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The facts about Indigenous youth detention in Australia
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The rates of Indigenous incarceration are the highest in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. For every 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in WA, 3,745 are imprisoned, while in the Northern Territory the statistic is only ...
Northern Territory detention inquiry must address racism, say Indigenous advocatesThe Guardian
Australia's Abu GhraibThe Economist
Australian Abu Ghraib, for Indigenous ChildrenteleSUR English
New Matilda -CBS News -Starts at 60 -ABC Message Stick
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SBS
The facts about Indigenous youth detention in Australia
SBS
The rates of Indigenous incarceration are the highest in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. For every 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in WA, 3,745 are imprisoned, while in the Northern Territory the statistic is only ...
Australia's Abu GhraibThe Economist
Australia prison abuse could violate UN torture treatyAljazeera.com
Australia Launches Probe Into Treatment of Aboriginal JuvenilesVoice of America
CBS News -Thomson Reuters Foundation -Telegraph.co.uk -ABC Message Stick
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The Sydney Morning Herald
A royal commission isn't enough to fix racist state's treatment of ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
In 1991, as a callow youth, I sat in the Alice Springs police station giving a statement after a man had detained me in my own home, punched me repeatedly and ...
Four Corners: I can't see reason, I can only feel anger. And sometimes that's betterThe Guardian

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ABC Message Stick
Eighty-year backlog in Aboriginal heritage assessments across Western Australia
ABC Message Stick
Western Australia's Department of Aboriginal Affairs has conceded the state's Aboriginal heritage assessment process has become so backlogged it could take up to 80 years to clear. Under the state's Aboriginal heritage laws, sacred and significant ...

ABC Local
Catwalk competition hopes to boost confidence of Aboriginal youth
ABC Local
Ms Townsend said she hoped the contest would showcase the diversity and beauty of Aboriginal Australians. "I hope for international coverage — even seeing some of my Aboriginal talent go overseas to different countries just to show the world the ...

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Daily Life
Magnolia Maymuru wasn't the only Aboriginal finalist of Miss World ...
Daily Life
Two other finalists of Miss World Australia this year were Aboriginal. Celeste Liddle has a theory on why we didn't hear about them.

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Daily Life
Magnolia Maymuru wasn't the only Aboriginal finalist of Miss World ...
Daily Life
Two other finalists of Miss World Australia this year were Aboriginal. Celeste Liddle has a theory on why we didn't hear about them.

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ABC Online
Australia has a thriving imported heritage of nursery rhymes, fables, American Halloween celebrations and even the ...
ABC Online
Inspired by the art exhibition Boo! Aboriginal Ghost Stories and Other Scary Matter, that took place at the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide earlier this year, producer Fiona Croall explores the many different spirits located ...

Student Edge (blog)
The #BlackLivesMatter Movement Reaches Australia, Seeking Equality For Indigenous Aussies
Student Edge (blog)
While the American Black Lives Matter movement is the largest and loudest, the campaign has gained traction in Australia, addressing issues of Indigenous rights and injustice. Protest marches were held in Melbourne and Sydney last weekend, and while ...

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ABC Online
'She's created a conversation': Magnolia Maymuru ends Miss World Australia finals with chants of Arnhem Land
ABC Online
An Indigenous teenage model whose beauty pageant selection made international headlines has ended her Miss World Australia journey with chants of "Arnhem Land". Maminydjama Magnolia Maymuru's story was widely shared after she was selected as ...

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ABC Online
HSC: Changes to English, maths scaling, greater focus on Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
The Board of Studies is overhauling the curriculum for Higher School Certificate (HSC) students in NSW, placing a greater focus on Australia and Aboriginal leaders in history, and significantly changing maths and English courses.
Pemulwuy and other Indigenous heroes now in HSC mixSBS

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Pro Bono Australia
New Guidelines Assist Financial Inclusion for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
The organisations said that for more than two years they had sought improvements to guidelines from the federal government's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC to allow financial institutions to better identify and engage with Indigenous Australians.
Most voters support Indigenous treaty and constitutional recognition: surveyThe Guardian

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Pro Bono Australia
New Guidelines Assist Financial Inclusion for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
The organisations said that for more than two years they had sought improvements to guidelines from the federal government's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC to allow financial institutions to better identify and engage with Indigenous Australians.
Most voters support Indigenous treaty and constitutional recognition: surveyThe Guardian

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Sky News Australia
Indigenous Affairs Minister: Hanson 'changed'
Sky News Australia
Ms Hanson and her party are opposed to the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. When the Queensland Senator-Elect last entered Parliament almost twenty years ago, she used her maiden speech to attacked the so-called privileges enjoyed ...
Pauline Hanson publicly derided as 'racist redneck' by Indigenous activistThe Guardian
Pauline Hanson fields attack from Aboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner while visiting CairnsABC Online

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ABC Online
Black Lives Matter movement striking a chord with Indigenous Australians, says visiting US activist
ABC Online
The Black Lives Matter movement has arrived in Australia and is striking a chord with the Indigenous population, says a prominent US activist who is visiting the country. Tory Russell grew up in Ferguson, Missouri, and is a founder of Hands Up United, ...
No, we won't get over it: Black Lives Matter protestersThe Age

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Malcolm Turnbull should listen to Indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australian have long been trustees, and storytellers as they hand down wisdom to generations to follow. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. It was fitting that this year's NAIDOC celebrations focused ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Malcolm Turnbull should listen to Indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
After acting like a sook on election night, Malcolm Turnbull re-emerged this past week as something more akin to a statesman or Indigenous elder. He said he was touched when Bill Shorten rang to concede. Turnbull was carrying his young granddaughter on ...

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The Roar
Magnificant seven: Indigenous Australian athletes at Rio Olympics
The Roar
The Australian Olympic Committee is working with organisations such as Cathy Freeman Foundation, Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy, the Remote School Attendance program and Robert De Castella's Indigenous Marathon Project to promote ...

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Magnificant seven: Indigenous Australian athletes at Rio Olympics
The Roar
The Australian Rio Olympics Team of 410 includes seven Indigenous athletes, with five making their Olympic debut. Australian Indigenous representation starts from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with boxers Adrian Blair and Francis Roberts along with ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin kick goals for Indigenous education
The Australian Financial Review
You don't have to spend much time with the founders and figureheads of the GO Foundation to realise how much their history and culture mean to them, and how committed they are when it comes to making sure Indigenous Australians will be able to achieve ...

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