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The Australian
Turnbull urges Shorten to defend Australia Day
The Australian
“The overwhelming majority of Australians, the vast majority, believe that Australia Day should be celebrated on the day it always has been celebrated, the 26th of January.” Linda Burney proposes replacing Queen's birthday with indigenous celebration ...
Linda Burney calls for Indigenous holiday as she criticises 'divisive' change the date movementSBS
Linda Burney warns Greens push to change Australia Day 'more divisive than helpful'The Guardian
Flags should be flown at half-mast on Australia Day, Indigenous MP says9news.com.au
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SBS (blog)
OPINION: Political divisiveness happens every time Indigenous people are the topic of national debate
SBS (blog)
He also talked of the disadvantage in Aboriginal communities and ongoing injustices of Aboriginal people. We also had this discussion promptly shut down by visibly uncomfortable interviewees, rather than giving the weight it deserved. Probably the ...

The West Australian
Pilbara community shows way with pilot projects
The West Australian
Mingullatharndo Aboriginal community was last month awarded $545,700 from the Federal Building Better Regions fund towards constructing its own solar power and battery storage facility and water filtration unit, which will provide 80 per cent of the ...

The West Australian
Pilbara community shows way with pilot projects
The West Australian
Indigenous consultant Peter Clements, who has a background in renewable energy projects, said the facilities were seen as a pilot because of their simple operating technology using remote sensing of data generated on site. “The project is within a ...

Your morning Briefing
The Australian
Labor frontbencher Linda Burney has proposed replacing the Queen's Birthday with a national holiday to celebrate Australia's indigenous heritage and says she finds it “difficult” to be involved in Australia Day celebrations, despite maintaining that ...

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ABC Online
Remote Aboriginal residents plead for more police as governments tussle over funding
ABC Online
Residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities say the lack of a regular police presence is putting lives at risk as they call for more permanent officers. There are three permanent officers stationed in Papunya, about 240 kilometres ...

ABC Online
Australia Day dividing Australians and excluding Indigenous people, says Professor Chris Sarra
ABC Online
"Regrettably I don't think Australia Day, and what it represents, is a day that most people in the Aboriginal community want to celebrate," says Professor Chris Sarra, one of Malcolm Turnbull's key Indigenous advisors. "I say that mindful that you get ...

ABC Online
Australia Day dividing Australians and excluding Indigenous people, says Professor Chris Sarra
ABC Online
"Regrettably I don't think Australia Day, and what it represents, is a day that most people in the Aboriginal community want to celebrate," says Professor Chris Sarra, one of Malcolm Turnbull's key Indigenous advisors. "I say that mindful that you get ...

The Cairns Post
$1.5m fund to create special indigenous tourism products in Cairns
The Cairns Post
A $1.5 million fund is being established to create special indigenous tourism experiences aimed at Chinese visitors in the tropical north. By midyear existing indigenous tourism businesses will be able to apply for funding to create new products ...

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Daily Telegraph
Anthony Mundine slams champ Jeff Horn: 'White boy' all hype
Daily Telegraph
The fighter said he and fellow indigenous Australians continue to suffer from years of systematic discrimination, including what he believes is undeserved praise for world champion Horn's achievements in the ring. “He's only the flavour of the month ...
'He's only the flavour of the month because he is a white boy': Boxer Anthony Mundine slams rival Jeff Horn claiming ...Daily Mail

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The Guardian
Centrelink allowed companies accused of exploitation to deduct payments from welfare
The Guardian
One of the businesses, Amazing Rentals, continued to hold Centrepay approval for more than two years after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) raised concerns it had failed to comply with responsible lending obligations. Most of ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Symbolism uncomfortable for many Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
On January 21, 1788, when Arthur Phillip's advance party rowed in longboats through the Heads at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, he and his men were the first Europeans in all history to enter the waterway that Phillip described as the "finest harbour ...

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They were first, and they survived — we should listen
The Australian
Recognition of difference is a harder concept for some Australians to accept, as the often virulent opposition to land rights and later native title shows. Perhaps the government response to Uluru reflects this seemingly visceral response to assertions ...

The Australian
Women take indigenous treaty process to Supreme Court
The Australian
A notice posted online by the Narungga National Aboriginal Corporation Regional Authority states: “We are holding a further community meeting on January 20, 2018 for a final decision. We should have a final agreement ready for you to vote on.” But the ...
Aboriginal women seek legal stop to SA "treaty" processInDaily

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The Australian
'Tens of thousands' to join Australia Day activist WAR
The Australian
Greens leader Richard Di Natale will join the rally as it leaves Parliament House, as will Greens MP Lidia Thorpe, who has called for Australian and Aboriginal flags on government buildings to fly at half-mast that day. Ms Waulu said the group had ...

The Australian
Fraser minister critical of Turnbull's rejection of indigenous voice
The Australian
“It is bewildering to many involved in the first indigenous constitutional deliberative process since Australia's nationhood that a deeply complex and sophisticated pathway forward was rejected outright — not so much on very thinly veiled political ...

The Australian
Women take indigenous treaty process to Supreme Court
The Australian
South Australia, Victoria and the Northern Territory are all moving to establish separate treaties with their Aboriginal language groups. The South Australian Labor government has appointed a treaty commissioner and in late 2016 allocated $4.4 million ...

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The Australian
Fraser minister critical of Turnbull's rejection of indigenous voice
The Australian
“It is bewildering to many involved in the first indigenous constitutional deliberative process since Australia's nationhood that a deeply complex and sophisticated pathway forward was rejected outright — not so much on very thinly veiled political ...

The Australian
'Tens of thousands' to join Australia Day activist WAR
The Australian
Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) — which refuses to engage with police or Melbourne City Council to co-ordinate the ''Invasion Day'' rally — anticipate a protest larger than last year, which drowned out the city's official Australia Day ...

They were first, and they survived — we should listen
The Australian
Their democracies are comfortably able to accommodate equal citizenship and the unique place of their indigenous peoples within their democracies. What are the factual and legal bases for continuing difference within the nation? The fact is they ...