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Brisbane Times
And the ARIA goes to… constitutional recognition!
NEWS.com.au
Earlier this month, a series of concerts was held throughout Australia to promote awareness of the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. Gurindji man and rock hero Dan Sultan headlined ...
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks aheadSydney Morning Herald
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
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SA makes Indigenous constitutional move
ABC Online
He said it would correct the historical record, setting out that when South Australia was established in 1836 there was no recognition of, consultation with or authorisation from Aboriginal people, nor was this rectified when the present constitution ...

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Aboriginal agency wins valulable seed funding
Coffs Coast Advocate
The professional brokering service will set out to link indigenous artists and design students from across Australia with both national and international manufacturers to help them design products for the world stage. The not-for-profit organisation ...
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Brisbane Times
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks ahead
Brisbane Times
TWENTY years after Treaty, the song that became the reconciliation movement anthem, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step toward ''a truly united Australia''.

Sydney Morning Herald
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks ahead
Sydney Morning Herald
TWENTY years after Treaty, the song that became the reconciliation movement anthem, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step toward ''a truly united Australia''.
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
Yothu Yindi to enter ARIA Hall of FameYahoo!7 News
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The Age
Yunupingu voices hope for change to constitution
The Age
TWENTY years after releasing Treaty, the song that became an anthem of the reconciliation movement, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step towards ''a truly united ...
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
And the ARIA goes to… constitutional recognition!NEWS.com.au
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
The Australian -SBS -Business Spectator
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Telegraph.co.uk
The art of Australia: coast to coast culture
Telegraph.co.uk
Before my trip this summer, Aboriginal art meant little to me – but going to Australia has a way of changing your preconceptions and opening you up to new experiences. Flying out of the tropical heat of Darwin in an alarmingly tiny plane and landing ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
Adelaide Now
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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Anderson slams education of Aboriginal children
ABC Online
Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson says all Territorians should be ashamed of the poor academic outcomes achieved by many Aboriginal children. Ms Anderson has told the Legislative Assembly that the Labor Party wasted a decade in office ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
NEWS.com.au
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
Herald Sun
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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Brisbane Times
Mental health services 'appalling'
The North West Star
The report said that Indigenous Australians had twice the number of suicides than other Australians and that they used psychiatric disability services at double the rate of non-Indigenous Australians. North West Hospital and Health Service executive ...
Double access to mental health services, reduce forced treatmentThe Conversation
Mental health care scores F for failure in first report cardSydney Morning Herald

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UQ News
Sport provides swell times for Indigenous youth
UQ News
The report, a joint venture between the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, The University of Queensland's School of Human Movement Studies, and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), is titled The Impact of Indigenous Community Sports Programs: ...

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Radio Australia
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
Radio Australia
Federal Minister and former lead singer of Midnight Oil Peter Garrett says Yothu Yindi has forged an important legacy in Australian music, Indigenous culture and politics. The band was formed in 1986 and its original members came from Yolngu homelands ...

SBS unveils NITV promo campaign ahead of free-to-air launch
B&T Marketing & Media
In the lead up to the free-to-air launch of Australian Indigenous TV channel, National Indigenous Television (NITV), SBS and NITV have launched a new campaign called 'Stories from the world's greatest storytellers'. NITV will begin broadcasting free-to ...

Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
ABC Online
Federal Minister and former lead singer of Midnight Oil Peter Garrett says Yothu Yindi has forged an important legacy in Australian music, Indigenous culture and politics. The band was formed in 1986 and its original members came from Yolngu homelands ...

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Environment News Service
Sarawak Indigenous People Win Australian Greens to Anti-Dam Cause
Environment News Service
Sarawak indigenous leaders and Australian Greens senators announce campaign urging Hydro Tasmania to withdraw from Sarawak. From left: James Nyurang, Peter Kalang, Senator Christine Milne, Senator Lee Rhiannon, November 27, 2012 (Image from ...
Aussie campaign against Hydro Tasmania in S'wakFree Malaysia Today

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Are soft public-sector jobs just another form of welfare?
The Australian
However, there are other civilian parts of Australia where more than 60 per cent of the workforce is engaged by the public sector. In the indigenous community of Kowanyama, on the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 79 per cent of a 300-strong ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Adelaide Now
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Herald Sun
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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