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Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous Councilor - The Epoch Times


The Epoch Times

Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous Councilor
The Epoch Times
People offended by the date of Australia day need to grow up, says an indigenous town councilor from Alice Springs who has joined efforts to voice why there is no need to change how the national day is celebrated. Jacinta Price is front and center of a ...

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BigBash League heads to the Northern Territory - Ten Eyewitness News


Ten Eyewitness News

BigBash League heads to the Northern Territory
Ten Eyewitness News
Alice Springs will host the Northern Territory's first ever BBL and WBBL games next week, as the Adelaide Strikers and Perth Scorchers take part in historic matches. Traeger Park will play host to the men's game on January 13, while the women take to ...

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Our show must go on: Fremantle - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Our show must go on: Fremantle
National Indigenous Times
Fremantle, the West Australian port city that became the nation's first to cancel Australia Day, is unrepentant as it moves into its second year without the celebration. Mayor Brad Pettit said the Fremantle council wasn't bothered that it had come ...

Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26 - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal people and supporters from across Australia are expected to descend on Sydney on January 26 for what is being described as a history-making march, three decades after the 1988 Long March that drew a crowd rivalling Vietnam War demonstrations ...

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Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26 - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal people and supporters from across Australia are expected to descend on Sydney on January 26 for what is being described as a history-making march, three decades after the 1988 Long March that drew a crowd rivalling Vietnam War demonstrations ...

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'We don't even have a plan': Solonec - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

'We don't even have a plan': Solonec
National Indigenous Times
In October last year, Australia was voted onto the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time – for a three-year term. On the face of it, this presents great opportunities for the advancement of human rights in Australia, including ...
Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous CouncilorThe Epoch Times
Photos show Aboriginals shackled in chainsLockport Press

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'We don't even have a plan': Solonec - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

'We don't even have a plan': Solonec
National Indigenous Times
In October last year, Australia was voted onto the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time – for a three-year term. On the face of it, this presents great opportunities for the advancement of human rights in Australia, including ...
Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous CouncilorThe Epoch Times
Pictures present Aboriginals shackled in chainsKaplan Herald

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It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights - National Indigenous Times


It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights
National Indigenous Times
The Northern Territory came bottom of the class, while New South Wales also flunked, but Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory got top marks. They're the results by Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, which assessed each state on a ...

It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights - National Indigenous Times


It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights
National Indigenous Times
The Northern Territory came bottom of the class, while New South Wales also flunked, but Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory got top marks. They're the results by Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, which assessed each state on a ...

Harley has sights set on beauty crown - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Harley has sights set on beauty crown
National Indigenous Times
“At Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International 2018, I will be bringing a bit of burlesque and cabaret to my performance and promoting awareness for violence against Aboriginal women and the idea that drag is about creating an illusion that is ...

Harley has sights set on beauty crown - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Harley has sights set on beauty crown
National Indigenous Times
“At Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International 2018, I will be bringing a bit of burlesque and cabaret to my performance and promoting awareness for violence against Aboriginal women and the idea that drag is about creating an illusion that is ...

Tropical Cyclone Joyce fails to intensify off Western Australian coast - The Guardian


The Guardian

Tropical Cyclone Joyce fails to intensify off Western Australian coast
The Guardian
Residents in the Western Australian tourist town of Broome have been spared the worst after Tropical Cyclone Joyce failed to intensify to a category three system and headed down the Kimberley coast. A yellow alert had been in place for the town since ...
Cops' Cyclone Joyce plea: don't get drunkThe Australian
Cyclone Joyce fails to intensify off Western Australian coastSBS
Cyclone Joyce puts Broome residents on alertNEWS.com.au
WAtoday
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Aspiring Izayah inspects his future - National Indigenous Times


National Indigenous Times

Aspiring Izayah inspects his future
National Indigenous Times
High school student Izayah Davies has been inspired to follow his dreams to study medicine after meeting Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt at an Indigenous summer school at Canberra's Australian National University. Izayah, a young Bardi Kija man ...

Rangers rediscover tiny rock wallaby on Kimberley coast - WAtoday


PerthNow

Rangers rediscover tiny rock wallaby on Kimberley coast
WAtoday
Isolated sub-species of nabarlek also existed in parts of the Northern Territory, although they have also not been recorded for many years, and the species has a national conservation status of "endangered". The nabarlek program is run with the World ...
Nabarlek: Uunguu Rangers rediscover Kimberley's rarest rock wallaby on mainlandThe Australian
Nabarlek rock wallaby poo found, not extinct from Australian mainlandPerthNow

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Nabarlek: Uunguu Rangers rediscover Kimberley's rarest rock wallaby on mainland - The Australian


PerthNow

Nabarlek: Uunguu Rangers rediscover Kimberley's rarest rock wallaby on mainland
The Australian
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation's Uunguu Rangers have been collecting rock wallaby scats, or “waadi”, as part of a project with WWF-Australia and funded by Lotterywest. In 2016 a healthy nabarlek population was confirmed on an offshore island ...
Nabarlek rock wallaby poo found, not extinct from Australian mainlandPerthNow

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Investible pilot national accelerator program sees Indigenous entrepreneurs take flight - Anthill online


Anthill online

Investible pilot national accelerator program sees Indigenous entrepreneurs take flight
Anthill online
Indigenous Business Australia's (IBA) national accelerator program, run by early stage investment group Investible, has helped nine early-stage indigenous startups turn their businesses into viable commercial enterprises. The eight-week accelerator saw ...

Top, bottom of Australia make best places to visit list - Gippsland Times


Top, bottom of Australia make best places to visit list
Gippsland Times
As well as giving special mention to the 2017 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, The New York Times made note of all of the scenic tours available to visitors: "Exclusive access tours to Aboriginal Homelands of Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land, expands ...

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The Top End and Tasmania make The New York Times' top '52 Places to Go in 2018' - Traveller


Traveller

The Top End and Tasmania make The New York Times' top '52 Places to Go in 2018'
Traveller
Tasmania is honoured on the list for its oysters, sparkling wines and 'booming culinary scene'. Photo: Andrew Balcombe / Alamy Stock Photo. The Top End's small cities, including Darwin, Palmerston, and Katherine, are also given a notable mention. Where ...

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Cops' Cyclone Joyce plea: don't get drunk - The Australian


The West Australian

Cops' Cyclone Joyce plea: don't get drunk
The Australian
is about to cross the West Australian coast as a Category 1. Joyce neared land sooner than the Bureau of Meteorology expected last night and was just south of the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga — population 100 — and north of Wallal Downs ...
Tropical Cyclone Joyce: parts of WA on red alert over 'threat to lives and homes'The Guardian
North West on red alert for Cyclone JoyceThe West Australian
Cyclone Joyce puts Broome residents on alertNEWS.com.au

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Australian Fires Are Being Set by Legendary Pyromaniacal Raptors - Big Think (blog)


Big Think (blog)

Australian Fires Are Being Set by Legendary Pyromaniacal Raptors
Big Think (blog)
The aboriginal people of northern Australia have spoken of them for at least a century: “Firehawks” who carry fire through the sky, dropping it to the ground to spark flames that drive prey out of hiding. These creatures are even characters in certain ...

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