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The Australian
change of pace at indigenous showcase
The Australian
What do they see as the future for indigenous art in north Queensland and elsewhere in remote Australia, where large-scale production of artworks is unmatched by private demand? Increasingly, events like CIAF and the substantial state and university ...

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Australian Mining
Rio Tinto starts construction on indigenous mining training centre
Australian Mining
“Our vision is to build a sustainable Indigenous-owned business that will reap long-term economic benefits for Yolngu people.” The first course intake is slated for March. Running over four months, the course will teach trainees all facets of mine ...

ABC Online
Indigenous people want 'substantive change
ABC Online
Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Patrick Dodson are yet to hear if Prime Minister Tony Abbott supports their proposed roadmap for a referendum on recognising Aboriginal Australians in the constitution. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has declared his ...
Elders reject race 'embroidery'The Australian
Garma discusses recognition, discriminationSky News Australia

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ABC Online
Indigenous people want 'substantive change
ABC Online
Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Patrick Dodson are yet to hear if Prime Minister Tony Abbott supports their proposed roadmap for a referendum on recognising Aboriginal Australians in the constitution. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has declared his ...
Elders reject race 'embroidery'The Australian
Garma discusses recognition, discriminationSky News Australia

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The Australian
Elders reject 'embroidery'
The Australian
Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Patrick Dodson have united behind calls for substantive change to the main body of Australia's Constitution, with Mr Pearson warning that most indigenous Australians would reject mere “preambular embroidery”.
Galarrwuy Yunupingu presented with honorary doctorate at Garma festivalThe Guardian
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The Guardian
Nova Peris says government language around Indigenous people is patronising
The Guardian
Federal senator Nova Peris has excoriated white Australia's relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, saying the government just gives “hope and aspiration on three-year funding cycles” and won't allow Indigenous people to drive ...
Peris says Aboriginal wounds still rawSBS
Andrew Bolt's claim Stolen Generations a 'myth' spurs Press Council complaintSydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Nova Peris says government language around Indigenous people is patronising
The Guardian
Federal senator Nova Peris has excoriated white Australia's relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, saying the government just gives “hope and aspiration on three-year funding cycles” and won't allow Indigenous people to drive ...
Andrew Bolt's claim Stolen Generations a 'myth' spurs Press Council complaintSydney Morning Herald

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The Australian (blog)
Peris says Aboriginal wounds still raw
The Australian (blog)
She said her mother and grandparents were taken from their families, and her grandfather "had chains around his goddamned neck", but Aboriginal people still have to justify themselves to the rest of the country when talking about Australia's past.
Garma Festival 2015: Adam Goodes told to 'get back in his box' by booers, Nova ...ABC Online
Andrew Bolt's claim Stolen Generations a 'myth' spurs Press Council complaintSydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles vows to boost Indigenous jobs
The Guardian
Adam Giles used the Indigenous Garma festival being held in Arnhem Land on Saturday to announce a series of new policies intended to create “at least” 3,800 new Aboriginal jobs by 2020. “I support Aboriginal Territorians living on country, and we ...
Indigenous people want role in NT plansSky News Australia
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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The Guardian
Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles vows to boost Indigenous jobs
The Guardian
Adam Giles used the iIndigenous Garma Festival being held in Arnhem Land on Saturday to announce a series of new policies intended to create “at least” 3,800 new Aboriginal jobs by 2020. “I support Aboriginal Territorians living on country, and we ...
Indigenous people want role in NT plansSky News Australia
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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Aljazeera.com (blog)
Football racism row splits opinion in Australia
Aljazeera.com (blog)
Aboriginal Australian rules football star Adam Goodes, twice voted the sport's player of the year, has been jeered from coast-to-coast. The controversy began in 2013 when a 13-year-old girl called him an ape during a game and was re-ignited this year ...
Garma Festival 2015: Noel Pearson urges Indigenous people to 'rise above' the ...ABC Online

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The Australian
Recognise: Dodson in push to ban racial discrimination in constitution
The Australian
Outsiders visiting sacred Yolngu country in Arnhem Land “may as well be going to Hawaii” if they're not prepared to get behind a push to ban racial discrimination in the constitution, Western Australian indigenous leader Patrick Dodson has told Garma ...
Garma Festival 2015: Galarrwuy Yunupingu awarded honorary doctorate by ...ABC Online

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The Australian
Recognise: Dodson in push to ban racial discrimination in constitution
The Australian
Outsiders visiting sacred Yolngu country in Arnhem Land “may as well be going to Hawaii” if they're not prepared to get behind a push to ban racial discrimination in the constitution, Western Australian indigenous leader Patrick Dodson has told Garma ...
Garma Festival 2015: Galarrwuy Yunupingu awarded honorary doctorate by ...ABC Online

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Business Insider
Bangarra dancers celebrate Aboriginal culture, with or without lights
Business Insider
Sydney (AFP) - Deborah Brown has danced at the Sydney Opera House and on other famous stages around the world, but performances on the dirt of remote Australian Aboriginal communities are her most nerve-wracking. It is these stripped back Outback ...
Bangarra dancers celebrate Aboriginal cultureChina Post

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Nicole's secret gift to struggling boy
Perth Now
The photo shoot brought back warm memories of filming Australia, the most precious of which was when she swam in a waterhole believed by the local indigenous community to hold sacred fertility properties. After many years of trying to conceive with her ...

NEWS.com.au
Nicole Kidman reveals secret gesture she made to struggling young boy as part ...
NEWS.com.au
The photo shoot brought back warm memories of filming Australia, the most precious of which was when she swam in a waterhole believed by the local indigenous community to hold sacred fertility properties. After many years of trying to conceive with her ...

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Sky News Australia
Indigenous people want role in NT plans
Sky News Australia
Aboriginal people need to have a bigger say on how the north of Australia is developed, an indigenous leader says. Speaking at the Garma indigenous festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday, Northern Land Council CEO Joe Morrison said Aboriginal people ...
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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Sky News Australia
Indigenous people want role in NT plans
Sky News Australia
Aboriginal people need to have a bigger say on how the north of Australia is developed, an indigenous leader says. Speaking at the Garma indigenous festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday, Northern Land Council CEO Joe Morrison said Aboriginal people ...
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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The Guardian
NT govt announces indigenous jobs target
The Australian (blog)
ADAM Giles used the indigenous Garma Festival being held in Arnhem Land on Saturday to announce a series of new policies intended to create "at least" 3800 new Aboriginal jobs by 2020. "I support Aboriginal Territorians living on country, and we should ...
Northern Territory statehood push is 'a distraction', Indigenous leader saysThe Guardian
Indigenous people want role in NT plansThe West Australian
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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The Guardian
Northern Territory statehood push is 'a distraction', Indigenous leader says
The Guardian
“Much more important is the consideration by the Northern Territory's Aboriginal people – one third of the total population – of how they will be recognised in the Australian constitution,” Morrison told Garma festival in Gulkula, Arnhem Land on Saturday.
NT govt announces indigenous jobs targetThe Australian (blog)
Indigenous people want role in NT plansSky News Australia
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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