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Sydney Morning Herald
How would a referendum change Australia's racist laws?
Sydney Morning Herald
That date marks the 50th anniversary of Australia's most successful referendum. In 1967, over 90% of voters granted the federal Parliament power over Aboriginal affairs and deleted a section from the Constitution that said Aboriginal people could not ...

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Desmond Tutu: 'Lay bare the horrors of the past'
Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal elders Djiniyini Gondarra, senior Dhurili clan leader of the Yolngu peoples of north-east Arnhem Land, and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, a former Anglican nun based in Utopia in Central Australia, wrote to the archbishop this month to express their ...

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The Guardian
Janine Mohamed on the 2212 Indigenous nurses and midwives in Australia
The Guardian
We now have over 2,212 nurses and midwives employed in Australia who identify as Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islander Australians; 150 will be at our annual conference. We have professors and doctors of nursing and midwifery teaching in our ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Constitutional change will divide not unite the nation
The Australian
There is no doubt that throughout Australian history Aborigines suffered terrible injustice. Australian history, like that of all nations, contains plenty of good and plenty of bad. John Howard is right to hail the grandeur of the Australian ...
Australian PM moves to Aboriginal community for one weekTelegraph.co.uk
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
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Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott's plan to recognise Aboriginal culture in Constitution will change ...
Herald Sun
There is no denying that Aboriginal Australians do worse in many ways than the rest of us. Indigenous people are more likely to appear in front of a criminal court, spend time in jail, suffer serious health problems such as diabetes, die young, be ...
Constitutional change will divide not unite the nationThe Australian
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Australia's PM decamps to Outback tent to promote Aboriginal rightsAlaska Dispatch
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The Guardian
Activists say they used their Aboriginal passports to re-enter Australia
The Guardian
When they arrived in Canada they were not successful in using their Aboriginal passports and had to use their official passports. But they say they stood their ground in Australia and were eventually allowed through. “The photocopied our passports ...

SBS
Is Tony Abbott becoming the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Developments in the Middle East, an apparent threat to Australia's security and an unresolved Budget. That's only a fraction of what's on Tony Abbott's plate. The PM couldn't ignore those issues without looking foolish. Luckily, Indigenous people view ...
Tony Abbott's visit to Indigenous NT communities follows a basic rule – keep ...The Guardian

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SBS
Is Tony Abbott becoming the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Developments in the Middle East, an apparent threat to Australia's security and an unresolved Budget. That's only a fraction of what's on Tony Abbott's plate. The PM couldn't ignore those issues without looking foolish. Luckily, Indigenous people view ...
Tony Abbott's visit to Indigenous NT communities follows a basic rule – keep ...The Guardian

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Celebrating Indigenous writing across the border
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Literary Commons will see 12 Indigenous writers take part in four literary festivals and three university engagements in India at the end of the year during Australia's summer. It has been curated by Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty from the university's ...

Indigenous Australians need a licence to drive, but also to work
The Conversation AU
But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in some parts of Australia, getting a driver licence can be a major challenge. And breaching the conditions or simply failing to pay fines can result in licence suspension or even jail time. More ...
List of complaints against Beyond Blue campaign dismissed by ASBMuMbrella
Unwise to rush ahead with referendumThe Australian (blog)
Trangie Central School celebrate NAIDOC WeekNarromine News

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Indigenous Australians need a licence to drive, but also to work
The Conversation AU
But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in some parts of Australia, getting a driver licence can be a major challenge. And breaching the conditions or simply failing to pay fines can result in licence suspension or even jail time. More ...
List of complaints against Beyond Blue campaign dismissed by ASBMuMbrella
Unwise to rush ahead with referendumThe Australian (blog)
Trangie Central School celebrate NAIDOC WeekNarromine News

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Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
SBS
Brisbane sovereignty campaigners Boe Spearim and Callum Clayton-Dixon have re-entered Australia from Canada using Aboriginal Provisional Government passports. The pair refused to show any Australian documentation and were given a warning by ...

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Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
SBS
Brisbane sovereignty campaigners Boe Spearim and Callum Clayton-Dixon have re-entered Australia from Canada using Aboriginal Provisional Government passports. The pair refused to show any Australian documentation and were given a warning by ...

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Explainer: Can a DNA test reveal if you're an Indigenous Australian?
The Conversation AU
The question of whether Indigenous, racial or ethnic identity could be determined by genetic testing was considered in a landmark inquiry by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) in 2003, which I chaired and which culminated in the report ...

SBS
Culture, not colour, is the heart of Aboriginal identity
SBS
Findings about Aboriginal identity are an important aspect of the research that has been undertaken as part of the ongoing ARC-funded project – More than Family History: Race, Gender and the Aboriginal family in Australian history – of which I am the ...

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Cape York leader Noel Pearson has put a joint proposal to Tony Abbott on ...
The Australian
“I support indigenous Australians contributing to the democratic process through some constitutional procedure,” he said. Mr Pearson is understood to back a push for a debate on dedicated Senate seats for indigenous Australians or remote indigenous ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott responds to curly indigenous Rights question by repeating himself ...
NEWS.com.au
In case you missed it, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is spending the week in Arnhem Land and learning the ways of indigenous culture. We'll give the Prime Minister kudos for the fact it's the first time in Australian history a serving Prime Minister has ...
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Well-connected Indigenous kids keen to tap new ways to save livesThe Conversation AU
PM considers timing for Indigenous recognition referendumABC Message Stick
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Wall Street Journal
Indigenous Australia's rapid rise is shifting money and votes
The Conversation AU
Quite simply, official measurements show the number of First Australians has skyrocketed to far outstrip growth in any other sub-section of the national population. From 1981 to 2011, the number of Indigenous Australians increased by around 185 ...
Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit beginsThe Australian
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
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Sydney Morning Herald
Referendum on indigenous Australians should be conservative: PM
Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott has signalled his conviction that a referendum recognising indigenous Australians is more likely to succeed if it is "spiritually ambitious" but legally conservative. Declaring that the timing and process for the referendum will crystallise ...
Indigenous constitutional recognition: Committee urges referendum before 2016 ...ABC Online
Warren Mundine savages plan for dedicated indigenous seatsThe Australian
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal
Warren Mundine savages plan for dedicated indigenous seats
The Australian
The real issues were economic parity for indigenous people with the rest of Australia, education, economic development, child and community safety and incarceration rates. “These are the areas that we should be focusing on,” Mr Mundine said. He said he ...
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott responds to curly indigenous Rights question by repeating himself ...NEWS.com.au
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