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PM kicks off WA trip with schools package
SBS
The prime minister will on Monday announce a $46.7 million package as part of his government's changes to school funding. The arrangement is expected to see support for indigenous students in Western Australia grow at a faster rate than any other state ...

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Victor Harbor Times
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than European
Victor Harbor Times
One point two per cent of Australians speak Vietnamese, and another 1.2 per cent Cantonese. The Census recorded 300 different languages, including indigenous languages. A record 2.8 per cent of Australians identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres ...

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Abbott's indigenous failure ramps up pressure on Turnbull
The Australian
Minimalism would have seen references to race in the Constitution altered or deleted, but not given indigenous Australians any say in laws that affect them. This approach has now been dismissed by the findings of the Referendum Council, which canvassed ...

Abbott's indigenous failure ramps up pressure on Turnbull
The Australian
Minimalism would have seen references to race in the Constitution altered or deleted, but not given indigenous Australians any say in laws that affect them. This approach has now been dismissed by the findings of the Referendum Council, which canvassed ...

NEWS.com.au
Hip hop duo AB Original lead National Indigenous Music Awards nominations
NEWS.com.au
The 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards nominees. ARTIST OF THE YEAR. A.B. ORIGINAL. DAN SULTAN. JESSICA MAUBOY. TROY CASSAR-DALEY. ALBUM OF THE YEAR. A.B. ORIGINAL — Reclaim Australia. BUSBY MAROU — Postcards From ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Your baby or your safety: the terrible choice facing too many Indigenous women
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is entirely understandable that many Indigenous Australians feel they have not been well represented in and consulted by the political system in the past. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Indigenous women are so afraid their children will be removed they ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Your baby or your safety: the terrible choice facing too many Indigenous women
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is entirely understandable that many Indigenous Australians feel they have not been well represented in and consulted by the political system in the past. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Indigenous women are so afraid their children will be removed they ...

The West Australian
Bill Shorten has picked the wrong time to pledge a republic vote
Herald Sun
It was an even bigger mistake for this oath-breaker to call for a republic while standing in front of a single flag — not the Australian one but the Aboriginal, the flag of apartheid. Bill Shorten's pledge was a call for rebellion against the Queen ...
Shorten's drive for national republic voteThe West Australian

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Voice of America
Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities
Voice of America
The crocodile industry in Australia's Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate of US $80 million. Officials hope the findings will give poorer aboriginal communities the chance to develop crocodile ...

Voice of America
Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities
Voice of America
The crocodile industry in Australia's Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate of US $80 million. Officials hope the findings will give poorer aboriginal communities the chance to develop crocodile ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Defence Force launches push for more diversity in Australian military
The Sydney Morning Herald
A new bid to improve diversity in the Australian Defence Force will target potential recruits from the country's Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, Malaysian and Indigenous communities. Defence Minister Marise Payne and Defence Personnel ...

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New Matilda
Best Intentions: How We Slaughter The Aboriginal Race
New Matilda
Over the course of around an hour and a half numerous Aboriginal speakers gave powerful speeches about Elijah, about other Aboriginal victims of white crimes, the justice system, the history of racial injustice in Australia, the history of black deaths ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal rangers discover rock art sites while conducting burn-offs in Arnhem Land
ABC Online
A group of Aboriginal rangers has discovered hundreds of works of rock art while conducting dry season burn-offs in the remote West Arnhem region. The local people estimate there could be more than 30,000 pieces in one area alone, and a group of female ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal rangers discover rock art sites while conducting burn-offs in Arnhem Land
ABC Online
A group of Aboriginal rangers has discovered hundreds of works of rock art while conducting dry season burn-offs in the remote West Arnhem region. The local people estimate there could be more than 30,000 pieces in one area alone, and a group of female ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Day off to celebrate Indigenous culture: Linda Burney's public holiday sweetener
The Sydney Morning Herald
No date was put forward for the public holiday but it is hoped it would provide Indigenous Australians with a day to celebrate their country that is not as controversial as Australia Day, sometimes called "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day". If passed ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Day off to celebrate Indigenous culture: Linda Burney's public holiday sweetener
The Sydney Morning Herald
No date was put forward for the public holiday but it is hoped it would provide Indigenous Australians with a day to celebrate their country that is not as controversial as Australia Day, sometimes called "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day". If passed ...

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Dr G Yunupingu's tragic, unnecessary death
Green Left Weekly
“Dr G. Yunpingu is remembered today as one of the most important figures in Australian music history, blind from birth and emerging from the remote Galiwin'ku community on Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land to sell over half a million copies of ...

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Legendary Indigenous Musician G. Yunupingu Dies Aged 46
Pedestrian TV
World-renowned Indigenous Australian musician Dr G. Yunupingu has passed away at the age of 46. A statement from a publicist confirmed that the “great Australian” Dr G. Yunupingu died at Royal Darwin Hospital on Tuesday. Dr G. Yunpingu is ...

Rugby.com.au
Pocock's 'transformative' effect on Classic Wallabies Indigenous Exchange
Rugby.com.au
The Classic Wallabies are helping the less fortunate help themselves CWIE's success has attracted government attention, while there is also talk of reciprocal programs with Pienaar's foundation, that would involve working with Indigenous Australians at ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Kaitlen Dodd is representing Australia at World Indigenous Fashion Week in the Seychelles
dailytelegraph.com.au
The 19-year-old will represent Australia at World Indigenous Fashion Week in the Seychelles in October and is set to walk the runway in Sao Paulo, Brazil, next month. Kaitlen represent Australia at World Indigenous Fashion Week in the Seychelles ...