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Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
"I've always thought comedy is an area we could excel in, an area I feel we're built for, because the Aboriginal sense of humour is one people respond to," she says. The show's life began in 2012 when, Riley says, the network put a callout for ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal groups cool on remote dole shake-up
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion did not confirm the plan on Wednesday, with his spokeswoman saying only that the government was "considering measures to make sure that jobseekers in remote Australia are work-ready and able to secure jobs.".
Warren Mundine backs new work-for-the-dole schemeThe Australian
Coalition may not meet 25-hour pledge for Indigenous work for the doleThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Indigenous runners overcome personal and physical challenges on their way to ...
ABC Online
Tomorrow Ms Braun flies to the United States with nine other Indigenous runners to compete in the famous New York Marathon on November 2. Most come from communities in remote or regional parts of Australia, including Alice Springs, Broome, Cairns and ...
'I was throwing my life away and she was begging for hers': Meet the mother-of ...Daily Mail

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Corroboree honours Indigenous Australia
Jindabyne Summit Sun
MORE than 100 people came together at the Jindabyne Community Stage on Saturday to honour and celebrate Indigenous Australia, including the Traditional Custodians of the High Country, the Ngarigo People. Four Ngarigo elders and their families made ...

While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve
UQ News
The most widespread of these new languages is a creole language, also called Kriol (confusingly), now spoken by at least 20,000 Indigenous people across northern Australia, from Cape York to Broome. Astonishingly most non-Indigenous Australians have ...

Huge leap in fine-defaulters doing jail time
The Australian
According to WA government data seen by The Australian, the number of fine-defaulters sent to prison has increased from 194 in 2008 to 1358 last year. In the same period, the number of Aboriginal people held for unpaid fines jumped by 484 per cent ...

Blitz on remote dole scheme
The Australian
The Australian has previously foreshadowed that the Abbott government was looking at overhauling Labor's remote jobs scheme. Unlike the now downscaled CDEP scheme, under which unemployed indigenous people did work-for-the-dole activities and ...

Blitz on remote dole scheme
The Australian
The Australian has previously foreshadowed that the Abbott government was looking at overhauling Labor's remote jobs scheme. Unlike the now downscaled CDEP scheme, under which unemployed indigenous people did work-for-the-dole activities and ...

ABC Online
Smartphone apps used to save endangered Indigenous languages
ABC Online
"It's actually gone out to other parts of Australia and the world. "I was in Portugal doing a workshop five weeks ago, we've had a trial in Cameroon, we've had a trial with a language in Papua New Guinea. "The idea is that people in remote locations ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The committee outlined three options for forms of words to recognise indigenous Australians in the constitution. One of these included a broad provision banning racial discrimination, while a second option included a protection from discrimination for ...
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
Ballina Shire Advocate
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Sydney Morning Herald
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The committee outlined three options for forms of words to recognise indigenous Australians in the constitution. One of these included a broad provision banning racial discrimination, while a second option included a protection from discrimination for ...
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...The Guardian
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
ABC Message Stick -The Australian -Caboolture News
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MPs offer options on indigenous recognition
The West Australian
Both options propose recognising indigenous prior occupation of Australia, acknowledging the continuing relationship between indigenous people and the land and seas, and respecting their culture, language and heritage. They also propose giving the ...

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Indigenous creatives ACCELERATE into leadership roles
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Image courtesy British Council. Indigenous Australia has, over many centuries, developed an invaluable sense of community and respect for community leadership. The British Council recognises the vital contribution this makes to contemporary Australia ...

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Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'
teleSUR English
The suicide of an Aboriginal man in a Western Australian prison has sparked renewed controversy over the decades old issue of Indigenous deaths in custody. To find out more, teleSUR English spoke to the head of the Indigenous Social Justice Association ...
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...The Guardian
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Questions proposed for Indigenous referendumThe Conversation AU
Coffs Coast Advocate
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The Guardian
Politicians urged to make time for Indigenous recognition in constitution
The Guardian
The progress report backed previous calls to retain the commonwealth's powers to make laws in relation to Indigenous Australians and scrap a provision in the constitution that removes the right of certain citizens to vote in state elections based on ...
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Race should be removed from Constitution: reportThe Sunshine Coast Daily
The Stringer
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The Guardian
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...
The Guardian
The stone faces of that man and woman are the only specific statues of Indigenous Australians that I can find in the memorial. Some present and former staff reckon they should be removed, so pejorative is their continued depiction of the Indigenous at ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...
The Guardian
The stone faces of that man and woman are the only specific statues of Indigenous Australians that I can find in the memorial. Some present and former staff reckon they should be removed, so pejorative is their continued depiction of the Indigenous at ...

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Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committee
The Australian
The report contains three options for recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution and for dealing with issues of discrimination. In all three options, the committee recommends removing references to race ...
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...Sydney Morning Herald
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
The Guardian -Coffs Coast Advocate
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