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White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsNEWS.com.au
Australasian Lawyer
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ABC Online
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned with a proposal by the Western Australian Government to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities. Mitch Torres from the group SOSBlakAustralia said a ...
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsThe Australian (blog)
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsQueensland Country Life

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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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The Guardian
Protestors stage more rallies over plans to close remote Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
For the fifth time since the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, announced that many of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities would be closed, protesters will shut down major cities during peak hour on Friday. Barnett has not provided ...
CBD rally to stop closure of remote Aboriginal communitiesThe Age
Protests to bring the Melbourne's CBD to a standstill3AW

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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Elijah Douglas - Australia's First Indigenous PM?
ABC Online (blog)
He's just 18 years old, but he says he's going to be the first Indigenous Prime Minister of Australia. But he also has a lot on his to-do list before he gets into politics. Elijah Douglas is doing great things as a youth worker in the remote indigenous ...

Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

The Australian
Indigenous recognition still faces gulf: Noel Pearson
The Australian
The multi-party committee examining constitutional reform since 2012 yesterday put forward three options for recognising indigenous Australians, including a broad racial non-discrimination clause and a narrower clause relating specifically to ...

SBS
Committee releases key report on Indigenous constitutional recognition
SBS
MPs and senators from the Liberal and National parties, Labor and the Australian Greens were also on the committe, whichunanimously agreed on the urgency of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution, but failed to set a timeframe on a ...
Time to end the constitution's silence on Australia's first people: reportSydney Morning Herald
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian
Lawmakers Call for Recognition of Indigenous AustraliansteleSUR English
ABC Message Stick -NEWS.com.au
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The Guardian
Indigenous recognition will help redress discrimination, says Nova Peris
The Guardian
Recognition in the country's founding document will go some way to redressing the racial discrimination Indigenous Australians “live, eat and breathe”, Labor senator Nova Peris has said. A bipartisan parliamentary committee looking into constitutional ...

The Guardian
Indigenous recognition will help redress discrimination, says Nova Peris
The Guardian
Recognition in the country's founding document will go some way to redressing the racial discrimination Indigenous Australians “live, eat and breathe”, Labor senator Nova Peris has said. A bipartisan parliamentary committee looking into constitutional ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Time to end the constitution's silence on Australia's first people: report
Sydney Morning Herald
An ambitious model for "substantive" recognition of Indigenous Australians in the country's founding document and a pathway to achieve it are proposed in the unanimous final report of an all-party committee. Committee chairman Ken Wyatt has made an ...
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian
Lawmakers Call for Recognition of Indigenous AustraliansteleSUR English
Indigenous recognition report to be tabled in parliamentSBS
Herald Sun
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ABC Online
Senator David Leyonhjelm questions if Aboriginals were first occupants of ...
ABC Online
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says there are doubts about whether Aboriginal people were the first occupants of Australia. "There are some anthropologists who argue that," he said this morning, when asked his view on a referendum to ...
A senator just said Aboriginal people shouldn't be in the Constitution because ...Business Insider Australia
Experts dismiss David Leyonhjelm's claims about Australia's first peopleThe Guardian
Leyonhjelm casts doubt over first AussiesYahoo7 News

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ABC Online
Senator David Leyonhjelm questions if Aboriginals were first occupants of ...
ABC Online
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says there are doubts about whether Aboriginal people were the first occupants of Australia. "There are some anthropologists who argue that," he said this morning, when asked his view on a referendum to ...
A senator just said Aboriginal people shouldn't be in the Constitution because ...Business Insider Australia
Leyonhjelm casts doubt over first Aussies9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Indigenous people in West Australia's prisons to get 24/7 legal advice
The Guardian
Indigenous people brought into prison in Western Australia are to be given immediate access to an around-the-clock phone helpline, as part of a promise made to the family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody. The premier, Colin Barnett, made a ...
Legal Service alert to save livesThe Australian
Western Australia to introduce Custody Notification Service – at long lastThe Stringer
Funding fears for vital lifeline to Indigenous detaineesThe Age

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The Guardian
Indigenous people in West Australia's prisons to get 24/7 legal advice
The Guardian
Indigenous people brought into prison in Western Australia are to be given immediate access to an around-the-clock phone helpline, as part of a promise made to the family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody. The premier, Colin Barnett, made a ...
Western Australia to introduce Custody Notification Service – at long lastThe Stringer
Legal Service alert to save livesThe Australian
Funding fears for vital lifeline to Indigenous detaineesThe Age

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