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Indigenous players face racism: Eddie Betts - Sky News Australia


Sky News Australia

Indigenous players face racism: Eddie Betts
Sky News Australia
'The throwing of a banana and its association with slurs on indigenous Australians and other cultural groups, which has sadly occurred in sports around the world, is deeply racist and offensive, and should be rejected by every part of our game ...
Internet says what authorities won't after banana allegedly thrown at Indigenous athleteMashable
Port Adelaide fan who threw banana at AFL star Eddie Betts agrees to cultural awareness programABC Online
Australia, we are terrible at talking about racismThe Monthly (subscription)
Huffington Post Australia -The Guardian
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Triggs to Act As Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner - Pro Bono Australia


Pro Bono Australia

Triggs to Act As Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner
Pro Bono Australia
Australian Human Rights Commission president Professor Gillian Triggs has been appointed as the acting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner for three months while a selection process is undertaken to replace former ...

Banana allegedly thrown at Indigenous Australian athlete - Mashable


Mashable

Banana allegedly thrown at Indigenous Australian athlete
Mashable
The Australian sporting community is reeling after a spectator allegedly threw a banana at Indigenous Australian player Eddie Betts during an Australian Football League (AFL) game in Adelaide Saturday. Betts, who plays for the Adelaide Football Club ...
Port Adelaide say fan who threw banana at Eddie Betts faces life banThe Guardian
Adelaide Crows 'disgusted' after banana thrown at Eddie Betts by Port Adelaide fan, Power to investigateABC Online
Port trying to contact AFL banana throwerSports News

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Marree Man makes a comeback - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Marree Man makes a comeback
NEWS.com.au
But South Australia's iconic Marree Man is about to be brought back from the brink. The 4km long ... The group collaborated with the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation, and compiled imaging data to ensure they were retracing the original. “Then it came to, ...
Giant Marree Man artwork in South Australia makes a comeback in ...9news.com.au
Marree Man restored as outback tourist attraction in far north SA - ABCABC Online
Marree Man makes bold desert returnThe Advertiser
The Guardian
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Australia Marks 50 Years Since Historic Indigenous Walk Off - teleSUR English


teleSUR English

Australia Marks 50 Years Since Historic Indigenous Walk Off
teleSUR English
On August 23 1966, a group of around 200 Gurindji men and women decided to walk off the Wave Hill cattle station in the town of Kalkarindji in the Northern Territory, in protest of the poor living and working conditions of Indigenous Australians. The ...
Wave Hill Walk Off 50th Anniversary - speech by Dave OliverACTU (press release)

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'Do black deaths matter?' - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

'Do black deaths matter?'
NEWS.com.au
He says “Black Lives Matter” overseas, but Australia is “not at a point where we can fully accept that”. The Project host used Friday night's editorial to tackle the huge number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders being locked up in Australian ...

'Do black deaths matter?' - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

'Do black deaths matter?'
NEWS.com.au
He says “Black Lives Matter” overseas, but Australia is “not at a point where we can fully accept that”. The Project host used Friday night's editorial to tackle the huge number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders being locked up in Australian ...

Wave Hill 50th anniversary: Thousands join walk-off re-enactment to mark land rights protest - ABC Online


ABC Online

Wave Hill 50th anniversary: Thousands join walk-off re-enactment to mark land rights protest
ABC Online
In 1966, 200 Gurindji stockmen and house servants walked off Wave Hill station in protest against poor treatment of Aboriginal Australians. It was a movement that resulted in a portion of Gurindji land being handed back to traditional owners nine years ...
Lingiari celebrated at anniversary9news.com.au
Wave Hill walk off honouredNT News

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Indigenous Australians Fight Planned Nuclear Dump On Sacred Lands - Huffington Post


Huffington Post

Indigenous Australians Fight Planned Nuclear Dump On Sacred Lands
Huffington Post
It's this above-ground dump for domestic waste that affects the Flinders, known for its haunting landscapes and home to the Adnyamathanha people, one of several hundred indigenous groups in Australia. For the first time, the government says it has ...

Australia Revisits Samples from Indigenous Australians - GenomeWeb


Australia Revisits Samples from Indigenous Australians
GenomeWeb
Australia has a cache of blood samples collected from indigenous Australians in the 1960 and 1970s that could be used to reconnect families and help treat disease, but the samples are tinged with a legacy of racism and exploitation, the Guardian reports.

Aboriginal Anglicans welcome youth detention abuse review - Anglicannews


Anglicannews

Aboriginal Anglicans welcome youth detention abuse review
Anglicannews
[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] Australia's national body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglicans has welcomed the establishment of a Royal Commission to investigate abuse in a Northern Territory youth detention centre. The abuse of children at the ...

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Ever-present scandal surrounding the incarceration of indigenous Australians - Equal Times


Ever-present scandal surrounding the incarceration of indigenous Australians
Equal Times
The images have been seen around the world and have shaken Australia: teenager Dylan Voller hooded and to strapped a chair in the Don Dale juvenile detention centre near Darwin, in the north of the country. It is an image, along with others recorded ...

NT Aboriginals 'most policed' in Australia - NEWS.com.au


NT Aboriginals 'most policed' in Australia
NEWS.com.au
The Central and Northern Land Councils held a full joint meeting at Kalkarindji in central Australia on Thursday and several members told both Chief Minister Adam Giles and Opposition Leader Michael Gunner that ever since the 2007 intervention they had ...

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NT Aborigines 'most policed' in Australia - 9news.com.au


NT Aborigines 'most policed' in Australia
9news.com.au
Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are the most policed in the country, a land council representative said. The Central and Northern Land Councils held a full joint meeting at Kalkarindji in central Australia on Thursday and several members ...

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Indigenous rangers receive commonwealth funding commitment to 2020 - The Guardian


The Guardian

Indigenous rangers receive commonwealth funding commitment to 2020
The Guardian
Nigel Scullion has committed funding for the Indigenous ranger program to 2020, two years beyond the current federal government commitment, and will look at increasing it further. Speaking to a joint meeting of the Central and Northern Land Councils at ...

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land' - Reuters UK


Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land'
Reuters UK
HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of ...

Meet the Australian entrepreneur using technology to preserve Indigenous culture who inspired Malcolm Turnbull - StartupSmart


StartupSmart

Meet the Australian entrepreneur using technology to preserve Indigenous culture who inspired Malcolm Turnbull
StartupSmart
An Australian entrepreneur is set to launch a new app to help preserve the culture of Indigenous Australians through technology. Northern Territory-based founder Mikaela Jade will launch the Digital Rangers app next month at the IUCN World Conservation ...

Indigenous DNA at centre of ethical furore could help reconnect stolen generations - The Guardian


The Guardian

Indigenous DNA at centre of ethical furore could help reconnect stolen generations
The Guardian
Historic blood samples collected from Indigenous Australians could connect members of the stolen generations to their families and improve healthcare for chronic diseases, but not without confronting a troubled legacy of scientific exploitation and ...

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Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land' - Reuters


Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land'
Reuters
HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of ...
Fight over Australia nuclear dump shows clash of world viewsThomson Reuters Foundation

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