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Saltwater Freshwater redefining Australia Day
ABC Local
The event (by donation) is one of the very few Australia Day events focused on Aboriginal culture outside of the capital cities. The festival showcases the art, music and culture of the Worimi, Birpai, Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr Aboriginal nations, in ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day: What it means to be Australian
Sydney Morning Herald
At the same time, we would love to be known as Australian, not as "our next singer is an Aboriginal singer". When I first started out as a performer, I was a bit tired of it, but I said you know what, that's how they see me, so I hold it as a banner ...

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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Inspirational women dominate Australian of the Year finalists
9news.com.au
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, from the Northern Territory, has been an actor and a nun but has dedicated her life for decades to humanitarian work and ending divisions between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Tasmania's nominee, Rodney Croome, ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Sydney Morning Herald
Kirstie Parker, co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. An expert panel of indigenous leaders, lawyers and politicians delivered proposals to Gillard in January 2012, but progress stalled. In September that year, Labor announced ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Sydney Morning Herald
"Threats to Aboriginal people and their very existence, like the potential closure of remote communities in Western Australia, when combined with large-scale budget cuts, chaotic administration of indigenous affairs and little meaningful attention ...

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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WA today
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
WA today
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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WA today
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
WA today
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 Daily Telegraph
Australia Day 2015: Complete guide to events happening across Sydney
The Daily Telegraph
WugulOra is a word belonging to the Eora people meaning “One Mob”, and it perfectly captures the essence of a ceremony that actively promotes and acknowledges the special place that indigenous Australians hold and have always held in this country.

Brisbane Times
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Brisbane Times
It was supposed to have happened by now. In the days following the inconclusive 2010 election, Julia Gillard promised a referendum to correct the silence about the First Australians in the nation's founding document. As part of the agreements she ...
Rebellion thwarts remote controlThe Australian
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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Brisbane Times
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Brisbane Times
It was supposed to have happened by now. In the days following the inconclusive 2010 election, Julia Gillard promised a referendum to correct the silence about the First Australians in the nation's founding document. As part of the agreements she ...
Rebellion thwarts remote controlThe Australian
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros documents indigenous life in remote Kennedy Hill
Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros spent more than six months in Kennedy Hill, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia, documenting the lives of its residents. "The Hill", as locals call it, is at risk of closure due to loss of federal funding ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros documents indigenous life in remote Kennedy Hill
Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros spent more than six months in Kennedy Hill, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia, documenting the lives of its residents. "The Hill", as locals call it, is at risk of closure due to loss of federal funding ...

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The Australian
Rebellion thwarts remote control
The Australian
ALMOST 1½ years into the initial term of Tony Abbott's Coalition government and the latest drastic overhaul of indigenous affairs policies and programs, the great mystery overhanging remote Aboriginal Australia has only deepened. It is the besetting ...
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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The Australian
Rebellion thwarts remote control
The Australian
ALMOST 1½ years into the initial term of Tony Abbott's Coalition government and the latest drastic overhaul of indigenous affairs policies and programs, the great mystery overhanging remote Aboriginal Australia has only deepened. It is the besetting ...
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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SBS
Reflect on what January 26 means to Indigenous Aussies: Calma
SBS
Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous Australians. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. "Some Aboriginal and Torres ...

SBS
Reflect on what January 26 means to Indigenous Aussies: Calma
SBS
0. Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous Australians. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. "Some Aboriginal and ...

SBS
Calma urges Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous
SBS
Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous people. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it Invasion or Survival Day. "Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

SBS
Calma urges Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous
SBS
Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous people. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it Invasion or Survival Day. "Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...