wik
• 14-05-97 Grudging backbench support for Wik plan - good article
• 19-05-97 PM mum over Wik fallback plan
• 21-05-97 South Africa warns on Hanson threat
• 28-05-97 Miners urge bipartisan negotiations on Wik
• 04-06-97 ALP's Wik stance renews election speculation
• 05-06-97 Howard, Beazley "substantially" apart on Wik plan
• 02-07-97 Huge areas of Queensland excluded from title claims

• 22-01-97 The Wik Decision - A Closer Look (Laura Tingle) - excellent summary of main issues