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InDaily
Micro-docs share SA Indigenous stories
InDaily
The five-minute documentaries have all been created by emerging Indigenous filmmakers through a pilot initiative supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Adelaide's Media Resource Centre ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal Legal Service left without funding for 24-hour phone line ...
ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said earlier this month that he wanted the service expanded to other states, starting with Western Australia. WA has had two Indigenous deaths in custody in the past year, and Premier Colin Barnett has ...

The Guardian
Aboriginal Australia: Enduring Histories, Enduring Civilisations
The Platform
There has been much research into the indigenous populations of Australia, especially of the mainland. The consensus is that the Aboriginal people are the descendants of one of the first waves of human migration out of Africa, and that after exploring ...
For Aboriginal people, just staying alive is the priority, says Mick GoodaThe Guardian
Constitutional change that will improve indigenous quality of lifeEureka Street (satire) (registration)
Cuts to programs made while indigenous 'die early'The Australian (blog)
ABC Online -Hospital & Aged Care -durhamregion.com
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Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Constitutional change that will improve indigenous quality of life
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Since 1967, the Constitution has not mentioned Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, the two indigenous peoples for whom Australia is home. After the High Court's 1992 Mabo and 1996 Wik decisions, the Australian Parliament needed to recognise land ...
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous eye healthABC Online
Aboriginal Australia: Enduring Histories, Enduring CivilisationsThe Platform
Cuts to programs made while indigenous 'die early'The Australian (blog)
The Guardian -Hospital & Aged Care -durhamregion.com
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ABC Online
Constitutional confusion and the movement for Indigenous recognition
ABC Online
It is not obvious that constitutional change is the low-hanging fruit of Indigenous advancement that people think it is, writes Chris Berg. Constitutional recognition of Australia's Indigenous people is a conceptual, legal, and political mess. The ...

SBS
FactCheck: might there have been people in Australia prior to Aboriginal people?
SBS
Walsh claimed that the Gwion Gwion images were like other images of people from outside Australia (most of which are much more recent than he thought the Bradshaws were), and concluded they were made by people other than Australian Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal history rewritten again by ignorant political classPhys.Org
Explainer: Who were the first Australians?ABC Online

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Phys.Org
FactCheck: might there have been people in Australia prior to Aboriginal people?
The Conversation AU
Walsh claimed that the Gwion Gwion images were like other images of people from outside Australia (most of which are much more recent than he thought the Bradshaws were), and concluded they were made by people other than Australian Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal history rewritten again by ignorant political classPhys.Org
Explainer: Who were the first Australians?ABC Online

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According to First Nations Foundation chief executive, Trevor Pearce ...
Financial Standard
"ASIC welcomes the enthusiasm and commitment of the [Indigenous Superannuation] Working Group, and in particular its chair, Eva Scheerlink (of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees), to tackle issues facing indigenous Australians and ...

The Conversation AU
Aboriginal history rewritten again by ignorant political class
The Conversation AU
Last week Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm was widely reported as suggesting that people other than Aboriginal Australians may have occupied the Australian continent in the past. At a doorstop at Parliament House he apparently couldn't name ...
Explainer: Who were the first Australians?ABC Online

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The Guardian
Future of NSW Indigenous helpline uncertain with funding due to expire
The Guardian
A spokesperson for the NSW attorney general, Gabrielle Upton, and the NSW Aboriginal affairs minister, Leslie Williams, declined to comment. A similar helpline will be set up in Western Australia as part of a state government response to Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Future of NSW Indigenous helpline uncertain with funding due to expire
The Guardian
A spokesperson for the NSW attorney general, Gabrielle Upton, and the NSW Aboriginal affairs minister, Leslie Williams, declined to comment. A similar helpline will be set up in Western Australia as part of a state government response to Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
For Aboriginal people, just staying alive is the priority, says Mick Gooda
The Guardian
Anne-Marie Lansdown, deputy chief executive of Universities Australia, told the inquiry there had been poor consultation with its members, and that as the peak body it was not asked for input into the design of Indigenous higher education programs. “We ...
The Government's retrogressive Indigenous Advancement StrategyEureka Street (satire) (registration)
$7000 bursary up for grabsHospital & Aged Care

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Historic Court Ruling Could Boost Indigenous Employment
Pro Bono Australia
The determination recognises exclusive native title rights over approximately 6053 hectares and non-exclusive native title rights over approximately 1516 hectares of land and water extending from Bowen to north of Home Hill and east into the Coral Sea.

ABC Online
Explainer: Who were the first Australians?
ABC Online
The Bradshaw rock paintings, or the Gwion Gwion figures, found in the north-west Kimberly region of West Australia have in the past been used to argue that Indigenous Australians were not the first Australians. Archaeologists claimed these paintings ...

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ABC Online
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous gap on eye health
ABC Online
A national program for trachoma control had reduced the prevalence of the condition in Indigenous children from 14 per cent in 2009 to 4 per cent in 2013, and 12 regions covering about 35 per cent of Indigenous Australians had begun activities required ...

The Guardian
Developing the North: Indigenous advocates call for forum to air views
The Guardian
The request was made at a community forum in Darwin on Saturday, led by panellists including Labor senator Nova Peris, Northern Land Council (NLC) chair Joe Morrison and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) CEO Priscilla Collins.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
The Daily Telegraph
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The Guardian
Developing the North: Indigenous advocates call for forum to air views
The Guardian
The request was made at a community forum in Darwin on Saturday, led by panellists including Labor senator Nova Peris, Northern Land Council (NLC) chair Joe Morrison and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) CEO Priscilla Collins.
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous livesThe Australian
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Yahoo7 News -Australasian Lawyer -The Daily Telegraph
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The Australian
Liberal Party federal council meeting: call for union crackdown
The Australian
Ms Finlay said the inclusion of references to race was based upon an assumption that indigenous Australians formed a homogenous group. She also opposed a race power which only allowed for beneficial legislation for a particular group. “Racism is racism ...

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The Land Newspaper
Flawed report creates problems for recognition
The Australian
Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ambitious, idealistic yet deeply flawed report of the parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This issue has been derailed ...
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land

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The Land Newspaper
Flawed report creates problems for recognition
The Australian
Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ambitious, idealistic yet deeply flawed report of the parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This issue has been derailed ...
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land

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