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The Guardian
Closing the Gap committee says PM's promise to Indigenous Australians being broken
The Guardian
Governments are failing to fulfil a pledge to work with Indigenous people instead of do things to them, the Closing the Gap steering committee has said in response to the lack of improvement in the lives of Indigenous Australians. In an annual ...
Closing the gap a long way shortGrenfell Record and Bland Advertiser

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SBS
IndigenousX celebrates 5 years of amplifying Indigenous voices online
SBS
For five years now, IndigenousX has been an invaluable, trusted and powerful platform for the voices of Indigenous people. NITV is having a look at some of the stellar achievements made by IndigenousX so far and sharing congratulations from across the ...

Aboriginal Australians have real problems — 18C is just a distraction
The Australian
As someone with Aboriginal ancestry, I might be expected to be in favour of keeping section 18C. However, I agree with Irene Moss, who headed the inquiry that led to the introduction of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. She was reported in ...

'Homes the first step in solving indigenous disadvantage'
The Australian
“I would estimate there are 4000 dwellings required in remote Australia alone. “We have not had this investment,” she said. “We need to take account of the factors that contribute to good health: housing, education, employment and access to justice ...

'Homes the first step in solving indigenous disadvantage'
The Australian
“I would estimate there are 4000 dwellings required in remote Australia alone. “We have not had this investment,” she said. “We need to take account of the factors that contribute to good health: housing, education, employment and access to justice ...

Katherine Times
Closing the gap a long way short
Katherine Times
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released it's ninth ...
Facts to Close the GapPro Bono Australia

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Pro Bono Australia
Facts to Close the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Currently Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can expect to live up to between 10 and 17 years less than non-Indigenous Australians. Oxfam Australia national manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's program Justin McCaul ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Facts to Close the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Oxfam Australia national manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's program Justin McCaul told Pro Bono News that National Close the Gap Day was “necessary” to shine a light on the issue. “It has become a day in which tens of ...

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New Matilda
Amy McQuire On Bill Leak: Respecting The Dead Doesn't Mean You Have To Ignore Their Racist Legacy
New Matilda
The reason Leak's cartoons were so hurtful to Aboriginal Australia is because they were not isolated. They were not genius. They were tired, and the latest incarnation of a racist legacy which has portrayed Aboriginal men and women in the same way ...

TeenVogue.com
New Details Emerge in Aboriginal Australian Teen Mark Haines's Murder
TeenVogue.com
In 1988, 17-year-old Mark Haines was found dead in New South Wales, a state in Australia. His body was found on train tracks in the town of Tamworth, and it was reported that he died due to head trauma. While the case remained open, police didn't have ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Call for the Aboriginal flag to fly atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge is growing
dailytelegraph.com.au
Cheree Toka, a 26-year-old Kamilaroy woman, is calling on the state government to erect the traditional Aboriginal flag at the peak of the bridge on an ongoing basis, rather than just on ceremonial occasions. Currently, only the NSW and Australian ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Call for the Aboriginal flag to fly atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge is growing
dailytelegraph.com.au
Cheree Toka, a 26-year-old Kamilaroy woman, is calling on the state government to erect the traditional Aboriginal flag at the peak of the bridge on an ongoing basis, rather than just on ceremonial occasions. Currently, only the NSW and Australian ...

ABC Online
'Rushed' native title changes exclude indigenous Australians, critics say
ABC Online
The Federal Government is rushing to amend native title law after a Federal Court decision cast land use agreements into doubt, but critics say the changes are being rushed through without consulting indigenous people. As the Minerals Council and ...

ABC Online
'Rushed' native title changes exclude indigenous Australians, critics say
ABC Online
The Federal Government is rushing to amend native title law after a Federal Court decision cast land use agreements into doubt, but critics say the changes are being rushed through without consulting indigenous people. As the Minerals Council and ...

ABC Online
DNA confirms Aboriginal people have a long-lasting connection to country
ABC Online
The discovery is based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA found in hair samples taken from Aboriginal people during expeditions run between 1928 and the 1970s. The DNA analysis, published today in Nature, again confirms modern Aboriginal Australians ...

Port Adelaide
Nathan Krakouer designs Port Adelaide's 2017 Aboriginal guernsey
Port Adelaide
The guernsey, designed by Nathan Krakouer, who is a a member of the Minang language group of Western Australia, again tells a story about the journey of the Power's Aboriginal players. It will be worn in two games - the AFL's official indigenous round ...

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Australia: When families disagree over a loved one's burial
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Mr Darcy was born in Gulargambone, in north-west New South Wales and was part of the Aboriginal Weilwan tribe. However, Mr Darcy had lived on and off with Ms Duckett since 2000 at Bowraville on the New South Wales north coast. Ms Duckett and their ...

The Stringer
The numbers count because the numbers are people
The Stringer
Western Australia has the nation's highest median wage but also the second highest jailing rate, the second highest suicide rate. When we disaggregate we find that Western Australia has the nation's highest suicide rate for Aboriginal peoples, the ...

Queensland rejects Custody Notification Service, WA promises to implement & SA is implementing the CNS
The Stringer
56) WA Labor will; a) ensure that Aboriginal Australians have equitable access to legal representation and interpreters; b) ensure full implementation of all the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; c) implement ...

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The Conversation AU
How to cut Australia's $48 billion crime bill
The Conversation AU
This would improve accommodation support and employment opportunities for ex-prisoners, and ameliorate the debilitating effect that mental ill health has on the ability of ex-prisoners, especially Aboriginal offenders, to rejoin society successfully ...