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Domestic violence behind spike in indigenous jail numbers: John Rau
The Australian
In response to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures that show South Australia has the second-highest rate of Aboriginal imprisonment of all states, Mr Rau said the problem was not the state's corrections system but rather a “deeply entrenched ...

The Australian
Seal death inquiry team targets Aboriginal elder
The Australian
Ngarrindjeri man Darrell Sumner told The Australian that Environment Department compliance officers executed a search warrant on his Meningie property in South Australia's lower lakes region last week. They told him they were looking for a club ...

The Guardian
Indigenous will lead talks on Constitutional recognition
The Sunshine Coast Daily
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (centre) and Aboriginal leaders Pat Anderson (left) and Mick Gooda listen as Professor Patrick Dodson addresses the first meeting of the Referendum Council on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and ...
Ignoring Indigenous Australians a big error, Turnbull tells referendum councilThe Guardian
Time to remedy great wrong against indigenous: Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian

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The Guardian
Ignoring Indigenous Australians a big error, Turnbull tells referendum council
The Guardian
Recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution will help right a “great wrong”, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has said, as he sets out the path to a referendum on the issue. The referendum council, set up this month and tasked with ...
Time to remedy great wrong against indigenous: Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian
Constitutional recognition: Indigenous voices to shape referendum questionSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous will lead talks on Constitutional recognitionThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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The Guardian
Ignoring Indigenous Australians a big error, Turnbull tells referendum council
The Guardian
Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda (right) speaks to former AFL head honcho Andrew Demetriou before the meeting. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP. Australia needs a new constitution that “reflects all of our history and does so in a way that unites us and makes ...
Referendum Council to meet for first time, PM flags Indigenous-led consultationsABC Online
In every other comparable nation, treaties and indigenous sovereignty are a ...Sydney Morning Herald
The politics of identity: We are trapped in the imaginations of white AustraliansThe Guardian

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The Conversation AU
Turnbull can't be Australia's leader for reform until human rights are respected
The Conversation AU
The international community's recent review of Australia's human rights record – as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – makes this particularly timely. Turnbull's ability to address the human rights of asylum seekers and Indigenous ...

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The Conversation AU
Next wave: what Australia can learn from New Zealand's flag referendum
The Conversation AU
But such a design would, in a similar way to the New Zealand design, disregard Australia's rich and ancient Aboriginal culture. Though the kangaroo has significant meaning to Aboriginal peoples, simply placing a kangaroo on the flag does not engage ...
Why Australia shouldn't rush to change the flagSydney Morning Herald

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A White Christmas? Christmas in Australia is Black! Meet Santa in Gunbalanya
SBS
A picture of an Aboriginal man playing Santa in Gunbalanya in the Northern Territory has been circulating the Internet in December. The image was posted on Reddit alongside the message: "A friend of mine worked at a remote community of the Northern ...

ABC Online
Referendum Council to meet for first time, PM flags Indigenous-led consultations
ABC Online
Mr Shorten told reporters that the meeting would be another step towards the "overdue recognition" of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. He also noted that any change had to be made in the context that Indigenous Australians do not get "an equal ...

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ABC Online
Referendum Council to meet for first time, PM flags Indigenous-led consultations
ABC Online
Mr Shorten told reporters that the meeting would be another step towards the "overdue recognition" of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. He also noted that any change had to be made in the context that Indigenous Australians do not get "an equal ...

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Why Australia shouldn't rush to change the flag
Sydney Morning Herald
The Southern Cross not only references our place in the world, but it is highly significant in Aboriginal mythology. The Union Jack acknowledges European settlement came from Britain, reflected in our national language, system of parliamentary ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
In every other comparable nation, treaties and indigenous sovereignty are a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
When the British founded a colony in Australia in 1788, no treaties were signed. Instead, Aboriginal people were dispossessed due to the legal fiction that the continent was terra nullius, or no man's land. This conveniently applied the so-called ...

Sydney Morning Herald
In every other comparable nation, treaties and indigenous sovereignty are a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The absence of a treaty meant that Australia could be created in 1901 by ignoring Aboriginal peoples. They were set aside as a "dying race" that would not survive white settlement. The Constitution even declared that they were not to be counted in ...

Brisbane Times
How an Indigenous treaty would build a better foundation for Australia
Brisbane Times
These problems will hopefully be rectified if Australia finally comes to vote on Indigenous recognition after the next federal election. The process towards that goal begins afresh today when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's referendum council meets ...

The Age
How an Indigenous treaty would build a better foundation for Australia
The Age
When the British founded a colony in Australia in 1788, no treaties were signed. Instead, Aboriginal people were dispossessed due to the legal fiction that the continent was terra nullius, or no man's land. This conveniently applied the so-called ...

The Age
How an Indigenous treaty would build a better foundation for Australia
The Age
The absence of a treaty meant that Australia could be created in 1901 by ignoring Aboriginal peoples. They were set aside as a "dying race" that would not survive white settlement. The Constitution even declared that they were not to be counted in ...

The Age
Why Australia shouldn't rush to change the flag
The Age
The Southern Cross not only references our place in the world, but it is highly significant in Aboriginal mythology. The Union Jack acknowledges European settlement came from Britain, reflected in our national language, system of parliamentary ...

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Bluesfest and Boomerang join forces
Soulshine
The Boomerang precinct at Bluesfest is all about cherishing culture and ending the disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia. This intergenerational exchange will allow our loyal audiences a unique hands-on engagement and experience, ...

ABC Online
Indigenous mentor turning lives around in Halls Creek
ABC Online
In an outback town with a troubled reputation, a local Aboriginal man is helping turn around the prospects for the next generation. Carl Merrison was born and bred in the remote West Australian town of Halls Creek, which was once described by Kimberley ...

ABC Online
Indigenous mentor turning lives around in Halls Creek
ABC Online
In an outback town with a troubled reputation, a local Aboriginal man is helping turn around the prospects for the next generation. Carl Merrison was born and bred in the remote West Australian town of Halls Creek, which was once described by Kimberley ...