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Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform - The Guardian

Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform  The Guardian

Five commissioners say it's time to stop 'endlessly discussing' the status of First Peoples in modern Australia.

Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform - The Guardian

Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform  The Guardian

Five commissioners say it's time to stop 'endlessly discussing' the status of First Peoples in modern Australia.

He was seven votes short of being Australia's Prime Minister — who is Peter Dutton? - ABC News


ABC News

He was seven votes short of being Australia's Prime Minister — who is Peter Dutton?
ABC News
... raped and tortured in communities in the 21st century". In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald last year he said he now regrets staying away. "I didn't appreciate the symbolism of it and the importance to Indigenous people," Mr Dutton told ...
Peter Dutton: The ex-policeman trying to oust Australia's PMBBC News

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Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia - Travel Weekly


Travel Weekly

Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia
Travel Weekly
Ikara (Wilpena Pound) and Kati Thanda Lake Eyre – two of Australia's iconic indigenous locations – are under consideration for selection in the Seven Wonders of the World campaign currently being run by online travel company – Experience Oz. Six South ...

Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia - Travel Weekly


Travel Weekly

Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia
Travel Weekly
Ikara (Wilpena Pound) and Kati Thanda Lake Eyre – two of Australia's iconic indigenous locations – are under consideration for selection in the Seven Wonders of the World campaign currently being run by online travel company – Experience Oz. Six South ...

Mount Druitt's 'Home and Away': new soap opera showcases the 'real' Australia - ABC News


ABC News

Mount Druitt's 'Home and Away': new soap opera showcases the 'real' Australia
ABC News
The pilot episode of a new soap opera produced by an Indigenous artist and performed by a western Sydney Liberian comedy group, aims to show audiences that there is more to Australia than Summer Bay. Where is Home? premiered at the live event Druitt ...

The dental divide – and the decay of public dental services - ABC News


ABC News

The dental divide – and the decay of public dental services
ABC News
About one in five Australians do not get the recommended level of oral health care. The picture is worse for Indigenous Australians, especially in remote communities where sugar-laden processed foods are ubiquitous but dental services are scarce.

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Exhibition shows anti-colonial sentiments in Australian aboriginal art - Business Standard


Business Standard

Exhibition shows anti-colonial sentiments in Australian aboriginal art
Business Standard
A series of 102 indigenous artworks by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, with the oldest dating back to the 1800s, are being exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here till Sunday, and reflect undercurrents of ...

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Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health - QNews


QNews

Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health
QNews
Dr Lin said it was difficult to say how many young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 identified as LGBTIQ, but it was thought the figure likely exceeded 17,000 across Australia. Black Rainbow founder Dameyon Bonson, who has worked ...

Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health - QNews


QNews

Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health
QNews
In July, research published in the Medical Journal of Australia showed a 33 per cent rise in rates of new HIV transmissions among Indigenous Australians, which experts said could jeopardise Australia's goal of ending HIV by 2020 if left unaddressed.

Dedication at heart of teachers' work - The West Australian


The West Australian

Dedication at heart of teachers' work
The West Australian
She also said it was a “very historical” time to be working in the area, for Aboriginal people were moving away from Maralinga, in South Australia's remote west where British nuclear testing had started in 1956. Dr Metcalfe also said a group from the ...

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history - The Conversation AU

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history  The Conversation AU

Sap from one tree collected in hollows in the bark, and natural yeast fermented the liquid to an alcoholic drink used by Aboriginal people. Europeans called the ...

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history - The Conversation AU


The Conversation AU

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history
The Conversation AU
There is no doubt that Europeans brought a culture of brewing and consuming alcohol during their early migration and colonisation of Australia. But there is also evidence that Aboriginal people were already aware of fermentation processes to make ...

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history - The Conversation AU


The Conversation AU

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history
The Conversation AU
There is no doubt that Europeans brought a culture of brewing and consuming alcohol during their early migration and colonisation of Australia. But there is also evidence that Aboriginal people were already aware of fermentation processes to make ...

Where to for an Australian republic? - The Mandarin


The Mandarin

Where to for an Australian republic?
The Mandarin
No republic in the 1990s and, still today, no proper recognition of Indigenous Australia in the Constitution. It's not as if reforms haven't been made courtesy of some of our legislatures and the High Court; they have, but their incorporation into the ...
Labor plans a constitutional renovation: republic and recognitionThe Australian Financial Review

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Where to for an Australian republic? - The Mandarin


The Mandarin

Where to for an Australian republic?
The Mandarin
No republic in the 1990s and, still today, no proper recognition of Indigenous Australia in the Constitution. It's not as if reforms haven't been made courtesy of some of our legislatures and the High Court; they have, but their incorporation into the ...

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