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Opinion The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture
UNSW Newsroom
OPINION: Virtual reality technology is making it far easier to connect with remote Indigenous Australians. Carriberrie, a mesmerising 360-degree, live-action documentary film showing at the Australian Museum in March, illustrates how well immersive ...

The colourful, fabulous, and sometimes turbulent history of the Sydney Mardi Gras
Cosmopolitan
In 1980, following a successful — but very cold — Mardi Gras, it was agreed that the event would be moved from winter to summer. This helped to distance the event from being purely a political demonstration, and established it as a celebration of the ...

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The colourful, fabulous, and sometimes turbulent history of the Sydney Mardi Gras
Cosmopolitan
In 1980, following a successful — but very cold — Mardi Gras, it was agreed that the event would be moved from winter to summer. This helped to distance the event from being purely a political demonstration, and established it as a celebration of the ...
Parade detailsThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
If equality can happen for marriage, it can happen for Indigenous people
The Guardian
7 December 2017 saw Australia become the 25th country to legalise marriage between people of the same sex. Love essentially won. Images of my uncles and partner during the celebration on Oxford Street in Sydney filled me with feelings of jubilation and ...

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Katherine Times
'Syllable soup': MP urges rethink of Aboriginal name plan
Katherine Times
“I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. “The point was in the instance of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

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The Conversation AU
The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture
The Conversation AU
Virtual reality technology is making it far easier to connect with remote Indigenous Australians. Carriberrie, a mesmerising 360-degree, live-action documentary film showing at the Australian Museum in March, illustrates how well immersive technology ...

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The Conversation AU
The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture
The Conversation AU
Virtual reality technology is making it far easier to connect with remote Indigenous Australians. Carriberrie, a mesmerising 360-degree, live-action documentary film showing at the Australian Museum in March, illustrates how well immersive technology ...

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Andrew Hastie urges local governments to reconsider Aboriginal names if they're a 'syllable soup' after Dwellingup death
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“I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. “The point was in the instance of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

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Illawarra Mercury
Andrew Hastie urges local governments to reconsider Aboriginal names if they're a 'syllable soup' after Dwellingup death
Illawarra Mercury
“I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. “The point was in the instance of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

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The Australian
Culture can never be used as an excuse for abuse of children
The Australian
The main reason indigenous children are seven times likelier than non-indigenous children to be the subject of a “substantiated” (proven) report of abuse and neglect — as the report released yesterday, Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in Australia ...

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The Australian
Culture can never be used as an excuse for abuse of children
The Australian
The main reason indigenous children are seven times likelier than non-indigenous children to be the subject of a “substantiated” (proven) report of abuse and neglect — as the report released yesterday, Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in Australia ...

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The Australian
Stolen Generations fears must not get in way of child safety
The Australian
Aboriginal academic Anthony Dillon said current child protection policy could lead to attempts for financial redress by Aboriginal children. “We're going to have a situation where children sue the government because they left them in disgusting, unsafe ...

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The Economist (blog)
The “gap” between aboriginals and other Australians
The Economist (blog)
BETWEEN 1910 and 1970 tens of thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their families in a failed assimilation programme that wanted to “breed the colour” out of them. Ten years ago the then-prime minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised to these ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
'Syllable soup': MP urges rethink of Aboriginal name plan following Dwellingup death
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. "The point was in the interest of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

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WAtoday
'Syllable soup': MP urges rethink of Aboriginal name plan following Dwellingup death
WAtoday
"I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. "The point was in the interest of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

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'Syllable soup': MP urges rethink of Aboriginal name plan following Dwellingup death
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. "The point was in the interest of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...

Pro Bono Australia
NFP Report Sparks Calls to Make Youth Mental Health A National Priority
Pro Bono Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were more than three times more likely to commit suicide than non-Indigenous youth and more than three times more likely to die of injury before the age of 14. Speaking in the wake of the report the ...

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Mandurah Mail
Andrew Hastie urges local governments to reconsider Aboriginal names if they're a 'syllable soup' following ...
Mandurah Mail
Dwaarlindjinaap swimming hole near Dwellingup in the Lane Poole Reserve. Photo: Stacy O'Shea. “If they're going to go for a long name that's complex and difficult to pronounce then I think we should really take seriously…Kimberley's mum's suggestion ...

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National Indigenous Times
50 years since Rose beat the world, where are we?
National Indigenous Times
Fifty years ago this week, Lionel Rose became the first Aboriginal Australian to win a world championship. On 26 February 1968, he defeated Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan for the world bantamweight boxing title. His success occurred nine months ...
Closing the Indigenous accountancy gapINTHEBLACK
Introducing Weave: a month-long celebration of Indigenous art, culture and film in AustraliaHappy

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National Indigenous Times
50 years since Rose beat the world, where are we?
National Indigenous Times
Fifty years ago this week, Lionel Rose became the first Aboriginal Australian to win a world championship. On 26 February 1968, he defeated Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan for the world bantamweight boxing title. His success occurred nine months ...
Closing the Indigenous accountancy gapINTHEBLACK
Introducing Weave: a month-long celebration of Indigenous art, culture and film in AustraliaHappy

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