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The West Australian
Indigenous mental health a vital focus for Pilbara NGOs
The West Australian
Pioneering Aboriginal psychologist and WA Australian of the Year winner Tracy Westerman visited Karratha last week to deliver specialised training in indigenous mental health to psychologists and social workers from across the region. Over a two-day ...

The Northern Daily Leader
More Aboriginal staff will empower the community: nurse
The Northern Daily Leader
“Understanding the true history of Australia allows non-Indigenous clinicians and health administrators to be aware of the background to our current situation, learn about their stereotypes, reflect on practices and build trust with Aboriginal and ...
ANU to make Indigenous learning historyPS News
New action plan is a step towards unity, social justiceNorthern Star

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The Australian
Reconciliation needs to be a two-way street
The Australian
It is National Reconciliation Week, that time of the year intended to build “positive, respectful relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians”. The ...

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The Australian
Reconciliation needs to be a two-way street
The Australian
It is National Reconciliation Week, that time of the year intended to build “positive, respectful relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians”. The ...
THE POWER OF NUN | Reconciliation has to move beyond saying sorryCentral Western Daily

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Broadsheet
An Indigenous Story That Desperately Needs Telling
Broadsheet
Content warning: this article discusses suicide. The rate of suicide among young Indigenous Australian men is the highest in the world, according to a 2016 report by the Australian Youth Development Index. It's a sobering reality. But for most ...

PS News
ANU to make Indigenous learning history
PS News
The Australian National University (ANU) is to be the first university in the country to use a new online learning module focused on Australian Indigenous culture. The module aims to educate and build greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres ...
More Aboriginal staff will empower the community: nurseThe Northern Daily Leader

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cricket.com.au
Players meet pollies ahead of historic tour
cricket.com.au
Dan Christian and Ash Gardner met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten at Parliament House in Canberra before a week-long tour of England that will see them re-trace the steps of the famous 1868 Aboriginal ...

Gippsland Times
Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Gippsland Times
Dementia expert Kylie Radford, who led the research published in the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, says she hopes the study could go some way to explaining why the rate of dementia in Australia's Indigenous population is three to four ...

The Conversation AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
The Conversation AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

ABC Online
Rottnest Island 'tent land' closure an important day for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
It would be correct to say, moreover, that this is the largest mass burial site in Australia. The Act to Constitute Rottnest Island as a Legal Prison 1841 was designed to ensure that the "Aboriginal race… may be instructed in useful knowledge and ...

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ABC Online
Rottnest Island 'tent land' closure an important day for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
It would be correct to say, moreover, that this is the largest mass burial site in Australia. The Act to Constitute Rottnest Island as a Legal Prison 1841 was designed to ensure that the "Aboriginal race… may be instructed in useful knowledge and ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous sides ready to re-trace steps of pioneers
The Sydney Morning Herald
She grew up in Sydney, and is now an Indigenous leader. But because of her mother's disjointed childhood, the star Australian all-rounder is still learning about her heritage. Gardner though, is part of history. Later this week she flies out to England ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous sides ready to re-trace steps of pioneers
The Sydney Morning Herald
She grew up in Sydney, and is now an Indigenous leader. But because of her mother's disjointed childhood, the star Australian all-rounder is still learning about her heritage. Gardner though, is part of history. Later this week she flies out to England ...

Geelong Advertiser
Graham “Polly” Farmer and Sir Doug Nicholls honoured with murals ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Geelong Advertiser
“Both Dad and Polly's work helped to improve the lives of indigenous Australians and will continue to do so in the future as we celebrate their legacy.” The Sir Doug Nicholls Round will continue to be celebrated through all matches of Round 11 ...

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Geelong Advertiser
Graham “Polly” Farmer and Sir Doug Nicholls honoured with murals ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Geelong Advertiser
“Both Dad and Polly's work helped to improve the lives of indigenous Australians and will continue to do so in the future as we celebrate their legacy.” The Sir Doug Nicholls Round will continue to be celebrated through all matches of Round 11 ...

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ABC Online
Former Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island closed for tourist lodging
ABC Online
Photo: The Quod, the Rottnest prison that was built by and housed Aboriginal prisoners. (720 ABC Perth: Emma Wynne). Aboriginal men were taken from all over Western Australia and imprisoned on the island from 1838 until 1904. Aboriginal heritage ...

Golf Australia
Second shot for First Nations
Golf Australia
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia are again joining forces to back an initiative to provide indigenous students from across the country the chance to compete on the big stage. On the back of its previous success, the First Nations team will ...

SBS
Gold medal awarded to Australian Green Ant Gin
SBS
Green ants have traditionally been used by Indigenous Australians as medicine, but Something Wild first harvested them for René Redzepi's Noma Australia pop-up in 2016. The demand from restaurants has since exploded, with a kilo of green ants now ...

ABC Local
Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wurati, community says
ABC Local
Australia's second-oldest city was named after Colonial Secretary Lord Hobart. While the adoption of kunanyi for Mount Wellington has been embraced by the community, the suggestion to build a Truth and Reconciliation Art Park at Macquarie Point has ...
Will Hobart take on an Indigenous name?SBS

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ABC Local
Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wooreddy, community says
ABC Local
Australia's second-oldest city was named after Colonial Secretary Lord Hobart. While the adoption of kunanyi for Mount Wellington has been embraced by the community, the suggestion to build a Truth and Reconciliation Art Park at Macquarie Point has ...
Will Hobart take on an Indigenous name?SBS

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