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The West Australian
February 9, 2015, 1:47 pm
The West Australian
Under Australia's laws, Aboriginals were effectively non-citizens in their own lands at the beginning of the last century, consigned to a status as “wards” of the local Protector of Aboriginals. Strangely, given their lack of human rights, many ...

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Spend 'to save WA Aboriginal communities'
Courier Mail
REMOTE Aboriginal communities in Western Australia should be kept alive by Royalties for Regions, Labor says. UP to 150 communities are facing foreclosure after the state decided not to fill a gap in essential services funding left by the federal ...

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Spend 'to save WA Aboriginal communities'
The Australian (blog)
REMOTE Aboriginal communities in Western Australia should be kept alive by Royalties for Regions, Labor says. UP to 150 communities are facing foreclosure after the state decided not to fill a gap in essential services funding left by the federal ...

Courier Mail
Sydney Airport to honour Aboriginal aviation pioneer and airforce hero
Courier Mail
Len Waters was the first Aboriginal Australian military aviator and the only one to serve as a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, flying a staggering 95 missions in the sky above New Guinea. He also spent almost his ...

Toronto Star
Uluru, Australia: Aboriginal tourism takes root
Toronto Star
Led by an aboriginal bush guide, who enjoys exclusive access, to, among other things, a spectacular bird-gathering place, it finishes with a traditional campfire bush-food cook-up under one of the glorious sunsets of the Top End as Northern Australia ...

Template in place for progress
The Australian
Only 16 per cent of 17 to 24-year-olds in remote indigenous Australia are in full-time work or study. More adults are dependent on welfare than work. Yet as recently as 1971, the indigenous male employment rate was 66.2 per cent — almost as high as ...

SBS
Abbott must do more in Indigenous Affairs: Mundine
SBS
Tony Abbott and the French President announced they would form a "joint expert committee to coordinate and determine the processes needed to identify and also to ascertain the origin of the Indigenous Australian human remains conserved in French public ...

Bridging the digital divide in Indigenous communities
The Age
Yet a significant digital divide exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous people are 69 per cent less likely than non-Indigenous people to have any internet connection and are half as likely to have broadband access, largely ...

The Guardian (blog)
Book ahead, Australia: Melbourne fashion, Revealed art, babies proms
The Guardian (blog)
Perth's Revealed art exhibition showcases emerging West Australian Indigenous artists. The sheer breadth of emerging Indigenous art talent will be on show at Perth's Revealed exhibition in April. More than 25 art centres will showcase and sell the work ...

Aboriginal flag plan for council
Port Lincoln Times
Councillor Travis Rogers put forward a motion for three flags to be flown - the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags - but councillor Linda Davies moved a successful amendment to exclude the Torres Strait Islander flag because there ...

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Architecture and Design
Australian architects pledge to Aboriginal internship program
Architecture and Design
GHD, Cox Architecture and SJB Architecture will provide at least 10 internships each year for the next 10 years to Indigenous Australian university students as part of their commitment to the CareerTrackers program. CareerTrackers is a national non ...

Architecture and Design
Australian architects pledge to Aboriginal internship program
Architecture and Design
GHD, Cox Architecture and SJB Architecture will provide at least 10 internships each year for the next 10 years to Indigenous Australian university students as part of their commitment to the CareerTrackers program. CareerTrackers is a national non ...

Thompson holds centre stage
The West Australian
Thompson holds centre stage Star turn: Jack Thomson with playwright David Milroy and Aboriginal Theatre student Alan Little. Picture: Bill Hatto/The West Australian. Legendary actor Jack Thompson settles into a perfectly lit theatre and launches a ...

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Family still waiting for inquest into woman's death in custody
ABC Message Stick
The family of an Aboriginal woman who died last year in police custody in Western Australia are demanding an urgent inquest into the 22-year-old's death. Ms Dhu died in South Hedland in the Pilbara and her family said they had no idea what caused her ...

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ABC Online
Ms Dhu's family call for urgent inquest into Aboriginal woman's death in ...
ABC Online
The family of an Aboriginal woman who died last year in police custody in Western Australia are demanding an urgent inquest into the 22-year-old's death. Ms Dhu died in South Hedland in the Pilbara and her family said they had no idea what caused her ...

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SBS
How much does it cost to keep people in Australian jails?
SBS
Across Australia, Indigenous people are over-represented in Australian prisons. The rate of Indigenous Australians in prison is 16 times higher than non-Indigenous people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda ...

SBS
How much does it cost to keep people in Australian jails?
SBS
Rates of education and training are highest in the ACT and South Australia, and rates of prisoners in work are highest in NSW and Victoria. Across Australia, the incarceration rate for Indigenous Australians was significantly higher than non-Indigenous ...

The Guardian
WA premier withdraws royalties help for struggling Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
Mining royalties will not be used to keep open “unviable” remote Aboriginal communities, the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, has said. The move scuttles a lifeline thrown by WA National party leader and regional development minister, Terry ...

Lighting the way for Indigenous students
Lawyers Weekly
Other signatories to the CareerTrackers initiative include: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; GHD; Insurance Australia Group; Indigenous Business Australia; Lend Lease; Leighton Contractors; Qantas; SJB Architecture & Cox Architecture; and Westpac.
Indigenous Children in Care Up 65 Per Cent Since National ApologyPro Bono Australia

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Lighting the way for Indigenous students
Lawyers Weekly
Other signatories to the CareerTrackers initiative include: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; GHD; Insurance Australia Group; Indigenous Business Australia; Lend Lease; Leighton Contractors; Qantas; SJB Architecture & Cox Architecture; and Westpac.