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Australia PM Abbott wants indigenous referendum in 2017
BBC News
Australian PM Tony Abbott has vowed to "sweat blood" to secure constitutional recognition for indigenous people, saying he wants a referendum in 2017. But Mr Abbott said he would not rush with the date until he was confident the referendum would succeed.
Tony Abbott vows to 'sweat blood' for Indigenous referendumThe Age
Australia eyes indigenous recognition voteBBC News
Tony Abbott continues to pussyfoot around Indigenous recognitionThe Guardian
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The Guardian
Spending on targeted Indigenous services falling, says report
The Guardian
Spending on broader community services also used by Indigenous Australians, such as hospitals, has gone up, the productivity commission reports. But spending on dedicated Indigenous services has fallen. Photograph: Trevor Lush/Getty Images.
Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decadeThe Australian
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Abbott “prepared to sweat blood” for 2017 referendum on Indigenous recognition
Australian Conservative
So, almost every year as a Member of Parliament, starting with trips to Alice Springs in the mid-1990s that invariably included dinner with Charlie Perkins, I have tried to spend as much time as I could with Indigenous Australians in Indigenous ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott aims for Indigenous recognition referendum 50 years after 1967
The Guardian
When constitutional recognition came, it would be “a heartfelt pact between Indigenous people and conservative Australia”, he said. But he said it was more important to get recognition right than to rush it through. Speaking at a dinner in Sydney on ...

Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decade
The Australian
A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said: “ We're tackling underlying disadvantages which increase the likelihood of indigenous Australians coming into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly poor education and ...

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Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decade
The Australian
A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said: “ We're tackling underlying disadvantages which increase the likelihood of indigenous Australians coming into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly poor education and ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
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Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decade
The Australian
A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said: “ We're tackling underlying disadvantages which increase the likelihood of indigenous Australians coming into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly poor education and ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
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ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is ready to "sweat blood" to achieve ...
ABC Online
"We will get constitutional recognition and, when it comes, I suspect that it will take the form of a pact, a heartfelt pact between Indigenous people and conservative Australia," he said. Mr Abbott also announced another $5 million funding for the ...

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The Conversation AU
Tony Abbott vows to 'sweat blood'
The Age
Tony Abbott wants a referendum to be held in May 2017 to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution, but won't commit to a date until he is confident it will succeed. "I am prepared to sweat blood on this," the Prime Minister declared at a ...
A people's convention can make Indigenous recognition a realityThe Conversation AU
PM wants indigenous recognitionSky News Australia

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The Conversation AU
Tony Abbott vows to 'sweat blood'
The Age
Tony Abbott wants a referendum to be held in May 2017 to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution, but won't commit to a date until he is confident it will succeed. "I am prepared to sweat blood on this," the Prime Minister declared at a ...
A people's convention can make Indigenous recognition a realityThe Conversation AU
PM wants indigenous recognitionSky News Australia
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The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous imprisonment rates still rising, figures show
The Guardian (blog)
Shane Duffy, chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Atsil) told Guardian Australia the rates were not surprising. “It's been an ongoing trend for many many years that our people have been incarcerated,” Duffy said. He said ...

The Conversation AU
A people's convention can make Indigenous recognition a reality
The Conversation AU
Important steps have been made in 2014 in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia's Constitution. Prime Minister Tony Abbott affirmed his commitment to hold a referendum. The opposition voiced its support.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner numbers soar, ABS reports
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners accounted for 27 per cent of the total Australian prisoner population. In 2004 there were 5048 ATSI people in prison, a figure that leapt to 9264 in 2014 — an increase of 83.52 per cent over 10 years ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner numbers soar, ABS reports
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners accounted for 27 per cent of the total Australian prisoner population. In 2004 there were 5048 ATSI people in prison, a figure that leapt to 9264 in 2014 — an increase of 83.52 per cent over 10 years ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
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Comment: A long way to go for the Prime Minister for Aboriginal AffairsSBS (blog)
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Telegraph.co.uk
'The aboriginals have moved out': property promotion sparks outrage in Australia
Telegraph.co.uk
“I'm just outraged a company would use the removal of Aboriginal people from a suburb as a promotion to sell their properties in that same suburb,” he told The Australian newspaper. The apartments are being built on a controversial site known as The ...

Daily Mail
The Aboriginal hunters who spend their days tracking down crocodiles to eat
Daily Mail
Deep in a forest crowded by Australian paperback trees, Aboriginal hunters Roy and Marcus Gaykamangu, a father and son team, are doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world – they're out tracking crocodiles. It's eerily silent, save for the ...
Hunting for pictures, and crocodiles, in remote Aboriginal countryChicago Tribune
Aborigines Hunt Crocodiles in Australian OutbackNBCNews.com

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Hunting for pictures, and crocodiles, in remote Aboriginal country
Reuters
Massacres are still tearfully remembered and today the majority of Aborigines live in abject poverty. Last year, while on patrol with the Indigenous Australian Army unit known as NORFORCE, I met Sergeant Norman Daymirringu, a Yolngu Aborigine, who ...
Aboriginal crocodile huntersBaltimore Sun
A job that's not for the faint-hearted: The Aboriginal hunters who spend their ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Mundine: treaty needed with each first nation
The Australian
“People in Australia have been talking about a treaty between Australia and indigenous people for some decades now,'' he said. “But when you get beyond the broad concept, when you move past the 'thought bubble', it doesn't make sense to have a treaty ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
Pro Bono Australia -The Guardian
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Chicago Tribune
Hunting for pictures, and crocodiles, in remote Aboriginal country
Chicago Tribune
We are deep in a forest crowded by Australian paperback trees, the air thick with humidity but eerily silent save for the screeching of tropical birds, when Marcus shouts: "Look, crocodiles!" As a Reuters photojournalist, I'm a trained observer, but I ...

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ABC Online
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...
ABC Online
North Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency chief executive Priscilla Collins said mandatory sentencing laws were a major reason why Indigenous Australians comprised nearly 30 per cent of the prison population. "This is a significant thing for us because ...
Comment: A long way to go for the Prime Minister for Aboriginal AffairsSBS (blog)

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