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Power, not prohibition, is key
Courier Mail
THE latest decision by the High Court of Australia upholds the legitimacy of alcohol management plans, which are bitterly resented by some indigenous people. Premier Campbell Newman says prohibition won't work. Instead, he says: "We've got to target ...

PolicyMic
In Australia, Aboriginal Women Are 80 Times More Likely to Experience Violence
PolicyMic
An article published by Perth News on Monday explains that Aboriginal women in Australia are 80 times more likely to be physically and sexually assaulted than non-indigenous Australians. Not twice as likely, or 10 times as likely — but 80 times more ...
Australian indigenous dancer to perform hereCeylon Daily News

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The Guardian
How Australia's Barunga festival keeps alive the Aboriginal spirit
The Guardian
I'm one of a few hundred "whitefellas" far outnumbered by "blackfellas" at an indigenous festival four hours south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Now in its 28th year, Barunga is Australia's oldest and largest remote-community festival. It peaked ...

Ceylon Daily News
Australian indigenous dancer to perform here
Ceylon Daily News
During his visit to Sri Lanka, David will conduct workshops for dance students from schools and universities to promote greater understanding of Australian Indigenous culture. Theoretical and practical elements will help Sri Lankan students understand ...

WA today
Catriona McKenzie's Satellite Boy is a fine addition to indigenous film canon
The Australian
The beauty of the film, though impressive, never overshadows the harshness of life in this part of Australia. Gulpilil radiates an aura of quiet authority, and the boys - neither of whom had any acting experience before this - are engagingly natural ...
Satellite BoyartsHub Australia (subscription)

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Aboriginal new media group claims exclusion
artsHub Australia (subscription)
The new media group Blackout Collective, which is made up of practicing Aboriginal new media artists, claim the IESA Sydney event was organised by an Australian based committee yet they posit that there was very little Aboriginal input and that they ...

Australian legend and pioneer of Indigenous theatre comes to Nambour
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Ilbijerri Theatre Company, is the longest existing Indigenous theatre company in Australia, and to celebrate their 20 year anniversary in 2010, they teamed up with Jack Charles and prolific writer John Romeril (winner of the 2008 Patrick White Award ...
VETERAN INDIGENOUS STAGE PERFORMER JACK CHARLES ON TOURABC Online (blog)

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New Aboriginal language born in the NT
Australian Geographic
Professor Jane Simpson, Chair of Indigenous linguistics at ANU agrees. “It is a rare opportunity to see the effects of a very rapid shift from one language to a new language; usually we only see the results long after the change has happened,” she says.
New Language Discovery in Remote Indigenous Community in Australia ...Science Daily (press release)

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Rio Tinto signs Pilbara Indigenous land access deal
ABC Local
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation for access to 13,000 square kilometres of land in the Pilbara. Yindjibarndi says the agreement encompasses all the significant Indigenous sites between Karratha and Tom Price.

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Rio Tinto signs Pilbara Indigenous land access deal
ABC Message Stick
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation for access to 13,000 square kilometres of land in the Pilbara. Yindjibarndi says the agreement encompasses all the significant Indigenous sites between Karratha and Tom Price.

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More funding for indigenous program
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has welcomed the State Government's announcement it will continue to fund an initiative aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. The Health Minister Kim Hames has ...

More funding for indigenous program
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has welcomed the State Government's announcement it will continue to fund an initiative aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of indigenous Australians. The Health Minister Kim Hames has ...

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New Language Discovery in Remote Indigenous Community in Australia ...
Science Daily (press release)
June 18, 2013 — A new language has been discovered in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia that is generated from a unique combination of elements from other languages. Light Warlpiri has been documented by University of Michigan ...
Scientists discover new language in AustraliaHindustan Times

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Qld Indigenous legal service 'disappointed' with High Court ruling
ABC Local
Queensland's Indigenous legal service says it is disappointed to have lost a High Court appeal against sly-grogging charges on Palm Island off the state's north. Palm Island woman Joan Maloney was challenging a fine she received after being found with ...

Sky News Australia
Qld Indigenous legal service 'disappointed' with High Court ruling
ABC Local
Queensland's Indigenous legal service says it is disappointed to have lost a High Court appeal against sly-grogging charges on Palm Island off the state's north. Palm Island woman Joan Maloney was challenging a fine she received after being found with ...
Alcohol bans not racist: High CourtThe North West Star
High Court backs alcohol ban targeting indigenous peopleSydney Morning Herald
Booze bans 'don't breach race laws'Sky News Australia
The Australian -ABC Online
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Aboriginal alcohol bans ruled "not discriminatory" by Australian High Court
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
SYDNEY, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Australian High Court Wednesday ruled in favor of indigenous alcohol bans for the Aboriginal community of Palm Island on the Great Barrier Reef in northern Queensland. The court found that alcohol management plans in ...
Grog bans are legalABC Online
Qld indigenous leaders hail alcohol reviewHerald Sun
Alcohol bans not racist: High CourtThe North West Star
The Australian
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The Guardian
Alcohol restrictions protect Aboriginal people, high court rules
The Guardian
Alcohol management plans do not breach racial discrimination laws because they are "special measures" designed to protect vulnerable Indigenous communities, Australia's high court has ruled. In a ruling handed down in Canberra on Wednesday, the court ...
Qld indigenous to have a say on alcoholNinemsn
Qld booze bans don't breach race lawsThe West Australian
High Court rejects challenge to alcohol restriction laws over smuggling convictionABC Local

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Canberra work experience for future indigenous Australian leaders
Recruiter
Over 100 indigenous secondary school students from across Australia are undertaking a week of work experience with the Australian government in the nation's capital city of Canberra. The Learn Earn Legend! Work Exposure with Government programme is ...

Indigenous Fellowship for Emerging Leaders
Pro Bono Australia
Emerging Indigenous Leaders in Victoria are encouraged to apply for the Australian Communities Foundation's fellowship. Two leaders will be chosen as part of the leadership program which provides people with the support they need to achieve their ...

New Govt Advisors on Indigenous Health
Pro Bono Australia
Australia's first Indigenous psychologist Prof Pat Dudgeon and human rights campaigner Dr Tom Calma AO, the new chancellor of the University of Canberra will chair the advisory group who will advise on practical and strategic ways to improve Indigenous ...

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