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The Advertiser
SA Australian of the Year finalists
The Advertiser
A proud Narrunga Kaurna woman, Patricia Buckskin's lifelong passion for Aboriginal education was sparked in 1972, when she was appointed to Mansfield Park Primary School as its first Aboriginal teacher aide. In 1987 she was appointed the first ...

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The Advertiser
SA Australian of the Year finalists
The Advertiser
With a particular interest in improving the educational outcomes for indigenous Australians, Caz was instrumental in establishing Parents Australia, that deploys indigenous trainers to promote the importance of literacy and numeracy by involving ...

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SBS
Cultural healing: Indigenous art as therapy
SBS
From sound healing with didgeridoo to art therapy for disabled people, Aboriginal art is proving a powerful tool for helping Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians heal from disease and trauma. Here are four incredible ways Aboriginal art is being ...

SBS
Cultural healing: Indigenous art as therapy
SBS
From sound healing with didgeridoo to art therapy for disabled people, Aboriginal art is proving a powerful tool for helping Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians heal from disease and trauma. Here are four incredible ways Aboriginal art is being ...

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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use ...
Medical Xpress
A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to treat ...

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MINA
49000-year-old Aboriginal settlement discovered in Southern Australia
MINA
Archaeologists working with traditional Aboriginal owners in the northern Flinders Ranges have discovered astounding evidence of the earliest human habitation of inland, arid Australia. The find has pushed back the date of such occupation by 10,000 ...
Man looking for a place to pee stumbles upon one of Australia's oldest prehistoric sitesWashington Post
Toilet break leads to discovery of 49000-year-old Aboriginal siteEagle Radio

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Pro Bono Australia
In Conversation With the Experts – Genevieve Timmons
Pro Bono Australia
Cultural respect for Aboriginal Australia, engagement of women and gender issues, more efficient and effective processes based on trust and mutual commitment are all needed if we are to optimise the value of every philanthropic dollar and reduce the ...

Pro Bono Australia
Senate Calls for Funding for Indigenous Peak Body
Pro Bono Australia
The Senate has passed a motion by the Australian Greens calling on the federal government to fund Indigenous peak body, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples for the next three years for $15 million, with a sinking fund of a further $100 ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Unlike most Australians, I'm finding it hard to care about the US election
The Sydney Morning Herald
Yet similar battles have been raging in Australia on Aboriginal lands for a long time now and it barely generates a whisper. How many people, for example, are aware of the protests against fracking proposals in Aboriginal communities all across the NT?

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Unlike most Australians, I'm finding it hard to care about the US election
The Sydney Morning Herald
Yet similar battles have been raging in Australia on Aboriginal lands for a long time now and it barely generates a whisper. How many people, for example, are aware of the protests against fracking proposals in Aboriginal communities all across the NT?

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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined
EurekAlert (press release)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to treat the population's chronic conditions declined by 40 ...

Finding the best creative partnerships
ArtsHub (subscription)
Private support for the arts has almost doubled in the past decade, increasing 98% to $221m in Australia. This support accounts for approximately 10% of all arts funding in Australia. The Creative Partnerships Awards are a key way to celebrate what is ...

The Australian
Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights
The Australian
When two staff members from Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service arrived in Fitzroy Crossing last month to gather complaints about Bill Leak's cartoon for the Australian Human Rights Commission, they had to drive past what many consider the ...

The Australian
Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights
The Australian
When two staff members from Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service arrived in Fitzroy Crossing last month to gather complaints about Bill Leak's cartoon for the Australian Human Rights Commission, they had to drive past what many consider the ...

The Indian Express
Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home
The Indian Express
Generations of abuse at the hands of European colonizers have left many indigenous Australians with a 20-year life expectancy gap due to addictions, mental health illnesses and other diseases, plus heightened suicide and incarceration rates, said de ...

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SBS
Indigenous broadcasters from around world meet for talks
SBS
Tanya Orman is the channel manager for Australia's National Indigenous Television, or NITV. And she is chairwoman of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network, or WITBN. "And when we first established as a collective, we started to exchange ...
Māori TV to host World Indigenous TV Broadcasters ConferenceScoop.co.nz (press release)
Māori TV to host the 10th anniversary WITBN conferenceMāori Television

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Deng Adut named NSW Australian of the Year
The Sydney Morning Herald
Reconciliation champion Arthur Alla, 27, was named Young Australian of the Year for his work setting up Red Earth, which allows Indigenous Australians living in remote areas to host young people from the city to immerse them in Indigenous culture.
Deng Adut named NSW Aussie of the YearSBS

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ASIC calls super funds to join Indigenous trip
Investment Magazine
Super fund bosses have been invited to join the corporate regulator on a meet and greet tour of remote Indigenous communities in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in 2017. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) wants ...

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ABC Message Stick
West Australian Indigenous slavery class action may target private organisations
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous slavery may be a cause of action in the expansion of a class action into unpaid wages in Western Australia, a lawyer says. A class action into unpaid wages to Indigenous people is looking at whether historical arrangements in the state ...

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The Flinders News
Our oldest Aboriginal settlement
The Flinders News
THE Flinders Ranges has been proven as the oldest site of Aboriginal Australian settlement, according to research by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Advanced nuclear techniques and technology used by scientists ...