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Celebrating culture: Emus announce landmark scholarship ahead of Indigenous round - Central Western Daily


Central Western Daily

Celebrating culture: Emus announce landmark scholarship ahead of Indigenous round
Central Western Daily
These numbers are a huge factor in why Emus Rugby Club has decided to devote this weekend to celebrating Australian culture, by hosting its first ever Indigenous round. The club's under 17s will wear special jerseys – they're playing Orange City under ...

Celebrating culture: Emus announce landmark scholarship ahead of Indigenous round - Central Western Daily


Central Western Daily

Celebrating culture: Emus announce landmark scholarship ahead of Indigenous round
Central Western Daily
These numbers are a huge factor in why Emus Rugby Club has decided to devote this weekend to celebrating Australian culture, by hosting its first ever Indigenous round. The club's under 17s will wear special jerseys – they're playing Orange City under ...

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Alaska trip to attend hepatitis B meeting a first for NT Indigenous health workers - ABC Online


ABC Online

Alaska trip to attend hepatitis B meeting a first for NT Indigenous health workers
ABC Online
Three Indigenous health workers from a remote island community will leave Australia for the first time to speak at a hepatitis B conference in Alaska. The trio, Sarah Bukulatjpi, George Gurruwiwi and Roslyn Dhurrkay, work in the community of Galiwinku ...

Alaska trip to attend hepatitis B meeting a first for NT Indigenous health workers - ABC Online


ABC Online

Alaska trip to attend hepatitis B meeting a first for NT Indigenous health workers
ABC Online
Three Indigenous health workers from a remote island community will leave Australia for the first time to speak at a hepatitis B conference in Alaska. The trio, Sarah Bukulatjpi, George Gurruwiwi and Roslyn Dhurrkay, work in the community of Galiwinku ...

Roebourne first on new top cop's policing agenda - The West Australian


The West Australian

Roebourne first on new top cop's policing agenda
The West Australian
Premier Mark McGowan says he will dispatch incoming police commissioner Chris Dawson to Roebourne as his first priority next month, as WA's peak indigenous health group said his predecessor's admission police can't protect kids in remote communities ...

'Cleverman': How A Landmark Series Became The Benchmark - Huffington Post Australia


Huffington Post Australia

'Cleverman': How A Landmark Series Became The Benchmark
Huffington Post Australia
... lunch with two of the people from the company they casually asked what I wanted to do in the industry and I said I wanted to do an Indigenous superhero. It all started to go from there. Rosemary Blight (Producer): Ryan was over in Western Australia ...

'Cleverman': How A Landmark Series Became The Benchmark - Huffington Post Australia (blog)


Huffington Post Australia (blog)

'Cleverman': How A Landmark Series Became The Benchmark
Huffington Post Australia (blog)
... lunch with two of the people from the company they casually asked what I wanted to do in the industry and I said I wanted to do an Indigenous superhero. It all started to go from there. Rosemary Blight (Producer): Ryan was over in Western Australia ...

Mandy Nolan's Soapbox: Australia has lost its voice - Echonetdaily


Echonetdaily

Mandy Nolan's Soapbox: Australia has lost its voice
Echonetdaily
Generations of trauma have delivered the Indigenous nation of Australia with health inequities that mean they die at least ten years before non-Indigenous Australians. That's why a man who should have had access to gold-class healthcare dies at 46 of a ...

Indigenous community takes alcohol policy into its own hands, using elders as bouncers at club - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous community takes alcohol policy into its own hands, using elders as bouncers at club
ABC Online
Fred Ryan isn't a typical bouncer: at 76 years old, he's an amputee and is deaf in one ear. But he's also one of the most senior and respected elders of the Beswick community, near Katherine, and for four nights a week he's the community social club's ...

The untold story of Islam and indigenous Australia - MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)


MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)

The untold story of Islam and indigenous Australia
MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

The untold story of Islam and indigenous Australia - MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)


MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)

The untold story of Islam and indigenous Australia
MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Gaffe-prone prince met his match in Abbott - SBS


Gaffe-prone prince met his match in Abbott
SBS
The Duke of Edinburgh has been on 637 solo overseas visits, where his inappropriate comments often caused a stir in the hosting nation. Over 20 royal visits to Australia were no different, asking Aboriginal leader Ivan Brim on a 2002 visit to Australia ...

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Budget pressure signals cash fight for new top WA cop Chris Dawson - The Australian


The West Australian

Budget pressure signals cash fight for new top WA cop Chris Dawson
The Australian
... The West Australian newspaper that his officers had uncovered evidence of welfare cash being spent on sexual favours as well as drugs and alcohol during an investigation into child sex abuse in the Pilbara town of Roebourne and surrounding ...
WA Police get a new police commissionerThe West Australian

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Swinburne takes reconciliation to the next level - The Australian


Swinburne takes reconciliation to the next level
The Australian
Most Australian universities have indigenous education plans. But Swinburne's executive director of reconciliation strategy and leadership, Andrew Gunstone, said RAPs conferred more accountability. “The whole point of a RAP is to focus on the targets ...

Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network pushes for more diverse TV - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network pushes for more diverse TV
The Sydney Morning Herald
After Waleed Aly won the Gold Logie last year, the signs of change on Australian TV include the popularity of the indigenous drama Cleverman, the multicultural comedies Here Come The Habibs, Ronny Chieng: International Student and The Family Law and ...

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Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network pushes for more diverse TV - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network pushes for more diverse TV
The Sydney Morning Herald
After Waleed Aly won the Gold Logie last year, the signs of change on Australian TV include the popularity of the indigenous drama Cleverman, the multicultural comedies Here Come The Habibs, Ronny Chieng: International Student and The Family Law and ...

NBA teams to host Australia's Kings, United, Bullets - The West Australian


The West Australian

NBA teams to host Australia's Kings, United, Bullets
The West Australian
The Indigenous Australian NBA champion recently signed a $50 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs. Melbourne United are to meet Westbrook and George's Oklahoma City on October 8 and the Brisbane Bullets will play the Phoenix Suns on October ...

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No justice in racist Australia - Red Flag


Red Flag

No justice in racist Australia
Red Flag
Justice has once again been denied to the Indigenous community. In August 2016, Elijah Doughty, an Indigenous teenager from Kalgoorlie, WA, was chased from the road while riding a motorbike and struck down by an unnamed pursuer in a two tonne ute.

No justice in racist Australia - Red Flag


Red Flag

No justice in racist Australia
Red Flag
Justice has once again been denied to the Indigenous community. In August 2016, Elijah Doughty, an Indigenous teenager from Kalgoorlie, WA, was chased from the road while riding a motorbike and struck down by an unnamed pursuer in a two tonne ute.

How Greek migrants and Indigenous peoples introduced barramundi to modern Australian cuisine - SBS


SBS

How Greek migrants and Indigenous peoples introduced barramundi to modern Australian cuisine
SBS
Thanks to a close knowledge of local resources and produce, Aboriginal people have been enjoying the best native produce that Australia has to offer for thousands of years. European colonists meanwhile showed little interest in the Indigenous cuisine ...

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