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The Australian
Indigenous violence: police must act for children's sake
The Australian
Since Martin's work, others have written about violence in Aurukun including, controversially, Peter Sutton (The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and the End of the Liberal Consensus, 2009), who observed the tragic consequences for child ...

ABC Online
Indigenous surfers head to culturally significant site of Bells Beach to compete
ABC Online
"Indigenous people have an amazing connection to the ocean and Bells Beach is a very significant place for the local Indigenous people as there was a lot of trading that went on down here, a lot of history," Jordie Campbell, one of Surfing Victoria's ...

ABC Online
Indigenous surfers head to culturally significant site of Bells Beach to compete
ABC Online
"Indigenous people have an amazing connection to the ocean and Bells Beach is a very significant place for the local Indigenous people as there was a lot of trading that went on down here, a lot of history," Jordie Campbell, one of Surfing Victoria's ...

The West Australian
Indigenous Albany cricketer to represent Australia in India - The West Australian
The West Australian
Albany cricket product Samara Williams' dream of representing her country will be realised over the next week with the all-rounder part of the national indigenous women's squad touring India. Williams, who grew up in Albany and has since moved to Perth ...

The Conversation AU
On the wrong track: why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail
The Conversation AU
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, constitutional change is about righting injustices inherent in the current recognition of difference, rather than promoting an agenda of sameness. Michael Coghlan/Flickr, CC BY-SA ...

The Conversation AU
On the wrong track: why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail
The Conversation AU
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, constitutional change is about righting injustices inherent in the current recognition of difference, rather than promoting an agenda of sameness. Michael Coghlan/Flickr, CC BY-SA ...

ABC Online
Discovery of 40000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts puts Rio Tinto Pilbara mine expansion on hold
ABC Online
In 2014, the WA Department of Aboriginal Affairs granted Rio Tinto permission to further excavate the site, guided by the Eastern Guruma people. Dating has confirmed the grinding stones and other artefacts are about 40,000 years old, dating back to the ...

ABC Local
Lost language of Boandik Indigenous people revived in traditional possum fur cloak
ABC Local
A proud Boandik woman, Michelle is wrapped warmly in a possum fur cloak, the making and wearing of which has long been a symbol of tradition and ritual for Indigenous tribes in the south-east of Australia. In the native language of Bunganditj, the ...

Sportskeeda
All-indigenous Australian women's cricket team set for Indian tour
Sportskeeda
A group of 14 indigenous Australian women cricketers will fly out on Wednesday for a whirlwind 10-day tour of India, the first of its kind orchestrated by the sport's national body, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday. Backed by Cricket Australia ...

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Leader Wins Reconciliation Fellowship & New Funding
Pro Bono Australia
Australian indigenous leader, June Oscar AO, has won a prestigious global award that celebrates individuals doing extraordinary work in reconciliation as her Kimberley enterprise takes up a new venture philanthropy partnership. Oscar, who is due to ...

Port Adelaide
Ninth Aboriginal Power Cup gets underway with record participants
Port Adelaide
With continued support from Santos, the Government of South Australia, the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy and the University of South Australia, the Aboriginal Power Cup is built around an early intervention strategy that uses ...

MadameNoire
Meet Maminydjama Maymuru, The First Indigenous Woman To Compete In Miss World Australia
MadameNoire
When we think of Australians, we're more likely to see a tanned, European, dressed like Crocodile Dundee, speaking in that unmistakably Australian accent. But truth be told, the native people of Australia are nothing like that. But y'all know how ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: still a bridge too far?
The Conversation AU
Success will come from changing the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's issues are talked about and addressed – from one of deficit in which people are described as problematic to one of empowerment and strength. Global Panorama/Flickr ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: still a bridge too far?
The Conversation AU
Success will come from changing the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's issues are talked about and addressed – from one of deficit in which people are described as problematic to one of empowerment and strength. Global Panorama/Flickr ...

Daily Mail
$200 million mine expansion in Western Australia halted after 'exceptionally rare' indigenous grinding stones are found
Daily Mail
Rio Tinto has been forced to put a million dollar mine expansion on hold after archaeologists discovered 'exceptionally rare' artefacts which date back to the Ice Age. The artefacts which may indicate Aboriginal settlement were uncovered in the remote ...

Daily Mail
$200 million mine expansion in Western Australia halted after 'exceptionally rare' indigenous grinding stones are found
Daily Mail
Rio Tinto has been forced to put a million dollar mine expansion on hold after archaeologists discovered 'exceptionally rare' artefacts which date back to the Ice Age. The artefacts which may indicate Aboriginal settlement were uncovered in the remote ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous consumers scammed out of $1.2m last year, a rise of 65%
The Guardian
Indigenous consumers lost more than $1.2m to scammers last year, an increase of nearly 65% compared with 2014, data from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has shown. Dating and romance scams caused the greatest monetary loss ...

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ABC Local
Election 2016: Durack ALP candidate makes Indigenous enrolment a campaign priority
ABC Local
Labor's federal election candidate for the Western Australian seat of Durack says she will aim to get as many Aboriginal people enrolled to vote before rolls closes this Sunday. Durack has the nation's third highest proportion of Indigenous residents ...

ABC Local
Election 2016: Durack ALP candidate makes Indigenous enrolment a campaign priority
ABC Local
Labor's federal election candidate for the Western Australian seat of Durack says she will aim to get as many Aboriginal people enrolled to vote before rolls closes this Sunday. Durack has the nation's third highest proportion of Indigenous residents ...

ABC Message Stick
Australia's Indigenous tennis coach empowers youth on search for next superstar
ABC Message Stick
Australia's first Indigenous male tennis player to play on centre court at Wimbledon is travelling the country to promote tennis to Indigenous youth. Ian Goolagong — brother of former world number one Evonne Goolagong Cawley — was appointed Tennis ...