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The Sydney Morning Herald
Survival of Aboriginal Australians should be a cause for national pride
The Sydney Morning Herald
Science has rewritten the history of Australia – of humans, even – by proving that Aboriginal people have lived here at least 65,000 years. That's 18,000 years longer than previously known and exceeds even outlying expectations by 5000 years.
Australian state hands 470 houses to Aboriginal peopleXinhua

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Survival of Aboriginal Australians should be a cause for national pride
The Sydney Morning Herald
Science has rewritten the history of Australia – of humans, even – by proving that Aboriginal people have lived here at least 65,000 years. That's 18,000 years longer than previously known and exceeds even outlying expectations by 5000 years.

The Australian
The Queen & Zak Grieve: Dan Box probes conviction in new series
The Australian
Today the newspaper announces it has commissioned a six-part documentary investigation by national crime reporter Dan Box, part of the team that won two Walkley awards for its investigation of the murders of three Aboriginal children who disappeared ...

The Australian
Indigenous MPs urged to stop 'agenda of failure'
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have been warned they risk failure on indigenous constitutional recognition unless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politicians stop “pushing an agenda” at odds with last week's Referendum Council recommendations.

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The Australian
Indigenous MPs urged to stop 'agenda of failure'
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have been warned they risk failure on indigenous constitutional recognition unless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politicians stop “pushing an agenda” at odds with last week's Referendum Council recommendations.

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Radical approach to Indigenous recognition is destined to fail
The Age
The Referendum Council's narrow, take it or leave it approach to constitutional recognition is unlikely to be approved by the Australian people. The Referendum Council's final report to Parliament is even more remarkable than last month's Uluru ...

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Radical approach to Indigenous recognition is destined to fail
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Referendum Council's narrow, take it or leave it approach to constitutional recognition is unlikely to be approved by the Australian people. The Referendum Council's final report to Parliament is even more remarkable than last month's Uluru ...

Radical approach to Indigenous recognition is destined to fail
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Referendum Council's narrow, take it or leave it approach to constitutional recognition is unlikely to be approved by the Australian people. The Referendum Council's final report to Parliament is even more remarkable than last month's Uluru ...

The Australian Financial Review
Native Title needs reforming or more Indigenous opportunities will be lost
The Australian Financial Review
However these opportunities could easily be lost if we don't call out the inefficiencies of a current Native Title regime that has evolved in a way that works against the long-term community and economic interests of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

Herald Sun
Yarra Council told Aboriginal laneway name too 'bogan' for locals
Herald Sun
More than 100 people objected; many claimed the name was too hard to pronounce and spell, and could cause confusion for emergency services because of similar names throughout Australia. Ballarat council later short-listed three non-indigenous names.

Indigenous astronomers share culture through storytelling
SBS
Professor Ray Norris from Western Sydney University and the CSIRO says there is rich knowledge of the night sky embedded in the songs and stories of Indigenous Australians. "We found that people thousands of years ago in Australia were clearly staring ...

The Guardian
Yami Lester: tributes follow death of Aboriginal elder and Maralinga activist
The Guardian
He joined the Aboriginal Advancement League in Adelaide, fighting to gain recognition for the British atomic tests in South Australia, and an acknowledgement for the 1,800 Aboriginal people affected. His work lead to the McClelland royal commission in ...
Yankunytjatjara elder Yami Lester dies age 75 after life spent shining light on repercussions of British nuclear ...NT News

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ABC Online
Dialysis in remote Indigenous communities one step closer after sell-out Purple House exhibition
ABC Online
The paintings are of iconic places in the Central Australian landscape, like Docker River and Mount Gillen. "They all start completely red, and then I work up from that, I don't draw meticulously, I just get stuck in," she said. "I've been having some ...

The Guardian
'The idea is coming of age': Indigenous Australians take carbon farming to Canada
The Guardian
One of the most successful types of Indigenous carbon farming in Australia has been savannah burning, in which regular small fires are lit, replicating ancient Aboriginal practices and helping to prevent larger fires that release more carbon dioxide ...

The Guardian
'The idea is coming of age': Indigenous Australians take carbon farming to Canada
The Guardian
One of the most successful types of Indigenous carbon farming in Australia has been savannah burning, in which regular small fires are lit, replicating ancient Aboriginal practices and helping to prevent larger fires that release more carbon dioxide ...

The Roar
Why Queensland's Origin domination is important to Indigenous Australians
The Roar
Others can analyse the Blues' decade-long problems in trying to find a sustainable winning team, but as we saw (yet again) in Origin 3, the Maroons' supremacy has been built on an intangible and impossible to buy or manufacture spirit and belief ...

The Roar
Why Queensland's Origin domination is important to Indigenous Australians
The Roar
Others can analyse the Blues' decade-long problems in trying to find a sustainable winning team, but as we saw (yet again) in Origin 3, the Maroons' supremacy has been built on an intangible and impossible to buy or manufacture spirit and belief ...

Perth Now
Remote WA Aboriginal communities opt for booze ban
Perth Now
Speaking from Fitzroy Crossing, Mr Papalia said requests to outlaw booze had been made by local Aboriginal leaders. Mr Papalia also did not rule out tough new alcohol restrictions in the Pilbara towns of Port and South Hedland after a request from WA ...

The Australian
Aboriginal leader Yami Lester dies
The Australian
He joined the Aboriginal Advancement League in Adelaide, fighting to gain recognition for the British atomic tests in South Australia, and an acknowledgment for the estimated 1800 Aboriginal people affected. His work lead to the McClelland Royal ...
Aboriginal leader Yami Lester dies at 75 - The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald
Yami Lester: Aboriginal activist, elder and nuclear campaigner dies ...ABC Online
Yankunytjatjara elder and Maralinga nuclear test survivor Yami Lester OAM passes away, aged 75The Advertiser

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You Are Here: Indigenous television that tells it like it is
The New Daily
She uses her film to call for a full version of Australian history to be taught in all schools – reflecting the fact that 36,000 years ago, indigenous people were making bread, building houses and dams. “I'm not an expert in Australian history but this ...