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Invasion Day events around Australia - Green Left Weekly


Green Left Weekly

Invasion Day events around Australia
Green Left Weekly
This year marks 230 years since British military forces invaded Gadigal land and declared British rule over this continent. One hundred and fifty years later a group of Aboriginal men and women met in the Australia Hall in Sydney to declare January 26 ...

Mark Latham launches dystopian Save Australia Day ads - SBS


SBS

Mark Latham launches dystopian Save Australia Day ads
SBS
Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a bizarre "Save Australia Day" ad campaign in Sydney supported by Indigenous Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Price. The campaign includes television, radio and social media advertisements depicting ...
Latham launches Save Australia Day adsNEWS.com.au
Latham predicts 'Big Brother' future if Australia Day is moved - 9News9news.com.au
'They have anger management issues': Indigenous councillor says 'offended' activists pushing to change the date of ...Daily Mail
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Latham launches Save Australia Day ads - The West Australian


The West Australian

Latham launches Save Australia Day ads
The West Australian
Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a bizarre "Save Australia Day" ad campaign in Sydney supported by indigenous Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Price. The campaign includes television, radio and social media advertisements depicting ...

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Latham launches Save Australia Day ads - SBS


Latham launches Save Australia Day ads
SBS
Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a bizarre "Save Australia Day" ad campaign in Sydney supported by indigenous Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Price. The campaign includes television, radio and social media advertisements depicting ...

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Latham launches Save Australia Day ads - SBS


9news.com.au

Latham launches Save Australia Day ads
SBS
Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a bizarre "Save Australia Day" ad campaign in Sydney supported by indigenous Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Price. The campaign includes television, radio and social media advertisements depicting ...
Latham predicts 'Big Brother' future if Australia Day is moved9news.com.au
Alice Springs town councillor Jacinta Price joins Mark Latham on Australia Day crusadeNT News
'They have anger management issues': Indigenous councillor says 'offended' activists pushing to change the date of ...Daily Mail

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Australian Indigenous stars to face NZ Maori - FourFourTwo Australia


FourFourTwo Australia

Australian Indigenous stars to face NZ Maori
FourFourTwo Australia
Two Australian Indigenous representative teams featuring 18 men and 18 women from around the country will travel to Auckland New Zealand to play a football tour from Sunday, 14 January 2018 to 21 January 2018. The Trans-Tasman Football Series 2018 ...

Australian Indigenous stars to face NZ Maori - FourFourTwo Australia


FourFourTwo Australia

Australian Indigenous stars to face NZ Maori
FourFourTwo Australia
Two Australian Indigenous representative teams featuring 18 men and 18 women from around the country will travel to Auckland New Zealand to play a football tour from Sunday, 14 January 2018 to 21 January 2018. The Trans-Tasman Football Series 2018 ...

Coalition accuses WA of having a 'whinge' over funding pledge for remote housing - The Guardian


The Guardian

Coalition accuses WA of having a 'whinge' over funding pledge for remote housing
The Guardian
The WA housing minister, Peter Tinley, has accused the Turnbull government of turning its back on Aboriginal Australians, saying the cuts would leave South Australia, Queensland and WA with a funding shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars. But ...

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2017 was a 'Dismal' Year for Human Rights in Australia - Pro Bono Australia


Pro Bono Australia

2017 was a 'Dismal' Year for Human Rights in Australia
Pro Bono Australia
2017 was a “dismal” year for human rights in Australia, according to a report card which found the country significantly lagged behind in areas including disability rights, Indigenous rights and the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum. The ...

Latham launches Save Australia Day ads - NEWS.com.au


Latham launches Save Australia Day ads
NEWS.com.au
The politician-turned-pundit says the campaign is being rolled out ahead of January 26 to combat a push to move Australia Day, given that many Aboriginal people consider the date to be "invasion day". Ms Price said she was proud of the campaign and ...

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Latham predicts 'Big Brother' future if Australia Day is moved - 9news.com.au


NT News

Latham predicts 'Big Brother' future if Australia Day is moved
9news.com.au
Controversial former Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a "Save Australia Day" campaign to combat the alleged threat to move the national holiday from January 26. Several local councils across Australia have scrapped Australia Day celebrations ...
Alice Springs town councillor Jacinta Price joins Mark Latham on Australia Day crusadeNT News
Latham launches Save Australia Day adsNEWS.com.au

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Alice Springs town councillor Jacinta Price joins Mark Latham on Australia Day crusade - NT News


NT News

Alice Springs town councillor Jacinta Price joins Mark Latham on Australia Day crusade
NT News
It isn't the first time the councillor and commentator has waded into the issue – a Facebook post she penned last year supporting Australia Day remaining as it is went viral. At the time, she copped criticism for her stance. But she said the response ...
Latham predicts 'Big Brother' future if Australia Day is moved9news.com.au
Latham launches Save Australia Day adsNEWS.com.au

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Today I Discovered: Australian Raptors Spread Fire To Catch Prey - Lifehacker Australia


Lifehacker Australia

Today I Discovered: Australian Raptors Spread Fire To Catch Prey
Lifehacker Australia
Waipuldanya also discusses a similar use of fire by Indigenous Australians, even suggesting that it is possible the trick was learnt from the birds. Others suggest this behaviour may be accidental, that the raptors merely pick smouldering sticks up in ...

Australian birds are deliberately starting fires in incredible hunting technique - Pickle


Pickle

Australian birds are deliberately starting fires in incredible hunting technique
Pickle
"Birds and fire have long been linked in the Australian Aboriginal landscape and there are many accounts of birds – particularly black kites – carrying firesticks from the front line of wild-fires to spread those fires," he said. But even back in 2011 ...
Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out PreyLive Science
The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal BehaviorPLoS Blogs (blog)
These Birds of Prey Are Deliberately Setting Forests on FireScienceAlert
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Sydney Harbour artwork honours Aboriginal fisherwomen and the history of Barangaroo - ABC Online


ABC Online

Sydney Harbour artwork honours Aboriginal fisherwomen and the history of Barangaroo
ABC Online
The story of the Aboriginal fisherwomen of Sydney Harbour and their defiance against British colonists, who once excessively hauled 4,000 fish in one day, is the inspiration for a new public artwork at Barangaroo. Lifelong Sydney resident Emily ...

Audio: Lessons from indigenous peoples about coping with climate change, plus the call of the night parrot - Mongabay.com


Mongabay.com

Audio: Lessons from indigenous peoples about coping with climate change, plus the call of the night parrot
Mongabay.com
Happy new year to all our listeners out there! On our first episode of 2018, we speak with the author of a book about the resilience of indigenous peoples in the face of climate change, and we'll hear some recordings of the elusive night parrot in ...

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Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey - Live Science


Live Science

Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey
Live Science
But in Australia, some fire-foraging birds are also fire starters. Three species of raptors — predatory birds with sharp beaks and talons, and keen eyesight — are widely known not only for lurking on the fringes of fires but also for snatching up ...

Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey - Live Science


Live Science

Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey
Live Science
But in Australia, some fire-foraging birds are also fire starters. Three species of raptors — predatory birds with sharp beaks and talons, and keen eyesight — are widely known not only for lurking on the fringes of fires but also for snatching up ...

GST changes to channel more funding to remote communities - The Australian


The Australian

GST changes to channel more funding to remote communities
The Australian
“The category of indigenous in terms of distributing the money has become meaningless — proportionally, the Aboriginal population is doing well on the east coast, and as a population is doing extremely badly in central Australia.” The Papunya ...

GST changes to channel more funding to remote communities - The Australian


The Australian

GST changes to channel more funding to remote communities
The Australian
“The category of indigenous in terms of distributing the money has become meaningless — proportionally, the Aboriginal population is doing well on the east coast, and as a population is doing extremely badly in central Australia.” The Papunya ...

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