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The Guardian
Pru Goward rejects call to appoint Aboriginal child and family commissioner
The Guardian
The peak body for Aboriginal organisations working in the system, the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat, or AbSec, told Guardian Australia an Aboriginal child and family commissioner could direct investment in child and ...

Katherine Times
Rare Arnhem Land 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,” said National Museum director, Dr Mathew Trinca.

The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull hits back at NT News
The Australian
In February, a toddler was raped in Tennant Creek, having remained with relatives despite the family being the subject of 52 notifications to child protection services over 16 years — an instance indigenous leader Warren Mundine earlier this week said ...

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Crikey
Rundle: the Voice to Parliament sounds like a very bad deal
Crikey
In the distant future, when all Australians have an equal say in our laws and policies, there will be no need for an aboriginal voice to parliament and people like that US citizen, Rupert Murdoch, will not have a disproportionate influence over what we ...

ABC News
The real Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' to be highlighted in Dream Mine Time art exhibition
ABC News
When white anthropologists began studying Aboriginal culture, they came up with the term "Dreamtime" to describe the mythology and history of Indigenous Australians. But they couldn't have been more wrong. What they were trying to define is too complex ...

ABC News
The real Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' to be highlighted in Dream Mine Time art exhibition
ABC News
When white anthropologists began studying Aboriginal culture, they came up with the term "Dreamtime" to describe the mythology and history of Indigenous Australians. But they couldn't have been more wrong. What they were trying to define is too complex ...

The Conversation AU
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
The Conversation AU
This year marked the tenth year of the Australian government reporting on targets made to close the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian students. The report card showed some slow gains, but overall it was another national ...

The Conversation AU
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
The Conversation AU
This year marked the tenth year of the Australian government reporting on targets made to close the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian students. The report card showed some slow gains, but overall it was another national ...

ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal bark paintings described as among Australia's 'greatest treasures' bound for Beijing
ABC Message Stick
A decades-old bark painting of an ancient saltwater crocodile in Arnhem Land will make an historic journey to China next month. This intricately painted — and very carefully preserved — mystic creature is known as a "totemic crocodile" and was ...

ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal bark paintings described as among Australia's 'greatest treasures' bound for Beijing
ABC Message Stick
A decades-old bark painting of an ancient saltwater crocodile in Arnhem Land will make an historic journey to China next month. This intricately painted — and very carefully preserved — mystic creature is known as a "totemic crocodile" and was ...

The Australian
Marathon China tour a “cultural diplomacy milestone'
The Australian
A history-making exhibition of Aboriginal bark paintings and objects from Arnhem Land — most of which have never left Australia — will soon tour mainland China and Taiwan, in what is being hailed as a “cultural diplomacy milestone''. First stop on ...

The Advertiser
Scrapped indigenous treaty negotiations cost SA taxpayers $1.8 million
The Advertiser
Mr Maher initially pledged $4.4 million over five years to create treaties with dozens of indigenous groups in SA. He told The Advertiser that the treaty process was the “most significant piece of Aboriginal affairs reform South Australia has embarked on”.
Just one week away from making historyNational Indigenous Times
Victorian parliament votes for treaty — but still no sovereigntyGreen Left Weekly

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The Advertiser
Scrapped indigenous treaty negotiations cost SA taxpayers $1.8 million
The Advertiser
Mr Maher initially pledged $4.4 million over five years to create treaties with dozens of indigenous groups in SA. He told The Advertiser that the treaty process was the “most significant piece of Aboriginal affairs reform South Australia has embarked on”.
Just one week away from making historyNational Indigenous Times
Victorian parliament votes for treaty — but still no sovereigntyGreen Left Weekly

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Independent Australia
Maimed but not dead: Is an Aboriginal rose a rose by any other name?
Independent Australia
I stated last week in conversations that I see Aboriginal words as a gift — not meaning that we are freely giving them to mainstream Australia for their unbridled use, but rather that, in the face of continual assimilation policies, ranging from ...

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The Guardian
Accused Bourke Street driver James Gargasoulas believes he is 'the messiah', jury told
ABC News
The accused Bourke Street driver believes he is the "second coming of Christ" and deliberately drove into people to try to stop police pursuing him so he could "contact Aboriginal royalty", a jury has been told. James Gargasoulas is facing a special ...
Bourke Street driver Dimitrious Gargasoulas believes he is 'messiah'The Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
Just one week away from making history
National Indigenous Times
Mr Wyatt said a $1.3 billion agreement between the WA Government and the South-West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council — currently before the National Native Title Tribunal for approval — was seen by many as Australia's first Indigenous treaty.

National Indigenous Times
Just one week away from making history
National Indigenous Times
Mr Wyatt said a $1.3 billion agreement between the WA Government and the South-West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council — currently before the National Native Title Tribunal for approval — was seen by many as Australia's first Indigenous treaty.

National Indigenous Times
Ramone lines up new soccer league
National Indigenous Times
A new national Indigenous football league is kicking off in Queensland and organisers hope it will discover Australia's answer to legendary international players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The first Australian Indigenous Football ...

National Indigenous Times
Suicide rates among elderly may be skewed
National Indigenous Times
Accurate estimates of the Indigenous suicide rate, particularly in older groups, could be higher than previously thought and impeded by records that don't list a person's ethnicity, according to a report in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of ...

cricket.com.au
Christian leads Aboriginal XI to final win
cricket.com.au
In a double-header at Trent Bridge, the men's Aboriginal XI claimed their fifth victory of the tour while the women's XI were unable to finish on a winning note, losing to a star-studded ECB Academy team. Taking on the Nottinghamshire team he will soon ...

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