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Bush Bands Bash draws huge crowds for Indigenous music concert in Central Australia - ABC Online


ABC Online

Bush Bands Bash draws huge crowds for Indigenous music concert in Central Australia
ABC Online
More than 2,000 people flocked to a concert in Alice Springs on Sunday night to see the best Indigenous bands from across the Northern Territory. The Bush Bands Bash is the culmination of a week-long workshop, where Indigenous groups refine their acts ...

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Scientists tracing ancient Aboriginal fire practices on remote Tasmanian island unearth fresh timelines - ABC Online


ABC Online

Scientists tracing ancient Aboriginal fire practices on remote Tasmanian island unearth fresh timelines
ABC Online
The findings by a joint project involving the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and scientists could provide insight into how people adapted to changing climates. The TAC invited fire ecologist David Bowman and Australian National University natural ...

Indigenous charities get a boost - ACS (registration)


ACS (registration)

Indigenous charities get a boost
ACS (registration)
“One of the biggest things holding back charities and social enterprises in Australia from addressing health, social and environmental challenges is a lack of IT capability and capacity,” she said. Iles said this was amplified for Indigenous organisations.

Indigenous charities get a boost - ACS (registration)


ACS (registration)

Indigenous charities get a boost
ACS (registration)
“One of the biggest things holding back charities and social enterprises in Australia from addressing health, social and environmental challenges is a lack of IT capability and capacity,” she said. Iles said this was amplified for Indigenous organisations.

BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal' - MuMbrella


MuMbrella

BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal'
MuMbrella
BuzzFeed is proud to introduce Pretty For An Aboriginal — the new podcast hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell that's set to rock traditional perceptions of Indigenous Australia and challenge rigid mindsets of what women of colour can and cannot do.

BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal' - MuMbrella


MuMbrella

BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal'
MuMbrella
BuzzFeed is proud to introduce Pretty For An Aboriginal — the new podcast hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell that's set to rock traditional perceptions of Indigenous Australia and challenge rigid mindsets of what women of colour can and cannot do.

Bendigo foster parents support new Victorian Aboriginal Guardianship program - ABC Online


ABC Online

Bendigo foster parents support new Victorian Aboriginal Guardianship program
ABC Online
... have been foster parents for just over two years but, for the past six months, the couple have been dealing with a local Aboriginal organisation under the new Section 18 Rural Pilot or Aboriginal Guardianship program — the first of its kind in ...

Councils are right to ditch Australia Day - Red Flag


Councils are right to ditch Australia Day
Red Flag
The decision by two Melbourne councils to stop referring to 26 January as Australia Day and to replace their usual citizenship ceremony with an event to mark the “loss of Indigenous culture” has prompted a swift conservative backlash. Representatives ...
Australia Day stays on dateBayside News

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Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain - Port Macquarie News


Port Macquarie News

Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain
Port Macquarie News
Our local Aboriginal community, with the strength of its elders, have played a prominent part in Australia Day activities and events in recent years. Their participation furthers reconciliation and our understanding of our history, and to make changes ...

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Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain - Camden Haven Courier


Camden Haven Courier

Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain
Camden Haven Courier
Our local Aboriginal community, with the strength of its elders, have played a prominent part in Australia Day activities and events in recent years. Their participation furthers reconciliation and our understanding of our history, and to make changes ...

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Australia lags behind in Indigenous political participation: Expert - ABC Online


ABC Online

Australia lags behind in Indigenous political participation: Expert
ABC Online
Although non-binding, the Declaration recognised the rights of indigenous peoples around the world to self-determination and proposed protections for their land and resources. A decade ago, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and Australia ...

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The 'Coloniser In The Room' - New Matilda


New Matilda

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The 'Coloniser In The Room'
New Matilda
Life expectancy is still on average 10 years lower for an Indigenous Australian compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. A person of Aboriginal descent is more than three times as likely to have diabetes and four times as likely to have chronic ...

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The 'Coloniser In The Room' - New Matilda


New Matilda

To Close The Gap, Australia Must Address The 'Coloniser In The Room'
New Matilda
Life expectancy is still on average 10 years lower for an Indigenous Australian compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. A person of Aboriginal descent is more than three times as likely to have diabetes and four times as likely to have chronic ...

Aboriginal leader Malcolm 'Tiger' McKenzie pushing for nuclear waste dump built near his home in the Flinders Ranges - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Aboriginal leader Malcolm 'Tiger' McKenzie pushing for nuclear waste dump built near his home in the Flinders Ranges
The Advertiser
Some local Aboriginal people are strongly opposed to the storage of radioactive waste in the district but Mr McKenzie said the project would create jobs for indigenous people. “This is modern Australia now, we've got to part of it — native title doesn ...

Aboriginal leader Malcolm 'Tiger' McKenzie pushing for nuclear waste dump built near his home in the Flinders Ranges - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Aboriginal leader Malcolm 'Tiger' McKenzie pushing for nuclear waste dump built near his home in the Flinders Ranges
The Advertiser
Some local Aboriginal people are strongly opposed to the storage of radioactive waste in the district but Mr McKenzie said the project would create jobs for indigenous people. “This is modern Australia now, we've got to part of it — native title doesn ...

Arnhem Land rangers blending traditional and high-tech methods to earn carbon credits - ABC Online


ABC Online

Arnhem Land rangers blending traditional and high-tech methods to earn carbon credits
ABC Online
Here in this remote pocket of Arnhem Land, Warddeken rangers are doing what Aboriginal people have done for thousands of years, but are now combining traditional knowledge of fire management with new technology to protect the landscape. Through this ...

Arnhem Land rangers blending traditional and high-tech methods to earn carbon credits - ABC Online


ABC Online

Arnhem Land rangers blending traditional and high-tech methods to earn carbon credits
ABC Online
Here in this remote pocket of Arnhem Land, Warddeken rangers are doing what Aboriginal people have done for thousands of years, but are now combining traditional knowledge of fire management with new technology to protect the landscape. Through this ...

Tough new laws including jail time and fines for vandals who damage Captain Cook monuments - Daily Telegraph


Daily Telegraph

Tough new laws including jail time and fines for vandals who damage Captain Cook monuments
Daily Telegraph
“Australian history contains many painful chapters — particularly for indigenous Australians — but a free society debates its past, it does not deny it. It builds new monuments as it preserves old ones.” As part of the plan, the Government will today ...

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Adelaide DNA study shows first Australians came together in today's SA 2000 years after their arrival - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Adelaide DNA study shows first Australians came together in today's SA 2000 years after their arrival
The Advertiser
This is just one of the astounding findings that has emerged from a groundbreaking study into Aboriginal DNA being carried out by the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum. The research also backs up Aboriginal beliefs that the ...

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Adelaide DNA study shows first Australians came together in today's SA 2000 years after their arrival - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Adelaide DNA study shows first Australians came together in today's SA 2000 years after their arrival
The Advertiser
This is just one of the astounding findings that has emerged from a groundbreaking study into Aboriginal DNA being carried out by the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum. The research also backs up Aboriginal beliefs that the ...

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