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WA today
Indigenous Australian detained in Northam in case of mistaken identity
WA today
The lawyer for a 39-year-old man who has been locked up in a detention centre outside of Perth for days despite being an Indigenous Australian has labelled the mix-up as 'scandalous'. Refugee Rights Action Network spokeswoman Sally Thompson said Mr ...
Man claiming to be Indigenous held in WA immigration detention centreABC Online
Stolen generation dispute: man claiming Aboriginal heritage held in detentionThe Guardian
Indigenous man 'falsely detained as refugee'The New Daily
Perth Now -SBS
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WA today
Indigenous Australian detained in Northam in case of mistaken identity
WA today
The lawyer for a 39-year-old man who has been locked up in a detention centre outside of Perth for days despite being an Indigenous Australian has labelled the mix-up as 'scandalous'. Refugee Rights Action Network spokeswoman Sally Thompson said Mr ...
Holographic exhibition tells stories of 30 disabled Indigenous AustraliansABC Online
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...Brisbane Times
Indigenous man 'locked up with asylum-seekers'The Australian
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ABC Online
Holographic exhibition tells stories of 30 disabled Indigenous Australians
ABC Online
A holographic exhibition that has been shown at human rights conventions in Geneva and New York is shedding light on the challenges faced by disabled Indigenous Australians. Creator Belinda Mason spoke with 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...Brisbane Times
The Health Wrap: Indigenous incarceration disgrace, let's talk about smoking ...Crikey (blog)

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The Guardian
Stolen generation dispute: man claiming Aboriginal heritage held in detention
The Guardian
In a statement, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said it contacted the local Aboriginal council as part of its investigation, and the council “did not affirm his claims to be Aboriginal”. However, Guardian Australia understands that ...

DAF launches Indigenous Program
Inside Film
“It's exciting to connect like-minded funders and not-for-profits with filmmakers to amplify issues experienced by Indigenous Australians through the powerful medium of documentary. Funding a documentary goes hand in hand with making sure it is seen ...

ABC Online
Two thirds of Indigenous people dying before age 65, AIHW report finds
ABC Online
The figures in the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report also show no significant change in suicide rates among Indigenous people, even though there was a 25 per cent drop for non-Indigenous people, and an alarming rise in the ...

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ABC Online
Man claiming to be Indigenous held in WA immigration detention centre
ABC Online
A man being held in Western Australia's Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre says he is an Indigenous Australian and not a visa overstayer or asylum seeker. Eddie David, 39, has been held in the centre since Friday. He said he was born on Murray ...
Indigenous man 'locked up with asylum-seekers'The Australian
Man inside WA immigration detention centre claims to be IndigenousSBS
Indigenous man 'falsely detained as refugee'The New Daily

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ABC Online
Man claiming to be Indigenous held in WA immigration detention centre
ABC Online
A man being held in Western Australia's Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre says he is an Indigenous Australian and not a visa overstayer or asylum seeker. Eddie David, 39, has been held in the centre since Friday. He said he was born on Murray ...

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Indigenous man 'locked up with asylum-seekers'
The Australian
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has denied the claim of prominent refugee lawyer George Newhouse that an indigenous Australian man has been mistakenly detained in Yongah Hill immigration detention centre built to hold ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Triumphs and tragedies shape us. Almost 50 years ago, Australians triumphed by changing the Australian constitution for the better at referendum – Vote Yes for Aborigines. They did so in such numbers that no referendum before or since has ever matched ...

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The Australian (blog)
Noongar deal lays path to indigenous future
The Australian (blog)
Mr Barnett's original 2012 offer fuelled outrage in some quarters because it compelled the Noongar people of the state's southwest, including Perth, to relinquish their native title claims. In exchange the new Noongar Boodja Trust and six regional ...
Massive WA native title deal edges closerSky News Australia
Massive $1.3 billion WA native title deal edges closerNEWS.com.au

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VVN Music
Indigenous Australian Singer Archie Roach Receives Queen's Honors
VVN Music
Indigenous singer songwriter Archie Roach and entertainer, singer and broadcaster Denis Walter have been honoured in the Queen's Birthday List for 2015. For the past 25 years Archie Roach has articulated the need for social justice and indigenous ...
Migrant, refugees and an Indigenous musical icon among Queen's Birthday ...SBS
Queen's Birthday honours: Archie Roach, Victorian singer song-writer who told ...ABC Online
Renowned Aboriginal musician honoured9news.com.au
The Australian
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The Australian
Massive $1.3 billion WA native title deal edges closer
The Australian
Under the deal, Noongar people will surrender native title rights in a 200,000 square kilometre area spanning from Jurien north of Perth to Ravensthorpe in the Goldfields-Esperance region in exchange for $1.3 billion worth of land, finance and benefits ...
Massive WA native title deal edges closerSky News Australia

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Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Triumphs and tragedies shape us. Almost 50 years ago, Australians triumphed by changing the Australian constitution for the better at referendum – Vote Yes for Aborigines. They did so in such numbers that no referendum before or since has ever matched ...

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Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Triumphs and tragedies shape us. Almost 50 years ago, Australians triumphed by changing the Australian constitution for the better at referendum – Vote Yes for Aborigines. They did so in such numbers that no referendum before or since has ever matched ...

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Brisbane Times
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...
Brisbane Times
Triumphs and tragedies shape us. Almost 50 years ago, Australians triumphed by changing the Australian constitution for the better at referendum – Vote Yes for Aborigines. They did so in such numbers that no referendum before or since has ever matched ...

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Brisbane Times
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is a once-in-a ...
Brisbane Times
Triumphs and tragedies shape us. Almost 50 years ago, Australians triumphed by changing the Australian constitution for the better at referendum – Vote Yes for Aborigines. They did so in such numbers that no referendum before or since has ever matched ...

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Independent Australia
Australian Reconciliation a long way from Vergangenheitsbewaltigung
Independent Australia
In 2009, the Association established the Mullenjaiwakka Trust to honour the work and example of Mullenjaiwakka, formerly known as Lloyd McDermott, the first Indigenous Australian to be admitted as a barrister. The purpose of the Trust is to provide ...

SBS
Embracing Indigenous languages: the Kiwis just do it better
SBS
The idea that our Kiwi cousins have a much better track record on national policy and attitudes to Indigenous peoples is not at all new. Talk to Kiwis and there is an uncomfortable cringe about Australian ignorance towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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SBS
Embracing Indigenous languages: the Kiwis just do it better
SBS
Linguist Felicity Meakins recently gave a disturbing account of exactly how little the average Aussie knows about Australia's Indigenous languages. Few know how many there are or what they are called, let alone are able to speak them. Researching what ...

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