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Vivid festival 2016 opens with powerful statement by Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
At 6pm on Friday, when the Vivid festival lights were switched on for the first time in 2016 and the Sydney CBD was suddenly illuminated in bright colours, its centrepiece was a powerful cultural statement from Indigenous Australia. Over the 23 nights ...

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The Guardian
Vivid festival 2016 opens with powerful statement by Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
At 6pm on Friday, when the Vivid festival lights were switched on for the first time in 2016 and the Sydney CBD was suddenly illuminated in bright colours, its centrepiece was a powerful cultural statement from Indigenous Australia. Over the 23 nights ...
Indigenous colours light up the nightThe Straits Times
Vivid Sydney 2016: Lights and installations illuminate city as festival launchedABC Online

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The Mercury
Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in Australia
The Mercury
Mr Shorten made the comments at a Reconciliation Australia Dinner in Melbourne, after campaigning in Darwin on indigenous affairs issues. “Systemic racism is still far-too prevalent,” he said. “The insidious nature of stubborn racism is still a reality ...

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Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in Australia
NEWS.com.au
Mr Shorten made the comments at a Reconciliation Australia Dinner in Melbourne, after campaigning in Darwin on indigenous affairs issues. “Systemic racism is still far-too prevalent,” he said. “The insidious nature of stubborn racism is still a reality ...
Indigenous Australia is open for business – but we need investment to realise our potentialThe Guardian
There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty nowThe Guardian (blog)
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosenBrisbane Times
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Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in Australia
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“Every generation of Aboriginal athlete, from Doug Nicholls to Nicky Winmar to Michael Long to Adam Goodes has known this.” Mr Shorten said he knew “racism is not true of most Australians”, and that he was proud of those who stand up to it.

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Indigenous Australians Call for Change on 'National Sorry Day'
teleSUR English
As Australia marked National Sorry Day on Thursday, Indigenous people in the state of South Australia renewed calls for on a national compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation, who were forcibly removed under paternalistic government ...
Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...Atlanta Black Star

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The Guardian
Council should be sacked for not flying Aboriginal flag in Naidoc week, says MP
The Guardian
The premier, Colin Barnett; the shadow treasurer, Ben Wyatt; and local MP Vince Catania have offered to give the town an Aboriginal flag, but Brandenburg insists the Australian flag will fly alone outside the council chambers during National Aboriginal ...
Shire sticks by Aboriginal flag decisionPerth Now
Carnarvon residents hang Indigenous flags in protest at council decisionABC Online

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Indigenous Australians Call For More on 'National Sorry Day'
teleSUR English
As Australia marked National Sorry Day on Thursday, Indigenous people in the state of South Australia renewed calls for on a national compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation, who were forcibly removed under paternalistic government ...
Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...Atlanta Black Star

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The Guardian
Indigenous weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie wins $50000 Red Ochre art prize
The Guardian
Koolmatrie is the winner of the Red Ochre award, a $50,000 prize acknowledging the outstanding contribution of an artist to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Australia and the rest of the world. She was presented with the award at a ceremony at ...
Aboriginal artist Yvonne Koolmatrie to be recognised with Red Ochre lifetime achievement awardABC Online
KOOLMATRIE WINS THE RED OCHREAboriginal Art Directory News
2016 National Indigenous Arts Awards Winners AnnouncedtheMusic
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The Guardian
Indigenous weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie wins $50000 Red Ochre art prize
The Guardian
In 1982 Yvonne Koolmatrie read that Indigenous Australia's weaving culture was extinct. She says that motivated her to prove otherwise: “Today, it is still very much alive.” The Ngarrindjeri weaver from South Australia has been named a winner in the ...
Koolmatrie to receive top Indigenous art awardInDaily
Aboriginal artist Yvonne Koolmatrie to be recognised with Red Ochre lifetime achievement awardABC Online
KOOLMATRIE WINS THE RED OCHREAboriginal Art Directory News
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ABC Online
Indigenous entrepreneurs tackle community joblessness
ABC Online
Long-term unemployment is a major concern for Indigenous Australians, with less than half the working-age population in jobs. But a new wave of Indigenous entrepreneurs is hoping to turn that around, by employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ...
Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gapStartupSmart

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ABC Online
Indigenous entrepreneurs tackle community joblessness
ABC Online
Long-term unemployment is a major concern for Indigenous Australians, with less than half the working-age population in jobs. But a new wave of Indigenous entrepreneurs is hoping to turn that around, by employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ...
Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gapStartupSmart

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LiveBlogLast Updated 3.20pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Qld, Bill Shorten in NT
The Australian
He said the election often focused on city-centric issues but Australia was much bigger and the voice of indigenous people needed to be heard. Mr Shorten lamented that a lot of coverage of Aboriginal affairs was negative, but the ranger program was a ...
Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney reportedly goes 'rogue'The Guardian

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The Guardian
We need more Aboriginal superheroes, so I created Cleverman for my son
The Guardian
My son's mother and I are both light-skinned Aboriginal people who strongly embrace our Aboriginality. Why does the colour of our skin matter to this story? Because growing up, I constantly had to fight for my Aboriginality. I was presented with casual ...

ABC Online
Indigenous NSW south coast rapper wins prestigious arts award
ABC Online
A rapper who has won a prestigious national art award is emerging as a leader to Indigenous children in his country in Nowra, on the NSW south coast. Corey Webster, known as Nooky, who is also a lyricist, composer and producer has won an Australia ...

Sky News Australia
PM unveils indigenous jobs plan
Sky News Australia
'We will ensure that those entrepreneurial and innovative indigenous Australians who have ideas to start or grow businesses have clear pathways to turn those ideas into viable, sustainable businesses generating employment opportunities for indigenous ...
Federal election 2016: Turnbull to push new indigenous jobs packageThe Australian
Day 3: Malcolm Turnbull talks incentives for start-up businesses3:51Herald Sun
Turnbull announces $115M package for indigenous business sectorInternational Business Times AU

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StartupSmart
Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gap
StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend will be hosted in Brisbane this July, with hopes of increasing Indigenous entrepreneurship. The weekend also aims to develop ways to close the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

StartupSmart
Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gap
StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend will be hosted in Brisbane this July, with hopes of increasing Indigenous entrepreneurship. The weekend also aims to develop ways to close the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

The Guardian
Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney 'goes rogue' – politics live
The Guardian
As Nigel and Joe have often said, indeed as Nova Peris said yesterday, one of the biggest challenges facing Indigenous entrepreneurs is simply poverty. There is not the intergenerational wealth that many other Australians have. There is not the same ...
LiveBlogLast Updated 9.55am AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Qld, Bill Shorten in NTThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous nurses make history in Thursday Island Hospital general ward
ABC Online
Mr Ghee said the hospital's Indigenous staff often talk about taking control of their people's health, but Tuesday's history-making shift showed it was possible. "We didn't really realise what we were doing, we just turned up to another normal day for ...

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