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Woolworths hires extra indigenous workers
Yahoo7 News
Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion said these jobs were part of Woolworths' commitment to employ an additional 1600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country by 2019 through the government's Employment Parity Initiative.

SBS
Australian Rugby Union's bid to attract more Indigenous talent
SBS
The Australian Rugby Union's Reconciliation Action Plan aims to harness indigenous talent to the sport and stop the AFL and NRL from taking the best talent. But success won't just be measured in player numbers. The ARU says respect and understanding of ...
Australian Rugby Union launches second Reconciliation Action Plan in RedfernHerald Sun
Australian Rugby to focus on increasing Indigenous engagementTheSportsCampus.com

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SBS
Australian Rugby Union's bid to attract more Indigenous talent
SBS
The Australian Rugby Union's Reconciliation Action Plan aims to harness indigenous talent to the sport and stop the AFL and NRL from taking the best talent. But success won't just be measured in player numbers. The ARU says respect and understanding of ...
Australian Rugby to focus on increasing Indigenous engagementTheSportsCampus.com
Australian Rugby Union launches second Reconciliation Action Plan in RedfernHerald Sun

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“Indigenous-inspired” ibis hotel to be unveiled in Australia
Travel Daily Media (press release) (registration) (blog)
Launched to coincide with National Reconciliation Week 2016, the hotel will be located at Sydney Olympic Park. It has been designed in partnership with Balarinji, an Indigenous-owned creative agency which has previously designed aircraft liveries for ...

Perth Now
Dodson backs Indigenous Day for WA
Perth Now
One of Australia's most respected indigenous leaders, Mr Dodson, below, said WA Day, which marks the arrival of Captain James Stirling's Parmelia at the Swan River Colony on June 1, 1829, did not have to be “wiped off” the calendar. But he said ...

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ABC Local
Mildura's young citizen recipient encourages Indigenous youth to embrace culture
ABC Local
Mr Clarke said Sorry Day was a special day for Indigenous people and evoked pride in him. "You look at the history and it's not the greatest history. Australia does have a dark history. Some of the stuff that was done to my people and some of the stuff ...

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ABC Online
Help Indigenous Australians through economic development: NSW Ombudsman's office
ABC Online
Economic prosperity is key to improving social outcomes for Aboriginal people, according to a report released by the New South Wales Ombudsman's office. The special report tabled in NSW Parliament today comes in the wake of NSW becoming the first ...

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ABC Online
Help Indigenous Australians through economic development: NSW Ombudsman's office
ABC Online
Economic prosperity is key to improving social outcomes for Aboriginal people, according to a report released by the New South Wales Ombudsman's office. The special report tabled in NSW Parliament today comes in the wake of NSW becoming the first ...

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Tampabay.com (blog)
Aboriginal Australian folklore gets familiar sci-fi take in SundanceTV's 'Cleverman'
Tampabay.com (blog)
Like many sci-fi shows, Cleverman tries to find a balance between politics and mythology. Even though Americans might be unfamiliar with its history and Australia's indigenous racism, the human-rights nuances are relevant to any society. But the show ...

Voice of America
Australian Charged With Sending Racist Remarks to Aboriginal Senator
Voice of America
A chiropractor in Australia is facing charges after allegedly sending racist rants on Facebook to a senator who is the first Aboriginal woman elected to parliament. Senator Nova Peris said she kept the rants from Chris Nelson on her Facebook page "to ...
Man charged over racist post to Australian Aboriginal senatorThe Straits Times
Labor names Malarndirri McCarthy to replace Nova PerisThe Guardian
Nova Peris owns racist troll who posted shocking Facebook tiradeNEWS.com.au
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ABC Local
Mildura's young citizen recipient encourages Indigenous youth to embrace culture
ABC Local
Mr Clarke said Sorry Day was a special day for Indigenous people and evoked pride in him. "You look at the history and it's not the greatest history. Australia does have a dark history. Some of the stuff that was done to my people and some of the stuff ...

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PBS NewsHour
Indigenous artists illuminate Sydney Opera House in light festival
PBS NewsHour
The process of creating the project, which draws on the interconnected history and relationships between Australia's Indigenous tribes, was more than just projecting pretty pictures onto the iconic structure, Roberts told The Sydney Morning Herald ...

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NT News
Northern Territory girls part of Melbourne Indigenous Transition School that is Australia's first stand-alone ...
NT News
Students at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School have come from the top end of the territory, including remote communities near Daly River and Kakadu. However, they have come together as one at the school and at the Richmond Junior Football ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC TV's Indigenous superhero Cleverman premieres
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I wanted to create a superhero for my son," says Ryan Griffen, the creator of upcoming ABC TV series Cleverman. "A hero that was based on Aboriginal culture. When I was growing up, I would always tell people I was an Aboriginal, and would get into ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC TV's Indigenous superhero Cleverman premieres
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I wanted to create a superhero for my son," says Ryan Griffen, the creator of upcoming ABC TV series Cleverman. "A hero that was based on Aboriginal culture. When I was growing up, I would always tell people I was an Aboriginal, and would get into ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Malcolm Turnbull And Bill Shorten Join In The Long Walk For Indigenous Reconciliation
Huffington Post Australia
Opposition leader Bill Shorten cited reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians as "unfinished business". "Until this country can secure equal treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we cannot truly celebrate ...
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree racism persistsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
LiveBlogLast Updated 6.30pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten in MelbourneThe Australian
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Huffington Post Australia
Malcolm Turnbull And Bill Shorten Join In The Long Walk For Indigenous Reconciliation
Huffington Post Australia
Opposition leader Bill Shorten cited reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians as "unfinished business". "Until this country can secure equal treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we cannot truly celebrate ...
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree racism persistsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
LiveBlogLast Updated 6.30pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten in MelbourneThe Australian
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NEWS.com.au
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree racism persists
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Shorten said he was proud of the "many Australians who stand up against the heinousness of racism". Responding on Saturday, a less forthright Prime Minister said reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is a "work in progress ...
Bill Shorten: 'Systemic racism' still exists in Australia as there's no agreement about how the country was taken ...NEWS.com.au
Malcolm Turnbull And Bill Shorten Join In The Long Walk For Indigenous ReconciliationHuffington Post Australia
LiveBlogLast Updated 6.30pm AESTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten in MelbourneThe Australian
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The Age
Victoria takes historic step toward an Aboriginal treaty
The Age
Victorian Aboriginal people have taken the first step toward reaching a treaty or treaties with the state government, in a move that could reverberate around the nation. After two days of discussion in Melbourne, tentative agreement has been reached on ...
Indigenous Australia is open for business – but we need investment to realise our potentialThe Guardian
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosenBrisbane Times
Shorten: Systemic Racism An Obstacle To Indigenous ReconciliationHuffington Post Australia
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ABC Online
Tasmania's Aboriginal history revealed in new online map
ABC Online
The site's developers hope it helps increase respect for Aboriginal heritage. Rock art in Tasmania's Central Highlands, believed to be up to 8,000 years old, was recently discovered defaced. "We really want people to be proud of our heritage because it ...

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