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The Conversation AU
Controversial artist Elizabeth Durack gave us a sensitive insight into the lives of Papuan women
The Conversation AU
She would go on to court controversy in Australia in the 1990s over her assumption of an Aboriginal “nom de plume” and painting style. Despite this, Durack's drawings of Papuan women are remarkably sensitive for their time. They provide a critical eye ...

ABC Online
Indigenous work for the dole scheme slaps thousands with serious failures
ABC Online
Thousands of people in a controversial work for the dole scheme have been threatened with having their Centrelink payments cut off for eight weeks. The Community Development Programme (CDP) forces unemployed people in remote areas to work up to three ...

ABC Online
Indigenous work for the dole scheme slaps thousands with serious failures
ABC Online
Thousands of people in a controversial work for the dole scheme have been threatened with having their Centrelink payments cut off for eight weeks. The Community Development Programme (CDP) forces unemployed people in remote areas to work up to three ...

The Australian
Green Lee Rhiannon's European kangaroo roadtrip 'absolute insanity'
The Australian
It contains a re-enactment of a phone call from an “anonymous kangaroo harvester”, and shows two activists holding the body of a kangaroo killed by a gunshot declaring: “This kangaroo represents the face of the kangaroo industry.” Mr Littleproud ...

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The Australian
Call to eliminate cap for indigenous uni enrolments
The Australian
Places for indigenous students in Australian universities should be quarantined from any limits on student enrolments, according to the dean of Aboriginal engagement and strategic projects at the University of South Australia, Peter Buckskin. Professor ...

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The Australian
Call to eliminate cap for indigenous uni enrolments
The Australian
Places for indigenous students in Australian universities should be quarantined from any limits on student enrolments, according to the dean of Aboriginal engagement and strategic projects at the University of South Australia, Peter Buckskin. Professor ...

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A cultural right? No, children having sex is illegal
The Australian
Wind the clock forward to Tennant Creek, where family members identify a child at risk and fulfil their responsibilities to that child by doing no more than telephoning welfare agencies incapable of dealing with the grinding tragedy that is remote ...

Child abuse is being hidden behind a veil of PC
The Australian
Given the failure of the fumbling attempts to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, would progressives admit that children were not stolen but were taken away in an attempt to rescue them? The assimilation policy was designed to ensure ...

SBS
Book on black women musicians dumped after explosive claims author didn't interview artists
SBS
A new book detailing the history of black women in Australian music has been killed by its publisher after several of the women featured in its pages made explosive claims it was inaccurate, and that the author did not speak to them at all during the ...

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SBS
Book on black women musicians dumped after explosive claims author didn't interview artists
SBS
A new book detailing the history of black women in Australian music has been killed by its publisher after several of the women featured in its pages made explosive claims it was inaccurate, and that the author did not speak to them at all during the ...
Deadly Woman Blues book to be pulped following backlash over 'distressing' errorsThe Sydney Morning Herald

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SBS
Will Australia follow the NT's promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility?
SBS
One of such 'in principle' commitments was the promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Following the announcement, Amnesty International's Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Roxanne Moore, pointed out the NT government must raise the age of ...

Beef Central
Indigenous cattlemen experience eye-opening trip to Indonesia
Beef Central
Terrance Long, 38, overseer at Gunbalanya Station, Northern Territory, and Robbie Kelly, 24, stockman at Roebuck Export Depot, Western Australia, travelled to Indonesia under a partnership between Halleen Australasian Livestock Traders and the ILC's ...

SBS
Redress scheme is racist towards Indigenous people, Senate committee hears
SBS
Some eligibility requirements of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse have been labelled as racist towards Indigenous Australians. In the 2017-2018 budget the Australian Government committed $33.4 million towards the ...

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SBS
Redress scheme is racist towards Indigenous people, Senate committee hears
SBS
Some eligibility requirements of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse have been labelled as racist towards Indigenous Australians. In the 2017-2018 budget the Australian Government committed $33.4 million towards the ...

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Deadly Woman Blues book to be pulped following backlash over 'distressing' errors
The Sydney Morning Herald
She added that her frustration with the project was perfectly encapsulated in the words of indigenous activist and actor Shareena Clanton on the ABC's Q&A on February 19. "I'm really tired of non-Indigenous peoples making commentaries about Indigenous ...

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Deadly Woman Blues book to be pulped following backlash over 'distressing' errors
The Sydney Morning Herald
She added that her frustration with the project was perfectly encapsulated in the words of indigenous activist and actor Shareena Clanton on the ABC's Q&A on February 19. "I'm really tired of non-Indigenous peoples making commentaries about Indigenous ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Canberra woman Mikaela Jade wins national award for rock art app
The Sydney Morning Herald
("Veuve" is French for widow.) Mikaela, who has been working on Indigital Storytelling for six years, mostly recently collaborating with Microsoft to use the content on its mixed reality device, HoloLens, felt the award was further validation of her ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Canberra woman Mikaela Jade wins national award for rock art app
The Sydney Morning Herald
("Veuve" is French for widow.) Mikaela, who has been working on Indigital Storytelling for six years, mostly recently collaborating with Microsoft to use the content on its mixed reality device, HoloLens, felt the award was further validation of her ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Canberra woman Mikaela Jade wins national award for rock art app
The Sydney Morning Herald
("Veuve" is French for widow.) Mikaela, who has been working on Indigital Storytelling for six years, mostly recently collaborating with Microsoft to use the content on its mixed reality device, HoloLens, felt the award was further validation of her ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Canberra woman Mikaela Jade wins national award for rock art app
The Sydney Morning Herald
("Veuve" is French for widow.) Mikaela, who has been working on Indigital Storytelling for six years, mostly recently collaborating with Microsoft to use the content on its mixed reality device, HoloLens, felt the award was further validation of her ...

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