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Carnarvon Shire Council votes against flying Aboriginal flag in NAIDOC Week
ABC Online
A West Australian shire council has voted not to fly the Aboriginal flag outside its offices during NAIDOC Week, with its president saying it would be divisive to do so. Carnarvon Shire Council president Karl Brandenburg cast the deciding vote in a ...
Carnarvon Shire refuses to fly Aboriginal flagPerth Now
Western Australian council votes against flying Aboriginal flagThe Guardian

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The Age
Nova Peris defends her decision to quit politics: 'I am leaving on my terms'
The Guardian
With the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, at her side, Peris said she wanted to acknowledge the work of the Labor party “in trying to elevate and empower the lives of Aboriginal people”. Shorten said Peris was a “remarkable Australian” and the Labor ...
Election 2016: Nova Peris delivers passionate speech defending her decision to leave politicsABC Online
Labor senator Nova Peris a frontrunner for AFL's top Indigenous jobThe Age
Nova Peris delivers emotional speech about her retirement, saying 'Do not criticise me'NEWS.com.au
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The Guardian
Indigenous Australia is open for business – but we need investment to realise our potential
The Guardian
This is especially so in northern Australia where the Aboriginal populations, and their land holdings and assets, are significant. Some have called this Indigenous economic asset group the “sleeping giant”. But far from asleep, Indigenous people are ...
Saying sorry isn't enough for Indigenous childrenThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australia is open for business – but we need investment to realise our potential
The Guardian
This is especially so in northern Australia where the Aboriginal populations, and their land holdings and assets, are significant. Some have called this Indigenous economic asset group the “sleeping giant”. But far from asleep, Indigenous people are ...
Saying sorry isn't enough for Indigenous childrenThe Sydney Morning Herald

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cricket.com.au
Indigenous women seal first tour win
cricket.com.au
Australia's national Indigenous women's team have opened their account on the historic tour of India with a three-wicket win against Delhi. Victoria's Natalie Plane led the way with the ball to claim 3-19 as the home side were skittled for 113 in the ...

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Brantz: Williams reflects on Sorry Day
ESPN FC (blog)
On May 26, as Australia observes the 18th National Sorry Day, to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country's indigenous population, Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams will wake up on the other side of the world, some 20,000 kilometres from ...

The Guardian (blog)
There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty now
The Guardian (blog)
For Indigenous people, Sorry Day remains an important moment of public mourning, an acknowledgment of the profound wrong of one policy of assimilationism – a malignant British colonial ideology that assumed black Australians were lower than ...
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosenBrisbane Times
Victoria takes historic step toward an Aboriginal treatyThe Age
Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in AustraliaCourier Mail
The Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian -Swinburne University of Technology
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The Guardian (blog)
There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty now
The Guardian (blog)
For Indigenous people, Sorry Day remains an important moment of public mourning, an acknowledgment of the profound wrong of one policy of assimilationism – a malignant British colonial ideology that assumed black Australians were lower than ...
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosenBrisbane Times
Labor commits to National Taskforce on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kidney DiseaseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
I didn't understand how special it was to be Aboriginal until I was 17The Guardian

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Voice of America
Aboriginal Australians had Innovative Axe to Grind
Voice of America
Professor Sue O'Connor of the Australian National University, whose team excavated the piece, believes its significance lies in the understanding that early Aboriginal settlements were not as elementary as first thought. Professor Peter Hiscock of the ...

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Channel News Asia
Aboriginal Australians had innovative axe to grind
Channel News Asia
Professor Sue O'Connor of the Australian National University, whose team excavated the piece, believes its significance lies in the understanding that early Aboriginal settlements were not as elementary as first thought. Professor Peter Hiscock of the ...

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Aljazeera.com (blog)
No easy answers to Australia's Aboriginals debates
Aljazeera.com (blog)
I was ranting about the shocking disparity in Australia between indigenous (Aboriginal) people and everybody else. On average, Aboriginal Australians die 10 years younger than everybody else, I pointed out. They are far more likely to be jail; far less ...
Australia's first Indigenous women's cricket team testing themselves on tour in IndiaABC Message Stick

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The Advertiser
Tony Armstrong: Indigenous Round cause for celebration but Australia's First People still face many struggles
The Advertiser
As an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you are more likely to be arrested, put in jail and die there than you were 25 years ago. Gerry Georgatos of the Human Rights Alliance in Perth has said that “Western Australia incarcerates the Aboriginal ...
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sportdailytelegraph.com.au
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
Our 2016 Indigenous guernseyBrisbane Lions
Melbourne FC -Daily Mail -AFL.com.au
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The Advertiser
Tony Armstrong: Indigenous Round cause for celebration but Australia's First People still face many struggles
The Advertiser
The Sir Doug Nicholls Round carries a great deal of importance because it celebrates the enormous contribution our indigenous players have made, not only to Australian football, but also to the community. But it should also remind us of the challenges ...
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sportdailytelegraph.com.au
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
Our 2016 Indigenous guernseyBrisbane Lions
AFL.com.au -Daily Mail
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ABC Online
Election 2016: Half of NT's Indigenous population not enrolled to vote, electoral commission says
ABC Online
"We're putting significant resources into this area," he said. "Their sole focus is to educate Indigenous people about the electoral process. "Right across Australia, we have teams visiting 170 remote communities, where we are putting people on the ...

Brisbane Times
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosen
Brisbane Times
The winning design for a long-overdue memorial for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans has been chosen ahead of its construction in Brisbane's Anzac Square. The winning design, by John Smith Gumbula and Liam Hardy, was chosen by the ...
I didn't understand how special it was to be Aboriginal until I was 17The Guardian
Labor commits to National Taskforce on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kidney DiseaseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
LETTER: Working together to close the gapFraser Coast Chronicle

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Brisbane Times
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosen
Brisbane Times
The winning design for a long-overdue memorial for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans has been chosen ahead of its construction in Brisbane's Anzac Square. The winning design, by John Smith Gumbula and Liam Hardy, was chosen by the ...
Labor commits to National Taskforce on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kidney DiseaseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
I didn't understand how special it was to be Aboriginal until I was 17The Guardian
Come together to recognise a peopleThe Northern Daily Leader

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sport
dailytelegraph.com.au
With that in mind, Swoop decided to have a look at some of the female indigenous athletes who have left their mark on Australia's sports landscape. From trailblazers to Olympics heroes, Indigenous women have achieved great things in sport for decades.
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
AFL launches Sir Doug Nicholls RoundMelbourne FC
Rio Tinto supports AFL indigenous programsAFL.com.au

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sport
dailytelegraph.com.au
With that in mind, Swoop decided to have a look at some of the female indigenous athletes who have left their mark on Australia's sports landscape. From trailblazers to Olympics heroes, Indigenous women have achieved great things in sport for decades.
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
Rio Tinto supports AFL indigenous programsAFL.com.au
Swans help launch Indigenous RoundSydney Swans

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The Conversation AU
DNA Nation raises tough questions for Indigenous Australians
The Conversation AU
Over the last 200,000 years, the humans that became the Hadza have changed and evolved, just as much as people who now identify as Slovenian, Japanese or Indigenous Australian. I'm sure the Tanzanian tourism board and the Hadza appreciate the ...
'DNA Nation' misrepresents our past and turns Indigenous people into a palaeo-theme parkPhys.Org

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The Conversation AU
'DNA Nation' misrepresents our past and turns Indigenous people into a palaeo-theme park
The Conversation AU
A nation still grappling with its history of dispossession, theft, murder and cultural appropriation of Indigenous people? Or, a culture that seems to have lost its way with respect to the environment, driven by an obsession with owing 'stuff ...

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