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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Four Rocky players to line up with Indigenous Allstars
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
The championships start on Friday and have attracted some of Australia and New Zealand's best darts players, who will vie for a share of the $60,000 in prizemoney. It has been a big year for the local quartet, who were also part of the first all ...

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Four Rocky players to line up with Indigenous Allstars
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
The championships start on Friday and have attracted some of Australia and New Zealand's best darts players, who will vie for a share of the $60,000 in prizemoney. It has been a big year for the local quartet, who were also part of the first all ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Rugby League World Cup: Johnathan Thurston wants pre-game acknowledgement to 'unite Australia'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Debutant Dane Gagai will be one of three Kangaroos players with Indigenous heritage in Meninga's 17 for the clash against England along with Will Chambers and fellow-rookie Wade Graham. Meninga's overhaul of the Australian culture has put an ...

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The Advocate
Treaty before Closing the Gap changes: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
The Advocate
Before making changes to the national Closing the Gap strategy, the federal government should pursue a treaty with Australia's first peoples, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says. On Monday, the Council of Australian Governments' Indigenous Affairs ...

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Daily Telegraph
Wallabies' indigenous jersey set to stay after nation embraces popular strip
Daily Telegraph
The indigenous jersey championed by Kurtley Beale is set to stay. Sales of the jersey have gone gangbusters and numerous high profile athletes, such as Matt Giteau and Anthony Mundine, called for the Wallabies to adopt the jersey permanently. It is ...

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Daily Telegraph
Wallabies' indigenous jersey set to stay after nation embraces popular strip
Daily Telegraph
The indigenous jersey championed by Kurtley Beale is set to stay. Sales of the jersey have gone gangbusters and numerous high profile athletes, such as Matt Giteau and Anthony Mundine, called for the Wallabies to adopt the jersey permanently. It is ...
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Law Council backs indigenous voice vote
The Australian
Five months ago the Referendum Council backed a referendum for a constitutionally-enshrined indigenous advisory body at a historic convention in Central Australia. It's recommendations, delivered to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader ...

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Law Council backs indigenous voice vote
The Australian
The Law Council has long held that the country's founding document should formally recognise the distinct identities of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and their unique status as Australia's first peoples. "The Referendum Council's work in ...

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Fox Sports
Plans underway to ensure the Indigenous Wallabies jersey will be worn again
Fox Sports
Although the NRL and AFL have both held an Indigenous Round in their regular season for a number of years, the new-look and eye-catching jersey worn by the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday was the first of its kind by an Australian national sporting ...

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Law Council backs Aboriginal referendum
NEWS.com.au
... treaty-making mechanism and a reconciliation commission. "We are now calling for genuine commitment from all federal parliamentarians to implement the Referendum Council's recommendations swiftly," Law Council of Australia President Fiona McLeod ...

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Law Council backs Aboriginal referendum
NEWS.com.au
... treaty-making mechanism and a reconciliation commission. "We are now calling for genuine commitment from all federal parliamentarians to implement the Referendum Council's recommendations swiftly," Law Council of Australia President Fiona McLeod ...

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The Stringer
Every child is our child – Australia's abomination, a crisis among children
The Stringer
Educators and leaders in their field presented about their good works with predominately Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. But I felt a sense of emptiness for the far too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who do not ...

The Mandarin
Indigenous Affairs and public administration: can't we do better?
The Mandarin
One message came through clearly: it is the public sector, not Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, that has to change practice, culture and the relational basis of their interactions with Australia's First Peoples. Delegates to the ...

Indigenous leaders fear reform risks stall
The Australian
But Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson said there had been no bigger champion for constitutional reform than the Greens. "We've certainly worked very hard with indigenous leaders and indigenous communities over many many years," he said. "Of course ...

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ABC Online
Award-winning app boosts language skills to improve Indigenous health
ABC Online
Imagine every time you went to the doctor, you had a massive language barrier, because English isn't your first language and it's rare that medical professionals can speak your language. This is a situation faced by many Indigenous people in Australia.

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ABC Online
Australia Day: Councils to be banned from changing the date if Liberals win SA election
ABC Online
Councils would be banned from changing the date they use to celebrate Australia Day in South Australia, the State Liberals have declared, if they win government in March. SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall, who is also the spokesperson for Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Australia Day: Councils to be banned from changing the date if Liberals win SA election
ABC Online
Councils would be banned from changing the date they use to celebrate Australia Day in South Australia, the State Liberals have declared, if they win government in March. SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall, who is also the spokesperson for Aboriginal ...

The Mercury
Hobart to officially support change of Australia Day date
The Mercury
Ald Marti Zucco said it was worrying the council could fund a protest and agreed with Ald Philip Cocker there were bigger issues for the Aboriginal community. “I went to the Australia Day conference in Adelaide, there were some very important speakers ...

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ABC Local
Australia Day: Hobart City Council gets behind campaign for date change
ABC Local
The Hobart City Council is formally joining the push to change the date of Australia Day and will back aldermen who want to take part in the annual Invasion Day march. At its full meeting on Monday night, a four-point motion was passed seven votes to ...

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