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Explainer: Can a DNA test reveal if you're an Indigenous Australian?
The Conversation AU
The question of whether Indigenous, racial or ethnic identity could be determined by genetic testing was considered in a landmark inquiry by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) in 2003, which I chaired and which culminated in the report ...

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Culture, not colour, is the heart of Aboriginal identity
SBS
Findings about Aboriginal identity are an important aspect of the research that has been undertaken as part of the ongoing ARC-funded project – More than Family History: Race, Gender and the Aboriginal family in Australian history – of which I am the ...

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Cape York leader Noel Pearson has put a joint proposal to Tony Abbott on ...
The Australian
“I support indigenous Australians contributing to the democratic process through some constitutional procedure,” he said. Mr Pearson is understood to back a push for a debate on dedicated Senate seats for indigenous Australians or remote indigenous ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott responds to curly indigenous Rights question by repeating himself ...
NEWS.com.au
In case you missed it, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is spending the week in Arnhem Land and learning the ways of indigenous culture. We'll give the Prime Minister kudos for the fact it's the first time in Australian history a serving Prime Minister has ...
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Well-connected Indigenous kids keen to tap new ways to save livesThe Conversation AU
PM considers timing for Indigenous recognition referendumABC Message Stick
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Indigenous Australia's rapid rise is shifting money and votes
The Conversation AU
Quite simply, official measurements show the number of First Australians has skyrocketed to far outstrip growth in any other sub-section of the national population. From 1981 to 2011, the number of Indigenous Australians increased by around 185 ...
Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit beginsThe Australian
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
Tony Abbott responds to curly indigenous Rights question by repeating himself ...NEWS.com.au
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Referendum on indigenous Australians should be conservative: PM
Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott has signalled his conviction that a referendum recognising indigenous Australians is more likely to succeed if it is "spiritually ambitious" but legally conservative. Declaring that the timing and process for the referendum will crystallise ...
Indigenous constitutional recognition: Committee urges referendum before 2016 ...ABC Online
Warren Mundine savages plan for dedicated indigenous seatsThe Australian
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
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Warren Mundine savages plan for dedicated indigenous seats
The Australian
The real issues were economic parity for indigenous people with the rest of Australia, education, economic development, child and community safety and incarceration rates. “These are the areas that we should be focusing on,” Mr Mundine said. He said he ...
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott responds to curly indigenous Rights question by repeating himself ...NEWS.com.au
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Australian PM moves to Aboriginal community for one week
Telegraph.co.uk
In an unprecedented move by an Australian leader, whose usual residence is a stately 1920s house in Canberra, Mr Abbott has shifted the seat of government to the outskirts of Yirkalla, a remote Aboriginal township in northern Australia with a ...
Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too farThe Australian
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsGeelong Advertiser

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Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit begins
The Australian
“While I agree that the Consti-tution should be changed to officially acknowledge Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, I don't believe that another body similar to the old ATSI Commission should also be created by changes to our ...

Push for indigenous Senate seats on Abbott's mind as bush visit begins
The Australian
An idea has been put to Mr Abbott from his indigenous advisers that there be action beyond the proposed recognition of Aborigines as a way of “closing the gap” on living conditions between indigenous Australians and the rest of the community. Cape York ...

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Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too far
The Australian
While the idea was put to Abbott as part of a broader plan to help “close the gap” of living standards and expectations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, and is now being talked about in some indigenous circles, the Prime Minister's ...
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsCourier Mail
Special deals are racism in disguiseHerald Sun

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Dedicated Aboriginal representation in the Senate a step too far
The Australian
While the idea was put to Abbott as part of a broader plan to help “close the gap” of living standards and expectations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, and is now being talked about in some indigenous circles, the Prime Minister's ...
Lambie calls for indigenous seatsNTNews.com.au

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Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott sets up bush office in outback
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The Prime Minister's trip, a pre-election commitment to better engage with Aboriginal society, will see Mr Abbott spend the week listening to the concerns of Aboriginal elders in one of the most culturally active corners of Australia. OZ ACTION ...
Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...Yahoo!7 News
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Lambie calls for indigenous seats
The Australian
THE rookie senator, who spoke of her Aboriginal heritage in her maiden speech to parliament, is calling for indigenous political representation to reflect the population. Indigenous Australians make up about four per cent of the population, with 226 ...

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Hurricane Workout Day test of endurance to help Aboriginal teens
The Daily Telegraph
Australia's top endurance athlete Matt Murphy, of Berkeley Vale, is teaming up with Spartan Australia obstacle race organiser Max Delacy, of Killcare, to put on a monster three-hour fundraising workout in Sydney this Sunday. “Spartan is about people ...

VICE News
Aboriginal Australians Are Still Dying in Police Custody
VICE News
In 1983, a 16-year-old Aboriginal man called John Pat died of massive head injuries after being taken into police custody in Western Australia. His death, along with several others, sparked the historic Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Ms Dhu's family to lead public campaign for an inquiry into deathSydney Morning Herald
Ms Dhu's death in custody shows little learntBrisbane Times

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Aboriginal Australians Are Still Dying in Police Custody
VICE News
In 1983, a 16-year-old Aboriginal man called John Pat died of massive head injuries after being taken into police custody in Western Australia. His death, along with several others, sparked the historic Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

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Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...
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A group of community leaders in Arnhem Land will use the Prime Minister's arrival on Sunday to push for a renewed focus on a referendum for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Tony Abbott is about to embark on a week-long visit to the ...
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Abbott's Top End trip: Indigenous leaders in Arnhem Land to push for ...
ABC Online
Senior member of the Gumatj clan in north-east Arnhem Land Djawa Yunupingu will address Mr Abbott about the need to include recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the document that underpins Australia's legal system. He will ask ...
Indigenous recognition: five things standing in the wayThe Guardian
'Time to bring us into the nation'The Australian
Galarrwuy Yunupingu will listen to Tony Abbott but true recognition needs more ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Noel Pearson's vision for reconciling the nation
The Australian (blog)
There is a dream of a reconciled Australia, a nation with a newly balanced Constitution and a new engagement between indigenous and mainstream citizens of all backgrounds — and the chief architect of this dream is Cape York reformer Noel Pearson, the ...

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