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Extra flights to Uluru 'to contribute to indigenous jobs growth'
The Australian
The additional flights announcement comes after the management of Australia's premier indigenous tourism resort - a showcase for Aboriginal job creation - has been thrown into turmoil by a boardroom purge that sparked the managing director's ...

The Guardian
Art from the 'Dark Heart' of Australia
The Guardian
There are posters that state "Let's be polite about Aboriginal art" and reproductions of Warhol's soap boxes that substitute Brillo for a contemporaneous Australian brand, Nulla Nulla. The latter's packaging features an Aboriginal woman in a ...

Setting record straight on anthropologists' Aboriginal motives
The Australian
As to my discussion of the entanglement of science in colonialist ambitions, McAllister accuses me of misquoting Hermann Klaatsch, the early 20th-century German anatomist, to make it seem he believed “indigenous Australians were incapable of learning ...

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Setting record straight on anthropologists' Aboriginal motives
The Australian
As to my discussion of the entanglement of science in colonialist ambitions, McAllister accuses me of misquoting Hermann Klaatsch, the early 20th-century German anatomist, to make it seem he believed “indigenous Australians were incapable of learning ...

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Australian Child Protection Accused of Repeating Sins of 'Stolen Generations'
TIME
Members of Grandmothers Against Removals protesting against indigenous over-representation in child protection on the steps of the Parliament House of New South Wales in Sydney on Feb. 13, 2014. Ian Lloyd Neubauer ...

Australian Child Protection Accused of Repeating Sins of 'Stolen Generations'
TIME
In 2008, then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made history when he issued a formal apology to the Stolen Generations — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children forcefully removed from their families for placement in institutions and homes ...

Indigenous album gives language new life
artsHub Australia (subscription)
The album is performed by singer Gina Williams and guitarist Guy Ghouse, who were named the Indigenous Act of the year in 2013 by the Western Australia Music Industry (WAMI). Williams and Ghouse aim to revive the Noongar language, which is spoken ...

Indigenous Advocate Emerges as Top NFP Leader
Pro Bono Australia
Towart is the CEO of indigenous owned and controlled Not for Profit education provider, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC) and has secured more than $10 million in funding for indigenous education for the NFP. The win follows other recent ...

SBS
Bid to boost cataract surgery for Indigenous people
SBS
And while Australia's developed health system often ensures prompt treatment for those affected, this isn't always the case, especially for Indigenous Australians. Peggy Giakoumelos reports. (Click on audio tab above to listen to this item). The Fred ...

The Guardian
Historian shines a light on the dark heart of Australia's nationhood
The Guardian
“Tasmania was a bit different in that there was an awareness of the Black Line [the farcical attempt to round-up the Aboriginal Australians in 1830] and the settlement [where they were later sent to be “christianised”] on Flinders Island. But if you ...

New STI figures highlight Indigenous health disparity
ABC Online
Fresh Health Department statistics show a disparity in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between Indigenous Western Australians and non-Indigenous residents. The cases of gonorrhoea from July to September declined by a quarter in the ...

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New STI figures highlight Indigenous health disparity
ABC Online
Fresh Health Department statistics show a disparity in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between Indigenous Western Australians and non-Indigenous residents. The cases of gonorrhoea from July to September declined by a quarter in the ...

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The Age
Indigenous cultural sites under the spotlight
The Age
An Australian study of Indigenous cultural sites and spaces in urban and regional areas, led by the University of Melbourne in partnership with the City of Melbourne and Traditional Owners, explores what makes a culturally appropriate representation of ...

Indigenous women giving crocodile industry more bite
ABC Local
Since winning the award last year, Giovanna Webb has been working to get more indigenous women involved in Australia's crocodile industry. She says a number of women from Maningrida have now been trained and are keen to use those skills to expand ...

Remote housing on table
The Australian (blog)
Indigenous Australians tell me that they have not got value for money. Delivery of housing in remote communities has been marked by delays, cost blowouts and bureaucracy. New houses can cost more than $600,000 and have an average lifespan of only 10 ...

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Call for inquiry on remote housing
The Australian
The nationally elected indigenous representative body the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has criticised moves revealed by The Weekend Australian that would transform Aboriginal land rights. Congress co-chairs Les Malezer and Kirstie ...

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Concert to raise awareness about inclusion of indigenous Australians in ...
Herald Sun
A COBURG concert aims to change the tune of debate regarding recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia's Constitution. The Recognise Moreland Community Concert will feature “songs of respect and relationship” by Shane ...

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Concert to raise awareness about inclusion of indigenous Australians in ...
Herald Sun
A COBURG concert aims to change the tune of debate regarding recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia's Constitution. The Recognise Moreland Community Concert will feature “songs of respect and relationship” by Shane ...

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Indigenous incarceration rates still rising
ABC Local
Over many years as director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Don Weatherburn has tracked the disturbing ascension of the numbers of Aboriginal people in Australian gaols. Weatherburn talked to Genevieve Jacobs about his newly ...

Indigenous incarceration rates still rising
ABC Local
Over many years as director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Don Weatherburn has tracked the disturbing ascension of the numbers of Aboriginal people in Australian gaols. Weatherburn talked to Genevieve Jacobs about his newly ...