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Indigenous People Worse Off 20 Years After the Bringing Them Home Report
Pro Bono Australia
It has been two decades since the landmark Bringing Them Home report shone a light on the stolen generation and paved the way for reconciliation, but Indigenous leaders, child welfare agencies and human right organisations say Indigenous Australians, ...

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Constitutional recognition 'must produce substantive reform'
The Australian
Indigenous Australia will only accept constitutional recognition that produces substantive, structural reform, has a mechanism for treaty-making and does not diminish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty, a First Peoples convention has heard.
Pacific News Minute: Indigenous Australian Summit at UluruHawaiipublicradio
This year is important for indigenous peopleSunraysia Daily
Australia's stolen generations: a legacy of intergenerational pain and broken bondsThe Guardian
Riverine Herald
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The Conversation AU
Indigenous players didn't invent Australian rules but did make it their own
The Conversation AU
It would be wonderful if there was a connection between the Indigenous games of ball and football – like marngrook and pando – and the codified game now known as Australian rules. But, despite several attempts since the suggestion was first raised, no ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous players didn't invent Australian rules but did make it their own
The Conversation AU
It would be wonderful if there was a connection between the Indigenous games of ball and football – like marngrook and pando – and the codified game now known as Australian rules. But, despite several attempts since the suggestion was first raised, no ...

The Guardian
Indigenous prison overrepresentation costs Australia $7.9bn a year, data shows
The Guardian
The overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system costs Australia $7.9bn a year and those costs are projected to increase to $19.8bn by 2040, according to economic modelling. Reducing the rate of Indigenous imprisonment to be on par ...

Caring comes naturally to Indigenous Australians
The Westender
During National Reconciliation Week, 28 May to 3 June, Mr Jim Toohey, President of Carers Queensland, is calling on the media to acknowledge the enormous contribution made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians who care for another ...

Caring comes naturally to Indigenous Australians
The Westender
During National Reconciliation Week, 28 May to 3 June, Mr Jim Toohey, President of Carers Queensland, is calling on the media to acknowledge the enormous contribution made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians who care for another ...

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Indigenous Program Producer
ArtsHub (subscription)
The NGA is seeking a talented Producer with strong coordination and communication skills for the role of Indigenous Program Producer. This diverse and exciting role delivers the suite of programs under the Wesfarmers Arts and NGA key Indigenous Arts ...

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The Australian
Action on jobs opens the doors at ABC
The Australian
ABC boss Michelle Guthrie was questioned about the ABC's policy of reserving certain jobs for indigenous Australians during a lengthy Senate estimates session last night, during which she also revealed her annual salary was about $900,000. One Nation ...

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The Australian
1967 indigenous referendum: citizenship, one footy fan at a time
The Australian
Ms Travis said the vote was about the whole of Australia seeing indigenous people as human. “A lot of people thought it was for voting rights but it wasn't. It was to include us as human beings, as citizens, and my grandfather said that and his words ...

Fremantle Dockers
Aboriginal culture - Australia's collective treasure
Fremantle Dockers
Freo's number one ticket holder and respected Indigenous elder Richard Walley presented the 2017 Indigenous jumper to the playing group on Tuesday morning. Walley spoke to the players and coaches about what the jumper represented, but also touched ...

Fremantle Dockers
Aboriginal culture - Australia's collective treasure
Fremantle Dockers
Freo's number one ticket holder and respected Indigenous elder Richard Walley presented the 2017 Indigenous jumper to the playing group on Tuesday morning. Walley spoke to the players and coaches about what the jumper represented, but also touched ...

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Recognition crucial to Aboriginal survival
The Australian
Referendum Council co-chair Pat Anderson says much is at stake, and leaders must find middle ground to bring Aboriginal Australia out of disadvantage. "It's not going to be easy," she told reporters at Uluru. "We have to pull it off this time. I think ...
Timeline of Australia indigenous politicsNEWS.com.au
Australian indigenous leaders meet for historic summitBBC News
Aboriginal Australians meet at sacred Uluru to discuss first chance of recognitionReuters
CNN -The Sydney Morning Herald
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Gavin Wanganeen's time to celebrate
NT News
Central to his theme are the 18 clubs, who become the new homes to young indigenous men. The ball also carries the No. 67 to commemorate the 1967 referendum in which Australians voted to include indigenous Australians in the census. “It was a great ...

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Recognition crucial to Aboriginal survival
NEWS.com.au
Referendum Council co-chair Pat Anderson says much is at stake, and leaders must find middle ground to bring Aboriginal Australia out of disadvantage. "It's not going to be easy," she told reporters at Uluru. "We have to pull it off this time. I think ...
Aboriginal culture - Australia's collective treasureFremantle Dockers
Aboriginal Australians dance in traditional dress at UluruDaily Mail
Australian indigenous leaders meet for historic summitBBC News
The Australian -Port Macquarie News
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The West Australian
Walk tour offers insights into Aboriginal culture
The West Australian
Bush Ghoodhu Wongutha Tours, headed by tour operator and Wongutha leader Linden Brownley, offers an opportunity to better understand local Aboriginal culture and history while walking from the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitor Centre to the Museum of the ...

Reuters UK
Aboriginal Australians meet at sacred Uluru to discuss first chance of recognition
Reuters UK
Performers from East Arnhem Land dance during the opening ceremony for the National Indigenous Constitutional Convention, a three day conference designed to come up with a consensus response on how indigenous people should be recognised in ...

Port Macquarie News
Referendum Council hosts convention on recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitution
Port Macquarie News
A Referendum Council-hosted national convention at Uluru will decide if, and how, to recognise Indigenous Australians in the federal constitution. The convention is the culmination of 12 first nations regional dialogues held since December 2016 around ...
Indigenous treaty 'the way forward'The Australian
Indigenous leaders recreate 1967 referendum victory photoABC Online
Indigenous Leaders Meet to Form a United Front on Constitutional RecognitionPro Bono Australia
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Why doesn't Australia have an indigenous treaty?  BBC.com

'Young, gay, black, true-blue': marking the 1967 referendum anniversary in the NT
SBS
SBS World News Radio: Australian Labor politician Chansey Paech is breaking down stereotypes for young minorities across the country. Growing up in Alice Springs, he spends his days advocating for the rights and welfare of Aboriginal communities living ...

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