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The Guardian
Indigenous health: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rate drops below 40%
The Guardian
However, the rate remains much higher than non-Indigenous Australians and it is unlikely the gap will close any time soon. The data comes from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which has released its six-yearly National Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
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ABC Online
The push for a treaty with Indigenous Australians and why some don't want recognition in the Constitution
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Nayuku Gorrie explains in a provocative essay, which has gone viral, why she doesn't want Constitutional recognition and explains why she feels a treaty is the only satisfactory solution for Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous constitutional recognition: One woman's expletive-laden call for a treatyABC Online

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ABC Online
The push for a treaty with Indigenous Australians and why some don't want recognition in the Constitution
ABC Message Stick
Nayuku Gorrie explains in a provocative essay, which has gone viral, why she doesn't want Constitutional recognition and explains why she feels a treaty is the only satisfactory solution for Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous constitutional recognition: One woman's expletive-laden call for a treatyABC Online

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ABC Online
Indigenous constitutional recognition: One woman's powerful call for a treaty
ABC Online
Nayuka Gorrie is an Aboriginal woman who has one thing in common with Cory Bernardi and Andrew Bolt. None of them support constitutional recognition for Indigenous people, despite Australia looking to hold a referendum on the issue next year. Nayuka ...
The push for a treaty with Indigenous Australians and why some don't want recognition in the ConstitutionABC Message Stick

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Meeting indigenous job targets
Business News
THE Wirrpanda Foundation, mining camp operator Sodexo, and employment agency atWork Australia are three very different organisations seeking to bolster indigenous jobs in Western Australia. Wirrpanda and atWork are among nine organisations in WA to ...

Marketing to Islander and Indigenous cultures a focus of Homeground Talks
MuMbrella
The inaugural HOMEGROUND TALKS will take place at Sydney Opera House on 27 May, the anniversary of Australia's 1967 Indigenous referendum, providing an important new forum for provocative conversations about contemporary First Nations issues.

Marketing to Islander and Indigenous cultures a focus of Homeground Talks
MuMbrella
The inaugural HOMEGROUND TALKS will take place at Sydney Opera House on 27 May, the anniversary of Australia's 1967 Indigenous referendum, providing an important new forum for provocative conversations about contemporary First Nations issues.

ABC Message Stick
Cultural awareness promotes better relationships between Indigenous Australians and police
ABC Message Stick
"It's important that police understand cultural protocols and cultural traditions that [Indigenous Australians] still carry and have carried for thousands of years," PLO Lowah said. "And it's important that those traditions and protocols are recognised ...

ABC Online
Confusion surrounds push to recognise Aboriginal people in Constitution, First Peoples congress warns
ABC Online
Confusion surrounds the push for a referendum on constitutional recognition amid a lack of direction from the Prime Minister's office, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has warned. The comments come as a survey of hundreds of ...

ABC Online
Confusion surrounds push to recognise Aboriginal people in Constitution, First Peoples congress warns
ABC Online
Confusion surrounds the push for a referendum on constitutional recognition amid a lack of direction from the Prime Minister's office, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has warned. The comments come as a survey of hundreds of ...

The Conversation AU
Explainer: the largest language spoken exclusively in Australia – Kriol
The Conversation AU
But if someone asked: “which language, only found in Australia, is spoken over an area the size of Spain and is the second most common language in the Northern Territory?” would you get it right? The correct answer – Kriol – is not a traditional ...

The New Daily
Intervention 'demonised Aboriginals as paedophiles': Q&A
The New Daily
Speaking on ABC's Q&A program on Monday night, Indigenous Anglican Pastor Ray Minniecon dominated the show when he spoke passionately on numerous occasions about injustices he felt Aboriginal people had endured. “Look at the intervention in the ...

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WWD
Model Call: Charlee Fraser, Fall's Indigenous Australian Star
WWD
The 21-year-old from Newcastle, a harbor city located two hours north of Sydney, is well on her way to making her mark as the first Indigenous Australian model to make the radar of the international fashion industry. One of the top new faces of fall ...

euronews
Stop polluting the oceans, says indigenous Australian art in Monaco
euronews
The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco is currently home to a major exhibition by artists from across Australia aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of pollution affecting the oceans. Named after a traditional children's song 'Taba Naba', the show ...

Lifehacker Australia
Easily Find Aboriginal Place Names With This Interactive Digital Map
Lifehacker Australia
The project called Weemala, which means 'a big lookout' in the Gadigal (Sydney region) language, places historic survey information from the State Library's collection relating to Australia's Indigenous communities in a digital landscape. “This ...

Lifehacker Australia
Easily Find Aboriginal Place Names With This Interactive Digital Map
Lifehacker Australia
The project called Weemala, which means 'a big lookout' in the Gadigal (Sydney region) language, places historic survey information from the State Library's collection relating to Australia's Indigenous communities in a digital landscape. “This ...

Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Pat Dodson and Linda Burney will boost the national conversation on Indigenous people in Federal Parliament
Busselton Dunsborough Mail
The path for aboriginal activist - and the father of reconciliation - Pat Dodson into the Senate representing Western Australia is virtually assured. He has been nominated by Mr Shorten to fill a casual vacancy created by the resignation of right wing ...

New Matilda
Anzac Day: We've Already Said Thanks, It's Time To Move On
New Matilda
Aboriginal people got one national apology. But Anzacs have had more than 100 thank you's, writes Chris Graham. At the outset, I should say that my Grandfather fought in the Second World War. He did so to protect the liberties and freedoms that I enjoy ...

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The Guardian
South Australian Indigenous communities to get street names
The Guardian
Some Aboriginal communities in South Australia are unmarked in records or maps, but that is about to change. When you don't have a house number or street name, filling in forms to access welfare payments, apply for a driver's licence or register a car ...

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The Guardian
South Australian Indigenous communities to get street names
The Guardian
Some Aboriginal communities in South Australia are unmarked in records or maps, but that is about to change. When you don't have a house number or street name, filling in forms to access welfare payments, apply for a driver's licence or register a car ...

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