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The Guardian
Sydney Opera House launches new, year-round Indigenous light ...
The Guardian
The Sydney Opera House launches Badu Gili, a seven-minute projection of Indigenous art on to the the building's sails – the first time the landmark has ...
Australia's most iconic building will have Indigenous art projected on it every sunsetMashable
Sydney Opera House sails to light up every sunset with Indigenous artThe Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous artBBC News
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WAtoday
Bereavement traumatises Aboriginal youths: WA inquest
WAtoday
An inquest into a disturbing cluster of suicides by Aboriginal youths in Western Australia's far north will hear how bereavement stress is causing indigenous children to despair. Of the 13 cases between November 2012 and March last year, five were ...

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The Guardian
Ex NT minister grilled over 'anecdotal' Indigenous underage ...
The Guardian
John Elferink tells royal commission elders should take stand against widespread child marriage but concedes he does not have evidence to back up claims.
Royal commission: John Elferink wanted certain Aboriginal cultural ...ABC Online

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The Guardian
Ex NT minister grilled over 'anecdotal' Indigenous underage marriage claims
The Guardian
Dr Peggy Dwyer, representing the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, suggested Elferink had no evidence of the practice continuing. “Beyond knowing that the practice has been present in the Northern Territory for tens of thousands of years, the ...
Indigenous kids abused for culture: Ex MPNEWS.com.au
Royal commission: John Elferink wanted certain Aboriginal cultural practices outlawed as child abuseABC Online

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The Stawell Times-News
Region's Indigenous community set to benefit from dramatic cash injection
The Stawell Times-News
Budja Budja Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Tim Chatfield said the money would enable improved outcomes for the Indigenous community in the region. “It is definitely a big win for Aboriginal Australians and their communities in the Wimmera ...

The Stawell Times-News
Region's Indigenous community set to benefit from dramatic cash injection
The Stawell Times-News
Budja Budja Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Tim Chatfield said the money would enable improved outcomes for the Indigenous community in the region. “It is definitely a big win for Aboriginal Australians and their communities in the Wimmera ...

ABC Online
Royal commission: John Elferink wanted certain Aboriginal cultural practices outlawed as child abuse
ABC Online
Peggy Dwyer from the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency said the last relevant prosecution of an arranged marriage occurred "well over a decade ago" and accused Mr Elferink of recklessly demonising Indigenous communities. Mr Elferink said there ...
Indigenous kids abused for culture: Ex MPNEWS.com.au
Ex NT minister grilled over 'anecdotal' Indigenous underage marriage claimsThe Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
Suicide, youth and the wisdom of an Elder
National Indigenous Times
In Australia we are losing our young people to suicide at frightening and increasing rates. Suicide represents the leading cause of death for our young people, and disturbingly — though not surprisingly in this country – Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Conversation AU
Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a complicated history with the Australian census. Until the 1967 referendum, the question about Indigenous status was used mainly to exclude the Indigenous population from official population statistics ...
Census 2016: indigenous people return to pre-settlement numbersThe Australian
Census 2016: Australia hits 'tipping point' as Melbourne is set to overtake SydneyThe Sydney Morning Herald
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than EuropeanArmidale Express
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The Conversation AU
Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a complicated history with the Australian census. Until the 1967 referendum, the question about Indigenous status was used mainly to exclude the Indigenous population from official population statistics ...
Census 2016: indigenous people return to pre-settlement numbersThe Australian
Census 2016: Australia hits 'tipping point' as Melbourne is set to overtake SydneyThe Sydney Morning Herald
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than EuropeanThe Border Mail
ABC Online -The West Australian -BBC News -Australian Bureau of Statistics
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The West Australian
A Noongar lullaby is the first step in increasing knowledge of this indigenous Australian language
The West Australian
The tune is familiar but the words are unrecognisable to far too many West Australians. At Middle Swan Primary School three women sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Noongar, the indigenous language of the South West. “Djinda djinda kanangoor (Twinkle ...

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SBS
Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university
SBS
Indigenous students remain vastly underrepresented in higher education in Australia. According to Universities Australia, Indigenous people comprise 2.7% of Australia's working age population but only 1.6% of university domestic student enrolments.

ABC Online
Indigenous art: Pormpuraaw artists turn ghost nets into world-renowned pieces
ABC Online
Thousands are found in Cape York and the wider northern Australia area. Brought in on northern currents, many are discarded by illegal fishers. Artist Sid Bruce Shortjoe hoped the community's art raises awareness about the damage the nets do to the ...

ABC Online
Indigenous art: Pormpuraaw artists turn ghost nets into world-renowned pieces
ABC Online
Thousands are found in Cape York and the wider northern Australia area. Brought in on northern currents, many are discarded by illegal fishers. Artist Sid Bruce Shortjoe hoped the community's art raises awareness about the damage the nets do to the ...

The Guardian
Class is the new black: The dangers of an obsession with the ... - ABC
ABC Online
Chelsea Bond says focusing on an Aboriginal middle class obscures the fact that Indigenous Australians face significant challenges no matter their ...
Work for the dole racially discriminatory in remote areas, inquiry told ...The Guardian
Social security program 'inherently discriminatory', lawyers say ...Lawyers Weekly

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The Guardian
Class is the new black: The dangers of an obsession with the 'Aboriginal middle class'
ABC Online
One has to wonder why most Australians are so deeply uncomfortable with telling the truth about their class position, and yet so insistent that Indigenous Australians are just like them. In fact, nearly half of the Australian population maintain that ...
Work for the dole racially discriminatory in remote areas, inquiry toldThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Diamonds are not forever: Indigenous communities grapple with end of the mining boom
ABC Online
As Australia's resources boom wanes, several Indigenous communities that were once promised prosperity have been left grappling with a legacy of endemic poverty and questions about how mining money has been spent. For the traditional land owners ...

ABC Online
Diamonds are not forever: Indigenous communities grapple with end of the mining boom
ABC Online
As Australia's resources boom wanes, several Indigenous communities that were once promised prosperity have been left grappling with a legacy of endemic poverty and questions about how mining money has been spent. For the traditional land owners ...

InDaily
New research shows there is still a long way to go in providing equality in education
The Conversation AU
Key junctions in education are important for disadvantaged groups such as Indigenous Australians, and those from regional and remote areas and low socioeconomic backgrounds. One of the most concerning findings is the degree to which school ...
Australia's staggering education divideInDaily
Australia's 'staggering' education divideSBS
Education gulf can't be bridged with money alone – inequality expertThe Guardian

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Opera House sails to light up every sunset with Indigenous art
The Sydney Morning Herald
The late Scottish Aboriginal artist Lin Onus hoped his art would create "some sort of bridge" between Indigenous and European cultures, yet it is ...

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