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Funders of Indigenous Causes in Free Online Guide
Pro Bono Australia
“Earlier editions of our Guide were much appreciated and we are very excited to make it available to a larger number of Indigenous organisations all over Australia via our website”, Dr Daniel McDiarmid, AskRIGHT Principal Consultant and Director, said.

Catholic Leader
Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”
Catholic Leader
Indigenous youths made up 54 per cent of young people in youth justice detention last June, despite comprising about five per cent of the population. Closing the Gap campaign co-chair Jackie Huggins described the figures as “soul-destroying”, and said ...

Catholic Leader
Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”
Catholic Leader
Indigenous youths made up 54 per cent of young people in youth justice detention last June, despite comprising about five per cent of the population. Closing the Gap campaign co-chair Jackie Huggins described the figures as “soul-destroying”, and said ...

VICE News
These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory
VICE News
Conservationists and indigenous communities in northern Australia are gearing up for a fight, as some of the world's largest energy companies line up to frack the region for shale gas. Santos, Sasol, Inpex and, more recently, businessmen who have made ...

VICE News
These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory
VICE News
Conservationists and indigenous communities in northern Australia are gearing up for a fight, as some of the world's largest energy companies line up to frack the region for shale gas. Santos, Sasol, Inpex and, more recently, businessmen who have made ...

ABC Online
Tony Abbott 'crucial' in gaining conservative support for Indigenous referendum
ABC Online
Former prime minister Tony Abbott will be conscripted to work on the referendum to acknowledge Indigenous Australians in an effort to get strong conservative support. But the "target" date for the poll which is set for next May, to coincide with the ...

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Junkee
Aboriginal Activist Gary Foley Made Things Awkward For Mike Baird's Government At The Sydney Biennale
Junkee
“I see it as a brilliant continuation of what the Aboriginal embassy was all about.” Then, giving truth to his words, he delivered an hour-long monologue laying into white Australians' treatment of Aboriginal people and the way the “bastard ...
Student-run fashion show exudes professionalismUniversity of Virginia The Cavalier Daily

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Daily Life
The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back
Daily Life
Since July 2015, unemployed people in remote areas defined by the government – 84 per cent of whom are Indigenous – have been subject to the so-called Commonwealth Development Program (CDP). A specific remote "work for the dole" program, the ...

Daily Life
The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back
Daily Life
Since July 2015, unemployed people in remote areas defined by the government – 84 per cent of whom are Indigenous – have been subject to the so-called Commonwealth Development Program (CDP). A specific remote "work for the dole" program, the ...

ABC Online
bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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ABC Online
bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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The West Australian
Violent Femmes embrace Aboriginal music
The West Australian
It seems an unlikely pairing: the legendary post-punk band from the American industrial city of Milwaukee and the family act from a remote central Australian hamlet of just 30 people. Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie first met father and daughter ...

Asian Correspondent
Malaysian Baram mega-dam project scrapped, indigenous people take back land
Asian Correspondent
This officially ends the plans that would have flooded 412 square kilometers of rainforests and displaced up to 20,000 indigenous people. The Baram dam project was designed under Sarawak's former Chief Minister and current Governor Taib Mahmud, and ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous treasures, briefly on loan to Australia, are about to be taken away – again
The Guardian (blog)
Ye-I-Nie, whose possessions are part of the British Museum collection and are now on loan to an exhibition, Encounters, at the National Museum of Australia. Yidindji woman Henrietta Fourmile Marrie, Ye-I-Nie's great-granddaughter, has spoken about her ...

The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous treasures, briefly on loan to Australia, are about to be taken away – again
The Guardian (blog)
Ye-I-Nie, whose possessions are part of the British Museum collection and are now on loan to an exhibition, Encounters, at the National Museum of Australia. Yidindji woman Henrietta Fourmile Marrie, Ye-I-Nie's great-granddaughter, has spoken about her ...

Kotaku Australia
How Video Games Are Inspiring Indigenous Kids To Get Into Maths And Science
Kotaku Australia
Indigenous students in Australia are graduating from school at nearly half the rate (41.5 per cent) of their non-Indigenous peers (81.2 per cent). Australian students' performance in maths and science has declined over the past 10 years, and Indigenous ...

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Gizmodo Australia
How Video Games Are Inspiring Indigenous Kids To Get Into Maths And Science
Gizmodo Australia
Indigenous students in Australia are graduating from school at nearly half the rate (41.5 per cent) of their non-Indigenous peers (81.2 per cent). Australian students' performance in maths and science has declined over the past 10 years, and Indigenous ...

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Junkee
Aboriginal Activist Gary Foley Destroyed Politicians At A Sydney Biennale Installation This Weekend
Junkee
Then, giving truth to his words, he delivered a glorious hour-long discussion monologue laying into white Australians' treatment of Aboriginal people and the way the “bastard” politicians — kind of like those supporting the festival — continue to ...

Star Observer
It's time to talk about the suicide rates of Indigenous LGBTI people in Australia
Star Observer
Held in 2015, the Sexuality and Gender Diverse Populations Roundtable hosted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) brought together about 25 Indigenous people from around Australia to discuss ...
Momentum building for a Royal Commission in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicidesThe Stringer
Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantageSBS
Competitive tendering disadvantages indigenous groupsThe Mandarin (registration)

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Star Observer
It's time to talk about the suicide rates of Indigenous LGBTI people in Australia
Star Observer
Held in 2015, the Sexuality and Gender Diverse Populations Roundtable hosted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) brought together about 25 Indigenous people from around Australia to discuss ...
Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantageSBS
Competitive tendering disadvantages indigenous groupsThe Mandarin (registration)
Momentum building for a Royal Commission in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicidesThe Stringer

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