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Australia Day honours: Elder, community leader, medical specialist among more ...
ABC Online
More than 100 Queenslanders have been recognised for their outstanding contribution and service to the community in the Australia Day 2015 honours list. Aboriginal elder Florence Watson received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to ...
Australia Day heats up in QldSky News Australia

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The West Australian
Singer sees world in positive light
The West Australian
In a speech at Government House last week, WA elder Robert Isaacs urged fellow indigenous Australians to embrace Australia Day, arguing it should be a celebration free of the daily influence of politics and instead focus on "the good things we have ...

Daily Life
This Australia Day, we're all responsible for working towards a more inclusive ...
Daily Life
It, in fact, exactly represented how I, and many other Aboriginal people, perceive Australia Day: a celebration for white men who watch sport, eat meat and ignore the historical facts of this country. From a feminist perspective, that the sole woman ...
Dear Australia, you're all part of my familyThe Daily Telegraph
Jessica Mauboy flaunts her curves in two figure-hugging ensembles as she ...Daily Mail

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Daily Life
This Australia Day, we're all responsible for working towards a more inclusive ...
Daily Life
It, in fact, exactly represented how I, and many other Aboriginal people, perceive Australia Day: a celebration for white men who watch sport, eat meat and ignore the historical facts of this country. From a feminist perspective, that the sole woman ...
Jessica Mauboy flaunts her curves in two figure-hugging ensembles as she ...Daily Mail
Dear Australia, you're all part of my familyThe Daily Telegraph

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Climate Central
Tales of Ancient Sea Rise Told for 10000 Years
Climate Central
“It's quite gobsmacking to think that a story could be told for 10,000 years,” Nicholas Reid, a linguist at Australia's University of New England specializing in Aboriginal Australian languages, said. “It's almost unimaginable that people would ...
Australian Stories Capture 10000-Year-Old Climate HistorySmithsonian

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Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...
ABC Message Stick
An elderly artist, a sports broadcaster, a public servant and an Indigenous health advocate are among the Northern Territorians on this year's Australia Day Honours List. Alice Springs health worker Kathleen Abbott, domestic violence campaigner and ABC ...

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ABC Online
Australia Day honours: Territorians recognised for contributions to nation
ABC Online
An elderly artist, a sports broadcaster, a public servant and an Indigenous health advocate are among the Northern Territorians on this year's Australia Day Honours List. Alice Springs health worker Kathleen Abbott, domestic violence campaigner and ABC ...

The Australian
Millions made from selling fake Aboriginal works
The Australian
Over the weekend the company, Arthouse Auctions, withdrew a painting expected to be sold today against the name of one of Australia's highest profile Aboriginal artists, Tommy Watson, after being told by The Australian that the work was an alleged forgery.

NEWS.com.au
'Stop overlooking women for gongs'
NEWS.com.au
The British honours system was changed sometime ago where it is now 50-50 and the other thing my hope is the honours system actively encourages indigenous Australians to nominate. 'The integrity of honours systems relies upon the public's broad ...
Australia Day honours: Melbourne inner eastHerald Sun

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Wrong targets in debate against 18C
The Australian
It's as if contentious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content is used to provoke an outrage or offence, to confirm the need for a particular brand of free speech. Jeremy Sammut (The Australian, January 20) argues that 18C is “silencing debate ...

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Centrelink direct debit 'key to keeping fine defaulters out of jail'
The Australian
THE grandmother of a young Aboriginal woman who died in police custody while “cutting out” an unpaid fine says hundreds of West Australians would be spared the ordeal of jail time if the government ordered Centrelink to deduct debts from welfare.

Invasion Day: Aborigines will lay crumpled paper wreaths to mark genocide
The Age
Early in the morning on Australia Day, a small group of Aborigines will gather, with flowers made from crumpled paper in red, yellow and black, and piece together floral wreaths. Later, in a sombre ceremony, they will be laid on the steps of Victoria's ...

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Invasion Day: Aborigines will lay crumpled paper wreaths to mark genocide
Brisbane Times
Early in the morning on Australia Day, a small group of Aborigines will gather, with flowers made from crumpled paper in red, yellow and black, and piece together floral wreaths. Later, in a sombre ceremony, they will be laid on the steps of Victoria's ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
We have much to celebrate on Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians, who have understandably different ideas about the meaning of the anniversary, were probably the first to challenge this unthinking tranquillity. Their early protests, at Australia's sesquicentenary in 1938, attracted no ...

ABC Online
Australian of the Year: Adam Goodes lauds progress against racism, but says ...
ABC Online
The star Sydney Swans footballer has spent the year campaigning against domestic violence and racism and calling for Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution. Goodes used his valedictory speech in Canberra to thank Australians for their ...
Adam Goodes: Australia still has a way to go in eradicating racismThe Guardian
Goodes promises to keep campaigningSBS
Adam Goodes says more needs to be done on racism in AustraliaDaily Mail

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Locals spread indigenous Australia Day messages
South Coast Register
CULTURAL PRIDE: Recreation co-ordinator Rhonda Stevenson, Ronny Thomas, Joel Deaves, Richard Luland, Johnny Pender, Debbie Ward, Jacob Morris and in front: Luke Ebsworth, Owen Ward and Andrew McLeod get ready to perform at the Australia ...

The Guardian
South Australia's traditional landowners face investigation over mismanagement
The Guardian
“I asked the board to win back the trust of Anangu, the parliament and South Australian taxpayers,” SA's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Ian Hunter, told Guardian Australia in a statement. “APY needs a period of stability while we work out these ...

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The Guardian
South Australia's traditional landowners face investigation over mismanagement
The Guardian
“I asked the board to win back the trust of Anangu, the parliament and South Australian taxpayers,” SA's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Ian Hunter, told Guardian Australia in a statement. “APY needs a period of stability while we work out these ...

Brisbane Times
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
Brisbane Times
Celebrating our national day on the date of British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags we wave or happy barbecues we may enjoy. For many Indigenous Australians, the date is no holiday ...

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The Age
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
The Age
Celebrating our national day on the date of British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags we wave or happy barbecues we may enjoy. For many Indigenous Australians, the date is no holiday ...

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