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State funeral for Ernie Bridge
The West Australian
The Order of Australia member and Centenary Medal recipient was praised for his commitment to Aboriginal affairs and was well known for promoting the concept of piping water from the Kimberley to Perth via Kalgoorlie. He was also a country music singer ...

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State funeral for WA's Ernie Bridge
The Australian
The Order of Australia member and Centenary Medal recipient was praised for his commitment to Aboriginal affairs and was well known for promoting the concept of piping water from the Kimberley to Perth via Kalgoorlie. He was also a country music singer ...
Ernie Bridge dies but the fight for justice will go onNational Indigenous Times

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Applauding from afar
The Australian
Last month's live webcast of the production, directed by Wesley Enoch, was seen by people in cities as far as Paris and London, along with groups at more than 10 indigenous art centres in remote Australia. And although the storm played havoc with the ...

PS News
First Australian a DFAT first
PS News
Damien Miller. Australia's next Ambassador to Denmark is the first indigenous Australian to be appointed as head of an overseas mission. Damien Miller will also have non-resident accreditation to Norway and Iceland when he replaces James Choi in May.

We must do far more as a country to acknowledge the First Australians: Prof ...
Crikey (blog)
Our failure to do so is harmful for Indigenous Australians, as well as being a source of shame for non-Indigenous Australians, she says. Her article below was prompted by a recent visit to New Zealand, where the acknowledgement of Maori symbolism, ...

Basics Cards for parts of WA Pilbara
The Australian
THE federal government has expanded an income management scheme to indigenous communities in the desert region near Western Australia's border. From April 15 income management will be introduced to Laverton and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

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The Roar
Indigenous Australia must not be judged by the actions of Jurrah
The Roar
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s I spent ten years working on Aboriginal communities in the far north of Western Australia. I worked mainly as a school teacher, but was also involved with sporting organisations and the Aboriginal art industry. It ...

Tributes Flow for Aboriginal Leader
Pro Bono Australia
Tributes have flowed following the passing of outspoken Aboriginal leader and Australia's first Aboriginal Cabinet Minister, Ernie Bridge AM. The Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia has expressed deep sorrow at the death saying it is a great loss to ...

First year school kids get better report card
ABC Online
The study of 290,000 children across Australia found 22 per cent were 'developmentally vulnerable' in at least one of the categories, a 1.6 per cent improvement on the first study in 2009. Indigenous children are twice as likely to be 'developmentally ...

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SBS
New festival brings together Indigenous artists
SBS
Merindah Donnelly, Indigenous Program Officer for the Australian Council for the Arts, said the main focus has been supporting the artists and extending the life of their work beyond one show. "So a festival like Boomerang provides the most incredible ...

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Sky News Australia
Ernie Bridge's family offered state funeral
ABC Message Stick
He served in state parliament for 21 years and was the first Aboriginal MP and the first Indigenous Cabinet minister in any Australian government. Mr Bridge was suing the State Government and the companies of two of Australia's richest women, Gina ...
Family man with big ideasThe West Australian
Former WA MP Ernie Bridge dies aged 76ABC Online
WA state funeral offered to family of Ernie BridgePerth Now
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Runway ready
The Australian
"This collection features the work from indigenous Australian women artists. Their projection of everyday objects, environments, and animals and turning them into beautiful bold pieces, have been the influence to the range of silhouettes and features ...

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Indigenous workers want a fair go on Curtis Island
Australian Mining
Members of the Indigenous community in Gladstone say they have been overlooked when it comes to employment opportunities on Curtis Island. Around 20 members of the Gladstone Alliance protested at the Bechtel office in Gladstone last week, The ...

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DFAT appoints first Indigenous ambassador
ABC Online
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has for the first time appointed an Indigenous Australian as the head of an overseas mission. Foreign Minister Bob Carr has appointed Damien Miller as the next ambassador to Denmark. Mr Miller, a career officer ...
First indigenous ambassador appointedThe Australian
Ambassador to DenmarkInvest in Australia

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More autonomy urged for struggling Indigenous communities
ABC Online
The State Government says it is no surprise Queensland's five most disadvantaged communities are Indigenous. The latest Australian census data ranks Yarrabah in the far north as Queensland's lowest socio-economic area, followed by Cherbourg, Aurukun, ...

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Sky News Australia
Family man with big ideas
The West Australian
Tributes flowed across the nation yesterday for WA's first Aboriginal MP - and the first indigenous Cabinet minister in any Australian government - who died surrounded by family late on Sunday. Former politicians praised him universally yesterday as a ...
Former WA MP Ernie Bridge dies aged 76ABC Message Stick
WA state funeral offered to family of Ernie BridgePerth Now
Tributes for Ernie Bridge pour inSky News Australia

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Creative Australia likely to deliver real change
On Line opinion
These are positive signs, because although Creative Australia lacks the ambition and gravitas of 1994's Creative Nation, it may well prove to be more influential, especially for Indigenous and young artists. One of the most important things of Creative ...

Ernie's life 'has lessons for everyone'
The Australian
BEFORE dawn on the day in 1980 when Ernie Bridge was poised to be elected to parliament in Western Australia's Kimberley, a 44-gallon drum of port was mysteriously delivered to the Aboriginal voters of Turkey Creek. The story of the port is held up as ...

DFAT announces first Indigenous head of overseas mission
Radio Australia
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has for the first time appointed an Indigenous Australian as the head of an overseas mission. Foreign Minister Bob Carr has appointed Damien Miller as the next ambassador to Denmark. Mr Miller, a career officer ...
Indigenous Aussie is ambassador to DenmarkBrisbane Times

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First indigenous ambassador appointed
The Australian
AUSTRALIA will post its first indigenous ambassador to the nation's embassy in Denmark. Damien Miller, a career diplomat, is the first indigenous Australian appointed as head of an overseas mission. As well as being Australia's ambassador to Denmark, ...
DFAT announces first Indigenous head of overseas missionRadio Australia

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