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Indigenous rangers on the frontline of coral bleaching in remote Australia
ABC Online
In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land. Leonard Bowaynu, who has fished the same reef since he was teenager, had seen small scattered patches of ...

The Guardian
Federal election 2016: 'Be brave' on indigenous treaty
The Australian
Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra has laid down a blunt challenge to Malcolm Turnbull on treaty talks, telling a packed awards ball that indigenous Australia is ready to begin discussions if the Prime Minister and other leaders have the “courage” for it ...
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we knowThe Guardian

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Radioactive Waste and the Nuclear War on Australia's Aboriginal People
Truth-Out
From 1998-2004, the Australian federal government tried -- but failed -- to impose a national nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land in South Australia. Then the government tried to impose a dump on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory, but that ...

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The Guardian
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know
The Guardian
Your work honours Aboriginal Australia and Torres Strait Islander Australia and the teaching profession. And I salute you for this. For as long as I can remember, thanks to my mum and my dad, I've always known that being Aboriginal was awesome. That I ...

The Guardian
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know
The Guardian
This honour in some way belongs to Indigenous parents and communities, across Australia, who are working with schools to deliver on the life-giving promise of a stronger smarter future. It also belongs to more than 2,000 school and community leaders in ...

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The future of WA's 35 Aboriginal town reserves in the spotlight
ABC Online
Town-based reserves are Aboriginal communities that formed around townships around the middle of the 20th century, as Aboriginal families were displaced from their bush homes and moved off cattle stations. In Western Australia, they are clustered on ...

ABC Online
Australia struggling to improve placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
A third of Indigenous children in out-of-home care are currently placed in non-Indigenous care, despite legislation and policy deeming it the last resort, a Productivity Commission report has shown.

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NAIDOC Week: First Indigenous nurse graduate among winners at 2016 awards
ABC Online
The first Indigenous person to graduate as a nurse and the man who turned a small Aboriginal dance company into an internationally-recognised organisation are among the Indigenous Australians honoured at this year's NAIDOC Awards in Darwin.

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Aboriginal Storytelling In Fashion: Meet Designer Lyn-Al Young
Huffington Post Australia
"I can be a young Aboriginal woman using my culture in a respectful way to achieve whatever I put my mind to for the next generation to come." Lyn-Al Young will be exhibiting four of her eveningwear pieces at Westfield Doncaster until Sunday July 10 as ...

The Australian
Jenayah Elliott makes history as first Aboriginal in US pageant
The Australian
“Last summer holidays I was trying on school ball gowns at the local dress shop and the lady said 'Would you be interested in joining Miss Teen Galaxy Australia pageant?' By the time I'd got the paperwork done and found a sponsor, it was 10 days to go ...

ABC Online
Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (the Principle) asks Indigenous children to be placed with relatives first, then within their community, and failing that, in other Indigenous care. However, according to the ...

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Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (the Principle) asks Indigenous children to be placed with relatives first, then within their community, and failing that, in other Indigenous care. However, according to the ...
Australia, it's time. Open your eyes to reasondailytelegraph.com.au
A treaty with first Australians is divisive and dangerousThe Australian
Young Victorians show Aboriginal support9news.com.au
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NEW ABORIGINAL PARTNERSHIPS UNIT FOR STATE'S PRIMARY INDUSTRIES::
Invest in Australia
It will also become a central point of contact within PIRSA, supporting staff to identify and pursue new opportunities for Aboriginal South Australians to participate in primary industries and economic development. Several new projects that include new ...

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NAIDOC 2016: Australia's first Indigenous Start-up Weekend aims to empower young business minds
ABC Online
Young Indigenous people will be encouraged to make their mark and create a ripple effect at Australia's first Indigenous Start-up Weekend later this month. Brisbane will host the not-for-profit event, which will run day and night for 54 hours and teach ...
Putting Indigenous imprisonment rates on the national agendaThe Age
Aboriginal struggle gets the silent treatmentWarrnambool Standard

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National Indigenous Times
[ July 7, 2016 ] Fabulous Five heading for Canberra to fight the fight NEWS
National Indigenous Times
It's been an extraordinary election for Indigenous Australia, with five MPs set to take seats in the new parliament, regardless of who forms government. Australian National University political expert Jill Sheppard says the proportion of MPs bound for ...

The Age
Putting Indigenous imprisonment rates on the national agenda
The Age
The Working Group conducting the dialogue accepted the recommendation of Kenya that Australia "intensify efforts in enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians: by addressing the underlying causes of their plight, by providing opportunities in ...
Aboriginal struggle gets the silent treatmentWarrnambool Standard

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australians unfairly jailed due to racism in legal system – research
The Guardian
The primary recommendation of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody was 'that imprisonment for Aboriginal people should be an option of last resort', according to Indigenous legal affairs expert Dr Stephen Gray. Photograph: Lloyd Jones ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australians unfairly jailed due to racism in legal system – research
The Guardian
The primary recommendation of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody was 'that imprisonment for Aboriginal people should be an option of last resort', according to Indigenous legal affairs expert Dr Stephen Gray. Photograph: Lloyd Jones ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Australia, it's time. Open your eyes to reason
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As we drove into remote communities and set up eye camps, Aboriginal liaison workers on our teams introduced us to communities whose Australian ancestry traces back some 60,000 years. As a young woman I felt privileged to meet these people, and ...
Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and timeThe Guardian
NAIDOC Week: Encouraging young health workers 'would boost' Indigenous healthABC Online
Lukluk long setolmen long Australia long NAIDOC WikRadio Australia
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Australia, it's time. Open your eyes to reason
dailytelegraph.com.au
Fred was leading the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program for the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, and I, a naïve 23 year old orthoptist, was by his side. As we drove into remote communities and set up eye camps, Aboriginal liaison ...
NAIDOC Week: Aboriginal groups to be given more say over South Australian policy decisionsABC Online
Aboriginal football heritage celebrated with NAIDOC roundMandurah Mail
Damien Loizou on issues confronting Aboriginal peopleStar Weekly
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