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Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court orders - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court orders
The Sydney Morning Herald
A funeral insurer that heavily targets Indigenous Australian customers failed to include a disclaimer in some of its advertising that it was not an Aboriginal organisation, breaching Federal Court orders, and has still not acted on 2015 recommendations ...
Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal CommissionNine
Banking royal commission hears how funeral insurance targets Indigenous customersABC News (blog)
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
ABC Local -NEWS.com.au
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Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court orders - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court orders
The Sydney Morning Herald
A funeral insurer that heavily targets Indigenous Australian customers failed to include a disclaimer in some of its advertising that it was not an Aboriginal organisation, breaching Federal Court orders, and has still not acted on 2015 recommendations ...
Banking royal commission hears how funeral insurance targets Indigenous customersABC News (blog)
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
Royal commission hears how finance companies exploit Aboriginal peopleNEWS.com.au

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Six government grants for businesses that you might not know about - SmartCompany.com.au


SmartCompany.com.au

Six government grants for businesses that you might not know about
SmartCompany.com.au
The Business Development and Assistance Program is run by the government's Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) program and is targeted at Australian SMEs or startups owned or operated by Australians of indigenous descent. If you are over 18 and of ...

New CDU unit explores Indigenous sovereignty - Katherine Times


Katherine Times

New CDU unit explores Indigenous sovereignty
Katherine Times
A new study unit at Charles Darwin University will explore the idea of treaties with Indigenous Australians. With pressure building in Australia for a treaty to be signed, unit coordinator and senior lecturer Greg Williams said it was important for ...

New CDU unit explores Indigenous sovereignty - Katherine Times


Katherine Times

New CDU unit explores Indigenous sovereignty
Katherine Times
A new study unit at Charles Darwin University will explore the idea of treaties with Indigenous Australians. With pressure building in Australia for a treaty to be signed, unit coordinator and senior lecturer Greg Williams said it was important for ...

Rare Aboriginal bark paintings on show in Beijing - Katherine Times


Katherine Times

Rare Aboriginal bark paintings on show in Beijing
Katherine Times
“This delicate and beautiful collection of Arnhem Land bark paintings is one of Australia's great cultural treasures and the National Museum of Australia is delighted to share them with Chinese audiences,” National Museum director, Dr Mathew Trinca said.

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Key Victorian highway project held up as protesters dig in over 'sacred' trees - ABC News


ABC News

Key Victorian highway project held up as protesters dig in over 'sacred' trees
ABC News
A State Government spokesperson said in a statement it was "continuing to work with traditional owners to get on and deliver this vital project". "We're proud that Victoria will be the first state in Australia to negotiate treaty with its first peoples ...

Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal Commission - Nine


Nine

Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal Commission
Nine
Poor financial literacy has led to Aboriginal people being routinely ripped off by financial sharks, the banking royal commission has been told, with one witness who bought a costly funeral plan breaking down in tears. One company, Clear View Life ...
Banking royal commission hears funeral plan targeted Aboriginal ...ABC News
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court ordersThe Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au
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Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal Commission - Nine


Nine

Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal Commission
Nine
Poor financial literacy has led to Aboriginal people being routinely ripped off by financial sharks, the banking royal commission has been told, with one witness who bought a costly funeral plan breaking down in tears. One company, Clear View Life ...
Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court ordersThe Sydney Morning Herald
Banking royal commission hears how funeral insurance targets ...ABC News (blog)
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
The West Australian
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Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard - ABC News


ABC News

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard
ABC News
The story of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is contested and complex. From the arrival of the First Fleet to the trauma of the Stolen Generations, the fight for land rights and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, it ...
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal CommissionNine
'Fake' funeral insurer used rainbow serpent logo to lure Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au
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Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard - ABC News


ABC News

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard
ABC News
The story of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is contested and complex. From the arrival of the First Fleet to the trauma of the Stolen Generations, the fight for land rights and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, it ...
Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal CommissionNine
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
'Fake' funeral insurer used rainbow serpent logo to lure Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
SBS
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Jandamarra: The outlaw who fought to save his country and people from colonisation - ABC News


ABC News

Jandamarra: The outlaw who fought to save his country and people from colonisation
ABC News
More than 100 years ago, 30 police officers went searching for an Aboriginal warrior feared by authorities across Western Australia. His name was Jandamarra. His home? Bunuba country, nestled in the remote landscapes of the Kimberley. Picturesque ...

'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women - The Guardian


The Guardian

'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women
The Guardian
Louisa was a young girl when she was abducted by sealers from a beach near the heads of Port Phillip Bay and carried off to a distant, wind-swept island in the Bass Strait. Her mother, grandmother and aunt are also said to have been taken that day. The ...

'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women - The Guardian


The Guardian

'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of Indigenous women
The Guardian
The life that lay in store for them included decades of bonded labour as seal hunters, private domestics and oftentimes sex slaves to their captors, who were known to have each held up to seven native wives at a time while ensconced among the remote ...

Aboriginal bark paintings of Australia on display in China - Xinhua


Aboriginal bark paintings of Australia on display in China
Xinhua
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition featuring over 100 pieces of Australian aboriginal bark painting opened Tuesday at China's National Museum in Beijing. It is the first time for the traditional paintings, which were created on bark by ...

Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity - The Australian


The Australian

Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Netball Academy allows 25 high school students to spend a day per week at the Thunderbird's home stadium, where they split their time between studying and training. This year, the team's own Fiona Fowler has signed on as a ...

Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity - The Australian


The Australian

Indigenous Round to address lack of netball diversity
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Netball Academy allows 25 high school students to spend a day per week at the Thunderbird's home stadium, where they split their time between studying and training. This year, the team's own Fiona Fowler has signed on as a ...

Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed - The Australian


Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed
The Australian
“We have an understanding that Aboriginal people have a right to exercise their wishes for the future, not only as citizens of Australia and through the political institutions available to all Australians but through this particular means that would ...

Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed - The Australian


Rights for first peoples make it 'clear' an advisory role is needed
The Australian
The objection that it would privilege indigenous Australians over others ignored the fact it was “essential to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources”, a right distinct to those of other minorities ...

Johnny Mawurndjul: hunter, fisher and country chronicler - The Australian


The Australian

Johnny Mawurndjul: hunter, fisher and country chronicler
The Australian
Mawurndjul's extraordinary trajectory as an artist, especially from the time his work was included in Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia in New York in 1988 and in Magiciens de la terre in Paris in 1989, and during his travel to Aratjara: Art ...

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