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The Guardian
Unemployed Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins $215000 literary prize
The Guardian
Indigenous Australian writer and poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, who has won a Windham-Campbell prize. 'I've been so grateful for the recognition of my work so far, and could never have foreseen something of this magnitude.' Photograph: Adrian Cook.

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SBS
Why the term “Australian” is an imposition on Aboriginal people ...
SBS
Terms like “First Australians” and “Aboriginal Australians” may be well intentioned, but along with concepts like “Real Australians,” they can do more harm than ...
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in ... - ABCABC Online

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The West Australian
Fracking and Aboriginal heritage opinions
The West Australian
Striking a fair and balanced solution to WA's long-contested heritage management system will create more certainty, serving to benefit all heritage stakeholders in Western Australia, including industry. Aboriginal heritage and culture must be properly ...

Crikey (registration)
Botched govt employment scheme impoverishes 30000 indigenous Australians
Crikey (registration)
The latest release shows that in the September 2016 quarter, 54,997 financial penalties were applied to a group of around 34,000, mainly indigenous, job seekers in the Community Development Program (CDP) — a labour market program that operates only ...

NT News
Indigenous singer Emily Wurramara defends decision to sing national anthem at NRL All Stars game
NT News
INDIGENOUS singer Emily Wurramara has defended her decision to sing Advance Australia Fair at the NRL All Stars game after backlash from other indigenous Australians interstate. The Brisbane-based singer from Groote Eylandt received abuse and slurs ...

The Australian Financial Review
Local and international buyers vie for prized Aboriginal art
The Australian Financial Review
He shrugs off the past few years' malaise in the Aboriginal art market – which saw a shakeout amid the recession, helped along by Australia's introduction of artist resale rights legislation and changes in rules governing art held by superannuation funds.

Closing the gap on child removal
Save The Children Australia
Save the Children is working to shift this trend, both through our work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in community, and through our role as a key partner on the Family Matters: Strong Communities. Strong Culture. Stronger Children ...

ABC Online
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in Australian-first
ABC Online
If enrolment targets are met, an estimated 6,500 extra Indigenous students could be studying for degrees by 2020, Universities Australia said. University of South Australia dean of Aboriginal engagement and strategic projects Professor Peter Buckskin ...

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ABC Online
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in Australian-first
ABC Online
Australian universities are setting new targets in a bid to attract thousands more Indigenous students to campuses across the country. In the first national agreement of its kind, a Universities Australia strategy will aim to boost student and staff ...
Trailblazer Karlie Noon reaches for stars in indigenous knowledgeThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous interpreter shortage 'adding to high incarceration rates' for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
For many people living in Central Australia, English is their second, third or sometimes fourth language, even for children. Aboriginal interpreter Rose Lester said that fact, along with the shockingly high incarceration rate, was why more funding for ...

ABC Online
Indigenous interpreter shortage 'adding to high incarceration rates' for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
For many people living in Central Australia, English is their second, third or sometimes fourth language, even for children. Aboriginal interpreter Rose Lester said that fact, along with the shockingly high incarceration rate, was why more funding for ...

The Guardian
Laws may need to treat Indigenous people differently, inquiry head says
The Guardian
Myers, a Gadigal-Wirradjuri man who was the first Indigenous Australian appointed to the bench of the federal court, was appointed to head up the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry into Indigenous incarceration this month. The inquiry ...

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National Indigenous Times
Be bold, but be prepared to bend, Ken Wyatt implores Aboriginal Australia on constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians should think big, but be willing to compromise to ensure the referendum to recognise them in the constitution wins overwhelming support, the country's most senior Aboriginal politician, Ken Wyatt, has urged. The Aged Care and ...
Universities aim to dramatically increase indigenous enrolmentsThe Age
Snapper captures Islamic spirit in a different lightNational Indigenous Times
Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High SchoolEducationHQ Australia

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Medical Xpress
Be bold, but be prepared to bend, Ken Wyatt implores Aboriginal Australia on constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians should think big, but be willing to compromise to ensure the referendum to recognise them in the constitution wins overwhelming support, the country's most senior Aboriginal politician, Ken Wyatt, has urged. The Aged Care and ...
Improving mental health screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and new mumsMedical Xpress
Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High SchoolEducationHQ Australia

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Universities aim to dramatically increase indigenous enrolments
Brisbane Times
The late Dr Margaret Williams-Weir, the first recorded Aboriginal person to enrol in a university course in Australia, with Indigenous students and staff (from left) Genevieve Grieves, Kate Rendell, Lilly Brown and Clinton Benjamin, at Melbourne ...

Blayney Chronicle
Universities aim to dramatically increase indigenous enrolments
Blayney Chronicle
The late Dr Margaret Williams-Weir, the first recorded Aboriginal person to enrol in a university course in Australia, with Indigenous students and staff (from left) Genevieve Grieves, Kate Rendell, Lilly Brown and Clinton Benjamin, at Melbourne ...

The Australian
Trailblazer Karlie Noon reaches for stars in indigenous knowledge
The Australian
Australia's universities will today unveil targets to lift the university enrolment and completion rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. In the first national strategy of its type, universities will seek to increase indigenous ...

The Australian
King of the North shows kids the Cowboy way
The Australian
As far as JT's concerned, the invisible gap between non-indigenous Australians and the indigenous kids of far north Queensland is as wide as a well-thumbed textbook or a half-sucked joint; as wide as a prison cell or a Steeden football carried all the ...

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The Australian
Namatjira copyright deal 'unjust': seller
The Australian
He added that the copyright sale came about after the Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service approached him about $30,000-$50,000 in royalties that had accumulated for years in Namatjira's estate, but had not been distributed to the artist's ...

Press TV
United Nations slams Australia's efforts on indigenous domestic violence
The West Australian
A United Nations official has criticised Australia's efforts to address domestic violence in remote indigenous communities and the practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families. UN special rapporteur on violence against women Dubravka ...
UN Asks Australia to Better Protect Vulnerable Girls and WomenLatin American Herald Tribune

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