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Michael Long's journey captured in bronze as Essendon pay tribute to on and off-field great - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Michael Long's journey captured in bronze as Essendon pay tribute to on and off-field great
Herald Sun
Three years after he retired, in 2004, Long set out to walk from Melbourne to Canberra to talk to the Prime Minister about improving the health of and saving the lives of aboriginal Australians. “Too many are dying,'' Long once said. Footy folk will ...
Michael Long's legacy forged in bronzeThe Age

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3 Australian True Crime Podcasts You Should Definitely Be Listening To - Gizmodo Australia


Gizmodo Australia

3 Australian True Crime Podcasts You Should Definitely Be Listening To
Gizmodo Australia
Wrong Skin investigates the 20 year-old cold case of young Aboriginal couple – Julie Buck and Richard Milgin – who, in 1994, vanished in suspicious circumstances from the remote Aboriginal community of Looma in Outback WA. Buck, a young mother, was ...

History uncovered by DNA - Latrobe Valley Express


History uncovered by DNA
Latrobe Valley Express
DNA from hair samples taken from Indigenous Gippslanders in the 20th century is being studied to reconstruct the genetic history of Aboriginal communities across Australia. The samples from 14 people from the Lake Tyers Aboriginal mission have been ...

Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training - The Guardian


The Guardian

Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training
The Guardian
Guards at Victorian youth detention centres receive just 30 minutes of compulsory Indigenous cultural training despite Indigenous children making up one in five children in detention, a report has found. The youth detention system also has just four ...

Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training - The Guardian


The Guardian

Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training
The Guardian
Guards at Victorian youth detention centres receive just 30 minutes of compulsory Indigenous cultural training despite Indigenous children making up one in five children in detention, a report has found. The youth detention system also has just four ...

Family the remedy for young Indigenous mother for whom punishment has been no deterrent - ABC News


ABC News

Family the remedy for young Indigenous mother for whom punishment has been no deterrent
ABC News
Trudy Murray has been in and out of prison five times over the past two years. The 24-year-old mother has regularly breached an intensive corrections order designed to keep her out of trouble. "If I didn't get mixed back up with my old friends, I ...

Pair pave way for more Aboriginal opportunities - The West Australian


The West Australian

Pair pave way for more Aboriginal opportunities
The West Australian
Two former Eastern Goldfields College students are highlighting the pathways available to Aboriginal students in the Goldfields to pursue a career in the mining industry, says AngloGold Ashanti Australia vice-president of corporate affairs Andrea Maxey.

Putting Aboriginal models on world stage - The West Australian


The West Australian

Putting Aboriginal models on world stage
The West Australian
Two aspiring Kalgoorlie-Boulder models will feature in an upcoming promotional campaign for a leading Australian indigenous talent management company, after appearing in an on-the-fly photo shoot in the city last week. Former Kalgoorlie-Boulder ...

Indigenous peoples are critical to conservation - Katherine Times


Katherine Times

Indigenous peoples are critical to conservation
Katherine Times
“Understanding the extent of lands over which Indigenous Peoples retain traditional connection is critical for several conservation and climate agreements,” said Professor Stephen Garnett, from Charles Darwin University in Australia, who led the ...
More than a quarter of the globe is controlled by indigenous groupsUPI.com

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Program Manager Indigenous Health (Indigenous Applicants Only) - The Conversation AU


Program Manager Indigenous Health (Indigenous Applicants Only)
The Conversation AU
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, at number 1 in Australia and number 32 in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017-2018). We are globally engaged, comprehensive, ...

Thales Lithgow celebrates NAIDOC week with permanent Aboriginal flag - Lithgow Mercury


Lithgow Mercury

Thales Lithgow celebrates NAIDOC week with permanent Aboriginal flag
Lithgow Mercury
“We are proud of the fact we have the largest number of Indigenous employees in all the different Thales sites in Australia,” Director of integrated weapons and sensors, Graham Evenden said. Thales workers were invited to attend the celebrations ...

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Who were Australia's original crocodile hunters? - ABC News


ABC News

Who were Australia's original crocodile hunters?
ABC News
They were the real-life Crocodile Dundees. The blue-blooded, rough as guts Aussies who took on monster reptiles and lived to tell the tale. Crocodile hunting in the Top End was first pioneered by Indigenous Australians, but it's the beer-swilling ...

'I Can't Breathe': Video of Indigenous Australian's Prison Death Stirs Outrage - New York Times


New York Times

'I Can't Breathe': Video of Indigenous Australian's Prison Death Stirs Outrage
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — David Dungay Jr., a prisoner at a Sydney jail, told the guards pinning him to his bed that he couldn't breathe, according to a video recording. He said it at least 12 times, in a high, panicky scream. One guard's response to Mr ...
'I Can't Breathe': Footage Shows Indigenous Man Dying After Restraint by Prison OfficialsNewsweek

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Australia to Fund Five New Indigenous Protected Areas - The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)


The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)

Australia to Fund Five New Indigenous Protected Areas
The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas are like national parks, but they are managed by local Aboriginal peoples, who use a combination of traditional methods and Western science to safeguard their land and culture in collaboration with government.

Beyond NAIDOC 2018: Our responsibility to elevate and celebrate the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... - IndigenousX (press release) (blog)


The West Australian

Beyond NAIDOC 2018: Our responsibility to elevate and celebrate the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
This year's NAIDOC week encourages us to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women all around Australia. 'Because of Her, We Can!' conjures up images of the strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have been pioneers, ...
Academy duo mix with emerging leaders in CanberraThe West Australian

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Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stall - The Australian


The Australian

Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stall
The Australian
The Queensland government will consider treaty talks with the state's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, bringing it into line with moves by Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia and potentially forging ahead of stalled ...

Deadly Science connects to country - Particle


Particle

Deadly Science connects to country
Particle
Deadly Science—sounds a bit scary, right? Fear not. It's simply the umbrella term for a new series of programs aimed at encouraging Aboriginal youth into science careers. Here in Western Australia, those programs are targeting young Aboriginal women.

Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man - The Guardian

Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man  The Guardian

David Dungay died after telling five Australian police officers that he could not breathe while being restrained.

Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man - The Guardian


The Guardian

Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man
The Guardian
The number of Aboriginal people being incarcerated has steadily increased over the last decade. Indigenous adults are now 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Indigenous Australians, and juveniles are 24 times more likely to be incarcerated.
David Dungay's final moments before death in custody shown at inquestABC News
This Aboriginal Man Yelled "I Can't Breathe" Over And Over In The Moments Before He DiedBuzzFeed News

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