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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 ...

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Indigenous surfing star Soli Bailey's wave of success
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"It's really special for me to represent Indigenous surfing for Australia," he explains. "I just want to do my country proud." Now 21-years-old, Bailey is a former Australian Junior Champion and he's aware he must win events consistently before he can ...

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Pauline Hanson's second maiden speech mirrors her first, substituting Muslims for Aborigines and Asians
Bunbury Mail
In 1996 Pauline Hanson made her entry to parliament felt with an incendiary speech which declared Aboriginal Australians were given unfair advantages compared to non-Indigenous Australians - or "mainstream Australians" as she called them - and ...

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Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High School
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Aboriginal elders, like Yawuru leader, Patrick Dodson, commenting on Prime Minister Turnbull's eighth report on Closing the Gap said that Australia needed to have “buy-in” from Indigenous communities if it was to Close the Gap. Mount Lawley SHS won the ...

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Indigenous communities turn to renewable energy to break cycle of welfare
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But community energy projects are still in the early stages in Australia, says Kado Muir, director of the Katampul Aboriginal Corporation in Leonora, Western Australia. "My community is going through putting on renewables, so, by June we'll have panels ...
Renewable energy becomes accessible to community groups through people powerABC Online

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Syphilis outbreak in NT 'massive', doctors urge awareness in remote communities
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"There has been a syphilis outbreak across the north of Australia," Professor James Ward, head of Infectious Diseases Research Program for Aboriginal Health at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, said. "There are lots of efforts ...

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Indigenous treaty commissioner Roger Thomas appointed in South Australia
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South Australia's independent treaty commissioner will be senior Aboriginal community leader Roger Thomas, who will draft a proposed framework after negotiations with Indigenous communities.

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Indigenous treaty commissioner Roger Thomas appointed in South Australia
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South Australia's independent treaty commissioner will be senior Aboriginal community leader Roger Thomas, who will draft a proposed framework after negotiations with Indigenous communities.

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COMMENT: Racism stems from power, control, inequity, and greed - not our identity
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As Aboriginal people we are told by everyone else who we are and how we are supposed to behave. We are told by media, mainstream Australia, government, by other Aboriginal people and by elders. Interestingly, my identity as Mithaka is not similarly ...

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Snapper captures Islamic spirit in a different light
National Indigenous Times
NITV is celebrating Race Week by collaborating with leading Australian photographer, Stuart Miller, to present a photo essay of portraits of Indigenous Australian Muslims. The concept stemmed from a thought-provoking quote from boxing legend Anthony ...

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Snapper captures Islamic spirit in a different light
National Indigenous Times
NITV is celebrating Race Week by collaborating with leading Australian photographer, Stuart Miller, to present a photo essay of portraits of Indigenous Australian Muslims. The concept stemmed from a thought-provoking quote from boxing legend Anthony ...
Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High SchoolEducationHQ Australia
Six gap targets aren't on trackThe Guardian (Australia)

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Is Australia racist? Here are the 10 stunning stats
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31.6% of respondents claimed to have 'negative' feelings towards Muslim Australians, 22.4% claimed to have 'negative' feelings towards Middle-‐Eastern Australians while only 9% had negative feelings towards Aboriginal Australians. 36.4% believe the ...

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Gift aims to give more back
The West Australian
Despite being a member of one of Australia's best-known metal bands, in Leonora people would know him better if you called him “Dave's son”. His father, Dave Goddard, is well-known for his research and consulting work bridging the gapbetween Aboriginal ...

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Have the ear of leaders at National Youth Indigenous Parliament
The Canberra Times
Tamika Townsend dreams of an Australia where indigenous is a term paired with words beyond disadvantage, injustice and plight. The proud Yuin Nation woman is passionate about her people and traditions and jumped at the opportunity to say just that to ...

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In Pictures: Muslim, Aboriginal and outspoken
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The National Census reported that 1,140 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians identify as Muslim. This figure has grown significantly in the last 15 years, almost doubling that of what was recorded in 2001. While Muslim conversion and ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led solutions key to closing the gapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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In Pictures: Muslim, Aboriginal and outspoken
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The National Census reported that 1,140 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians identify as Muslim. This figure has grown significantly in the last 15 years, almost doubling that of what was recorded in 2001. While Muslim conversion and ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led solutions key to closing the gapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Bilney building grub knowledge
Port Lincoln Times
La Trobe University PhD candidate Conrad Bilney began his research in 2014 to locate and identify edible grubs known to Indigenous Australians. Before the study only the witchetty grub was classified as edible. Mr Bilney, a Kokatha man, said Aboriginal ...

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Burrup Peninsula Aboriginal rock art could be given World Heritage status
WAtoday
One of Australia's most significant heritage sites – the Burrup Peninsula Aboriginal rock art in the state's north west – could soon be given World Heritage status. WA Premier Colin Barnett, who was in the Pilbara region on Monday, is calling for the ...

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Here's how every Australian can weave Indigenous culture into their identity
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Indigenous people only make up just over two per cent of the population, meaning for Aboriginal material culture to be more present in the national identity of Australia, a huge number of non-Aboriginal people will need to engage with, celebrate and ...
The Power of song: Musician Jessie Lloyd has collected a treasure trove of Indigenous folk musicABC Online

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Here's how every Australian can weave Indigenous culture into their identity
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The Australian national identity lacks Indigenous representation. I would like to see all Australians embrace and respect Indigenous culture. The problem is that this needs to be done in a certain way, and historically it hasn't been. Indigenous ...
Closing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchangedThe Young Witness
The Power of song: Musician Jessie Lloyd has collected a treasure trove of Indigenous folk musicABC Online

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