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From the margins to the mainstream | Pursuit by The University of ...
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Professor Marcia Langton from the University of Melbourne on Indigenous activism, the positive impact of land rights and the Australia Day debate.
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
From the margins to the mainstream | Pursuit by The University of ...
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Professor Marcia Langton from the University of Melbourne on Indigenous activism, the positive impact of land rights and the Australia Day debate.
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down ...The Guardian
Overhauled health service could become country's best | St Marys ...St Marys-Mt Druitt Star

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ABC Online
Calls for national taskforce to address Indigenous hearing loss
ABC Online
There are calls for a national taskforce to address hearing loss caused by ear infections in Australia's Indigenous communities. Approximately 70 per cent of Indigenous Australians are affected by hearing loss — and it has been identified as one the ...

The Cairns Post
Aboriginal leader Dr Evelyn Scott remembered as remarkable woman
The Cairns Post
Also in 2001 she was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday honours. The Scott and Backo family said in a statement yesterday that “her other greatest joy, outside of fishing and political ...

The Guardian
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down measures don't work
The Guardian
Because of the previous government's opposition, Australia could not become a signatory, but the Labor government stated their intention to reset relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and to build trust in order to work together ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down measures don't work
The Guardian
Because of the previous government's opposition, Australia could not become a signatory, but the Labor government stated their intention to reset relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and to build trust in order to work together ...
Greater Western Aboriginal Health Service could become Australia's best, says Darren Ah SeeSt Marys-Mt Druitt Star

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Political plan to 'put the bulldozer' through Aboriginal reserve
The Australian
The allegations gained momentum after officials from the West Australian government's remote reform unit visited Roebourne in June last year to talk to indigenous residents about issues including the future of the town reserve of Cheeditha, former WA ...

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Political plan to 'put the bulldozer' through Aboriginal reserve
The Australian
The allegations gained momentum after officials from the West Australian government's remote reform unit visited Roebourne in June last year to talk to indigenous residents about issues including the future of the town reserve of Cheeditha, former WA ...

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The Australian
Evelyn Scott: tributes flow for reconciliation trailblazer
The Australian
“As we continue to discuss further recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we should remember the work of Dr Scott in bringing indigenous and non-indigenous Australian's closer to reconciliation,” Senator Dodson said. One of ...

The Australian
Evelyn Scott: tributes flow for reconciliation trailblazer
The Australian
Upon her death yesterday, Evelyn Scott was credited by Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion with achieving much of the progress in indigenous rights — not just in the north but right around Australia. Former prime minister's indigenous advisory ...

The Canberra Times
Author Anita Heiss delivers University of Canberra Ngunnawal lecture
The Canberra Times
Award-winning Indigenous author Anita Heiss has called on Australia's universities to commit to nurturing young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to help close the widening literacy gap. The educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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The Canberra Times
Author Anita Heiss delivers University of Canberra Ngunnawal lecture
The Canberra Times
Award-winning Indigenous author Anita Heiss has called on Australia's universities to commit to nurturing young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to help close the widening literacy gap. The educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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The West Australian
Population, income fare well in Census
The West Australian
In terms of ancestry, 30.2 per cent areAustralian, while 22.1 per cent are English, 9.2 per cent Australian Aboriginal, 5.8 per cent Irish and 5.3 per cent Scottish. One in five Broome residents does volunteer work through an organisation or group ...

"Trailblazing" Indigenous rights activist Dr Evelyn Scott dies
ABC Online
Indigenous activist Dr Evelyn Scott - who was one of the lead campaigners behind the 1967 constitutional referendum - has died. The 81 year old is being remembered as a trailblazer who changed Australia. She lobbied for the inclusion of Indigenous ...

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"Trailblazing" Indigenous rights activist Dr Evelyn Scott dies
ABC Online
Indigenous activist Dr Evelyn Scott - who was one of the lead campaigners behind the 1967 constitutional referendum - has died. The 81 year old is being remembered as a trailblazer who changed Australia. She lobbied for the inclusion of Indigenous ...

The Australian
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in Queensland
The Australian
Ms Scott was awarded two honourary doctorates in 2000 and 2001, as well as being awarded an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2001 following her stewardship of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation from 1997 to 2000.
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged 81ABC Online
Community in mourning after activist and leader Dr Eveleyn Scott passes awaySBS
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott diesNEWS.com.au

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The Australian
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in Queensland - The Australian
The Australian
Queensland indigenous elder and activist Evelyn Scott has died, her family has confirmed in a statement.
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged ...ABC Online
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott dies | SBS NewsSBS

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Huffington Post Australia
Why Australia Should Sign The UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Now.
Huffington Post Australia
Many Australian indigenous and service personnel victims of British colonial nuclear testing at Maralinga, Emu Field and the Montebello islands in the 1950s and '60s would no doubt attest to the importance of the treaty, which will come into force upon ...

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ABC Online
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged 81
ABC Online
Among the towering figures of Australia's Aboriginal and Islander communities, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, stood proud and tall. The Indigenous educator and social justice campaigner has died in far north Queensland aged 81, and is being remembered as a ...
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in QueenslandThe Australian
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott diesNEWS.com.au
Community in mourning after activist and leader Dr Eveleyn Scott passes awaySBS

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ABC Online
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged 81
ABC Online
Among the towering figures of Australia's Aboriginal and Islander communities, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, stood proud and tall. The Indigenous educator and social justice campaigner has died in far north Queensland aged 81, and is being remembered as a ...
Community in mourning after activist and leader Dr Eveleyn Scott passes awaySBS
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in QueenslandThe Australian
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott diesNEWS.com.au

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