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The Australian
Dismantling ATSIC probably a mistake, says Amanda Vanstone
The Australian
The committee examined earlier examples of indigenous advisory bodies as well as current ones, such as the Murdi Paaki Regional Authority in western NSW, the Torres Strait Regional Authority, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and others.

The Australian
Dismantling ATSIC probably a mistake, says Amanda Vanstone
The Australian
The committee examined earlier examples of indigenous advisory bodies as well as current ones, such as the Murdi Paaki Regional Authority in western NSW, the Torres Strait Regional Authority, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and others.

ABC News
Indigenous Land Corporation to hand FNQ cattle stations back to traditional owners without cattle
ABC News
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people to acquire land and manage assets. It runs 6 million hectares of cattle country across more than a dozen properties in far north Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia with around 78,000 ...

ABC News
Indigenous Land Corporation to hand FNQ cattle stations back to traditional owners without cattle
ABC News
... Territory and Western Australia with around 78,000 cattle. Many of the properties are used to not only breed and fatten cattle, but provide vocational training for Indigenous people. Mr Entsch said the ILC was failing in its charter to assist ...

The Guardian
Indigenous voice idea has strong support – but no firm direction
The Guardian
It also recommended that Australia commit to a process of agreement-making and truth telling. Malcolm Turnbull rejected the voice idea, calling it undemocratic, but it has the support of Labor, the Greens and Australia's peak legal, community, and ...
Why the Law Council backs an Indigenous voice to ParliamentInDaily
First Nations Voice would 'inevitably' improve lives, says expertThe Mandarin

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The Guardian
Indigenous voice idea has strong support – but no firm direction
The Guardian
It also recommended that Australia commit to a process of agreement-making and truth telling. Malcolm Turnbull rejected the voice idea, calling it undemocratic, but it has the support of Labor, the Greens and Australia's peak legal, community, and ...
Why the Law Council backs an Indigenous voice to ParliamentInDaily
First Nations Voice would 'inevitably' improve lives, says expertThe Mandarin

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Moree Champion
Noeline Briggs-Smith's achievements recognised in nomination for Australian of the Year
Moree Champion
Aunty Noeline Briggs Smith OAM has stood at the vanguard of social change for most of her life, as she has constantly fought to make a positive difference in the local Aboriginal community. While the achievements of the stalwart are well known in Moree ...

Moree Champion
Noeline Briggs-Smith's achievements recognised in nomination for Australian of the Year
Moree Champion
Aunty Noeline Briggs Smith OAM has stood at the vanguard of social change for most of her life, as she has constantly fought to make a positive difference in the local Aboriginal community. While the achievements of the stalwart are well known in Moree ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Lack of integration between home support and primary care: report
Australian Ageing Agenda
Meanwhile, the report describes the drop in the number of indigenous people in home care over the last three years as concerning. According to a 2017 Aged Care Financing Authority report 330 fewer indigenous Australians were receiving home care in ...

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InDaily
Why the Law Council backs an Indigenous voice to Parliament
InDaily
It is an unenviable position – determining the “how” behind what will undoubtedly be the most significant step toward the self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia since voting rights were instilled in 1962 and ...

ABC News
Banking royal commission: Indigenous Australians face barriers to accessing superannuation
ABC News
Financial counsellor Alan Gray goes the extra mile to assist some of his clients. He travels from his Broome base to remote Aboriginal communities in WA's Dampier Peninsula. Two of the communities he works in are more than 200 kilometres up a dirt road ...

ABC News
Banking royal commission: Indigenous Australians face barriers to accessing superannuation
ABC News
Financial counsellor Alan Gray goes the extra mile to assist some of his clients. He travels from his Broome base to remote Aboriginal communities in WA's Dampier Peninsula. Two of the communities he works in are more than 200 kilometres up a dirt road ...

The Australian
Goolagong's search for the next indigenous star starts in Darwin
The Australian
It is now 37 years since Goolagong Cawley, who turns 67 today, won the French Open and Wimbledon and in that time, Australia has not produced another indigenous grand slam champion. Ash Barty, who recently became a National indigenous Tennis ...
Indigenous breakthrough a matter of time, says Goolagong-CawleyEurosport.com AU

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Daily Telegraph
Model Samantha Harris wished she had an indigenous role model to look up to when she was young
Daily Telegraph
Being one of only a small number of Aboriginal celebrities in Australia, the 26-year-old beauty is often asked to throw her support behind indigenous charities, initiatives and events — the latest being a new cultural awareness program instigated at ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous playwright: Australian theatre is "whitesplaining" stories
The Sydney Morning Herald
But instead of revelling in the standing ovation on Friday night and the warm reviews over the weekend, Indigenous playwright H. Lawrence Sumner was upset about the latest example of what he called "whitesplaining" Aboriginal stories in Australian theatre.
The Long Forgotten DreamAboriginal Art Directory News
The Long Forgotten Dream review – play prods old wounds of colonisationThe Guardian

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous playwright: Australian theatre is "whitesplaining" stories
The Sydney Morning Herald
But instead of revelling in the standing ovation on Friday night and the warm reviews over the weekend, Indigenous playwright H. Lawrence Sumner was upset about the latest example of what he called "whitesplaining" Aboriginal stories in Australian theatre.
The Long Forgotten DreamAboriginal Art Directory News
The Long Forgotten Dream review – play prods old wounds of colonisationThe Guardian

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SBS
Tennis - Indigenous breakthrough a matter of time, says Goolagong-Cawley
SBS
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after Evonne Goolagong-Cawley became the first Aboriginal Australian to win a grand slam title at the 1971 French Open, the nation still waits for another indigenous talent to emerge and claim the game's ...
Tennis Australia takes significant step to promote sportBusiness Standard

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Eurosport.com AU
Indigenous breakthrough a matter of time, says Goolagong-Cawley
Eurosport.com AU
MELBOURNE, July 30 (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after Evonne Goolagong-Cawley became the first Aboriginal Australian to win a grand slam title at the 1971 French Open, the nation still waits for another indigenous talent to emerge and claim the ...

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Eurosport.com AU
Indigenous breakthrough a matter of time, says Goolagong-Cawley
Eurosport.com AU
MELBOURNE, July 30 (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after Evonne Goolagong-Cawley became the first Aboriginal Australian to win a grand slam title at the 1971 French Open, the nation still waits for another indigenous talent to emerge and claim the ...

and more »

Indigenous voice idea has strong support – but no firm direction  The Guardian

A parliamentary committee established to examine the proposals of the Uluru statement has heard there is strong support for the concept of an Indigenous voice ...