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Leyonhjelm slams indigenous 'fairy tales'
Sky News Australia
Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm has lashed out at special treatment given to indigenous Australians, arguing "fairy tales" are encouraging them to consider themselves special. In a speech in the Senate on Monday, Senator Leyonhjelm responded to the ...
Senator Leyonhjelm slams 'special' treatment of Indigenous AustraliansSBS

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Global Voices Online
An Aboriginal Comedy Show in Australia Finds a Mainstream Audience
Global Voices Online
But “Black Comedy” became an instant hit and just started its second season. Lui says the show has something for everyone and it also taps into white guilt over Australia's original sin: colonizing Australia's indigenous people. “We have some very ...

Global Voices Online
An Aboriginal Comedy Show in Australia Finds a Mainstream Audience
Global Voices Online
An example: Lui wrote and starred in a satirical advertisement for a cosmetic line, Pretty for an Aboriginal. Lui is light-skinned. Her mother is an Aboriginal from the Gamilaroi Nation in interior Australia. Her father is a Torres Strait Islander ...

The Stringer
Racial inequality in the Australian criminal system – 1 in 6 Black people go to prison
The Stringer
The incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is an abomination – moral, political and otherwise and bespeaks of diabolical racism unfettered. In Western Australia, the mother of jailers, one in 13 of Aboriginal adult males is ...

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SBS
Senator Leyonhjelm slams 'special' treatment of Indigenous Australians
SBS
Affirmative action programs, including targets for government employment of Indigenous Australians, encouraged indigenous people to get ahead through "special pleading" and non-Indigenous Australians to view them as charity cases, he said.
Leyonhjelm slams indigenous 'fairy tales'9news.com.au

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Indigenous Journalist Stan Grant Could Commence a Political Career
Australia Network News
It is believed that the Labour party is pushing him to run in the Western Sydney seat of Reid, according to The Australian Financial Review. While speaking at the National Press Club, Grant stressed on the importance of senior indigenous voices in ...
Stan Grant pens emotional takedown of the Australian dream9news.com.au
Stan Grant applauded over his evocative National Press Club addressNEWS.com.au
Why Stan Grant could be our next indigenous politicianThe New Daily
Daily Mail -The Australian (subscription) -Sydney Morning Herald
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ArtsHub (subscription)
Indigenous writing: it's not just politics
ArtsHub (subscription)
The responsibility to tell their stories is a powerful motivator for Indigenous writers. Playwright Tammy Anderson, memoirist Kate Howarth and multi-genre writer Anita Heiss ​all spoke of responsibility ​in their session on building a career as a 'Blak ...

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The Guardian
Death in custody: Aboriginal woman Maureen Mandijarra lay in cell for hours
The Guardian
The inquest into her death began in the tourist town 2,240km north of Perth on Western Australia's north-west coast on Monday. In the small courthouse, across a red dirt stained road from the Broome police station, Toby Bishop, the counsel assisting ...

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The Conversation AU
Four ways Western Australia can improve Aboriginal heritage management
The Conversation AU
The new changes will see decisions over heritage listings rest almost entirely with the CEO of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, which the Law Society of Western Australia has argued gives too much power to one person. We need a system of cultural ...
Lawyers call for action on indigenous incarcerationThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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The Conversation AU
Four ways Western Australia can improve Aboriginal heritage management
The Conversation AU
The new changes will see decisions over heritage listings rest almost entirely with the CEO of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, which the Law Society of Western Australia has argued gives too much power to one person. We need a system of cultural ...
Lawyers call for action on indigenous incarcerationThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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NEWS.com.au
Stan Grant applauded over his evocative National Press Club address
NEWS.com.au
“And this wound sits at the heart of the malaise that grips Indigenous Australia.” Grant also implored leaders not to repeat the policy mistakes of the past. “How many PMs are going to leave office and say their biggest regret is that they didn't do ...
Indigenous Journalist Stan Grant Could Commence a Political CareerAustralia Network News
Stan Grant pens emotional takedown of the Australian dream9news.com.au
Why Stan Grant could be our next indigenous politicianThe New Daily
Herald Sun -The Australian (subscription) -Sydney Morning Herald
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Mashable
Rob Thomas apologises after making racist joke about Aboriginal Australians
Mashable
It's been a humbling few days for American singer and Matchbox 20 frontman Rob Thomas, who apologised after making a racist joke about Aboriginal Australians at a concert. Thomas was playing at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena in Australia as part of his ...

9news.com.au
Stan Grant pens emotional takedown of the Australian dream
9news.com.au
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant says the Australian dream is a "tourist brochure" which let Aboriginal people "rot", and once saw him so ashamed of his skin colour he tried to "scrub it off". Writing in his new book Talking to My Country, the former ...
Stan Grant says Australia still has issues with 'festering racism' in new bookHerald Sun
'The Australian dream left us to rot': exclusive extract from Stan Grant's new book, Talking to My CountryThe Guardian
Journalist Stan Grant could pursue politics career within monthsThe Australian (subscription)

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9news.com.au
Stan Grant pens emotional takedown of the Australian dream
9news.com.au
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant says the Australian dream is a "tourist brochure" which let Aboriginal people "rot", and once saw him so ashamed of his skin colour he tried to "scrub it off". Writing in his new book Talking to My Country, the former ...
Journalist Stan Grant could pursue politics career within monthsThe Australian (subscription)
Stan Grant says Australia still has issues with 'festering racism' in new bookHerald Sun
Stan Grant says Indigenous leaders must rise to challenge of public serviceThe Canberra Times
The Guardian -The Australian Financial Review
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The Conversation AU
FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous children ten times more likely to be living in out-of-home care?
The Conversation AU
Their most recent report on this issue, Child Protection Australia 2013–14, indicates that Indigenous children (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) are 9.2 times as likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children in Australia. So it's ...

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Daily Life
Indigenous Australians have a right to speak our first language
Daily Life
It's therefore remarkable that while a "White Australian Leader" can receive superlatives for reciting an Indigenous language in parliament, a female Aboriginal politician can be reprimanded for reverting to her native tongue during a debate in the ...

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Daily Mail
Rob Thomas slammed over 'racist' statements about Aboriginal Australians at Melbourne gig
Daily Mail
Fans have swarmed to social media to slam Rob, with one particularly galled social media user writing on his Facebook page: 'Why on earth would you say such a horrible, insensitive thing about Aboriginal people drinking????? Really disappointed ...
Rob Thomas Has Apologized For Making a Racist Joke About Aboriginal AustraliansNoisey (blog)
US rock star's racist joke infuriates Indigenous communityThe New Daily
Rob Thomas makes offensive comment about Aboriginal Australians during Melbourne showWonderwall

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SBS
US singer Rob Thomas apologises for racist joke about Indigenous Australians and alcohol
SBS
US singer Rob Thomas has apologised for making a racist remark about Indigenous Australians overnight in front of thousands of fans. In front of fans in Melbourne last night at Rod Laver Arena, Thomas, who is known for major hits with band Matchbox 20 ...
Rob Thomas Insults Indigenous Australians And Owes Australia An ApologyNoise11
Rob Thomas makes offensive comment about Aboriginal Australians during Melbourne showWonderwall
Matchbox 20 frontman stuns fans with racist remarkSydney Morning Herald
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Daily Mail
Rob Thomas apologises after racist comment about Aboriginal Australians at Melbourne show
Daily Mail
'I drink til I think I'm Australian. And then I keep drinking til I think I'm a black Australian': Matchbox 20 front man Rob Thomas has been slammed by fans after making a racist joke about Aboriginal Australians during a solo gig in Melbourne on ...
Rob Thomas makes offensive comment about Aboriginal Australians during Melbourne showWonderwall
Rob Thomas Offensive Remark Down Under ... Drinking Til 'I'm A Black Australian'TMZ.com
Matchbox 20 frontman stuns fans with race remarkSydney Morning Herald
Taranaki Daily News -Gossip Cop
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Wonderwall
Rob Thomas makes offensive comment about Aboriginal Australians during Melbourne show
Wonderwall
While performing in Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 19, the former Matchbox 20 singer got himself into some hot water when he made some off-color remarks about Aboriginal Australians. During the show, the singer chatted with the audience about drinking on ...
Rob Thomas apologises after making offensive and racist comment about Aboriginal Australians during show in ...Daily Mail
Rob Thomas Apologizes For Racist Drinking Joke About Black AustraliansGossip Cop

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