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Drapht backs music on indigenous rights
NEWS.com.au
The duo, a collaboration between rappers Briggs and Trials, recently teamed up with singer Dan Sultan to release a track called January 26, which criticises how Australia Day is currently celebrated and how offensive it is to indigenous people. "A.B ...

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The Guardian
Number of Indigenous people in NSW prisons doubles in 15 years
The Guardian
The second report, which asked what was causing the growth in Indigenous imprisonment, said Indigenous imprisonment rates grew by 54.3% nationally in the 15-year period, by 171% in the Northern Territory, 141% in the Australian Capital Territory, 114% ...

The Guardian
Jobs scheme doing 'more harm than good' in Indigenous communities
The Guardian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 84% of CDP participants, and Jobs Australia's analysis found the financial penalties for non-compliance, especially the eight-week non-payment periods, were particularly harmful for individuals, their ...
Remote jobs plan 'harmful', say service providersThe Australian

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The Guardian
Kimberley's hidden world of Indigenous rock art revealed by researchers
The Guardian
The survey began in July and is being run by the University of Western Australia archeology professor Peter Veth, in conjunction with traditional owners the Balanggarra people and the Balanggarra Indigenous rangers. Over a three-month period the ...

The Conversation AU
How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
The Conversation AU
The issues and discussions that surrounded Indigenous affairs in the early 20th century reverberate in Australia's current political climate. Amid regular press reports of legal injustice, police abuse and ill-treatment, inter-racial violence and ...
Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren MundineThe Australian
Legal body sounds alarm after SA Indigenous deathLawyers Weekly
Football Federation Australia focused on 'embracing' Indigenous communities – ABC Onlinesportal.co.in

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The Conversation AU
How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
The Conversation AU
In 1927, a report of the royal commission established to investigate the Onmalmeri massacre in Western Australia found two policemen were responsible for the deaths and subsequent burning of bodies of Aboriginal people. Not long after, a group of ...
Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren MundineThe Australian
Legal body sounds alarm after SA Indigenous deathLawyers Weekly

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Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Mr Mundine, who chairs the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, says indigenous women in Australia are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse, yet most media fail to report such issues, even when a woman is killed in broad ...

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Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Mr Mundine, who chairs the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, says indigenous women in Australia are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse, yet most media fail to report such issues, even when a woman is killed in broad ...

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Dalits and Aboriginals: Rebuilding India and Australia
Aljazeera.com
I don't know much about life in Australia or its literature. I have only read the Kannada translation of Rabbit Proof Fence, Oodgeroo Noonuccal's collection of poems, We Are Going, and a few aboriginal legends and mythologies. When well-known poet Kath ...

Daily Mail
Mundine would be shattered right now.... #AFLGF
NEWS.com.au
The former NRL star-turned-boxer wanted players and fans to boycott the national anthems at this weekend's AFL and NRL Grand Finals to protest against Australia's “ignorant” attitude towards Aborigines. “Been saying this for years!” Mundine wrote on ...
Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZISDaily Mail
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'ABC Online
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
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CCTV-America
Australia's Aboriginal art industry continues to grow overseas
CCTV-America
“Australia was one of the last place on earth where Indigenous art hadn't been explored, fully explored like the Americas and Africa,” Aboriginal Artist Walangari Karntawarra said. “I think Australians are somewhat ignorant in regards to the oldest ...

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SBS - The World Game
FFA look to unearth indigenous stars
SBS - The World Game
"We're not talking about taking indigenous players from other games," said former Australia international Craig Foster. "We're talking about choice, and giving more kids from more communities the opportunity to excel, and through our game, to see the ...

The Australian
Aboriginal music brought to the stage by Clinton Walker's Buried Country
The Australian
Aboriginal country music has its roots in church, in the missions around Aboriginal communities and in the touring white country music pioneers such as Slim Dusty, who enjoyed great success playing to indigenous audiences in remote parts of Australia.

Daily Mail
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull responds to Anthony Mundine protest
NEWS.com.au
“The anthem was written in late 1700s where blackfullas (sic) were considered fauna (animals) advance Australia fair as in white not fair as in fair go ... “All players aboriginal & non aboriginal should boycott the anthem & start changing Australia's ...
Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZISDaily Mail
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'ABC Online
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
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BBC News
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals
BBC News
"All players Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal should boycott the anthem and start changing Australia's ignorant mentality," he wrote. Australian sport, in particular Aussie Rules football, has been marred by racism against indigenous players. Adam Goodes ...

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BBC News
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals
BBC News
The campaign was started by pop culture website Junkee, which called it a show of support for Indigenous Australians. It has been inspired by American football player Colin Kaepernick. The player has been refusing to stand for the US anthem before ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Illicit Love by Ann McGrath and Skin Deep by Liz Conor: behind black and white cliches
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australians might be surprised to learn that missionaries and men held in great respect also entered into illicit liaisons with Aboriginal women. In a spectacular fall from grace, Rev. Ernest Gribble from Yarrabah Mission in Queensland had a long-term ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Rome scholarship set up in memory of Indigenous boy lost 163 years ago
The Sydney Morning Herald
"While this scholarship will be of great benefit to Indigenous students studying here in Rome, its very existence will do more for the Aboriginal people back in Australia than we will ever know," he said. "I'm sure of one thing though – it is another ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Rome scholarship set up in memory of Indigenous boy lost 163 years ago
The Sydney Morning Herald
Italy: A Rome university has established a scholarship for Indigenous Australians in honour of a teenage boy who died in the abbey attached to St Paul's Basilica 163 years ago. The Australian Catholic University, which established a campus in Rome last ...

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Anthony Mundine Says Boycott Anthem, Buddy Says Don't Be Stupid
Huffington Post Australia
Newly elected MP Linda Burney, who is also an indigenous Australian, told Sydney radio station 2GB that "I think Anthony is wonderful, I really do, I admire him enormously but I am not sure that expecting people not to sing the national anthem gets us ...
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
Scrap the flag and anthem: MudineSky News Australia
Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'The Sydney Morning Herald
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