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Lack of funding forces cancellation of Saltwater Freshwater Festival on NSW mid-north coast
ABC Online
A major Indigenous cultural festival on the New South Wales mid-north coast will not be staged next year due to a lack of funding. The Saltwater Freshwater Festival, which is run annually on Australia Day, allows non-Indigenous people to experience the ...

SBS
This young couple creates striking maternity shoot using songlines and stories
SBS
Tucked away in the Port Noarlanga bushland in South Australia, Antonia Weetra and her partner Shane Warren paid homage to their unborn child in a unique and striking tribute. Antonia, a proud Narrunga woman, wanted to ensure her child was aware of her ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Business boost for Indigenous entrepreneurs
The Sydney Morning Herald
Richard Wormald from Mastercard says owning a business is a powerful way to gain economic independence. Photo: Louie Douvis. Richard Wormald, divisional president of Australasia at Mastercard, says historical policies in Australia have had a ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Business boost for Indigenous entrepreneurs
The Sydney Morning Herald
Richard Wormald from Mastercard says owning a business is a powerful way to gain economic independence. Photo: Louie Douvis. Richard Wormald, divisional president of Australasia at Mastercard, says historical policies in Australia have had a ...

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Indigenous languages matter
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Local elders and other language speakers also continue to revive the language amongst the local Aboriginal community. All of these actions (declaring language as the 2017 NAIDOC theme, the passing of language legislation, the establishment of language ...

theMusic
Triple M's Wil Anderson hits out at 'Ozzest 100'
NEWS.com.au
ONE of Triple M's biggest stars has hit out at the station's decision to host a “Ozzest 100” countdown on Australia Day — saying he is “extremely shocked and disappointed”. The blokey rock station's new Melbourne breakfast host Wil Anderson tweeted ...
Australian Music Label Head Blasts Triple M's 'Disgusting' Ozzest 100theMusic
'Disgusting': Triple M's Australia Day 'Ozzfest' countdown slammedSBS (blog)
COMMENT: Triple M Has Got To Be Praised For Sticking It To Triple JChannelNews
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ArtsHub
Major Aboriginal artwork commissioned for Sydney Airport
ArtsHub
The MCA described in a statement: 'The distinctive graphic designs of the flags reflect the diversity of Aboriginal cultures in Australia. The gentle movement of the flags will produce a calming effect, creating a welcoming presence at Australia's ...

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ArtsHub
Major Aboriginal artwork commissioned for Sydney Airport
ArtsHub
The MCA described in a statement: 'The distinctive graphic designs of the flags reflect the diversity of Aboriginal cultures in Australia. The gentle movement of the flags will produce a calming effect, creating a welcoming presence at Australia's ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous minister under fire over funding for remote housing
The Guardian
Funding to address overcrowding in remote Indigenous communities should take precedence over Nigel Scullion's push to introduce home ownership targets to Closing the Gap goals, the Western Australian and South Australian governments have said. Scullion ...

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SBS (blog)
'Redneck radio': Indigenous artists plan take over of Triple M's Australia Day countdown
SBS (blog)
Mark Grose, the managing director of music label Skinnyfish, which represents Indigenous artists including the late Dr G Yunupingu. "I think it's disgraceful," Mr Grose said yesterday. "There's plenty of evidence and discussion about what Australia Day ...

National Indigenous Times
New policy chips away at WA contracts
National Indigenous Times
Western Australia is moving to increase the economic participation of Aboriginal people in the state with its first Aboriginal Procurement Policy. WA Finance and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt, who became Australia's first Indigenous treasurer ...

National Indigenous Times
New policy chips away at WA contracts
National Indigenous Times
Western Australia is moving to increase the economic participation of Aboriginal people in the state with its first Aboriginal Procurement Policy. WA Finance and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt, who became Australia's first Indigenous treasurer ...

The Advertiser
Brian Oldman: To continue past success, SA Museum must continue to adapt and change
The Advertiser
These positions in our modern world-class museum don't replace the older ones, but signal a new era of Aboriginal involvement and empowerment in the priorities of the South Australian Museum. We are also recognising our responsibilities, both ...

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theMusic
Australian Music Label Head Blasts Triple M's 'Disgusting' Ozzest 100
theMusic
For a company, radio station or anyone to say 'we don't care what Aboriginal people think, we're going to have our own Hot 100 because we think it's the right thing to do,' it's disgusting." Grose went on to skewer "redneck radio" Triple M's statement ...
COMMENT: Triple M Has Got To Be Praised For Sticking It To Triple JChannelNews
Triple M's new breakfast star Wil Anderson condemns 'Ozzest 100'9news.com.au
Triple M Issues Shithouse Non-Apology Over “Ozzest 100” CountdownJunkee

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theMusic
Australian Music Label Head Blasts Triple M's 'Disgusting' Ozzest 100
theMusic
"There's plenty of evidence and discussion about what Australia Day means to Aboriginal people. For a company, radio station or anyone to say 'we don't care what Aboriginal people think, we're going to have our own Hot 100 because we think it's the ...

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Independent Australia
Teela Reid torches Malcolm Turnbull's misleading #QandA straw men
Independent Australia
But Australians refused to be fooled by the PM's performance. This was evidenced on social media and on many news platforms just moments after the #QandA episode. People were not only furious, but in utter disbelief at the PM's obtuse and belligerent ...

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The Conversation AU
Friday essay: dreaming of a 'white Christmas' on the Aboriginal missions
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal missions, which existed across Australia until the 1970s, are notorious for their austerity. Aboriginal people lived on meagre rations - flour, sugar, tea and tobacco - and later, token wages. At some missions, schoolgirls wore hessian sacks ...

The Conversation AU
We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening
The Conversation AU
However in 2016 across Queensland's remote communities, Indigenous Australians were still nearly 13 times more likely to be unemployed (at a rate of 33.3%) than non-Indigenous Australians (2.6%). The gap in labour-force participation, while remaining ...

The Australian
Like mother like son, Nova Peris's boy Jack makes his mark
The Australian
Ms Peris, the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal as part of the 1996 women's hockey team, went on to win gold as a sprinter in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and now coaches her young son. Jack's father Daniel Batman also ran in the ...

The Advertiser
Aboriginal sisters Ellie Moore and Natalie Pink are joint Flinders Uni medical graduates — in a state first
The Advertiser
The pair this week graduated in medicine from Flinders University, in what is thought to be the first time in South Australia that indigenous sisters have achieved the feat at the same university in the same year. But it wasn't until the university ...

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