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WA budget 2017: Aboriginal community wanted a water park but was given a $7 million pool - ABC Online


ABC Online

WA budget 2017: Aboriginal community wanted a water park but was given a $7 million pool
ABC Online
Safety issues around staffing and maintaining a swimming pool at one of Australia's most remote communities of 500 mostly Aboriginal residents made a water park a better option, said Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation's business manager Melissa Taylor.

Depressions On Pluto Just Got A Seriously Metal Name From Indigenous Australian Mythology - Gizmodo Australia


Gizmodo Australia

Depressions On Pluto Just Got A Seriously Metal Name From Indigenous Australian Mythology
Gizmodo Australia
A group of surface depressions has been named Djanggawul Fossae, which the IAU described as "three ancestral beings in indigenous Australian mythology who travelled between the island of the dead and Australia, creating the landscape and filling it ...
First map of Pluto includes crater named after 11-year-old English schoolgirlTelegraph.co.uk

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Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals - SBS


SBS

Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals
SBS
'European scientists like to use the word 'discovered' to explain their first sight of an animal known and protected by Australian Aboriginal people for 100,000 years. It is an indication that Europeans have no respect for any knowledge but their own ...

Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals - SBS


SBS

Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals
SBS
'European scientists like to use the word 'discovered' to explain their first sight of an animal known and protected by Australian Aboriginal people for 100,000 years. It is an indication that Europeans have no respect for any knowledge but their own ...

Third Vic council plans Australia Day move - SBS


Herald Sun

Third Vic council plans Australia Day move
SBS
A third Melbourne council will vote on whether to move Australia Day away from January 26 out of respect for Aboriginal people. Moreland City Council will vote next Wednesday on whether to dump the date following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils ...
Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrationsHerald Sun

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Kangaroos and Jillaroos set to have Deadly Rugby League World Cup - Brisbane Times


Kangaroos and Jillaroos set to have Deadly Rugby League World Cup
Brisbane Times
The Deadly Choices program is aimed at closing the health and life-expectancy gap that currently exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, which is currently about 10 years. It's focussed on quitting smoking, eating good food and ...

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Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra - The Canberra Times


The Canberra Times

Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra
The Canberra Times
After travelling more than 3500km, students from Yakanarra Community School in Western Australia have launched their song book at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The students and elders presented the Yakanarra Song Book, a collection of ...

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Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra - Brisbane Times


Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra
Brisbane Times
After travelling more than 3500km, students from Yakanarra Community School in Western Australia have launched their song book at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The students and elders presented the Yakanarra Song Book, a collection of ...

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Aboriginal 'spirit walker' seeks audience with Queen - Financial Times


Financial Times

Aboriginal 'spirit walker' seeks audience with Queen
Financial Times
Clinton Pryor walked 6,000km on a quest for aboriginal justice. But after failing to persuade Australia's prime minister to formalise a treaty with indigenous elders, the 27-year-old “spirit walker” is seeking an audience with the head of state, Queen ...

Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians - UNSW Newsroom


UNSW Newsroom

Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians
UNSW Newsroom
Professor Davis, UNSW Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), was a member of the Referendum Council and a key player in dialogues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia that culminated in the First Nations National ...

Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians - UNSW Newsroom


UNSW Newsroom

Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians
UNSW Newsroom
Professor Davis, UNSW Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), was a member of the Referendum Council and a key player in dialogues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia that culminated in the First Nations National ...

Thornton's 'Sweet Country' receives standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival - SBS


SBS

Thornton's 'Sweet Country' receives standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival
SBS
Sweet Country features an impressive cast including Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Bryan Brown (Cocktail, Australia), Hamilton Morris (8MMM Aboriginal Radio) and introducing twins Tremayne and Trevon Doolan who play one of the leads, Philomac. It tells the ...
Outback western Sweet Country wins over VeniceInDaily

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Thornton's 'Sweet Country' receives standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival - SBS


SBS

Thornton's 'Sweet Country' receives standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival
SBS
Sweet Country features an impressive cast including Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Bryan Brown (Cocktail, Australia), Hamilton Morris (8MMM Aboriginal Radio) and introducing twins Tremayne and Trevon Doolan who play one of the leads, Philomac. It tells the ...

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WA budget slugs gold miners, big business in state budget - NEWS.com.au


ABC Online

WA budget slugs gold miners, big business in state budget
NEWS.com.au
Mr Wyatt, Australia's first Aboriginal treasurer, said he was determined to meet the surplus target, but noted the mining royalty-dependent and GST-deprived state was vulnerable to dramatic revenue stream changes. He said he expected WA's credit rating ...
WA budget winners and losers: How it affects youABC Online

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Daring to be true to herself - Newcastle Herald


Newcastle Herald

Daring to be true to herself
Newcastle Herald
In and around her home town of Broome, the wider Kimberley region and even across the entirety of indigenous Australia itself, Pigram has been left bewildered by the recurring social problems that modern day Australia imposes upon her cultural traditions.

Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
Cr Susan Serey said residents had contacted her asking about Casey's position on Australia Day following the decision by the Yarra City Council and the City of Darebin to move their citizenship ceremonies to a different date to pay respect to ...
Third Vic council plans Australia Day moveSBS

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Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
Cr Susan Serey said residents had contacted her asking about Casey's position on Australia Day following the decision by the Yarra City Council and the City of Darebin to move their citizenship ceremonies to a different date to pay respect to ...

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Treaty: Why do Victoria's Aboriginal people want one and what difference will it make? - ABC Online


ABC Online

Treaty: Why do Victoria's Aboriginal people want one and what difference will it make?
ABC Online
Why do Aboriginal people in Victoria want one? Mr Harding said when young people don't understand their background, they can become disenfranchised. He said a treaty would offer them hope. "Young people will know who they are from the outset. They'll ...

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Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat - Northern Star


Northern Star

Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat
Northern Star
In the letter Cr Ekins proposed to pen to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from council to change the date of Australia Day, she also sought to request the Australian citizenship test be amended "to include a lesson about Aboriginal history”. The ...

Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat - Northern Star


Northern Star

Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat
Northern Star
The citizen test textbook, Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond details the history of indigenous Australians and their language, The dreaming and arts as well as the treatment of indigenous peoples throughout Australia's history. In the business ...

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