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The Australian
Rock art researcher Grahame Walsh got it wrong
The Australian
One of Australia's most controversial rock art researchers, Grahame Walsh, was wrong when he insisted that the extraordinary epochs of Kimberley rock art were unconnected and probably made by long-since disappeared Aboriginal peoples. Yet the late ...

When will Australia hear this?
The Australian
A report last week from a parliamentary inquiry into the hearing health of Australians revealed what those working in the field of ear health have known for decades. The prevalence of otitis media (middle ear) infections among Aboriginal and Torres ...

When will Australia hear this?
The Australian
A report last week from a parliamentary inquiry into the hearing health of Australians revealed what those working in the field of ear health have known for decades. The prevalence of otitis media (middle ear) infections among Aboriginal and Torres ...

The West Australian
Players not just a commodity: New Fremantle Dockers board member
The West Australian
Professor Hayward was the 2008 National NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year, was inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame in 2012 and is a Member of the Order of Australia. Former champion Australian swimmer Sam Riley, serving with Gold Coast, ...

The West Australian
Players not just a commodity: New Fremantle Dockers board member
The West Australian
Professor Hayward was the 2008 National NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year, was inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame in 2012 and is a Member of the Order of Australia. Former champion Australian swimmer Sam Riley, serving with Gold Coast, ...

The Australian
'Miranda must go': push to end Hanging Rock's enduring myth
The Australian
Visitor numbers to Hanging Rock are likely to soar next year when Foxtel releases FremantleMedia Australia's reimagining of Lindsay's novel, which stars indigenous actress Madeleine Madden as one of the schoolgirls. The series has been sold to Amazon ...

SBS (blog)
This & That: 'Walkabout', 'Yolngu Boy'
SBS (blog)
David Gulpilil (OAM) is without a doubt Australia's most famous and prolific Indigenous performer. Now aged in his sixties, the Arnhem-raised Yolngu dancer and actor is famed for his grace, charisma and almost uncanny ability to dominate any film he ...

SBS (blog)
This & That: 'Walkabout', 'Yolngu Boy'
SBS (blog)
David Gulpilil (OAM) is without a doubt Australia's most famous and prolific Indigenous performer. Now aged in his sixties, the Arnhem-raised Yolngu dancer and actor is famed for his grace, charisma and almost uncanny ability to dominate any film he ...

ABC Online
SSM: Cobargo shops fly the rainbow colours for posties after Australia Post flag ban
ABC Online
When Sydney couple David Wilson and Kyle Moser took over the post office license in Cobargo, a small country town on the NSW far south coast, they did not anticipate they would find themselves at the centre of the same-sex marriage debate. "We came ...

ABC Online
You're probably reading the wrong books: We need to seek authors with different lives to us
ABC Online
"There's certainly more and more Australian Indigenous writers who are being published … and recognised at a really high level, which is really wonderful," she says, paying tribute to initiatives like the State Library of Queensland's national black ...

Follow the lede: a story of Australia's indigenous youth "suicide crisis" with Rebecca Trigger
ABC Local
The heart-wrenching story of 15-year-old James was "extremely challenging" to tell, according to journalist Rebecca Trigger. Rebecca wrote about James, a star athlete with a bright future who was another casualty in the crisis that's killing young ...

The Canberra Times
Bringing the Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters exhibition alive
The Canberra Times
Desert weavers Dorcas Bennett and Rene Nelson of Western Australia. Photo: Jamila Toderas. The Songlines exhibition, the intriguing tale of the seven sisters, features a dramatic chase across the Australian desert. It's the story at the heart of an ...

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Woodford Folk Festival releases Speakers Programme
The Sunshine Coast Daily
More than 70 speakers - from singer-songwriter John Butler and former prime minister Bob Hawke to science fanatic Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Indigenous lawyer lawyer Noel Pearson - will appear at the event, lending a thought-provoking element to a ...

New Matilda
Killing Ground: An Aussie Horror Film That May Scare Us Into Breaking The Silence
New Matilda
Killing Ground's release coincided with the decision of two Melbourne councils to drop Australia Day ceremonies on January 26. Yarra City Council made the decision out of respect for Aboriginal Australians and because “of the depth of feeling about ...

ABC Online
Remote Aboriginal school takes out top science award never won outside Perth
ABC Online
A remote Aboriginal school in Western Australia has broken two, long-standing records by winning a state science award. The Science Teachers Association's (STAWA) Secondary School of the Year award — now in its 59th year — had never gone to an ...

ABC Online
Remote Aboriginal school takes out top science award never won outside Perth
ABC Online
A remote Aboriginal school in Western Australia has broken two, long-standing records by winning a state science award. The Science Teachers Association's (STAWA) Secondary School of the Year award — now in its 59th year — had never gone to an ...

NEWS.com.au
Could this Julie Bishop coincidence possibly be true?
NEWS.com.au
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. “Australia is proud to be home to ...

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SBS
Julie Bishop slams North Korea's Kim Jong-Un in UN speech
SBS
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. "Australia is proud to be home to ...

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SBS
Julie Bishop slams North Korea in UN speech
SBS
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. "Australia is proud to be home to ...

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Sky News Australia
Bishop calls for unity against N. Korea
Sky News Australia
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. "Australia is proud to be home to ...

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