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Gold Coast Bulletin
Shining a light on our dark past
Gold Coast Bulletin
Australia's first Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner, and 2009 Australian of the Year, Mick Dodson, has thrown his support behind the project. “For too long we have ignored the issue of the frontier wars – there has been a whitewashing of this in ...

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The Mercury
Shining a light on our dark past
The Mercury
From left, Mona founder David Walsh, Mona creative director Leigh Carmichael, State Growth Minister Matthew Groom and Tasmanian Aboriginal writer Greg Lehmann at Macquarie Point. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN. Australia's first Aboriginal Social Justice ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
'Tipping point': Former PM wants nuclear dumping ground in Australia
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He believes nuclear energy will need to be included in a mix of sources to combat climate change and that Australia could use money generated by disposing of the world's nuclear waste to close the gap between the living standards of indigenous ...
'Make Australia a nuclear dumping ground': Hawkedailytelegraph.com.au

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Pro Bono Australia
NFP Commits to New Opportunities for Indigenous Workforce
Pro Bono Australia
“Since our origins more than 175 years ago, St Vincent's Health Australia has worked alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to both improve their access to health services and strengthen communities,” Hall said. “Now, through our ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal war memorial helps heal old wounds
ABC Online
Committee member Aunty Janine Wilson said the memorial was created to honour and pay tribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who served and protected Australian shores. Aunty Janine said it was a particularly proud moment for ...

NEWS.com.au
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson attacks left-wing bigots, says state schools failing Aboriginal kids
NEWS.com.au
The Department of Education is negotiating with Mr Pearson to run his two remaining Cape York Aboriginal Australia Academy schools at Coen and Hope Vale, after he ceded control of the Aurukun school. An auditor's report into the finances of the Aurukun ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Dream award opportunity for Indigenous artists
ArtsHub (subscription)
Young Indigenous artists have just a few days left to nominate for the 2017 Dreaming Award presented by the Australia Council. With a prize of $20,000 the Dreaming Award could be a life-changing experience for an emerging artist enabling them to create ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
State schools 'failing Aboriginal kids'
dailytelegraph.com.au
The Department of Education is negotiating with Mr Pearson to run his two remaining Cape York Aboriginal Australia Academy schools at Coen and Hope Vale, after he ceded control of the Aurukun school. An auditor's report into the finances of the Aurukun ...
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the LeftSky News Australia
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenousThe Australian
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformThe Guardian

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Courier Mail
State schools 'failing Aboriginal kids'
Courier Mail
The Department of Education is negotiating with Mr Pearson to run his two remaining Cape York Aboriginal Australia Academy schools at Coen and Hope Vale, after he ceded control of the Aurukun school. An auditor's report into the finances of the Aurukun ...
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the LeftSky News Australia
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenousThe Australian
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformThe Guardian

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Perth Now
State schools 'failing Aboriginal kids'
Perth Now
The Department of Education is negotiating with Mr Pearson to run his two remaining Cape York Aboriginal Australia Academy schools at Coen and Hope Vale, after he ceded control of the Aurukun school. An auditor's report into the finances of the Aurukun ...
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the Left - Sky NewsSky News Australia
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenousThe Australian
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to ...The Guardian

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Sky News Australia
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the Left
Sky News Australia
The Cape York leader also took aim at the ABC saying whilst the national broadcaster is outstanding at highlighting the problems in Indigenous Australia but is culturally opposed to reforms that could improve aboriginal lives. 'Every time they get a ...
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenousThe Australian
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformThe Guardian

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The Australian
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenous
The Australian
He admits left supporters helped indigenous Australians gain rights to land through Native Title, but then went onto support “unscrupulous” Labor governments that imposed conservation regimes which prevented his people ever using the land. “I thought ...
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the LeftSky News Australia
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformThe Guardian

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Perth's Roe 8 on Indigenous heritage site
Yahoo7 News
The traditional owners of Beeliar Wetlands want to be on site while the Perth Freight Link is constructed in case ancient Aboriginal artefacts are uncovered. Government consultants met with the owners on Thursday to discuss heritage management plans ...

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The Guardian
Woman who allegedly supplied moonshine that killed Indigenous Australians charged
The Guardian
A woman who allegedly supplied the toxic moonshine that killed three members of an Indigenous community in western New South Wales has been charged with liquor offences. Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her partner, Roger John ...

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Diesel News (satire) (registration)
Trucking Struggling To Attract Women and Aboriginal Australians
Diesel News (satire) (registration)
There was also an assertion about trucking struggling to attract women and aboriginal Australians to participate. One submission summed it up this way, 'the industry is very male dominated and a perception of a 'boys' club' culture may be off-putting ...

SBS
Here's the truth about the 'free ride' that some Australians think Indigenous peoples get
SBS
Indigenous staffing levels are also low, with 0.8 per cent of all full-time equivalent academic staff and 1.2 per cent of general university staff being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Australians like all other Australians ...
Is 2016 the year our leaders are shocked into action for Indigenous kids?The Guardian

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SBS
Here's the truth about the 'free ride' that some Australians think ... - SBS
SBS
The shocking truth about non-Indigenous Australia is that many people mistakenly assume that Indigenous Australians coast through life, receiving privileges ...

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Cashless welfare cards lacking support: Human Rights Commission
The Australian
The Social Justice and Native Title Report 2016 queries whether cashless debit card trials in Ceduna in South Australia, and Kununurra and Wyndham in Western Australia, occurred with the full support of the communities. The review, which covers the ...

Phys.Org
Development of new techniques makes it possible to date Australian Aboriginal rock art
Phys.Org
A new technique, developed at ANSTO's Centre for Accelerator Science, has made it possible to produce some of the first reliable radiocarbon dates for Australian rock art in a study just published online in The Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.

Melbourne FC
Johnstone among Indigenous recruits
Melbourne FC
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: New draftee Dion Johnstone of the Demons runs during the Melbourne Demons training session at Gosch's Paddock in Melbourne, Australia on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media).

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