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National Indigenous Times
Deafness leading to life of misery, say surgeons
National Indigenous Times
Loss of hearing could be playing a role in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children ending up in the juvenile justice system—and then hampering attempts for them to change their lives, according to Australia's peak body for surgeons. The Royal ...

The West Australian
Westralia, 'we're flying highhhhh'
The West Australian
Aboriginal elder Robert Isaacs said he favoured WA being called the Republic of Western Australia, having a president and providing the Aboriginal community with significant representation. Dr Isaacs said the flag could be the existing Aboriginal flag, ...

The West Australian
Westralia, 'we're flying highhhhh'
The West Australian
He said a new name for the State could come from indigenous languages and a new flag could incorporate the black swan with something chosen by indigenous people. Shane Wright, economics editor for The West Australian, suggested the “quokka” could ...

Councils fly flag for Australia Day Celebrations expected to continue as normal
Riverine Herald
''Council has a strong relationship with local Aboriginal groups across the shire,'' he said. Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O'Rourke said the council did not have a position on changing the date for Australia Day celebrations and would not be ...

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EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous scholar is London bound
EducationHQ Australia
Ruby Warber relocated to Melbourne from the country town of Collie in Western Australia at just 17, to pursue her dream of becoming a clinical psychologist; now 27 with a Masters of Psychology (Clinical) the Australian Catholic University (ACU ...

EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous scholar is London bound
EducationHQ Australia
Ruby Warber relocated to Melbourne from the country town of Collie in Western Australia at just 17, to pursue her dream of becoming a clinical psychologist; now 27 with a Masters of Psychology (Clinical) the Australian Catholic University (ACU ...

Councils fly flag for Australia Day Celebrations expected to continue as normal
Shepparton News
''Council has a strong relationship with local Aboriginal groups across the shire,'' he said. Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O'Rourke said the council did not have a position on changing the date for Australia Day celebrations and would not be ...

SBS
Far right protesters storm Melbourne council meeting over Australia Day decision
SBS
Instead a traditional smoking ceremony recognising the day as distressing for many indigenous people will be held. It has also stopped referring to January 26 as Australia Day and was stripped of its ability to host any citizenship ceremonies by the ...
Far right protesters storm Yarra City Council meeting over Australia Day banThe Border Mail

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Herald Sun
Yarra Council meeting crashed by far-right protesters over decision to ban Australia Day
Herald Sun
Yarra is flying the LGBTI flag until gay marriage is legalised, while the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are flown permanently. Some councils have previously come under fire for wasting meeting time on deciding whether to fly ...

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InDaily
'Business as usual' health care unsafe for Indigenous Australians
InDaily
Research by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and Flinders University shows that limited uptake of culturally safe healthcare practices is contributing to negative health outcomes for Indigenous Australians and undermining national Close the Gap ...

EducationHQ Australia
Mothers integral to fixing Indigenous literacy rates
EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous communities across Australia, and the world, face health, social, and educational disadvantage with little improvement across generations. Only a quarter of Indigenous Year 5 students in remote areas are at or above the national standard ...

SBS
Indigenous walker to meet PM in Canberra
SBS
The demands include plotting a path to a treaty, re-establishing Aboriginal communities forcibly closed in Western Australia, and launching an investigation into family and child services. He is also calling for the disbanding of the Aboriginal ...

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SBS
Indigenous walker to meet PM in Canberra
SBS
The demands include plotting a path to a treaty, re-establishing Aboriginal communities forcibly closed in Western Australia, and launching an investigation into family and child services. He is also calling for the disbanding of the Aboriginal ...

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Townsville Bulletin
Tearing down monuments will not right the wrongs of the past
Townsville Bulletin
I'm not a big fan of Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant – calm down, it's just my opinion – but his message about Australian monuments and how white history shows disrespect to the natives of this country is worth discussing. Unfortunately the thrust of ...

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Child sexual abuse in communities is different from that in churches
The Australian
Abuse in remote Aboriginal Australia remains a shameful topic for black and white. It requires a respectful approach to the brave cultural leaders who face the public with their white professional helpers. John Boulton, Emeritus Professor of ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Fate of indigenous kids of no interest to SJWs
dailytelegraph.com.au
They rail against racism by trashing statues of Captain Cook and trying to change Australia Day, while ignoring the facts that abused Aboriginal children are contracting gonorrhoea at age five and committing suicide at age eight. The ABC's social ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Fate of indigenous kids of no interest to SJWs
dailytelegraph.com.au
Nyunggai Warren Mundine, Director of the Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce, points out there have been 40 inquiries and royal commissions into indigenous child abuse since 2004, all to no avail. “We already know what to do,” he says.

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ABC Online
Parasitic worm endangering Indigenous communities in northern Australia
ABC Online
General practitioner Wendy Page, who has worked in east Arnhem land for two decades, said there have been fatal cases of the parasite in Australia in the past. She said an Aboriginal health worker colleague of hers died from strongyloidiasis several ...

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ABC Online
Parasitic worm endangering Indigenous communities in northern Australia
ABC Online
General practitioner Wendy Page, who has worked in east Arnhem land for two decades, said there have been fatal cases of the parasite in Australia in the past. She said an Aboriginal health worker colleague of hers died from strongyloidiasis several ...
Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of itThe Conversation AU

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ABC Online
Art exhibition in SA shut down over use of Kimberley sacred Indigenous figure
ABC Online
An art exhibition has been closed after complaints about the use of Aboriginal images by a non-Indigenous artist. The artist says it's censorship, but the traditional owners say the Wandjina figure is more than just an image.