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WA Government, Fortescue sign agreement to train, employ Aboriginal prisoners
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It became quite easy to determine why 3 per cent of Australia's population which are Indigenous make up around a third of our jails and it's often quite minor offences. It's often driving without licenses, you know, assault related to drugs and alcohol ...
Prisoners guaranteed work through job training scheme in WA's North WestABC Online

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Kimberley Aboriginal communities condemn Colin Barnett's plan to close small ...
ABC Online
Plans by the WA government to close at least 100 remote Indigenous communities have been greeted with dismay. There are more than 270 remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia and between them they are home to 12,000 people.
Traditional owners rally against changes to WA Aboriginal Heritage ActThe Guardian
Traditional owners fight planned Aboriginal Heritage Act changesPerth Now

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Courier Mail
Closures worry WA Aboriginal communities
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PREMIER Colin Barnett dropped a bombshell last week, saying the state had no option but to review the viability of 274 small indigenous communities. That was because the federal government had cut off their essential services funding, leaving a ...
WA Government promises close consultation over remote Aboriginal community ...ABC Message Stick

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australia's HIV crisis never happened: five questions to James Ward
The Guardian
My focus while hosting IndigenousX will be on raising HIV and related conditions awareness in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. In the early days of HIV when it first hit Australia 30 years ago, we were told a catastrophe would occur ...

ABC Online
AOC changes constitution to recognise Australia's Indigenous heritage
ABC Online
Olympian Cathy Freeman has welcomed a decision by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to recognise Australia's Indigenous heritage in its constitution. The AOC constitution and Olympic team values will now recognise the contribution of Australia's ...

Australian Olympic Committee
AOC to recognise indigenous heritage
The Australian
“Australia's indigenous athletes have a rich history of competing and winning at the Olympic Games. From our first indigenous Olympians, Frank Roberts, Michael Ah Matt and Adrian Blair, to Cathy Freeman's legendary sprint at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, ...
Indigenous heritage recognised in AOC ConstitutionAustralian Olympic Committee
AOC changes constitution to recognise Australia's Indigenous heritageABC Online

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AOC to recognise indigenous heritage
The Australian
“Australia's indigenous athletes have a rich history of competing and winning at the Olympic Games. From our first indigenous Olympians, Frank Roberts, Michael Ah Matt and Adrian Blair, to Cathy Freeman's legendary sprint at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, ...

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The Guardian
SBS's First Contact is the real 'festering sore' of the nation
The Conversation AU
The SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact – that takes six non-Indigenous people and immerses them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time – captured the nation's attention this week amassing a television audience nearing 1 million viewers ...
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this yearThe Guardian
First Contact: SBS program creates a frenzy on social media after viewers ...ABC Online
First Contact Is One Of The Most Important Australian TV Shows Of The YearJunkee
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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy and First Contact confront indigenous stereotypes
Sydney Morning Herald
As Hugo Weaving's narration pointed out at the beginning of First Contact, six out of 10Australians have had little or no contact with an indigenous Australian, and for many years the number has probably been far worse when it's come to the subject ...
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this yearThe Guardian
First Contact's casting reveals Australia's 'festering sore'The Age
SBS premieres First ContactSBS
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Australian Olympic Committee
Indigenous heritage recognised in AOC Constitution
Australian Olympic Committee
This year as we prepare for the centenary of ANZAC we read about the contribution of the Indigenous Australians in both world wars. We marvel at their prowess on the sporting field yet many live in poverty, struggle with poor health, discrimination ...

The Australian
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi's demise echoes the fate of Aboriginal art
The Australian
The vast private collections and public gallery displays amassed over recent years remain, the archipelago of art centres and little studios set up across the desert and the remote corners of Aboriginal Australia are still operating, but the heart of ...

The Australian
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi's demise echoes the fate of Aboriginal art
The Australian
The vast private collections and public gallery displays amassed over recent years remain, the archipelago of art centres and little studios set up across the desert and the remote corners of Aboriginal Australia are still operating, but the heart of ...

ABC Online
Ancient Aboriginal rock art site discovered in suburban Sydney
ABC Online
An ancient Aboriginal rock art site, believed to be tens of thousands of years old, has been discovered in the suburbs of Sydney. The site, located in Sydney's north shore area, is in a pocket of pristine bush that has kept the art hidden for generations.

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The Guardian
Traditional owners rally against changes to WA Aboriginal Heritage Act
The Guardian
A representation of about 50 traditional owners from across Western Australia travelled to Perth to deliver a petition signed by 1,600 people calling for the amendment to be dropped and redrafted. Ten people also met with the Aboriginal affairs ...
Protesters in WA present petition against changes to Aboriginal Heritage ActABC Online
Traditional owners fight planned Aboriginal Heritage Act changesPerth Now
“Do not turn our people into fringe dwellers once again”: Fitzroy Crossing ...Crikey (blog)

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SBS
Elders hope France repatriation deal can be precedent
SBS
Indigenous elders have welcomed a new agreement between France and Australia on the repatriation of Indigenous remains. They say they hope it sets a precedent for similar agreements with other countries. Prime Minister Tony Abbott and France's ...

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SBS
Abbott, Hollande reach agreement over Indigenous remains
SBS
Mr Abbott and Mr Hollande have agreed to establish a joint expert committee to help identify the origin of Indigenous Australian remains held in France. Australia and Italy signed a similar agreement in 2009, and remains have also been returned from ...

SBS
Abbott, Hollande reach agreement over Indigenous remains
SBS
Mr Abbott and Mr Hollande have agreed to establish a joint expert committee to help identify the origin of Indigenous Australian remains held in France. Australia and Italy signed a similar agreement in 2009, and remains have also been returned from ...
France agrees to work with Australia to bring home Aboriginal remainsABC Online
French president signs agreement on return of Indigenous remainsThe Guardian
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The Age
First Contact's casting reveals Australia's 'festering sore'
The Age
The producers of SBS series First Contact did not have to look very far to find enough voices to reflect Australia's widespread discrimination towards Indigenous Australians. "The big stereotypes are that they are all drunks, they don't want to work ...

The Age
First Contact's casting reveals Australia's 'festering sore'
The Age
The producers of SBS series First Contact did not have to look very far to find enough voices to reflect Australia's widespread discrimination towards Indigenous Australians. "The big stereotypes are that they are all drunks, they don't want to work ...
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this yearThe Guardian
SBS premieres First ContactSBS
“If you think that's racist, I don't f***ing care,” she said.Perth Now
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The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians offer a broader concept of wellbeing
The Conversation AU
These results indicate the real cultural faultlines in Australia. The Redfern Indigenous knowledge focus group results point to another way of thinking about ways of living well. The importance of “spirituality” for Aboriginal people in a settler ...