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Australian Olympic Committee
Indigenous Stars
Australian Olympic Committee
Cathy Freeman was not the first Indigenous athlete to win an Olympic medal. That honour went to an Australian swimmer in 1992. Australia has been represented by 43 Indigenous athletes at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tokyo Games in 1964 was the ...

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ABC Online
Stranded Aboriginal community 'sleeping on street' as roads closed due to flooding
ABC Online
She has since spent more than a month at the Boulder Short Stay Facility, run by the Australian Red Cross as alcohol-free accommodation for Aboriginal itinerants. "We came to see the doctor and we can't go back because that road is blocked," Ms Walker ...

Reconciliation SA Apology Breakfast Celebrates Nine Years On
The Adelaide Review
Monday February 13 will mark 9 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised publicly to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, “for the pain, suffering and hurt” and for the injustices that they have experienced ...

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Pushing Miranda off Hanging Rock
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'And so in that impasse, rather than talking to Aboriginal people and demanding their history, I think white Australians should be looking at our own history and talking about our colonial past and thinking quite sincerely about what's happened there ...

National Indigenous Times
June Oscar new Social Justice Commissioner
National Indigenous Times
“I have known Ms Oscar for many years and have admired her passionate advocacy for Indigenous Australians,” Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said yesterday in announcing the appointment. “Ms Oscar's appointment demonstrates the central role ...

WAtoday
Lunch with Shane Howard
WAtoday
I remember talking to people at the time about the injustice I saw towards Aboriginal Australia and people would glaze over. "The first time I heard Solid Rock on the radio I was driving to the Grampians; it was phasing in and out and it was an ...

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NRL All Stars 2017: Greg Inglis reveals what journalist Stan Grant said to inspire Indigenous players
The Sydney Morning Herald
After more than 200 years of struggle, Indigenous Australians are moving forward and the players in camp on Sydney Harbour last weekend were told that they are part of a rarely heard story about Aboriginal success. "Yes, we are over-represented in our ...
Thurston delivers solution to save Indigenous All Stars concept from extinction on NRL calendarESPN
NRL All Stars 2017: Joel Thompson, Mal Meninga reflect on confronting heritage and cultural prideFox Sports

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BBC News
How a child's exhumation has distressed Aboriginal elders
BBC News
The removal of a child's remains from a cave in South Australia has prompted calls for a coronial inquest, and government efforts to atone for culturally insensitive actions, reports Trevor Marshallsea. Long ago, according to a famous Aboriginal legend ...

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BBC News
How a child's exhumation has distressed Aboriginal elders
BBC News
The removal of a child's remains from a cave in South Australia has prompted calls for a coronial inquest, and government efforts to atone for culturally insensitive actions, reports Trevor Marshallsea. Long ago, according to a famous Aboriginal legend ...

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Sunraysia Daily
National voice for Aboriginal body
Sunraysia Daily
“As the elected chair of the largest member-based Aboriginal organisation in Australia, I will join the Indigenous Advisory Council with a mandate to speak on issues affecting Aboriginal peoples. For more of this story, purchase your copy of Friday's ...

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The Australian
June Oscar is new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
The Australian
In 2007 she successfully lobbied for a ban on full-strength takeaway alcohol in the West Australian pastoral town of Fitzroy Crossing, a community bedevilled by social ills, suicide, domestic violence and child neglect. In the years that followed, she ...
June Oscar named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice CommissionerABC Online
Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice CommissionerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Half of indigenous Aussies report racismSBS
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The Age
Ashleigh Gardner enjoys 'special' trip to Alice Springs ahead of Southern Stars debut
The Age
Just the second Indigenous female to play for Australia, Ashleigh Gardner poses for a photo in Alice Springs this week. Photo: Darrian Traynor. Given the choice to head to the camp to bond with her teammates, or play in the NT event, Gardner, 19, said ...

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ABC Online
Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever
ABC Online
Nearly 120 years after Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Fanny Cochrane Smith spoke these words into the bell of a gramophone, her recordings have been inducted into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. Fanny was born in 1834, in the ...

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ABC Online
June Oscar named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
ABC Online
She also helped initiate Australia's first study into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. "Ms Oscar will bring deep knowledge and experience in dealing with the problem of alcohol abuse in Indigenous communities, and strategies to mitigate the effect of ...
Australia Day: Greens outnumbered over moving dateThe Australian
Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice CommissionerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Half of indigenous Aussies report racismSBS
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Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice Commissioner
The Transcontinental
She was Australian delegate to the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York and was recognised as one of the 50 most influential women in the world in 2011, receiving an Order of Australia two years later. Ms Oscar won the ...

The Guardian
Australia becoming 'a more racist country', survey finds
ABC Online
An increasing number of people think Australia is a racist country, according to a new survey. The biannual Australian Reconciliation Barometer measures attitudes towards race and perceptions of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
June Oscar named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissionerThe Guardian

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Australia becoming 'a more racist country', survey finds
ABC Online
An increasing number of people think Australia is a racist country, according to a new survey. The biannual Australian Reconciliation Barometer measures attitudes towards race and perceptions of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice CommissionerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Half of indigenous Aussies report racismNEWS.com.au
Half of indigenous Aussies report racism | SBS NewsSBS
The Guardian -Mirage News -The Conversation AU
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ABC Online
Bowraville murders: Man charged for second time over deaths of Aboriginal children
ABC Online
A man who has previously been tried and acquitted of the murders of two Aboriginal children at Bowraville, on the NSW mid-north coast in the early 1990s, has once again been charged with their murder. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons ...
Bowraville murder suspect charged with the deaths of two Aboriginal children for the second time - 25 years after ...Daily Mail

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice Commissioner
The Sydney Morning Herald
For her entire adult life, Indigenous activist June Oscar has believed the biggest change can come from the smallest acts. Born in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Bunuba woman has been a leading force on a range of social and economic ...
Australia becoming 'a more racist country', survey findsABC Online
Half of indigenous Aussies report racismNEWS.com.au
Half of indigenous Aussies report racism | SBS NewsSBS
The Australian -The Guardian -Mirage News
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The Australian
Northern Territory mayor Lothar Siebert forced to give up second job
The Australian
In a letter dated February 2, sent to Mr Siebert on behalf of the Adjumarllarl Aboriginal Corporation and quoting from The Australian's report, David Narndal wrote: “No need to wait, sir, until you get back for your answer. The Adjumarllarl Aboriginal ...