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"Australia must change": UN human rights rapporteur
ABC Local
While Australia's bid for a seat on the UN human rights council is all but assured of success, a new report prepared for that body is scathing of our human rights record at home. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Australia's Indigenous people, Victoria ...

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The West Australian
Freo tribute to mariners a win for sail legends
The West Australian
Mr Longley said Fremantle was a fitting home for the $2 million Australian Sailor Monument, a project driven by the Royal Australian Navy. The monument will pay tribute to all seafarers, from indigenous Australians in their “nawi” canoes to modern ...

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Graduation day for first Indigenous Australian to complete archaeology PhD
ABC Online
The first Indigenous Australian to complete a PhD in archaeology will graduate from Flinders University in Adelaide today. Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson has developed new archaeological evidence of Ngarrindjeri occupation in the Lower Murray ...

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Graduation day for first Indigenous Australian to complete archaeology PhD
ABC Online
The first Indigenous Australian to complete a PhD in archaeology will graduate from Flinders University in Adelaide today. Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson has developed new archaeological evidence of Ngarrindjeri occupation in the Lower Murray ...
First indigenous PhD archaeology graduateThe Australian

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Labor want recognition of Aboriginal country at state parliament to bring WA in line with Australia
The West Australian
State Parliament could soon start each day with a recognition of Aboriginal country under a push by Labor, bringing WA into line with the rest of Australia. Under the proposal being investigated by the Procedures and Privileges parliamentary committee ...

Labor want recognition of Aboriginal country at state parliament to bring WA in line with Australia
The West Australian
State Parliament could soon start each day with a recognition of Aboriginal country under a push by Labor, bringing WA into line with the rest of Australia. Under the proposal being investigated by the Procedures and Privileges parliamentary committee ...

Townsville Bulletin
Indigenous leader slams 'dysfunctional' youth crime system
Townsville Bulletin
“Unfortunately there's a lot of it (crime) happening in regional and remote Australia. “What we have to do is very simply confront that it's a major issue. “We have to confront the dysfunctionality in the communities.” Mr Mundine said putting youth ...

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Indigenous archives provide window into hidden heritage of thousands of Australians
ABC Online
Lost in Australia's vast archive collection are records of Indigenous people, places and languages, once not seen as valuable enough to bother documenting — but now the forgotten stories are being unravelled. John Morseu is a Torres Strait Islander ...
'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencingThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Indigenous archives provide window into hidden heritage of thousands of Australians
ABC Online
Lost in Australia's vast archive collection are records of Indigenous people, places and languages, once not seen as valuable enough to bother documenting — but now the forgotten stories are being unravelled. John Morseu is a Torres Strait Islander ...
'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencingThe Sydney Morning Herald

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'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencing
The Sydney Morning Herald
Attorney-General George Brandis announced an inquiry last year into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration rates, headed by the Australian Law Reform Commission. In its submission to the inquiry, the NSW Bar Association sets out a series ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencing
The Sydney Morning Herald
Attorney-General George Brandis announced an inquiry last year into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration rates, headed by the Australian Law Reform Commission. In its submission to the inquiry, the NSW Bar Association sets out a series ...

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Western NSW Local Health District launches its first Reconciliation Action Plan.
Forbes Advocate
A RAP document released by the health district at a forum on Thursday has multiple and wide-ranging targets that form part of its “commitment to improving Aboriginal health”. Reconciliation Australia has provided the framework for the health district's ...

Christopher Wilson First Indigenous Australian Archaeology Doctrine
National Geographic Australia
Christopher Wilson, a Ngarrindjeri man, will be the first Indigenous Australian to receive a Ph.D. in archaeology. Wilson's work in South Australia's Lower Murray uncovered an 8,500-year occupancy by the Ngarrindjeri people, a site far older than the ...

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Word 'massacre' approved by council to describe Waterloo Bay clifftop killing of Aboriginals
ABC Online
A regional council has voted to keep the word "massacre" on a memorial plaque marking the site of a 19th-century killing of Aboriginal people on South Australia's western Eyre Peninsula. But the plaque will not include the term "large" in its ...

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Australians Face Lack of Access to Cataract Surgery
Pro Bono Australia
The research paper said: “A considerable proportion of Indigenous Australians, particularly those of older age and those living in non-metropolitan areas, may be at higher risk for undiagnosed eye disease and vision loss due to the infrequency of eye ...

The Age
Push to make flu vaccine free for children after Rosie's tragic death
The Age
A plan to make the influenza vaccine free for children is being considered by health authorities after the tragic death of an eight-year-old girl in Melbourne's outer-east. Rosie Andersen had been sick with the flu for a number of days before she ...

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Research Fellow Lime Network (Indigenous Applicants Only)
The Conversation AU
Only Indigenous Australians are eligible to apply as this position is exempt under the Special Measure Provision, Section 12 (1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2011 (Vic). Salary: $69,148 - $93,830 p.a. (Level A) or $98,775 - $117,290 p.a. (Level B ...

Huffington Post Australia
Three Promises Kept Clinton Pryor Walking Across Australia
Huffington Post Australia
Originally started to raise awareness of the forced closure of indigenous communities, Pryor's walk opened his eyes to a raft of problems that weren't being covered on the news. "There's so much that needs to be done here to improve this country," said ...

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The Conversation AU
Excluding Indigenous youth from schools may severely increase their risk of incarceration
The Conversation AU
Many Indigenous children, particularly boys aged 10 to 17 years, are receiving lengthy suspensions from schools throughout Australia. Even more concerning is the over-representation of young Indigenous males incarcerated in Australia's juvenile ...

The Conversation AU
Excluding Indigenous youth from schools may severely increase their risk of incarceration
The Conversation AU
Many Indigenous children, particularly boys aged 10 to 17 years, are receiving lengthy suspensions from schools throughout Australia. Even more concerning is the over-representation of young Indigenous males incarcerated in Australia's juvenile ...