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The West Australian
Push to recognise Indigenous Australians
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The Government says it will not call a referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution until it can be sure the vote will be successful. Events are taking place around Australia today to mark National Sorry Day, which acknowledges ...
Abbott to complete constitutional journey of recognition for indigenousThe Australian
Abbott promises indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
Healing journey for indigenous recognitionHerald Sun
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The Guardian
The sorry history of Australia's apology
The Guardian
In the late 1960s he outlined the peculiar mindset of non-Indigenous Australians, what he called the Great Australian Silence. Stanner did not mean by this that from time to time individual Australians had not felt pangs of conscience when reflecting ...
prisons fill with indigenous peopleSydney Morning Herald

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Keep care for kids 'within family'
The Australian
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Child Protection Australia report shows that between June 2008 and June last year, the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken into custodial care increased from 40.1 children per ...

prisons fill with indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
Last week the Australian Institute of Criminology delivered its long-awaited report into deaths in custody. Its national deaths in custody program was established after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in recognition that timely ...

The Independent
Australia's indigenous weekend blighted by racist slur after 13-year-old girl ...
The Independent
A weekend aimed at celebrating the contribution of Australia's indigenous community has been marred by an incident in which a 13-year-old girl called Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes an “ape”. The incident happened on Friday evening during a football ...
Goodes' stance courageous and timelyThe Australian
Rucci's Rip: Racism far from beaten in the AFL despite Indigneous Round ...Adelaide Now
Another Collingwood supporter caught shouting racist remarks during AFL's ...Herald Sun
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The Times (subscription)
Race slur by girl, 13, mars Australia's indigenous weekend
The Times (subscription)
A weekend recognising Australia's indigenous community has been blighted by a racist slur made by a girl of 13 to one of the country's top sportsmen during a football match celebrating Aboriginal players. The incident on Friday evening caused outrage ...

NEWS.com.au
Indigenous pupils get funding boost
The Australian
"It's now up to other state and territory leaders to show they care about delivering a better future for young indigenous Australians, and sign up to our plan." Prime Minister Julia Gillard said states and territories had to sign up for Labor's two-for ...
$5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk'The Age

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Indigenous pupils get funding boost
The West Australian
"It's now up to other state and territory leaders to show they care about delivering a better future for young indigenous Australians, and sign up to our plan." Prime Minister Julia Gillard said states and territories had to sign up for Labor's two-for ...
$5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk'The Age

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The West Australian
Abbott to complete constitutional journey of recognition for indigenous
The Australian
To great applause, he said, "May the bells peel for a new Australia." Actor Aaron Pedersen, calling Mr Abbott "Uncle Tony", read a message from Julia Gillard saying she looked forward "with all my heart" to the day when Aboriginal people would be ...
Abbott promises indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
The sorry history of Australia's apologyThe Guardian
Indigenous pupils get funding boostHerald Sun
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Renewed push to recognise Indigenous Australians in Constitution
ABC Local
The Government says it will not call a referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution until it can be sure the vote will be successful. Events are taking place around Australia today to mark National Sorry Day, which acknowledges ...

Sky News Australia
Renewed push to recognise Indigenous Australians in Constitution
ABC Online
The Government says it will not call a referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution until it can be sure the vote will be successful. Events are taking place around Australia today to mark National Sorry Day, which acknowledges ...
Abbott promises indigenous recognitionThe Australian
Relay for recognition kicks off Sorry DaySBS

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NEWS.com.au
Abbott promises indigenous recognition
The Australian
A nationwide relay began in Melbourne on Sunday to raise awareness about constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. The Journey to Recognition relay coincides with national Sorry Day to acknowledge the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal ...
Relay for recognition kicks off Sorry DaySBS

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Sky News Australia
Abbott promises indigenous recognition
Sky News Australia
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has pledged to complete the journey for acknowledgement of indigenous Australians in the constitution. A nationwide relay began in Melbourne on Sunday to raise awareness about constitutional recognition of indigenous ...

Abbott promises indigenous recognition
The West Australian
"The Aboriginal dimension is as much a part of Australia as our law, our language, and our democracy," Mr Abbott said at the start of the relay on Sunday. "I see acknowledging Aboriginal people in our constitution not as changing it, but as completing ...

Gonski indigenous 'game changer' at risk
The Age
The biggest share of the funding will go to Queensland schools, where $1.6 billion will be allocated to some 55,000 indigenous students in 1555 schools over the six years. Of the rest, $1.3 billion would go to NSW schools, $1.1 billion to West ...

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Gonski indigenous 'game changer' at risk
Sydney Morning Herald
The biggest share of the funding will go to Queensland schools, where $1.6 billion will be allocated to some 55,000 indigenous students in 1555 schools over the six years. Of the rest, $1.3 billion would go to NSW schools, $1.1 billion to West ...

$5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk'
The Age
The biggest share of the funding will go to Queensland schools, where $1.6 billion will be allocated to some 55,000 indigenous students in 1555 schools over the six years. Of the rest, $1.3 billion would go to NSW schools; $1.1 billion to West ...

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$5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk'
Sydney Morning Herald
The promise of $5.5 billion to narrow the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous students will be at risk if the states do not sign up to the Gillard government's plan for school improvement, Schools Minister Peter Garrett has warned. More than $200 ...

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Fremantle Dockers
Indigenous Round: What does it all stand for?
Fremantle Dockers
While Indigenous Australians constitute nine per cent of AFL lists and 2.5 per cent of the country's population, Native Americans – including those in Alaska – and indigenous Polynesians of Hawai'i represent 1.5 per cent of the United States population ...
Rugby union in danger of being left behind on indigenous starsThe Australian
Jetta moved by Indigenous roundMelbourne FC

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Brisbane Times
Indigenous round marred by shocking racial slur
The Roar
The opening game of the AFL indigenous round has left the nation embarrassed following a racial slur made towards the AFL's most high profile indigenous player. On a night where Sydney were underdogs, they were lifted by two of their most exciting ...
AFL: Adam Goodes racially abused while leading Sydney to Indigenous Round ...ABC Online
Goodes a star, on field and offSportal.com.au
AFL star Goodes racially abusedStuff.co.nz
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