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Aboriginal deaths in custody bring focus to disturbing rate of imprisonment
ABC Message Stick
Two Aboriginal deaths in custody in three months have focussed attention on the disturbing rates of Indigenous incarceration, particularly in Western Australia where one in every 13 adult males are in prison.

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Empowering Indigenous communities to prevent child abuse and neglect
The Conversation AU
In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased ...
Scheme to avoid 'second stolen generation' criticised for paternalismThe Guardian

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Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Six White Aussies See Aboriginal Australia For The First Time In SBS ...
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As host Ray Martin points out, six out of ten non-indigenous Australians have had little to no contact with Aboriginal people, and as the contestants themselves make pretty clear, that leads to some pretty misleading ideas about Aboriginal Australia ...

Six White Aussies See Aboriginal Australia For The First Time In SBS ...
Junkee
As host Ray Martin points out, six out of ten non-indigenous Australians have had little to no contact with Aboriginal people, and as the contestants themselves make pretty clear, that leads to some pretty misleading ideas about Aboriginal Australia ...

MUA intervenes in indigenous labour agreement
The Australian
Aboriginal Maritime's original EBA had been endorsed by its employees and ratified by the FWC. The company said the EBA would allow it to expand its business and start competing for big contracts in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

MUA intervenes in indigenous labour agreement
The Australian
Aboriginal Maritime's original EBA had been endorsed by its employees and ratified by the FWC. The company said the EBA would allow it to expand its business and start competing for big contracts in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
"I've always thought comedy is an area we could excel in, an area I feel we're built for, because the Aboriginal sense of humour is one people respond to," she says. The show's life began in 2012 when, Riley says, the network put a callout for ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal groups cool on remote dole shake-up
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion did not confirm the plan on Wednesday, with his spokeswoman saying only that the government was "considering measures to make sure that jobseekers in remote Australia are work-ready and able to secure jobs.".
Warren Mundine backs new work-for-the-dole schemeThe Australian
Coalition may not meet 25-hour pledge for Indigenous work for the doleThe Guardian

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Indigenous runners overcome personal and physical challenges on their way to ...
ABC Online
Tomorrow Ms Braun flies to the United States with nine other Indigenous runners to compete in the famous New York Marathon on November 2. Most come from communities in remote or regional parts of Australia, including Alice Springs, Broome, Cairns and ...
'I was throwing my life away and she was begging for hers': Meet the mother-of ...Daily Mail

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Corroboree honours Indigenous Australia
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MORE than 100 people came together at the Jindabyne Community Stage on Saturday to honour and celebrate Indigenous Australia, including the Traditional Custodians of the High Country, the Ngarigo People. Four Ngarigo elders and their families made ...

While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve
UQ News
The most widespread of these new languages is a creole language, also called Kriol (confusingly), now spoken by at least 20,000 Indigenous people across northern Australia, from Cape York to Broome. Astonishingly most non-Indigenous Australians have ...

Huge leap in fine-defaulters doing jail time
The Australian
According to WA government data seen by The Australian, the number of fine-defaulters sent to prison has increased from 194 in 2008 to 1358 last year. In the same period, the number of Aboriginal people held for unpaid fines jumped by 484 per cent ...

Blitz on remote dole scheme
The Australian
The Australian has previously foreshadowed that the Abbott government was looking at overhauling Labor's remote jobs scheme. Unlike the now downscaled CDEP scheme, under which unemployed indigenous people did work-for-the-dole activities and ...

Blitz on remote dole scheme
The Australian
The Australian has previously foreshadowed that the Abbott government was looking at overhauling Labor's remote jobs scheme. Unlike the now downscaled CDEP scheme, under which unemployed indigenous people did work-for-the-dole activities and ...

ABC Online
Smartphone apps used to save endangered Indigenous languages
ABC Online
"It's actually gone out to other parts of Australia and the world. "I was in Portugal doing a workshop five weeks ago, we've had a trial in Cameroon, we've had a trial with a language in Papua New Guinea. "The idea is that people in remote locations ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The committee outlined three options for forms of words to recognise indigenous Australians in the constitution. One of these included a broad provision banning racial discrimination, while a second option included a protection from discrimination for ...
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
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Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The committee outlined three options for forms of words to recognise indigenous Australians in the constitution. One of these included a broad provision banning racial discrimination, while a second option included a protection from discrimination for ...
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...The Guardian
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
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