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The Mercury
Australia is getting human rights so wrong in its pursuit to look tough on terror
The Mercury
His West Australian counterpart Shane McGowan, who presides over 19th century laws which see Aboriginal Australians jailed in record numbers, agreed. And New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian sees nothing wrong with detaining people after they ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
University of Sydney senior executive staff member takes legal action over dismissal
The Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Spence said he looked forward to continuing to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and research "as core to our identity as an Australian institution". "The university remains committed to ensuring the continuing success of the ...

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Daily Telegraph
Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls | Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
SAMANTHA Harris has had enough. Australias best known indigenous model has spoken out about keyboard warriors who post hurtful and racist comments on ...
Model Samantha Harris hits out at 'hurtful and racist' social media ...NEWS.com.au
Indigenous Model Samantha Harris Calls Out Racist Insta “Keyboard Warriors”Pedestrian TV

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Daily Telegraph
Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls
Daily Telegraph
The model's comments have been well received online. “Beautiful inside and out and a great inspiration to young Australians,” another wrote. As the second Aboriginal woman to grace the cover of Vogue magazine, this isn't the first time Harris has ...
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trollsNorthern Star

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NEWS.com.au
Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls
NEWS.com.au
“Australia is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that?” she remarked. Harris married her long-term partner, Luke Hunt, in a secret intimate ceremony in March 2014. Harris and Hunt opted to keep the ceremony secret out of respect ...
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trollsNorthern Star

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NEWS.com.au
Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls
NEWS.com.au
“Australia is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that?” she remarked. Harris married her long-term partner, Luke Hunt, in a secret intimate ceremony in March 2014. Harris and Hunt opted to keep the ceremony secret out of respect ...
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trollsNorthern Star
Indigenous Model Samantha Harris Calls Out Racist Insta “Keyboard Warriors”Pedestrian TV

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Northern Star
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trolls
Northern Star
"I would love to see more diversity on the catwalks and in campaigns because Australia itself is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that," Harris told AAP. "Indigenous Fashion Week happened last year,' she said in an interview with ...

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Northern Star
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trolls
Northern Star
"I would love to see more diversity on the catwalks and in campaigns because Australia itself is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that," Harris told AAP. "Indigenous Fashion Week happened last year,' she said in an interview with ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Warwick Thornton thrilled as outback western Sweet Country given standing ovation
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sound recordist David Tranter, a friend since they grew up together on the same street in Alice Springs then both trained at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, told him on set one day that he had a story for a film. "I occasionally ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Warwick Thornton thrilled as outback western Sweet Country given standing ovation
The Sydney Morning Herald
Warm reviews called it "majestic" (Variety), "a drama of imposing breadth and emotional depth" (The Hollywood Reporter) and "a milestone for Australian Indigenous cinema" (Screen Daily). Then came more acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas
The Sydney Morning Herald
At present the Territory gets five times the GST distribution that it would on the basis of population, in part because of its large Indigenous population. Western Australia gets less less than one third of what it would on the basis of population, in ...

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The Age
Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas
The Age
At present the Territory gets five times the GST distribution that it would on the basis of population, in part because of its large Indigenous population. Western Australia gets less less than one third of what it would on the basis of population, in ...

ABC Online
'Burrmalala': Indigenous cyclone knowledge shared in Arnhem Land film
ABC Online
A film about Yolngu knowledge of cyclones, or Burrmalala, has been launched in Arnhem Land in preparation for the coming cyclone season. In Wata Burrmalala — Cyclone Culture, residents from Ramingining and Milingimbi communities talk about how ...

ABC Online
'Burrmalala': Indigenous cyclone knowledge shared in Arnhem Land film
ABC Online
A film about Yolngu knowledge of cyclones, or Burrmalala, has been launched in Arnhem Land in preparation for the coming cyclone season. In Wata Burrmalala — Cyclone Culture, residents from Ramingining and Milingimbi communities talk about how ...

ABC Online
Indigenous language: One of the last songmen of Kowanyama is without an apprentice
ABC Online
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation's Professor Tom Calma said the situation in Kowanyama was happening in many Indigenous communities. "Language is vital to be able to pass on the songlines and stories to our future generations," he said ...

ABC Online
NT Indigenous leaders tell Prime Minister to back off over fracking
ABC Online
At a rally in Elliot's main street, Indigenous residents from Elliot, Tennant Creek, Yuendumu, Katherine and Borroloola called on the Territory Government to ban fracking permanently. "Do we want to drink contaminated water? No! This will affect us ...

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The Queensland Times
Breeding ground for success
The Queensland Times
Ron Richards was an indigenous Australian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the Queensland State (Australia) heavyweight title, Australian middleweight title, Australian heavyweight title, Australian light ...

The Canberra Times
'Dramatic' Aboriginal apprehension numbers require urgent action
The Canberra Times
Mr Stanhope, an adviser at the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Centre, also called on the government to reintroduce an Aboriginal justice centre. "I think it stunning [...] that Canberra, the most prosperous city in Australia, has currently the ...

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Courier Mail
Kathleen Noonan: Why Australia needs the taxpayer-funded ABC more than ever
Courier Mail
Since when are climate change and indigenous issues fashionable causes? He wrote in The Australian back in April that “the stark reality is that today's case for taxpayer-funded media is thin and getting thinner”. I disagree. The stark reality is that ...

ABC Online
Indigenous anti-nuclear activist tells of her personal work with Nobel Prize-winning ICAN
ABC Online
He was 75 and had spent a lifetime raising awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons, having been blinded during British weapons testing in Maralinga in South Australia in the 1950s. "I think he'd be really pleased and very proud to know but also ...

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