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Lambie calls for dedicated Indigenous seats in parliament
SBS
"You tell me 'why we can't have Constitutional recognition [of Indigenous Australians] and why we can't have dedicated Indigenous seats in this country,' and you'd better give me a damn good reason why we can't have both," Ms Lambie told NITV News.

The Guardian
Palaszczuk has been honest about Billy Gordon. But it's still a sad day for ...
The Guardian
Gordon's election, together with Leanne Enoch, was celebrated Australia wide as two Aboriginal MPs took their place in a state parliament. Like female leaders, the novelty of Aboriginal MPs means the spotlight and the onus to act as a role model is ...

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The Guardian
Nigel Scullion denies claims Indigenous funding strategy is chaotic
The Guardian
In the days following the announcement of $860m in grant offers, Guardian Australia spoke to numerous organisations that had been denied funding for programs, or had been offered a grant smaller than their previous budget in return for expanded ...

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Aboriginal war heroes remembered with new Anzac memorial in Hyde Park
The Daily Telegraph
Yininmadyemi (pronounced yinn-in-madj-amee) — Thou didst let fall, by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert, features four seven-metre tall, 1.5-tonne bullets and three fallen shells to represent the diggers who returned to Australia and the ones who lost ...

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Protests follow Australia's moves to cut services in remote indigenous communities
Free Speech Radio News
In Australia, a growing protest movement led by indigenous activists and elders is demanding that the conservative government rethink its plans to cut services to more than half of the remote indigenous communities in the largest state of Western ...
More bang needed for the indigenous buck says Noel PearsonThe Australian
Empowered Communities a chance to close the gapBrisbane Times
Interview: Noel Pearson from Empowered CommunitiesABC Message Stick

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The Age
More bang needed for the indigenous buck says Noel Pearson
The Australian
The report found that the government spent $30.3bn on services for indigenous people in 2012-2013; $43,449 per Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. “We need to get a better bang out of the money that's going into indigenous Australia,” Mr ...
Interview: Noel Pearson from Empowered CommunitiesABC Message Stick
Empowered Communities a chance to close the gapThe Age

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The Age
More bang needed for the indigenous buck says Noel Pearson
The Australian
The report found that the government spent $30.3bn on services for indigenous people in 2012-2013; $43,449 per Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. “We need to get a better bang out of the money that's going into indigenous Australia,” Mr ...
Empowered Communities a chance to close the gapBrisbane Times
Interview: Noel Pearson from Empowered CommunitiesABC Message Stick

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The Guardian
Child and domestic abuse in Indigenous communities 'chronically undisclosed'
The Guardian
Child abuse and domestic violence in Indigenous communities “will remain chronically undisclosed and under-reported,” an Australian Crime Commission (ACC) investigation has found. In some communities every person had reported being affected by child ...
Family violence and child sex abuse widely under-reported in remote ...Sydney Morning Herald
Comment: Un-masking the five faces of oppressionSBS

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Reality of Aboriginal child abuse far worse
The West Australian
Statistics about the magnitude of child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal communities are unreliable, mainly because of deliberate under-reporting. The Australian Institute of Family Studies has estimated that up to 90 per cent of sexual abuse in these ...

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ABC Online
Police Commissioner backs push to close remote WA Aboriginal communities ...
ABC Online
Child sex abuse is rife and under-reported in remote WA Aboriginal communities, says the state's police commissioner, who is backing the State Government's push to close up to 150 of them. The West Australian Government flagged the closure of the ...
Reality of Aboriginal child abuse far worseThe West Australian
Emergency summit held over SA Aboriginal community closuresSBS
Racial Discrimination Act cited in bid to save WA's communitiesThe Australian
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The Conversation AU
What designers can learn from Aboriginal possum skin cloaks
The Conversation AU
Australian Aboriginal dress is rarely cited as a key inspiration – and, in that, I think many designers are missing an opportunity. 19th-century images of Aboriginal people from south-eastern Australia frequently feature subjects wearing possum skin ...

Claimants ink $1.3 billion Western Australia Noongar native title deal
ABC Online
A landmark $1.3 billion native title deal across Western Australia's south west is expected to proceed after all six claimant groups involved voted in its favour. The West Australian Government and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWLSC) ...

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ABC Message Stick
Australia's key health organisations say thousands of people needing vital ...
ABC Message Stick
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Thousands of people needing alcohol and drug services to be turned away after ...
ABC Online
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Crime groups plotting to steal from Indigenous communities, probe reveals
Sydney Morning Herald
Organised crime groups are plotting to steal from Indigenous communities that survive on multi-million dollar mining royalties and land use agreements, an eight-year Australian Crime Commission investigation into isolated and trouble-plagued regions ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal leaders promote bold blueprint to close the gap
Sydney Morning Herald
Led by Noel Pearson, they have proposed a paradigm shift they compare with Australia's move from protection to competition, insisting the focus of Indigenous policy should move from crisis management to productivity and development. Mr Pearson believes ...

The Guardian
Gina Williams on why every Australian should know some Indigenous words
The Guardian
But unlike Mandarin, alive and kicking with over one billion speakers, there are just 250 native speakers of Noongar left on the planet – the devastating result of Australia's historical policy of forced assimilation. Both Williams' parents were ...

Australian Geographic (blog)
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These humble beginnings would scarcely foretell of the Jagara infant's later rise to become Australia's first indigenous parliamentarian. In 1979 Neville would not only forge an indigenous first, but he would also become the only sitting politician to ...

Mic
The Man Behind Michael Jackson Says This Indigenous Australian Is the Next ...
Mic
Geoffrey Gurrumul was born blind in a small village as a member of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people on Elcho Island, off the northern coast of Australia. When as a young boy Gurrumul began to exhibit true musical talent, his family told him: "It is ...

Daily Mail
'His words have isolated Aboriginal Australians even more than they are ...
Daily Mail
Geelong football player Mathew Stokes has slammed Prime Minister Tony Abbott in an open letter for 'isolating' Indigenous Australians with his remark about the 'lifestyle choices' of remote communities. In his comment, published on his Victorian club's ...

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