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Telegraph.co.uk
Australian PM moves to Aboriginal community for one week
Telegraph.co.uk
In an unprecedented move by an Australian leader, whose usual residence is a stately 1920s house in Canberra, Mr Abbott has shifted the seat of government to the outskirts of Yirkalla, a remote Aboriginal township in northern Australia with a ...
Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too farThe Australian
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsGeelong Advertiser

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Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit begins
The Australian
“While I agree that the Consti-tution should be changed to officially acknowledge Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, I don't believe that another body similar to the old ATSI Commission should also be created by changes to our ...

Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit begins
The Australian
An idea has been put to Mr Abbott from his indigenous advisers that there be action beyond the proposed recognition of Aborigines as a way of “closing the gap” on living conditions between indigenous Australians and the rest of the community. Cape York ...

NEWS.com.au
Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too far
The Australian
While the idea was put to Abbott as part of a broader plan to help “close the gap” of living standards and expectations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, and is now being talked about in some indigenous circles, the Prime Minister's ...
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsCourier Mail
Special deals are racism in disguiseHerald Sun

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NEWS.com.au
Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too far
The Australian
While the idea was put to Abbott as part of a broader plan to help “close the gap” of living standards and expectations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, and is now being talked about in some indigenous circles, the Prime Minister's ...
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsNTNews.com.au

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Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott sets up bush office in outback
NEWS.com.au
The Prime Minister's trip, a pre-election commitment to better engage with Aboriginal society, will see Mr Abbott spend the week listening to the concerns of Aboriginal elders in one of the most culturally active corners of Australia. OZ ACTION ...
Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...Yahoo!7 News
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Lambie calls for indigenous seats
The Australian
THE rookie senator, who spoke of her Aboriginal heritage in her maiden speech to parliament, is calling for indigenous political representation to reflect the population. Indigenous Australians make up about four per cent of the population, with 226 ...

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Hurricane Workout Day test of endurance to help Aboriginal teens
The Daily Telegraph
Australia's top endurance athlete Matt Murphy, of Berkeley Vale, is teaming up with Spartan Australia obstacle race organiser Max Delacy, of Killcare, to put on a monster three-hour fundraising workout in Sydney this Sunday. “Spartan is about people ...

VICE News
Aboriginal Australians Are Still Dying in Police Custody
VICE News
In 1983, a 16-year-old Aboriginal man called John Pat died of massive head injuries after being taken into police custody in Western Australia. His death, along with several others, sparked the historic Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Ms Dhu's family to lead public campaign for an inquiry into deathSydney Morning Herald
Ms Dhu's death in custody shows little learntBrisbane Times

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VICE News
Aboriginal Australians Are Still Dying in Police Custody
VICE News
In 1983, a 16-year-old Aboriginal man called John Pat died of massive head injuries after being taken into police custody in Western Australia. His death, along with several others, sparked the historic Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

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The Guardian
Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...
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A group of community leaders in Arnhem Land will use the Prime Minister's arrival on Sunday to push for a renewed focus on a referendum for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Tony Abbott is about to embark on a week-long visit to the ...
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...
ABC Online
Senior member of the Gumatj clan in north-east Arnhem Land Djawa Yunupingu will address Mr Abbott about the need to include recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the document that underpins Australia's legal system. He will ask ...
Indigenous recognition: five things standing in the wayThe Guardian
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Noel Pearson's vision for reconciling the nation
The Australian (blog)
There is a dream of a reconciled Australia, a nation with a newly balanced Constitution and a new engagement between indigenous and mainstream citizens of all backgrounds — and the chief architect of this dream is Cape York reformer Noel Pearson, the ...

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We need to work out how indigenous voices can be heard
The Australian
At its simplest and most luminous, it posits that Australia is not a snakepit of competing cultures, each writhing in deadly competition with one another. Rather, it is a symphony, in which different instruments and notes — indigenous, British-settler ...

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Reserve seats for Aboriginal MPs, says PUP senator Jacqui Lambie
The Australian
Senator Lambie also said Mr Forrest's 27 recommendations in his report, which aims to end disparity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, should be introduced, including the “spectacular” cashless welfare card. “You have to go in hard with ...

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Police in riot gear removing Aboriginal children at 'gunpoint'
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Police in riot gear have removed children at 'gunpoint'Fraser Coast Chronicle

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The Guardian
Indigenous recognition: five things standing in the way
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians had no say in the drafting of the constitution at the time of federation. The only references in the document are discriminatory. Both sides of politics believe this an injustice in need of correction – Australia should recognise ...

Aboriginal community without running water for a month
ABC Online
RUBY JONES: After a month of no running water Central Australia's peak Aboriginal health body has raised the alarm. Donna Ah Chee, the chief executive of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, is warning rates of scabies and trachoma could rise ...

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Mass study finds one in 10 Indigenous Australians has diabetes
ninemsn
Biomedical results National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health Measures Survey, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), also shows Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than ...

ninemsn
Mass study finds one in 10 Indigenous Australians has diabetes
ninemsn
Biomedical results National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health Measures Survey, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), also shows Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than ...