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Beat Magazine
Cargo; The Rebirth of Australia's Undead
Beat Magazine
Cargo, an Australian post-apocalyptic zombie flick starring Martin Freeman and set in the arid Flinders Ranges, examines a world where urban society dies and Indigenous Australians survive. Debut feature filmmakers Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling ...

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WA removed racial references, including the word 'Aboriginal', from birth certificates  The Guardian

WA registrar of births, deaths and marriages says staff removed all mentions of race in response to racial slurs on older certificates.

The Australian
Maggie Beer creates biscuit to improve indigenous nutrition
The Australian
Now Maggie is putting her considerable talents, enthusiasm and food world connections towards solving one of the biggest health issues facing indigenous Australians. The third-world like level of nutrition in regional and remote communities is a ...

SBS
A DNA test says you've got Indigenous Australian ancestry; now what?
SBS
The uptake of direct-to-consumer genetic testing has been slower in Australia, and complicated by debates both beyond and within the Indigenous community – with some leaders calling on greater scrutiny to prevent “fakes” or “wannabes” calling ...

SBS
A DNA test says you've got Indigenous Australian ancestry; now what?
SBS
What Shaun didn't know at the time, and what the test revealed, was that his particular mitochondrial genome fell into a haplogroup (a grouping of similar mitochondrial genomes) called “S2”, which has only been observed in Aboriginal Australians.

The Guardian
WA removed racial references, including the word 'Aboriginal', from birth certificates
The Guardian
Authorities in Western Australia have confirmed that they have removed references to a person being “Aboriginal” from birth certificates. In a statement on Thursday, the WA registrar of births, deaths and marriages, Brett Burns, said that staff at the ...
'It's tampering with history': The word 'Aboriginal' is REMOVED from birth, marriage and death certificates after ...Daily Mail

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The Guardian
WA removed racial references, including the word 'Aboriginal', from birth certificates
The Guardian
Authorities in Western Australia have confirmed that they have removed references to a person being “Aboriginal” from birth certificates. In a statement on Thursday, the WA registrar of births, deaths and marriages, Brett Burns, said that staff at the ...

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ABC Online
Feral cat impact on native animal populations leads to construction of world's largest fence
ABC Online
In the red centre of Australia there's a silent and extremely effective killer lurking… feral cats. Far from the innocent domestic variety, there are estimated to be millions of feral predators wreaking havoc on central Australia's native mammal ...

ABC Local
Focus: Discovering Australia's Indigenous culture
ABC Local
When you did discover Indigenous culture, how did that happen? Talking through the wonders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with Professor Marcia Langdon. Duration: 1hr. Broadcast: Wed 16 May 2018, 5:00pm ...

ABC Local
Focus: Discovering Australia's Indigenous culture
ABC Local
When you did discover Indigenous culture, how did that happen? Talking through the wonders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with Professor Marcia Langdon. Duration: 1hr. Broadcast: Wed 16 May 2018, 5:00pm ...

Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne's Annual Research Impact Award - Marngo Designing Futures
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne's Annual Research Impact Award - Faculty of Health, Arts and Design was won by Dr Sam Edwards-Vandenhoek. Awarded for her project, Marngo Designing Futures, Dr Edwards-Vandenhoek continues her work with young Indigenous Australians ...

Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne's Annual Research Impact Award - Marngo Designing Futures
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne's Annual Research Impact Award - Faculty of Health, Arts and Design was won by Dr Sam Edwards-Vandenhoek. Awarded for her project, Marngo Designing Futures, Dr Edwards-Vandenhoek continues her work with young Indigenous Australians ...

The West Australian
Regional events attract government funding
The West Australian
Mr Wallam said the garden will serve a dual purpose of honouring the children who were housed at the Roelands farm when it was used as a mission for Aboriginal children removed from families from across Western Australia, and also to honour those who ...

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ABC Online
Will we actually vote on changing the constitution after the dual citizenship fiasco?
ABC Online
The committee has put forward a heap of hypothetical scenarios where Australians might be ruled out of running for parliament — Indigenous Australians who were part of the Stolen Generation and can't trace their family history, and local business ...

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Katherine Times
Call for more Indigenous women rangers
Katherine Times
A report to be launched today by Indigenous women rangers alongside Senator Jane Hume reveals the importance of Indigenous women ranger jobs and Indigenous Protected Areas in protecting Australian land and transforming lives in Aboriginal and ...

Katherine Times
Call for more Indigenous women rangers
Katherine Times
A report to be launched today by Indigenous women rangers alongside Senator Jane Hume reveals the importance of Indigenous women ranger jobs and Indigenous Protected Areas in protecting Australian land and transforming lives in Aboriginal and ...

ABC Online
'Aboriginal' redacted from birth, death, marriage certificates after being deemed an offensive term
ABC Online
A West Australian bureaucrat has deemed the use of the term "Aboriginal" may be regarded as offensive and exercised a little-known power to redact it from birth, death and marriage certificates. This means historians, native title claim groups and ...

ABC Online
'Aboriginal' redacted from birth, death, marriage certificates after being deemed an offensive term
ABC Online
A West Australian bureaucrat has deemed the use of the term "Aboriginal" may be regarded as offensive and exercised a little-known power to redact it from birth, death and marriage certificates. This means historians, native title claim groups and ...

ABC Online
Wattle seed and Kakadu plum rolls: Is this the Indigenous bread Australia 'kneads'?
ABC Online
A Northern Territory catering business has started producing bread that uses two native ingredients being harvested by Indigenous communities. The bread rolls contain Kakadu plum from the Top End and a wattle seed found in the central desert regions.

ABC Local
'Walking in their tracks': How Sydney's Aboriginal paths shaped the city
ABC Local
Many of Sydney's roads and side streets are based on the original tracks and pathways created by Aboriginal people before the First Fleet arrived in 1788, experts say. Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at Sydney University ...