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The Conversation AU
Racism towards Indigenous Australians: reporting the good with the bad
The Conversation AU
Can we trace modern-day racism against Indigenous Australians to the country's British invaders? Often when trying to extinguish a fire, it is more important to know what sustains it rather than what started it.
Aboriginal art unfit for Western eyesTelegraph.co.uk
'We don't have monopoly on taxpayer dollars': Aboriginal elder Garry Murray3AW
Artefacts help us plot future course by learning from pastThe Australian

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The Conversation AU
Racism towards Indigenous Australians: reporting the good with the bad
The Conversation AU
Can we trace modern-day racism against Indigenous Australians to the country's British invaders? Often when trying to extinguish a fire, it is more important to know what sustains it rather than what started it.
Artefacts help us plot future course by learning from pastThe Australian
Aboriginal art unfit for Western eyesTelegraph.co.uk
'We don't have monopoly on taxpayer dollars': Aboriginal elder Garry Murray3AW

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ABC Online
Remote Aboriginal communities: Clear outcomes needed for government ...
ABC Online
Remote Western Australian communities appear likely to face specific accountability measures as part of the State Government's soon to be announced governance framework. Premier Colin Barnett and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier have ...

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Indigenous employment making tracks
PS News
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Nigel Scullion said the 300 new jobs would be delivered through ILC subsidiary companies, Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia and National Indigenous Pastoral Enterprises Pty Ltd (NIPE) and at the ILC-operated ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Cataract surgery 'blitzes' not a long-term solution for Indigenous communities ...
Sydney Morning Herald
"[Indigenous people] who manage to get onto a waiting list will wait almost twice as long as non-Indigenous Australians, sometimes waiting several years or more before receiving surgery," the authors said. Australia's first eye surgical blitzes, called ...
Doctors say cataract surgery blitzes aren't helping fix eye problems for ...Business Insider Australia
Cataract blitzes not long-term solutionPerth Now

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Domestic abuse of Indigenous women a 'national crisis'
Radio Australia
The situation is deeply worrying, with two women killed in Australia every week as a result of domestic violence. So far this year, 32 women have lost their lives. However, for Indigenous women the statistics are even more appalling. In fact ...

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MuMbrella
Investigative journalist, indigenous Australians, top marketers and creative ...
MuMbrella
They include panels featuring some of Australia's top marketers; a discussion on the media industry's responsibilities to recruit more indigenous Australians; the five questions that any brand should ask with advice from Melbourne's most awarded ...

Brisbane Times
300 indigenous protesters stage Brisbane City Hall sit-in
Brisbane Times
Around 300 people stormed into Brisbane's City Hall on Saturday night and staged an old-fashioned sit-in to protest the forced closure of indigenous communities in Western and Southern Australia. The surprise action followed a rally in King George ...
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City HallThe Guardian

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Brisbane Times
300 indigenous protesters stage Brisbane City Hall sit-in
Brisbane Times
Around 300 people stormed into Brisbane's City Hall on Saturday night and staged an old-fashioned sit-in to protest the forced closure of indigenous communities in Western and Southern Australia. The surprise action followed a rally in King George ...
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City HallThe Guardian

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Fusion
Why Aboriginal Australians Are Sending Out An SOS
Fusion
Last week, riot police and local law enforcement shut down a Perth-area camp site where a group of Aboriginal Australians had recently set up tents to protest government policy. An estimated 100 people were evicted from the site with three arrested—a ...

The Australian
Artefacts help us plot future course by learning from past
The Australian
In the Indigenous Australia — Enduring Civilisation exhibition, opened by Prince Charles at London's British Museum on Thursday, there is a shield that once belonged to a Gweagal traditional owner, who held it at the time of the first encounter ...
Aboriginal art unfit for Western eyesTelegraph.co.uk

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Brisbane Times
300 indigenous protestors stage Brisbane City Hall sit-in
Brisbane Times
Around 300 people stormed into Brisbane's City Hall on Saturday night and staged an old-fashioned sit-in to protest the forced closure of indigenous communities in Western and Southern Australia. The surprise action followed a rally in King George ...
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City HallThe Guardian

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Brisbane Times
300 indigenous protestors stage Brisbane City Hall sit-in
Brisbane Times
Around 300 people stormed into Brisbane's City Hall on Saturday night and staged an old-fashioned sit-in to protest the forced closure of indigenous communities in Western and Southern Australia. The surprise action followed a rally in King George ...
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City HallThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous incarceration at record levels as Queensland's prison population soars
The Guardian
Figures obtained by Guardian Australia from Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) show Indigenous people, who make up less than 4% of the state's population, remain grossly overrepresented in prisons, where they account for almost a third of inmates.

The Guardian
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City Hall
The Guardian
“We wanted to make a point to the state and federal government in Queensland that what affects Western Australia, their Indigenous communities, once they do that there, they're going to come to Queensland, they're going to close down communities like ...

Australian Education Union slams Wilson Review of Northern Territory ...
ABC Online
A review of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory has been labelled a "sham" by the NT's education union. But NT Education Minister Peter Chandler has strongly rejected the claims and said he would "not apologise for spending money on a ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Aboriginal art unfit for Western eyes
Telegraph.co.uk
"I have heard a number of people who visited here say, 'This is fantastic, not just because we are being exposed for the first time to the story of Aboriginal Australia but also because it is important for us as English people to reflect on our own ...

Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal Servicemen who fought in World War I
Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal people were not considered citizens of Australia, but “wards” of the state Protector of Aborigines. They had low wages if any, were forced to live on reserves and missions, could not enter a public bar, vote, marry a non-Aboriginal person ...

BuzzFeed News
6 Shocking Facts About Indigenous Imprisonment In Australia
BuzzFeed News
In the past 10 years the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment has increased by 88%, compared to the non-Indigenous imprisonment rate which has increased by 28%. Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda says the ...
Change the Record campaign aims to cut Indigenous jail rates in a generationThe Guardian
National Justice Coalition launch strategy to reduce over-representation of ...ABC Online
Shining the spotlight on Indigenous pharmacy servicesPharmacy News
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The Australian (blog)
Polarising forces threaten to derail bid for indigenous recognition
The Australian (blog)
The danger is that Australia faces a debacle in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. The fear is that the indigenous referendum will suffer the same defeat as the republic referendum 15 years ago. This ...

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