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Golf Australia
Indigenous kids' big chance
Golf Australia
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia have combined to create the 12-and-under team to give more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children the opportunity to display their golfing skills at an international event against other state/territory ...

Golf Australia
Indigenous kids' big chance
Golf Australia
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia have combined to create the 12-and-under team to give more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children the opportunity to display their golfing skills at an international event against other state/territory ...

Moree Champion
Unemployment rates remain high in Moree, despite national drop in figures.
Moree Champion
Cathy Duncan, Aboriginal Employment Strategy manager. Ms Duncan said skills gaps and a lack of training and development opportunities in rural and regional Australia are two of the biggest factors for high unemployment rates for both Aboriginal and ...

NEWS.com.au
NT Intervention: Australia's most costly 'political stunt'
NEWS.com.au
It came as the Territory's incarceration rate hit a 15-year high — the highest per capita rate in Australia — with one per cent of the population behind bars and more than 85 per cent of inmates indigenous. Federal indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel ...
A decade on from the NT intervention, the 'torment of powerlessness' lives onABC Online
Writer of report that sparked NT Intervention condemns governmentSBS

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NEWS.com.au
NT Intervention: Australia's most costly 'political stunt'
NEWS.com.au
It came as the Territory's incarceration rate hit a 15-year high — the highest per capita rate in Australia — with one per cent of the population behind bars and more than 85 per cent of inmates indigenous. Federal indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel ...
A decade on from the NT intervention, the 'torment of powerlessness' lives onABC Online
Voices from the Frontline - 10 years on from the NT InterventionSBS
10 years after the intervention, it's time to admit it has destroyed Aboriginal communitiesThe Guardian

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NEWS.com.au
A decade on from the NT intervention, the 'torment of powerlessness' lives on
ABC Online
Indigenous leader and health expert Pat Turner laments the intervention as a "complete violation of the human rights of Aboriginal people". It was officially termed the Northern Territory Emergency Response — a half-a-billion-dollar package to impose ...
NT Intervention: Australia's most costly 'political stunt'NEWS.com.au
Writer of report that sparked NT Intervention condemns governmentSBS

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NEWS.com.au
A decade on from the NT intervention, the 'torment of powerlessness' lives on
ABC Online
Indigenous leader and health expert Pat Turner laments the intervention as a "complete violation of the human rights of Aboriginal people". It was officially termed the Northern Territory Emergency Response — a half-a-billion-dollar package to impose ...
NT Intervention: Australia's most costly 'political stunt'NEWS.com.au
10 years after the intervention, it's time to admit it has destroyed Aboriginal communitiesThe Guardian
Voices from the Frontline - 10 years on from the NT InterventionSBS

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Australian Aviation
Names for first batch of Qantas Boeing 787-9s to feature indigenous heritage, landmarks and native animals
Australian Aviation
Australia's indigenous heritage will feature prominently among Qantas's first batch of eight Boeing 787-9s with Boomerang, Uluru and Dreamtime making the final list names for the soon-to-arrive next generation aircraft. The list comprises Boomerang, ...
Qantas reveals the names new 787 Dreamliner fleetStuff.co.nz

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NEWS.com.au
Local councils join push to change Australia Day date
NEWS.com.au
Hobart City Council has been at the forefront of growing calls for Australia Day to be changed from January 26, a date many indigenous people regard as “Invasion Day”. Hobart's councillors in April voted in favour of lobbying the federal government to ...
Councils split on push to change Aust Day9news.com.au
Is Australia Day about to change? Councils across the country vote to MOVE national day from January 26 - because ...Daily Mail

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NEWS.com.au
Local councils join push to change Australia Day date
NEWS.com.au
Across the country in WA, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing calls ...
Councils push for Aust Day date change9news.com.au
Is Australia Day about to change? Councils across the country vote to MOVE national day from January 26 - because ...Daily Mail

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The Australian
Australia Day date: Local councils push change
The Australian
Across the country in Perth, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing ...
Councils push for Aust Day date change9news.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day: Local councils push for date change debate
SBS
Thousands of indigenous Australians and their supporters marked Australia Day this year by marching in protests in major cities, calling for the date to be changed. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that while everyone is entitled to debate the ...
Councils push for Australia Day date change9news.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day: Local councils push for date change debate
SBS
Across the country in Perth, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing ...

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The Australian
Councils push for Aust Day date change
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"It will not support any further moves to change the date," a council spokesman said. The vote by councils came after thousands of indigenous Australians and their supporters marked Australia Day this year by marching in protests in major cities ...
Australia Day date: Local councils push changeThe Australian

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Hyperallergic
Why an Indigenous Australian Wants the British Museum to Return His Ancestor's Shield
Hyperallergic
Captain James Cook's very first contact with Indigenous Australians in 1770 resulted in gunshots, the throwing of spears, and the theft of one Aboriginal warrior's shield carved from bark, which eventually ended up in the collection of the British Museum.

The Mercury
National support for Hobart City Council's Australia Day date change push
The Mercury
“Australia Day is about bringing together all Australians from all walks of life to reflect on our history and look to the future with optimism which is why Australians, including many indigenous Australians, support celebrating Australia Day on the ...

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The Mandarin (registration)
Video: IPAA marks 50 years of federal Indigenous affairs policy with PM&C
The Mandarin (registration)
The 1967 referendum that gave federal Parliament the power to legislate specifically for the benefit of Indigenous Australians and included them as part of the official national population was a key turning point in our shared history. It also marked ...

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The Adelaide Review
Rethinking the Museum: 'We are trying to be brave'
The Adelaide Review
The small wooden, stone and fibre objects which constitute much of the South Australian Museum's collection of Australian Aboriginal material are deceptively humble. Properly understood they are the keys to a continent. They speak of how it was made ...

The Mandarin (registration)
After 50 years of Indigenous affairs, 'We need to do better'
The Mandarin (registration)
The keynote address came from his new deputy secretary for Indigenous affairs, Ian Anderson, an Aboriginal University of Melbourne professor who became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) last week for “distinguished service to the Indigenous ...

Katherine Times
St Joseph's celebrates Aboriginal culture
Katherine Times
“NAIDOC day celebrations also provides us with the opportunity to demonstrate that we value Indigenous cultures, acknowledging the importance of Australia's history prior to white settlement and how this history has contributed to shaping our lives.”.