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First Commissioner for Aboriginal Children Steps Down
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous organisations have hailed Australia's first commissioner for Aboriginal children a “fearless advocate” as he steps down from the role. Andrew Jackomos, the inaugural Victorian commissioner for Aboriginal children and young people, stepped ...

ABC Online
Older Indigenous Australians with illness or disability at high risk of depression, study finds
ABC Online
In the month before completing an interview for the study, a fifth of Indigenous patients aged 45 or over had experienced anxiety and depression requiring professional help, as well as feelings of restlessness and hopelessness. "They feel marginalised ...

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Older Indigenous Australians with illness or disability at high risk of depression, study finds
ABC Online
"Before this study people were aware of the impact of social disadvantage and poverty on poorer mental health in older Aboriginal people, but we didn't really appreciate the important role that living with chronic illness and physical disability has in ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people on Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...

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Herald Sun
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people on Australia Day
Brisbane Times
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia DayHerald Sun

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Aboriginal 'warrior' seems tormented by self-hate
The Australian
This display has been matched, even outdone, by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance group which says, among a bunch of profanities, “abolish Australia, not just Australia Day”. Despite these public displays of hate, nobody is branding the entire ...

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Aboriginal 'warrior' seems tormented by self-hate
The Australian
Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW. Let's just for a moment try to imagine that Dtarneen Onus-Williams's wish has come true and Australia as we know it has been abolished, the settlers have gone back to wherever they and ...

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SBS - The World Game
Fashion label calls Indigenous people 'alcoholics and drug abusers' on Instagram
SBS - The World Game
At one point the fashion brand referred to Aboriginal people as “your people” and claimed they had been free for “hundreds of years”. “Nobody gives you anything you have to take it, your people have been free for hundreds of years how long does it take ...

SBS - The World Game
Fashion label calls Indigenous people 'alcoholics and drug abusers' on Instagram
SBS - The World Game
At one point the fashion brand referred to Aboriginal people as “your people” and claimed they had been free for “hundreds of years”. “Nobody gives you anything you have to take it, your people have been free for hundreds of years how long does it take ...

Herald Sun
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia Day
Herald Sun
But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the morning you have a chance to reflect on the atrocities (against indigenous ...

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Herald Sun
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia Day
Herald Sun
Aboriginal activist Tarneen Onus-Williams sparked outrage last week after she told an Invasion Day march Australia should be burnt to the ground. Ms Onus-Williams is a member of the state government-funded Koorie Youth Council, while also linked to ...

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ABC Online
Lisa Reihana: a monumental, immersive new artwork reanimates the story of Captain Cook and first contact
ABC Online
Bringing Australia's First Nations into the picture. "It completed the work to have [the Aboriginal Australian performers] in it," Reihana says. "So many Aboriginal people died after that first contact [with Europeans]. But also I found the way [Cook ...

The Australian
Cory Bernardi slams medical authorities over need to acknowledge white privilege
The Australian
In a glossary to the code, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia cites the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives when it references “a decolonising model of practice based on dialogue, communication, power sharing ...

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The Australian
Cory Bernardi slams medical authorities over need to acknowledge white privilege
The Australian
In a glossary to the code, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia cites the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives when it references “a decolonising model of practice based on dialogue, communication, power sharing ...

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The Australian
Anthony Albanese meets Bill Shorten to talk Australia Day shift
The Australian
Anthony Albanese says he has met Bill Shorten to discuss his proposal to hold a joint referendum on the republic and indigenous constitutional recognition on January 26, but will leave it to the Labor leader to voice his own views on the issue. Mr ...

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ABC Online
School of the Air cuts: Education is too important to Aboriginal kids' futures for uncertainty
ABC Online
With Western Australia having one of the highest rates of suicide among young Indigenous peoples in the world, education is the most important aspect of empowering and creating resilient children. Equitable and quality education is the most important ...

ABC Online
School of the Air cuts: Education is too important to Aboriginal kids' futures for uncertainty
ABC Online
With Western Australia having one of the highest rates of suicide among young Indigenous peoples in the world, education is the most important aspect of empowering and creating resilient children. Equitable and quality education is the most important ...

ArtsHub
First Nations writers head to Bangladesh
ArtsHub
Heading to Bangladesh will be Indigenous Australians Daniel Browning, Megan Cope, Hannah Donnelly, Kimberley Moulton and Djon Mundine. Sovereign Words is an initiative of Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), launched at DAS 2016 and continuing to ...

ABC Online
Removing children from Indigenous communities 'a national disaster'
ABC Online
The removal of children from Indigenous communities is skyrocketing and has become a "national disaster", according to a Australia's first and only Aboriginal children's commissioner. Key points: Andrew Jackomos calls for independent commissioners for ...