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Central Western Daily
Hopes recognition in constitution for indigenous Australians isn't tokenistic
Central Western Daily
TRUE RECOGNITION: Orange Aboriginal Medical Service boss Jamie Newman says constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must have a profound effect on the lives of indigenous Australians. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.
Darwin's Bagot Community hosts start of NAIDOC Week celebrating Indigenous ...ABC Online
Once in a generation chance to change the constitutionThe Daily Telegraph
Celebrating and advocating during NAIDOC WeekABC Local
The Courier -The Cairns Post -Fraser Coast Chronicle
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Central Western Daily
Hopes recognition in constitution for indigenous Australians isn't tokenistic
Central Western Daily
TRUE RECOGNITION: Orange Aboriginal Medical Service boss Jamie Newman says constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must have a profound effect on the lives of indigenous Australians. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.
Darwin's Bagot Community hosts start of NAIDOC Week celebrating Indigenous ...ABC Online
Celebrating and advocating during NAIDOC WeekABC Local
Aboriginal artists celebrate NAIDOC week with great performance in CairnsThe Cairns Post
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner -Bundaberg News Mail -Fraser Coast Chronicle
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The Canberra Times
Aboriginal art exhibition goes on display in New Acton
The Canberra Times
The launch of Balagardi Barnagardi: Across to the Other Land came on the second day of NAIDOC week, which celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The exhibition, presented by the Australian ...

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Gulf Times
Australia mulls vote on Aboriginal recognition
Gulf Times
Police stand in front of protesters as they chant slogans and hold placards outside the venue for a meeting between Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott and 40 of the nation's most influential indigenous representatives in Sydney. AFP/Sydney ...

Gulf Times
Australia mulls vote on Aboriginal recognition
Gulf Times
Police stand in front of protesters as they chant slogans and hold placards outside the venue for a meeting between Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott and 40 of the nation's most influential indigenous representatives in Sydney. AFP/Sydney ...

ABC Online
The Indigenous health gap: social factors hit hard
ABC Online
But this isn't the case for all of us. Indigenous Australians have a ten-year lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians. For Indigenous men, that figure is even worse. In theory, we all have access to all the same amenities, so why the ...

The Guardian
Noel Pearson claims Indigenous summit on referendum 'stage-managed'
The Guardian
Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has criticised a historic summit on recognising Australia's first peoples in the constitution as “stage-managed”, saying he should have sent a “cardboard cut-out” of himself to the event. Prime minister Tony ...

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The Guardian
Noel Pearson claims Indigenous summit on referendum 'stage-managed'
The Guardian
Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has criticised a historic summit on recognising Australia's first peoples in the constitution as “stage-managed”, saying he should have sent a “cardboard cut-out” of himself to the event. Prime minister Tony ...
Noel Pearson says Indigenous summit 'largely redundant'The Australian Financial Review

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Port Adelaide
Aboriginal Academy player named in U18 All-Australian team
Port Adelaide
THE ABORIGINAL AFL Academy run out of Alberton has passed another major milestone, with its first product being named in the NAB AFL Under-18 All-Australian team. Brandon Parfitt played for the Northern Territory in the recent Under-18 National ...

The Australian Financial Review
What is Indigenous constitutional recognition?
The Australian Financial Review
The conferences would be overseen by a new "referendum council" of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, reporting on a quarterly basis, Mr Abbott and Mr Shorten announced. Mr Abbott said he would hope these conferences would begin their work ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Constitution: Australia may finally recognise Aborigines
Fraser Coast Chronicle
MORE than a century after Australia became an independent nation, Aboriginal people are to be recognised in the constitution - but not until 2017, at the earliest, and only if a majority of people in a majority of states approve. The country's founding ...

Indigenous culture and astrophysics: a path to reconciliation
The Conversation AU
It has been my privilege over the last six years to work on a project that combines an Indigenous Australian perspective of the universe with astrophysics. This has led to an astonishing series of global art exhibitions and opened a dialogue that has ...

The Independent
Australia may finally recognise Aborigines in its constitution - but not until ...
The Independent
Now Mr Abbott has taken a step forward, co-hosting with the opposition leader Bill Shorten a summit of the nation's foremost Aboriginal leaders at which a road map was set out. Constitutional change requires not only most Australians, but a majority of ...

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The Age
Without genuine consultation, Aboriginal communities stuck in cycle of negativity
The Age
A clergyman, experienced in ministry to Aboriginal people in rural Australia, speaks to an assembled group of priests about the strains and stress often encountered in such ministry and the hurt that often emerges when faced with the senseless ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Without genuine consultation, Aboriginal communities stuck in cycle of negativity
Sydney Morning Herald
A clergyman, experienced in ministry to Aboriginal people in rural Australia, speaks to an assembled group of priests about the strains and stress often encountered in such ministry and the hurt that often emerges when faced with the senseless ...
Treaty a spanner in the worksThe Australian

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Treaty a spanner in the works
The Australian
At least two Aboriginal leaders have suggested the need for treaties between Australia and Aboriginal nations. Given that two knowledgeable men such as Noel Pearson and Warren Mundine, who I believe are dedicated to seeing Aboriginal people thrive, ...

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The Australian (blog)
Indigenous tourism: Sand Dune Adventures and RT Tours add fun and adventure
The Australian (blog)
Tourism Australia wants more Charmaines. “We are very lucky in Aboriginal Australia to have the world's oldest continuing living culture. We believe that story deserves and should be told,” John O'Sullivan says. “For us it's been a matter of getting ...

The Australian (blog)
Confederate flag shirt: indigenous affairs bureaucrat's shock move
The Australian (blog)
Eyebrows were raised in some sections at the Central Australian Beef Breeders dinner when Mark Coffey, the Northern Territory manager in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, rocked up in the shirt, bearing a flag which is offensive to many ...

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'Most' of Government supports Indigenous recognition in constitution, says MP
ABC Message Stick
Most of the Liberal party supports the move to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and the challenge is to build broader consensus, says parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge.

'Most' of Government supports Indigenous recognition in constitution, says MP
ABC Message Stick
Most of the Liberal party supports the move to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and the challenge is to build broader consensus, says parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge.