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Banking royal commission hears funeral plan targeted Aboriginal customers
ABC News
The first company under scrutiny, Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund (ACBF), describes its funeral plan as "tailored to meet the needs" of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Tracey Walsh from Mooroopna in Victoria gave evidence of her ...
Financial sharks targeted Indigenous Australians: Royal CommissionNine
Funeral insurer targeting Indigenous Australians ignored court ordersThe Sydney Morning Herald
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companiesThe Guardian
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ABC News
Tennant Creek children involved in break-ins to steal food, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told
ABC News
The Country Liberal Party's Opposition Leader Gary Higgins even called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take a greater interest in northern Australia's Indigenous issues. Along with the Social Services Minister Dan Tehan, Senator Scullion visited ...

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The Guardian
'Pragmatic' approach now likely in Indigenous voice to parliament, Pat Dodson says
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians will become more “pragmatic” in efforts to construct a voice to parliament after Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of the proposal, Labor senator Pat Dodson has said. Dodson and Liberal MP Julian Leeser, the co-chairs of the joint ...

Investment Magazine
Big Super Day Out criss-crosses Queensland
Investment Magazine
Locating lost super has been a top priority for the Big Super Day Out, which has been designed to help Indigenous communities improve their financial literacy. The days are also about raising awareness of the financial challenges Indigenous Australians ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC Local

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, the story of Indigenous ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC News

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, the story of Indigenous ...

Watershed moments in Indigenous Australia's struggle to be heard  ABC News

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, the story of Indigenous ...

Herald Sun
Royal commission hears how finance companies exploit Aboriginal people
Herald Sun
“Sorry business” after an Aboriginal person's death is a major, expensive ritual that can last for weeks, so the targeting of indigenous Australians for funeral insurance plans is a special focus of the banking royal commission. The Aboriginal ...

Parkes Champion-Post
NAIDOC 2018: Because of her, we can
ABC News
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year, we acknowledge the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
NAIDOC Week celebrations in ParkesParkes Champion-Post
Celebrating NAIDOC Week is to celebrate strength of indigenous womenPort Stephens Examiner
Far North Queensland borrowers thought higher interest rates were better for themThe Australian
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The Guardian
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companies
The Guardian
Car dealers also targeted Indigenous people with high-interest loans and useless insurance, taking advantage of needing a car in remote communities, said Financial Counselling Australia's Lynda Edwards. “Some car dealers will actually drive into ...
Far North Queensland borrowers thought higher interest rates were better for themThe Australian
Bank fees eroding up to 10% of income in remote communitiesThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Banking inquiry told Indigenous people exploited by insurance companies
The Guardian
Car dealers also targeted Indigenous people with high-interest loans and useless insurance, taking advantage of needing a car in remote communities, said Financial Counselling Australia's Lynda Edwards. “Some car dealers will actually drive into ...
Bank fees eroding up to 10% of income in remote communitiesThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Eden Magnet
EDITORIAL: An occasion to learn what nation you stand on
Eden Magnet
According to Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes, their region stretched from what is now the area north of Merimbula to Green Cape and west to the Great Dividing Ranges. The Djiringanj were from the area south of Narooma, east past ...

Salon
EDITORIAL: An occasion to learn what nation you stand on
Eden Magnet
According to Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes, their region stretched from what is now the area north of Merimbula to Green Cape and west to the Great Dividing Ranges. The Djiringanj were from the area south of Narooma, east past ...
How food reveals the suppressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinshipSalon

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Eden Magnet
EDITORIAL: An occasion to learn what nation you stand on
Eden Magnet
According to Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes, their region stretched from what is now the area north of Merimbula to Green Cape and west to the Great Dividing Ranges. The Djiringanj were from the area south of Narooma, east past ...

Parkes Champion-Post
Celebrating NAIDOC Week is to celebrate strength of indigenous women
Port Stephens Examiner
She is a pillar of family, community and culture as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have been for tens of thousands of years, to little acclaim. AIATSIS exists to tell the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. The woman ...
NAIDOC Week celebrations in ParkesParkes Champion-Post
NAIDOC 2018: Because of her, we canABC News
New HIV cases up 33% among Australia's Aboriginal peopleGay Star News
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ABC News (blog)
Banking royal commission hears how finance companies exploit Indigenous Australians
ABC News (blog)
The financial services royal commission is focusing on the financial exclusion and exploitation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. After hearing from regulators and financial counsellors, the commission will investigate the high-pressure ...
Celebration of culture and community for NAIDOC WeekCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

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ABC News (blog)
Banking royal commission hears how finance companies exploit Indigenous Australians
ABC News (blog)
The financial services royal commission is focusing on the financial exclusion and exploitation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. After hearing from regulators and financial counsellors, the commission will investigate the high-pressure ...
Celebration of culture and community for NAIDOC WeekCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

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Salon
How food reveals the suppressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship
Salon
Despite the longevity of Indigenous culture in Australia, most tourist knowledge and interest in the Native people extends no further than boomerangs and didgeridoos, and even there exists a multitude of misinformation: Americans tend to see these ...

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Salon
How food reveals the surpressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship
Salon
Despite the longevity of Indigenous culture in Australia, most tourist knowledge and interest in the Native people extends no further than boomerangs and didgeridoos, and even there exists a multitude of misinformation: Americans tend to see these ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'Predatory' funeral plans for Indigenous Australians under attack
The Sydney Morning Herald
The royal commission into misconduct in finance will investigate concerns of "predatory" behaviour by funeral insurance companies, which have been accused of targeting Indigenous people with unsuitable products. As the inquiry focuses on issues ...
Indigenous illness 'triple the norm'The Australian
Major exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art to open at UQ Art MuseumUQ News

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