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The Canberra Times
Indigenous gargoyles to stay at Australian War Memorial
The Canberra Times
Critics and Aboriginal elders' hopes controversial Indigenous gargoyles at the Australian War Memorial would be left on the scrap pile have been dashed. Among the 26 stone gargoyles of native animals lining the courtyard at the Australian War Memorial ...

The Canberra Times
Indigenous gargoyles to stay at Australian War Memorial
The Canberra Times
Critics and Aboriginal elders' hopes controversial Indigenous gargoyles at the Australian War Memorial would be left on the scrap pile have been dashed. Among the 26 stone gargoyles of native animals lining the courtyard at the Australian War Memorial ...

Daily Mail
'Australia needs to lose its privilege of whiteness to stop racism ...
Daily Mail
An Aboriginal activist says the only way Australia will be able to stop racism is to lose its 'privilege of whiteness'. Nakkiah Lui spoke at a forum focussing on racism called 'I'm Not Racist, But...' and told the audience last Friday she believed the ...

SBS
PM unaware vital Aboriginal legal service is about to lose Commonwealth funding
SBS
Under New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory law, police agencies are legally obliged to call the Custody Notification Service if it has an Aboriginal person in custody. The CNS also allows Aboriginal people to receive culturally appropriate ...
Funding threat to 24-hour phone line connecting Aboriginal people in custody ...ABC Online
Hotline credited with reducing Aboriginal deaths in custody loses Government ...ABC Message Stick

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SBS
PM unaware vital Aboriginal legal service is about to lose Commonwealth funding
SBS
Under New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory law, police agencies are legally obliged to call the Custody Notification Service if it has an Aboriginal person in custody. The CNS also allows Aboriginal people to receive culturally appropriate ...
Funding threat to 24-hour phone line connecting Aboriginal people in custody ...ABC Online
Hotline credited with reducing Aboriginal deaths in custody loses Government ...ABC Message Stick

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The Guardian
Fighting proud: the remarkable story of Indigenous AFL icon Michael Long
The Guardian
Flanagan's latest book is an unconventional biography of the champion Australian Rules footballer and indigenous community leader Michael Long. He calls it a “funny, serious book” to match its subject - and it is. It'll make you laugh at the absurdity ...

ABC Online
After 70 years, Aboriginal sacred site Kurlpurlunu found in Central Australia
ABC Online
An Aboriginal elder in Central Australia has shed tears of joy upon rediscovering a sacred site lost for the past 70 years. Previous attempts to find the Tanami Desert site, known as Kurlpurlunu, had proved fruitless until 82-year-old Jerry Jangala ...

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Indigenous public holiday to recognise reconciliation not ruled out
The Australian
As National Reconciliation Week came to a close yesterday, the Prime Minister was asked if it was time to consider a nationwide indigenous holiday like Mabo Day. Many Australians mark June 3 as Mabo Day — commemorating the landmark High Court land ...

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Edmonton Journal
Aboriginal group fighting massive Australian coal mine consults with Alberta ...
Edmonton Journal
On Adrian Burragubba's ancestral lands in Australia — arid pasture land, beautiful mountains, rivers and clear springs — the world's second-largest coal mine would devastate the wildlife and the land, he says. “We're the messengers here to tell the ...
Keep pushing on Truth and Reconciliation report:Australian AboriginalsCityNews

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Globalnews.ca
Canadian First Nations need to push for change: Australian aboriginal leaders
Globalnews.ca
Murrawah Johnson, who's part of the Australian delegation, says Canadian aboriginals have to be willing to make mainstream society a little uncomfortable if they want action on their report. Burragubba and Johnson are in Alberta as part of an ...
Aboriginal group fighting massive Australian coal mine consults with Alberta ...Edmonton Journal
Keep pushing on Truth and Reconciliation report:Australian AboriginalsCityNews

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The Guardian
NSW parliament calls Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead' for criticising Adam Goodes
The Guardian
Another part of Wednesday's declaration, now enshrined in Hansard, recognised and supported Goodes' actions, the role sport and cultural expressions play in “building understanding between cultures and fighting discrimination” and Australia's ...
NSW Parliament names Eddie McGuire 'boofhead' over Adam Goodes' war crySBS
The NSW parliament just passed a motion calling Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead'Business Insider Australia
NSW Upper House passes motion branding Eddie McGuire a 'continual boofhead'3AW
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National Post
Keep pushing on Truth and Reconciliation report:Australian Aboriginals
CityNews
Australia held its own inquiry back in the 1990s into the removal of Aboriginal children into state-run schools. The process resulted in a massive report and a national “Sorry Day” that's been held every year since 1998. In 2008, then prime minister ...
Allan Levine: Australia received its reconciliation report 18 years ago. There ...National Post

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A world of division awaits
The Australian
In Australia these dynamics play out as a push for constitutional recognition for Aborigines and to create an Aboriginal consultative body within the Constitution. These are terrible ideas that strike against basic liberal principles. I oppose them not ...

A world of division awaits
The Australian
In Australia these dynamics play out as a push for constitutional recognition for Aborigines and to create an Aboriginal consultative body within the Constitution. These are terrible ideas that strike against basic liberal principles. I oppose them not ...

The Canberra Times
Brumbies flanker David Pocock says Adam Goodes' war dance is 'great for ...
The Canberra Times
David Pocock says former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes' indigenous war dance is "great for sport and great for Australia" but he has no plans for any try celebrations of his own against his old Super Rugby club. The ACT Brumbies flanker is ...

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Shields Gazette
Aboriginal Australian art to go on display at Jarrow museum
Shields Gazette
She said: “I've found this project fascinating as I lived in Australia for several years and have a real interest in Aboriginal art. “To make my piece relevant to the theme of country, I decided to depict birds – such as eider ducks, cormorants ...

SBS
Mabo Day - 23 years of native title in Australia
SBS
Twenty-three years ago today the Australian government first recognised the rights of Indigenous Australians to "posses, occupy, use and enjoy" culturally-significant land. On June 3, 1992 the High Court of Australia overtuned the notion of Australia ...
Mabo Day: a turning point for reconciliationMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Daily Telegraph
Indigenous RAAF members feted
The Daily Telegraph
“And for the RAAF, it's important to remember the service of Len Waters — Australia's first aboriginal fighter pilot. “More recently, indigenous soldiers have formed the backbone of the Regional Force Surveillance units operating throughout Northern ...

The Guardian
NSW parliament calls Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead' for criticising Adam Goodes
The Guardian
Another part of Wednesday's declaration, now enshrined in Hansard, recognised and supported Goodes' actions, the role sport and cultural expressions play in “building understanding between cultures and fighting discrimination” and Australia's ...
NSW Parliament names Eddie McGuire 'boofhead' over Adam Goodes' war crySBS
Goodes' celebration reminds us of racial divideThe Roar
The NSW parliament just passed a motion calling Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead'Business Insider Australia
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Indigenous health funding conditions
ABC Message Stick
STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: You may have seen the 'Recognise' logo, the big red 'R' on billboards and ads supporting a 'yes' vote in the referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution. The campaign is being run by Reconciliation ...

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