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Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody
SBS
Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia. Ms Dhu's family and other indigenous leaders are calling for another royal commission in Aboriginal deaths in custody. The ...
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In CustodyteleSUR English
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiryThe Australian
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SBS
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody
SBS
Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia. Ms Dhu's family and other indigenous leaders are calling for another royal commission in Aboriginal deaths in custody. The ...
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsYahoo!7 News
Call to revisit indigenous deaths in custody inquiryCowra Community News
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
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The Guardian (blog)
Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
The Guardian (blog)
One of the best ways to protest Spurr's lack of support and interest in Indigenous literature (and his description in his emails of Indigenous people as “human rubbish tips”) is to read one of these great Indigenous classics. Guardian Australia asked ...

The Guardian (blog)
Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
The Guardian (blog)
Guardian Australia asked Dr Sandra Phillips of Queensland University of Technology for her top picks. Phillips is a lecturer and industry-trained book editor, where she worked with Magabala Books, University of Queensland Press, and Aboriginal Studies ...

SBS
Aboriginal plan for soil handback to Whitlam
SBS
Your fight was not for yourselves alone and we are determined that Aboriginal Australians everywhere will be helped by it. I want to promise that, through their Government, the people of Australia will help you in your plans to use this land fruitfully ...

Daily Times
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in Australia
Daily Times
The woman's grandmother, Carol Roe, has called for another Royal Commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, with the first being conducted in 1991 under the Hawke Labor Government as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on Thursday.

ABC Online
Red Centre park names to include Aboriginal heritage
ABC Online
The NT Minister for Parks and Wildlife says three parks in central Australia have had their names changed to include the local Aboriginal name. Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park is now Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park, West MacDonnell ...
West MacDonnell National Park, Emily and Jessie Gaps, Ewaninga rock area ...The West Australian

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GlobalPost
Death of Aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in Australia
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
The woman's grandmother, Carol Roe, has called for another Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, with the first being conducted in 1991 under the Hawke Labor Government as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on Thursday.
Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commissionThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous jobs program may face cuts after 'comprehensive failure'
The Guardian
The Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP), initiated by Labor, has helped 618 people in the past 15 months get a job, but Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion has argued it is a failure because in the 2013-14 financial year only 277 ...

GlobalPost
Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commission
The Guardian
The grandmother of a woman who died in a West Australian watchhouse while being detained for unpaid parking fines has called for a second royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on ...
Death of Aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaShanghai Daily (subscription)

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Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

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Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Canberra Times
... decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the Judeo-Christian literary tradition ...
Bigoted Barry Spurr: Christopher Pyne's racist reviewerIndependent Australia
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
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Sydney Morning Herald
What did Gough Whitlam actually do? Rather a lot
Sydney Morning Herald
The policy also created the modern phenomenon of "mature-age students", with a rush of older Australians getting degrees in the 1970s. ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS. Paul Keating: "Gough Whitlam changed the way Australia thought about itself and gave the ...

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The Australian
Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

The Australian
Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

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Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Age
Graham has been careful to justify his decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the ...
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
Pyne backs review despite Spurr slursThe Australian
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NEWS.com.au
Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
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The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, and then ...
Gough Whitlam: former PM was father of Aboriginal land rights in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia9news.com.au

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Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
ABC Local
The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, where they ...

ABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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Mr Whitlam died on Tuesday, aged 98, leaving behind a legacy of driving change for Australia's indigenous people. He paved the way for indigenous land rights and legislated the Racial Discrimination Act. In the final weeks of his government, Mr Whitlam ...
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threatThe West Australian
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