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Jobs Program for Indigenous People With Disability
Pro Bono Australia
“The disability community in Indigenous Australia is very diverse and it's really important to recognise this when working in community. This project gives valuable insights and we hope it will also instill greater confidence in service providers and ...

Jobs Program for Indigenous People With Disability
Pro Bono Australia
“The disability community in Indigenous Australia is very diverse and it's really important to recognise this when working in community. This project gives valuable insights and we hope it will also instill greater confidence in service providers and ...

ABC Online
First Indigenous doctor graduates from Charles Darwin University's medicine ...
ABC Online
The first batch of graduates from the Territory's medicine program, run at Charles Darwin University in conjunction with Flinders University in South Australia, entered the workforce this year. Among them is Dr Kane Vellar, the first Indigenous person ...

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Australian Olympic Committee recognizes indigenous heritage
Xinhua
CANBERRA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has voted to change its constitution to recognize the heritage and culture of the indigenous people and Torrens Strait islanders at its annual general meeting on Saturday. "To recognize the ...
Australian Olympic Committee officially change Constitution to recognise ...Insidethegames.biz

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Australian Olympic Committee
AOC changes constitution to recognise indigenous heritage
Australian Olympic Committee
AOC: Members at the Australian Olympic Committee Annual General Meeting in Sydney today have unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to recognise the nation's first people. The new passage in the AOC Constitution reads: “To recognise the ...
Australian Olympic Committee recognizes indigenous heritageXinhua

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Australian Olympic Committee
AOC changes constitution to recognise indigenous heritage
Australian Olympic Committee
AOC: Members at the Australian Olympic Committee Annual General Meeting in Sydney today have unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to recognise the nation's first people. The new passage in the AOC Constitution reads: “To recognise the ...

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The Australian
Remote communities offered hope by Colin Barnett's road map
The Australian
Many indigenous leaders in Western Australia share Barnett's conviction that reform is imperative for these communities. Leaders such as June Oscar at Fitzroy Crossing, who has led the campaign for alcohol restrictions and attention to fetal alcohol ...
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
Aboriginal people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA GovernmentABC Online
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
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The Australian
Olympic steps to recognise indigenous in constitution
The Australian
Senator Peris, who was Australia's first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist, as part of the 1996 Hockeyroos team in Atlanta, said the AOC's move would provide an example to follow in the lead-up to the national referendum. “This simple act includes my ...

The Australian
Olympic steps to recognise indigenous in constitution
The Australian
Senator Peris, who was Australia's first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist, as part of the 1996 Hockeyroos team in Atlanta, said the AOC's move would provide an example to follow in the lead-up to the national referendum. “This simple act includes my ...

ABC Online
Call to end protests over WA Aboriginal community closures
ABC Online
Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister has called for an end to national protests over the potential closure of some of WA's 274 remote Indigenous communities. Large rallies were staged across the country protesting against Premier Colin ...
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
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ABC Online
Call to end protests over WA Aboriginal community closures
ABC Online
Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister has called for an end to national protests over the potential closure of some of WA's 274 remote Indigenous communities. Large rallies were staged across the country protesting against Premier Colin ...
Aboriginal voices resist closuresGreen Left Weekly
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
The Guardian -Radio Australia -Crikey (blog)
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Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal voices resist closures
Green Left Weekly
Resistance, particularly Aboriginal resistance, to the planned community closures is indicative of more than just a community responding to a policy that violates basic human rights. It also brings to the surface a resistance that has existed in ...
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
Radio Australia
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SBS
Comment: Let's see all the faces of Team Australia on our TV screens
SBS
Australia has moved a long way from the 70s series Boney, for which New Zealand-born actor James Laurenson was hired to play a half-Aboriginal detective – but we're still a very long way from achieving colour-blind casting across the board in our ...

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Indigenous expert joins Australian Heritage Council
The Age
Lyndon Ormond-Parker, who was born in Darwin, is of Alyawarr descent from the Barkley Tablelands in the Northern Territory. An Indigenous cultural expert of over 15 years' standing, Mr Ormond-Parker is an Australian Research Council Fellow in the ...
Northern Land Council chief Joe Morrison calls for Indigenous involvement in ...ABC Online

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Indigenous expert joins Australian Heritage Council
The Age
Lyndon Ormond-Parker, who was born in Darwin, is of Alyawarr descent from the Barkley Tablelands in the Northern Territory. An Indigenous cultural expert of over 15 years' standing, Mr Ormond-Parker is an Australian Research Council Fellow in the ...
Northern Land Council chief Joe Morrison calls for Indigenous involvement in ...ABC Online
Australia returns land to indigenous ownersRadio New Zealand
Infrastructure on NT budget wishlistYahoo7 News

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ABC Online
Northern Land Council chief Joe Morrison calls for Indigenous involvement in ...
ABC Online
The head of one of Australia's most powerful Indigenous bodies has accused Adam Giles's Country Liberal Party (CLP) Government of "sweeping aside" Indigenous people to develop the Northern Territory. The Northern Land Council's (NLC) chief Joe ...
Australia returns land to indigenous ownersRadio New Zealand
Infrastructure on NT budget wishlistCourier Mail

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ABC Online
Northern Land Council chief Joe Morrison calls for Indigenous involvement in ...
ABC Online
The head of one of Australia's most powerful Indigenous bodies has accused Adam Giles's Country Liberal Party (CLP) Government of "sweeping aside" Indigenous people to develop the Northern Territory. The Northern Land Council's (NLC) chief Joe ...

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The Guardian
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities plan
The Guardian
Its chairman, Anthony Watson, told Guardian Australia the announcement was “very disappointing.” “We were expecting that they would put out a report, not a five-page PR exercise,” he said. “There is no comfort. We don't know the details … they have ...
Aboriginal people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA GovernmentABC Online
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
WA remote indigenous communities closure plan 'stab in the dark': Premier ...NEWS.com.au

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The Conversation AU
Let's see all the faces of Team Australia on our TV screens
The Conversation AU
Australia has moved a long way from the 70s series Boney, for which New Zealand-born actor James Laurenson was hired to play a half-Aboriginal detective – but we're still a very long way from achieving colour-blind casting across the board in our ...

The Conversation AU
Some Australian Indigenous languages you should know
The Conversation AU
As an ice-breaker, I often ask my linguistics students to name an Australian Indigenous language. Some are able to name Warlpiri, Yolngu Matha or Arrente, but most cannot manage the name of a single language. That is astonishing given there are 250 to ...
Exhibition: Indigenous Australia – enduring civilisationGeographical

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