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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.

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The Canberra Times
With NAIDOC week wrapped, here are 8 ways to keep supporting Indigenous Australians in the arts
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The National Indigenous Music Awards is an annual event that recognises some of the best Indigenous musicians across Australia, celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2018. This year's event will be held at the Darwin Amphitheatre on Saturday August 11 ...
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: reportThe Canberra Times
Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stallThe Australian
Sports Commission acknowledges Indigenous Australians' contribution to sportAustralasian Leisure Management (press release)
ABC News -National Indigenous Times -The Sydney Morning Herald
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EducationHQ Australia
Darkinjung Barker a 'paradigm shift' for Indigenous Ed
EducationHQ Australia
We're inching forward in Central Australia to create a school in partnership with the very remote Akaye community,” Heath says. He's adamant the idea was “hatched simultaneously” between Barker and the local Indigenous community there. Barker's ...

Voice of America
Saving A Critically Endangered Aboriginal language in Australia
Voice of America
Indigenous elders in central Australia are leading efforts to save a critically endangered language. Of the estimated 300 Indigenous languages that once existed in Australia, only 90 are still spoken. Language is a critical part of Indigenous culture ...

Geelong Advertiser
Denise Charles: Before Australia can go on as a nation, Aboriginal people need to heal
Geelong Advertiser
Reflecting on this year's NAIDOC theme “Because of Her We Can,” I acknowledge the resilience and hardships endured by the Aboriginal women in my life — my mother, my grandmothers, my great grandmothers — and all Aboriginal women who have gone ...
NAIDOC Week: King William IV 'intended a treaty' be negotiated with SA Aboriginal peopleABC News
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: reportThe Canberra Times
Sports Commission acknowledges Indigenous Australians' contribution to sportAustralasian Leisure Management (press release)
InDaily -The Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian
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The Canberra Times
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: report
The Canberra Times
But according to Australian Hearing, there is more work to be done to reduce the significantly higher rates of hearing problems Indigenous Australians face compared to other Australians. Australian Hearing tracked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Saving A Critically Endangered Aboriginal language in AustraliaVoice of America

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Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Sports Commission acknowledges Indigenous Australians' contribution to sport
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is this week acknowledging the outstanding contribution Indigenous Australians make to sport with NAIDOC Week celebrations at its facilities across the country. Following an official Welcome to Country at the AIS ...
NAIDOC Week: King William IV 'intended a treaty' be negotiated with SA Aboriginal peopleABC News
The national scandal that blights our shared futureThe Sydney Morning Herald
High achieving women take top NAIDOC Week honoursThe Australian
InDaily -Brisbane Lions (press release) (blog) -IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
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ABC News
Domestic violence prevention brings together Indigenous men and women in outback community
ABC News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of domestic violence than any other group of women in Australia. One in 10 men have witnessed violence towards their mother by a partner before the age ...

ABC News
Domestic violence prevention brings together Indigenous men and women in outback community
ABC News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of domestic violence than any other group of women in Australia. One in 10 men have witnessed violence towards their mother by a partner before the age ...

The Guardian
Common struggle: Black Lives Matter leader talks of painful parallels with Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
He sees similarities in the experiences of Indigenous Australia and black America: in the historical dispossession and dislocation, and in the continuing disproportionate rates of incarceration, early death and suicide, in poorer health and shortened ...

ABC News
Low literacy levels among Indigenous children, young adults 'appalling', local elder and educator says
ABC News
"We know that at least 40 per cent, and up to 85 per cent, of Indigenous people aged 15 have low literacy," Mr Beetson said. "Wherever you go across Australia, there's a minimum of 40 per cent [with low literacy]." Mr Beetson said Indigenous literacy ...

ABC News
Low literacy levels among Indigenous children, young adults 'appalling', local elder and educator says
ABC News
"We know that at least 40 per cent, and up to 85 per cent, of Indigenous people aged 15 have low literacy," Mr Beetson said. "Wherever you go across Australia, there's a minimum of 40 per cent [with low literacy]." Mr Beetson said Indigenous literacy ...

The Advertiser
The cricketing pioneer we need to immortalise in bronze
The Advertiser
Before Nova Peris became the first Indigenous Australian to win Olympic gold, before Cathy Freeman lit up the stadium and our hearts in Sydney 2000 and before Evonne Goologong-Cawley went on to win 14 Grand Slams, there was Faith. And because of ...

The Advertiser
The cricketing pioneer we need to immortalise in bronze
The Advertiser
Faith was the first Indigenous woman to be selected to play for Australia for any sporting code. Let's take a moment here: any sporting code. Before Nova Peris became the first Indigenous Australian to win Olympic gold, before Cathy Freeman lit up the ...

WA Police formally apologise to Indigenous Australians  SBS

WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has delivered an unprecedented speech apologising for the "devastating" mistreatment of Indigenous people by law ...

WA Police formally apologise to Indigenous Australians  SBS

WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has delivered an unprecedented speech apologising for the "devastating" mistreatment of Indigenous people by law ...

ABC News
Remote work-for-the-dole scheme has 'devastating' impact on Indigenous people, say participants
ABC News
Ms Ulah, who lives in the remote Aboriginal community of Warburton, Western Australia, had been away without a mobile phone and had missed activities required under the remote work-for-the-dole scheme. She is one of 148 people in her community of 500 ...
Work-for-the-Dole participants slam schemeABC Local

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ABC News
Remote work-for-the-dole scheme has 'devastating' impact on Indigenous people, say participants
ABC News
Ms Ulah, who lives in the remote Aboriginal community of Warburton, Western Australia, had been away without a mobile phone and had missed activities required under the remote work-for-the-dole scheme. She is one of 148 people in her community of 500 ...

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Newcastle Herald
Opinion | The Ripple Effect: Improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians
Newcastle Herald
Thirty-four years later, the Indigenous Medical Education entry program is recognised as one of the most successful and empowering models of Indigenous medical education, graduating more than a third of Australia's Indigenous doctors – a wonderful ...

Newcastle Herald
Opinion | The Ripple Effect: Improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians
Newcastle Herald
Thirty-four years later, the Indigenous Medical Education entry program is recognised as one of the most successful and empowering models of Indigenous medical education, graduating more than a third of Australia's Indigenous doctors – a wonderful ...