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The Guardian
Ending 'aqua nullius': calls for laws to protect Indigenous water rights
The Guardian
... new plan to enshrine Aboriginal water rights in law and practice has been released, which gives governments a way to overturn “aqua nullius” and demands Aboriginal people have more say in how water is allocated and managed across Australia.

New York Times
'Somewhere in Australia,' Explained - The New York Times
New York Times
Digging into the New York Times archives, I discovered a heart-wrenching story about a former Australia correspondent from World War II.

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Aljazeera.com
Starting from scratch: Aboriginal group reclaims lost language
Aljazeera.com
Melbourne, Australia - Harry Dare remembers how, as a young man travelling around regional Australia in search of his roots, he would feel shame whenever he met an Aboriginal person who could speak in his or her native tongue. Taken from his family and ...

Aljazeera.com
Starting from scratch: Aboriginal group reclaims lost language
Aljazeera.com
Melbourne, Australia - Harry Dare remembers how, as a young man travelling around regional Australia in search of his roots, he would feel shame whenever he met an Aboriginal person who could speak in his or her native tongue. Taken from his family and ...

ABC News
Joyce Clague is an 80-year-old activist who still has a 'fire in her belly' to create change
ABC News
Joyce Clague has persevered through a childhood of racism and discrimination to become an international civil rights activists, playing a key role in the fight for Indigenous rights in Australia. Now 80, Joyce has had two strokes but is still a ...

ABC News
Joyce Clague is an 80-year-old activist who still has a 'fire in her belly' to create change
ABC News
Joyce Clague has persevered through a childhood of racism and discrimination to become an international civil rights activists, playing a key role in the fight for Indigenous rights in Australia. Now 80, Joyce has had two strokes but is still a ...

The Guardian (blog)
How do we settle the 'statue wars'? Let's start by telling the truth about our past
The Guardian (blog)
Nothing quite divides community sentiments about the history of Australia's violent frontier quite like a vandalised statue dedicated to a killer of Indigenous people. And so it was in 2017 after the vandalisation of statues dedicated to James Cook ...

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The Guardian (blog)
How do we settle the 'statue wars'? Let's start by telling the truth about our past
The Guardian (blog)
Nothing quite divides community sentiments about the history of Australia's violent frontier quite like a vandalised statue dedicated to a killer of Indigenous people. And so it was in 2017 after the vandalisation of statues dedicated to James Cook ...

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Courier Mail
Australia's first Aboriginal fighter pilot Len Waters will have his story told in book: The Missing Man
Courier Mail
WHEN author Peter Rees first heard the story of Warrant Officer Len Waters, the only Aboriginal fighter pilot in World War II, he knew he had a lot of work to do. “I realised this amazing man had disappeared from history,” Mr Rees said. The result of ...

The Guardian
Police investigate racist signs on Aboriginal land in Western Australia
The Guardian
“Hawthorn reported this matter to the Western Australian police immediately upon discovery, and is assisting them with their investigations. The company finds the posters highly offensive, and takes any allegations surrounding them seriously.” ...
Racist signs at Aboriginal station seizedThe Australian

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The Guardian
Police investigate racist signs on Aboriginal land in Western Australia
The Guardian
“Hawthorn reported this matter to the Western Australian police immediately upon discovery, and is assisting them with their investigations. The company finds the posters highly offensive, and takes any allegations surrounding them seriously.” ...

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ABC News
Prime Minister's chief Indigenous adviser Chris Sarra resigns from advisory council
ABC News
Professor Sarra said by making governments engage more directly with Indigenous Australians "charlatans" could no longer come in and tell the Government they had "all the answers". "The challenge of doing things with people not to them means having to ...

ABC News
Prime Minister's chief Indigenous adviser Chris Sarra resigns from advisory council
ABC News
Professor Sarra said by making governments engage more directly with Indigenous Australians "charlatans" could no longer come in and tell the Government they had "all the answers". "The challenge of doing things with people not to them means having to ...

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Rural, Aboriginal scholarship recipients named
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the recipients of the Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme 2018. Thirty seven students from across the country have been awarded the scholarship, the Guild has announced. The Rural Pharmacy Scholarships ...

The Australian
Racist signs at Aboriginal station seized
The Australian
Racist and threatening signs referring to slain Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty that were put up around a pastoral station in Western Australia have been seized by police in a bid to find the culprit. One Nation upper house MP Robin Scott raised the ...

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New York Times
Daisy Kadibil, 95, Whose Australia Trek Inspired a Film, Dies
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Daisy Kadibil, an Aboriginal Australian, was about 8 years old and living in the vast, sparsely populated Outback in the early 1930s when her country's government forcibly separated her from her parents and sent her to a ...

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SBS
Upholding the big ideas: Heavyweights provide legal pathway for voice to parliament
SBS
Subsequently, Mr Turnbull rejected the calls for a constitutionally-enshrined Voice to Parliament because it lacked detail. Just last week, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion echoed these sentiments. "We need to have some detail, Australia ...

The Conversation AU
UN set to review Australia's record on women's rights – and may find it wanting
The Conversation AU
The committee is expected to question the government on the endemic nature of violence against women in Australia, and the disproportionate impact this has on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disability (who are 40% more likely ...

The Conversation AU
UN set to review Australia's record on women's rights – and may find it wanting
The Conversation AU
Australia has a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. It was elected on a bid built on five pillars, including gender equality and Indigenous people's rights. However, we're seeing little improvement on women's rights and a concerning deterioration in ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Past failures demand we open our hearts to Indigenous voices
The Sydney Morning Herald
Uphold and Recognise, an organisation committed to reconciling two imperatives: to uphold the Australian Constitution and to recognise Indigenous Australians, has joined with the Australian Catholic University to produce a policy document: Upholding ...