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The Australian
Family's rise from the sorry place: Ken and Ben Wyatt's proud return
The Australian
To mark both events, an extraordinary ceremony has been held at Moore River, or Mogumber, with Australia's first Aboriginal federal minister, Ken Wyatt, and his nephew Ben Wyatt, Australia's first Aboriginal state treasurer, standing side by side ...

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Two years on from the Palaszczuk intervention, it's time for a report on Aurukun school
The Australian
We understand your colleague Kate Jones is no longer education minister, but now the Commonwealth Games are over, did she think school attendance would be worse than under the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy? Does she wonder how the ...

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The Australian
Turning tables on our cringe kitsch
The Australian
Of course he never did hit rock bottom. Rather, his career soared and countless accolades followed. To this day, Albert is driven to shed light on the glaring and ongoing oppression of indigenous people, and their inequality with non-indigenous ...

Courier Mail
National Sorry Day: How Australia apologises to the Aborigines for the wrongs of the past
The Independent
Australia marks National Sorry Day every 26 May. Unlike Anzac Day, which celebrates the heroism of Australian and New Zealand troops fighting overseas, Sorry Day is an occasion for solemn commemoration of the mistreatment of Aborigines and Torres ...
Reconciliation Day is a time for reflection, not just a public holidayThe Canberra Times
Reconciliation: it's all talk and no actionEternity News
Controversy over ACT Reconciliation DayThe Australian
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A sweet homecoming - Eternity News
Eternity News
Writer and artist Jade Sweeney describes how she reconnected with her Aboriginal family.

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Daily Telegraph
Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker desperate to raise life expectancy of indigenous Australians
Daily Telegraph
Lionel Mitchell died at 42, and Larry Goolagong at 43. “Both of my grandfathers died of diabetes,” Mitchell said. “My old man is 43 now, I'm proud of him to live this far. He's got two grandkids now so that's put a spring in his step.” That one of the ...

Daily Telegraph
Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker desperate to raise life expectancy of indigenous Australians
Daily Telegraph
Lionel Mitchell died at 42, and Larry Goolagong at 43. “Both of my grandfathers died of diabetes,” Mitchell said. “My old man is 43 now, I'm proud of him to live this far. He's got two grandkids now so that's put a spring in his step.” That one of the ...

Eternity News
A sweet homecoming
Eternity News
If you looked at the colour of my skin, it would be unlikely that you'd assume I'm an Indigenous Australian. I guess if you were to describe me in white-Australian lingo; I'm one-quarter Aboriginal. However, that's something that an Aboriginal ...

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Indigenous children's removal on the rise 21 years after Bringing Them Home  The Guardian

Twenty-one years on from the Bringing Them Home report, government data shows Australia has failed to curb the rate of child removal from Indigenous families ...

Barossa & Light Herald
Native plant species likely key in halting bee decline
Barossa & Light Herald
Researchers from the University of Adelaide are mapping the activity of honeybees and native pollinators in crops, areas of revegetation and native vegetation around different crops in South Australia. Two initial regions are Yorke Peninsula for canola ...

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ABC Online
Uncovering ancient Australia
ABC Online
Up until just sixty years ago, Aboriginal presence in Australia was thought to extend back just a few thousand years. As discoveries were made and as technology changed, the dates of first occupation have been pushed back, by thousands of years, then ...

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The Australian
Groundswell for a rock-solid plan
The Australian
“People feel sad whenever they see the statue; its presence and the fact that Stuart is holding a gun is disrespectful to the Aboriginal community who are descendants of the families slaughtered during the massacres throughout Central Australia,” the ...

The West Australian
Dance imitates life
The West Australian
The title of contemporary dancer and choreographer Michael Leslie's new dance theatre work refers to a stark reality. Aboriginal people make up 3.3 per cent of Australia's population. Yet they account for over 28 per cent of our prison population.

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The Guardian
Indigenous children's removal on the rise 21 years after Bringing Them Home
The Guardian
Twenty-one years on from the Bringing Them Home report, government data shows Australia has failed to curb the rate of child removal from Indigenous families, and has gone backwards on a commitment to place children in care that connects them with ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous children's removal on the rise 21 years after Bringing ...
The Guardian
Government data shows the group remains overrepresented in all parts of the child protection system.
Chart of the day: The kids who make up more than half Australia's ...ABC Online
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Where the grass seems greener: Australia floats sustainability at Architecture Biennale
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I think we actually need to repair things, not just keep them okay.” A final part of the exhibit, a video work, showcases 15 real-life Australian projects - including by Indigenous Australians - that demonstrate the infinite ways architecture can be ...

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Courier Mail
Inaugural Reconciliation Day public holiday is a time for reflection
The Canberra Times
On Monday, May 28 the ACT will be the first Australian state or territory to observe the inaugural Reconciliation Day with a public holiday, beginning National Reconciliation Week. ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Rachel ...
Reconciliation: it's all talk and no actionEternity News
Controversy over ACT Reconciliation DayThe Australian
Sorry Day has boosted understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issuesCourier Mail
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Inaugural Reconciliation Day public holiday is a time for reflection
The Canberra Times
On Monday, May 28 the ACT will be the first Australian state or territory to observe the inaugural Reconciliation Day with a public holiday, beginning National Reconciliation Week. ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Rachel ...
UQ learns to share and grow from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander historiesUQ News
Controversy over ACT Reconciliation DayThe Australian

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Western Advocate
Giants proud to celebrate Indigenous culture against Demons with special guernsey
Western Advocate
“The three flags in the middle of the jumper are the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and the Australian flags, representing all people that make up Australia,” he said. “The footprints are paying respect to the elders gone before us and also ...

The Guardian
Fewer children in detention but Indigenous rate falling more slowly
The Guardian
Half of those under both types of supervision on an average day were Indigenous, despite the fact that only about 5% of 10-17 year olds across Australia are Indigenous. Indigenous children made up 48% of those under community-based supervision, while ...
Chart of the day: The kids who make up more than half Australia's child prison populationABC Online

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