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the AU review (blog)
POPSART: La Boite's HWY – Deconstructing 'Australian-ness' through theatre
the AU review (blog)
Beetson said about the process of making the work “The kids had just seen in the media Don Dale, things that were happening in Kalgoorlie and they were questioning what Australians thought of them as young Australian Aboriginal people. ” The story is ...

Scottsdale Independent
Aboriginal Australian female art work to be shown in Scottsdale
Scottsdale Independent
A new exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures of nine contemporary women artists from the remote Aboriginal areas of Australia will open in September at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition, “Marking the Infinite ...

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ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: Australia's founding document should not embody 'racist past', Pat Dodson says
ABC Online
"It seems to assume that an Indigenous voice in the Constitution could be strong enough to challenge the entrenched structural racism which shapes the policies and laws that affect the lives of Aboriginal people without removing the racist elements of ...

ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: Australia's founding document should not embody 'racist past', Pat Dodson says
ABC Online
"It seems to assume that an Indigenous voice in the Constitution could be strong enough to challenge the entrenched structural racism which shapes the policies and laws that affect the lives of Aboriginal people without removing the racist elements of ...

Lawyers Weekly
Lawyers call for legislative protection for Indigenous artists
Lawyers Weekly
However, Ms Ayres said Indigenous artists are being forced to compete against producers of imitation products, who are diverting an important income stream from many Indigenous communities. “The fake Indigenous art and craft that is so prolific in ...

Lawyers Weekly
Lawyers call for legislative protection for Indigenous artists
Lawyers Weekly
However, Ms Ayres said Indigenous artists are being forced to compete against producers of imitation products, who are diverting an important income stream from many Indigenous communities. “The fake Indigenous art and craft that is so prolific in ...

The Border Mail
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
The Border Mail
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Six Australian films set for world premieres at MIFF
Inside Film
Naina Sen's The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir. Eddie Martin's Have You Seen the Listers? is a ...

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The Reel Bits
Six Australian films set for world premieres at MIFF
Inside Film
Naina Sen's The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir. Eddie Martin's Have You Seen the Listers? is a ...
MIFF 2017: Premiere Fund brings six world premieresThe Reel Bits

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Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Bush communities need different approach
Australian Ageing Agenda
In this respect, non-indigenous older people living in isolated remote communities, especially those in extreme climate conditions such as in northern Australia, share a set of lifestyle values more in common with indigenous Australians. Important ...

ABC Online
Western Australian elder jailed for outstanding fines, despite making regular payments
ABC Online
Western Australia's Attorney General's Department says it cannot say why a Goldfields Aboriginal Elder was arrested and jailed for five days for outstanding fines, despite making regular payments. Dadawarra Harris was arrested on March 31 for around ...

Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Armidale Express
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Armidale Express
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...
Australia Day date change a federal matter: Burnie City Council | POLLThe Advocate

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Bendigo Advertiser
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Bendigo Advertiser
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Western Advocate
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Western Advocate
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Ten years since Intervention: It's time to reset relations with Indigenous Australians
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
"Earlier this year, Oxfam Australia released a report calling on governments to address stark Indigenous inequality by genuinely including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in decision-making. The right to self-determination and consultation ...

Yahoo7 News
Local councils rebel in 'ridiculous' Australia Day date change push
Yahoo7 News
Hobart City Council has been at the forefront of the push for change to recognise that many Aboriginal people regard January 26 as "invasion day". Aboriginal protestors in Adelaide on Australia Day this year. Photo: AAP. City councillors said they ...
Local councils join push to change Australia Day dateNEWS.com.au
Councils split on push to change Aust Day9news.com.au
Brisbane, Melbourne city councils unimpressed by Hobart's Australia Day date change motionNT News
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