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Let those who understand indigenous needs take over control of spending
The Australian
It is clear that current and indeed past government policies and interventions have failed, and it is time to hand responsibility to those who know and understand the needs and wishes of Aboriginal people. Jim Laffer, Bassendean, WA. Bravo, Andrew ...

The Australian Financial Review
Enough symbolism – time for Indigenous programs that work better
The Australian Financial Review
The 2009 Closing the Gaps Report aimed to set concrete goals to bring seven key Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander social statistics in line with or closer to the Australian mainstream. Ten years on, and despite over half a billion dollars a week ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal leaders say PM Malcolm Turnbull was 'deceitful' over ...
ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson accuses Malcolm Turnbull of being duplicitous for privately encouraging Aboriginal leaders to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the ...
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
Next 10 years must deliver more for Indigenous AustraliansCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
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Aboriginal leaders say PM Malcolm Turnbull was 'deceitful' over ...
ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson accuses Malcolm Turnbull of being duplicitous for privately encouraging Aboriginal leaders to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the ...
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
Save the Children Australia calls for urgent reform to government's approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Save The Children Australia
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
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The West Australian
Winter Olympics 2018: History-making Aboriginal skater Harley Windsor just misses out
The West Australian
... what we did,” Windsor told reporters. “But it is what it is and there's nothing we can change about it now. “We had the potential quite easily to qualify but (for) just little mistakes and the scores not being what we expected. “But knowing our ...
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in ...ABC Online
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes history ...The Guardian

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Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
Radio Australia
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...

PerthNow
New Qantas Dreamliner artwork honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
PerthNow
QANTAS has unveiled a stunning new colour scheme for its latest 787 to honour the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians at Seattle today. This is the fifth design in Qantas' flying art series, which started more than 20 years ago ...
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
Save the Children Australia calls for urgent reform to government's approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Save The Children Australia
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
The Mandarin -NEWS.com.au -Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
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ABC Online
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
ABC Online
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes historyThe Guardian
History Makers – Aussie pairs skaters put on a showAustralian Olympic Committee

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ABC Online
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
ABC Online
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes historyThe Guardian

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Australian Aviation
New Qantas Dreamliner artwork honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
PerthNow
QANTAS has unveiled a stunning new colour scheme for its latest 787 to honour the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians at Seattle today. This is the fifth design in Qantas' flying art series, which started more than 20 years ago ...
Qantas unveils indigenous livery Boeing 787-9Australian Aviation

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Fairbridge program gives Aboriginal men in the justice system a second chance
Mandurah Mail
A local Aboriginal man who has been in and out of prison since 19 said he has “turned his life around” after participating in the Fairbridge Bindjareb Program. Photo: Supplied. Rob Jackson has been in and out of prison since he was 19-years-old and at ...

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AFL.com.au
Former B&F, indigenous leader join Pies' board
AFL.com.au
COLLINGWOOD has appointed one of Australia's foremost indigenous leaders Jodie Sizer and two-time Magpies best and fairest winner Paul Licuria to the club's board. Sizer and Licuria will replace Alisa Camplin and Ian McMullin, who have both elected to ...
Changes at the top at Collingwood as club champion returns3AW

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The Australian Financial Review
Aboriginal desert art heads new auction season
The Australian Financial Review
As the Australian art auction scene comes to life for 2018, an offering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait art in England is among the early highlights. Sotheby's in London will hold its annual London sale of Aboriginal art on March 14 – offering major ...

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WAtoday
Brain disorder rate alarmingly high among jailed youths
The Australian
Criminologist Harry Blagg, from the University of Western Australia's Centre for indigenous Peoples and Community Justice, says the Closing the Gap report has ignored cognitive impairment in young Aboriginal people as a factor in high crime rates. “It ...
Kids incarcerated in Australia have 'alarming' levels of neurodevelopmental impairmentWAtoday
Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairmentThe Conversation AU

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The Age
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisiting
The Age
There is consensus that the lot of Australia's First Peoples will not significantly improve unless they are at the centre of policy formulation and execution. There is therefore merit in the notion, generated last year at the Uluru convention for a ...
Australia former PM talks about indigenous abusesAljazeera.com
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
What good was the apology to Stolen Generations with limited reparations, more kids taken?ABC Online
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The Australian
PoliticsNow: Live news, analysis from House of Representatives, Senate
The Australian
This was interpreted by some as a show of interest in the leadership role, although Mr O'Dowd told The Australian yesterday his comments were made in jest and that he will not be putting his hand up for a vacancy that does not exist. But just in case ...

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The Conversation AU
In Harley Windsor, Australia has its first Indigenous Winter Olympian – why has it taken so long?
The Conversation AU
Jamaica will again compete in Pyeongchang. Its first involvement in the 1988 Calgary Olympics was mythologised in the film Cool Runnings, which (inaccurately) portrayed its participation as somewhat comedic. The country has since participated at ...

Aljazeera.com
Australia former PM talks about indigenous abuses
Aljazeera.com
The man who apologised to indigenous people in Australia for the mistreatment they suffered for centuries, has been speaking to Al Jazeera. Ten years ago, Kevin Rudd, Australia's then-prime minister, apologised in parliament to generations of ...

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Australia former PM talks about indigenous abuses
Aljazeera.com
The man who apologised to indigenous people in Australia for the mistreatment they suffered for centuries, has been speaking to Al Jazeera. Ten years ago, Kevin Rudd, Australia's then-prime minister, apologised in parliament to generations of ...

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