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Adelaide DNA study shows first Australians came together in today's SA 2000 years after their arrival
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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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Dizzy: I'd love to work with Indigenous XI
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He's worked in distant locales such as Zimbabwe and Yorkshire, and now current Papua New Guinea coach Jason Gillespie says he would love to do something a little closer to home by helping out Australia's National Indigenous squad during his coaching ...

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Dizzy: I'd love to work with Indigenous XI
cricket.com.au
He's worked in distant locales such as Zimbabwe and Yorkshire, and now current Papua New Guinea coach Jason Gillespie says he would love to do something a little closer to home by helping out Australia's National Indigenous squad during his coaching ...

SBS
Why hasn't Australia developed more diverse regional accents?
SBS
While Indigenous Australians had developed over 250 different languages at the time of European colonisation, he says Australia is a relatively young country in terms of white settlement. "It's limited mainly because we're a young country, we're only ...

ABC Online
Bid to reopen Tarkine four-wheel drive tracks angers Aboriginal, green groups
ABC Online
Conservationists and Aboriginal groups say they will be fighting to stop a fresh bid to reopen four-wheel drive tracks in Tasmania's Tarkine region. The Tasmanian Government is pushing ahead with plans to re-open controversial tracks on the state's ...
Tarkine tracks move sparks backlashThe Mercury

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No plans to change date
Riverine Herald
Benalla Rural City Council has no plans to jump on the Australia Day ''change the date'' bandwagon and members of the local Aboriginal community think that is the right decision. Chris Thorne, who was the first Aboriginal person to win Benalla citizen ...

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No plans to change date
Shepparton News
Benalla Rural City Council has no plans to jump on the Australia Day ''change the date'' bandwagon and members of the local Aboriginal community think that is the right decision. Chris Thorne, who was the first Aboriginal person to win Benalla citizen ...

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Sky News Australia
Aboriginal groups put forward job scheme
Sky News Australia
The Northern Territory plan comes after new West Australian treasurer Ben Wyatt was accused of 'declaring war' on country areas after announcing a major restructure of Royalties for Regions but he denies the program is 'dead'. Australia's first ...
Royalties for Regions fund due for a financial rethink: WyattNEWS.com.au

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Sky News Australia
Aboriginal groups put forward job scheme
Sky News Australia
The Northern Territory plan comes after new West Australian treasurer Ben Wyatt was accused of 'declaring war' on country areas after announcing a major restructure of Royalties for Regions but he denies the program is 'dead'. Australia's first ...

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The Guardian
'6000km for only 20 minutes with the PM.' Clinton Pryor relives his epic walk across Australia
The Guardian
It was roughly the halfway mark of his epic journey for justice, a 5,800km (3,600 miles) walk over 360 days from Perth in the far west of Australia to Canberra in the east. His walk was to highlight the plight of Indigenous Australians and it was here ...

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The Advertiser, Letters to the Editor, September 9
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Our Lord Mayor Martin Haese sees this as a way to bring both indigenous and other Australians together on this issue (The Advertiser, 7/9/17). The council has supported the motion put forward by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ivan-Tiwu Copley to ...

The Australian
We're all dual citizens – sometimes treble or quadruple
The Australian
Even an Aboriginal Australian descended from ancestors with an unbroken history on this land stretching back 700 centuries has many identities. Yes, he or she is an Australian citizen, a designation belatedly conceded following a referendum conducted ...

New York Times
From Australia's 'Stolen Generation' to Celebrated Poet - The New ...
New York Times
Ali Cobby Eckermann was taken away from her Aboriginal family at birth. Having fought her demons, she will soon pick up a literary award at Yale.

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Moreland Council to vote on Australia Day move months after rejecting date change
Warrnambool Standard
Moreland City Council will vote on the matter on Wednesday following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils to move their citizenship ceremonies away from Australia Day. "We see the pain it causes them (Aboriginal people) and they talk about the ...

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Moreland Council to vote on Australia Day move months after rejecting date change
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Moreland City Council will vote on the matter on Wednesday following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils to move their citizenship ceremonies away from Australia Day. "We see the pain it causes them (Aboriginal people) and they talk about the ...

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A Third VIC Council Is Set To Vote On Dropping Australia Day Celebrations
Pedestrian TV
Councillor Samantha Ratnam says the motion put forward recognises that 26 January is a “day of mourning for our Aboriginal community” and “seeks that Moreland Council support the campaign to change the date of Australia Day to a more inclusive date ...

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A Third VIC Council Is Set To Vote On Dropping Australia Day Celebrations
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Councillor Samantha Ratnam says the motion put forward recognises that 26 January is a “day of mourning for our Aboriginal community” and “seeks that Moreland Council support the campaign to change the date of Australia Day to a more inclusive date ...

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The healing power of poetry
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In 2014 she was invited to take part in a three-month residency at the famed University of Iowa's International Writers' Program, the first Aboriginal Australian writer to do so. Next week Cobby Eckermann will travel to Yale University in the US with ...

ABC Online
Work-for-the-dole scheme alternative launched by Aboriginal organisations
ABC Online
The APONT alliance includes the Northern and Central Land Councils, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT. The group's proposed Remote Development ...
Indigenous groups say work for the dole scheme racially discriminatoryThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous groups say work for the dole scheme racially discriminatory
The Guardian
That was a position backed by non-profit job service providers, represented by the chief executive of Jobs Australia, David Thompson. “There's been nothing done, nothing of any significant note, to actually increase the stock of jobs in those ...