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Bill Shorten calls for constitutional change on indigenous to be substantive
The Australian
Coalition indigenous MP, Ken Wyatt, who is leading the process, has been more cautious, saying any vote should only be held when “Australia is ready.” Mr Wyatt, the chair of the cross party constitution committee, said: “We shouldn't go too early but ...

Call for contributions: Indigenous and Queer in Australia
Star Observer
Indigenous people are invited to contribute an essay on their life experiences as Indigenous LGBTI people and/or the contributions that LGBTI Indigenous people make to Australian social, cultural and economic life.

Call for contributions: Indigenous and Queer in Australia
Star Observer
INDIGENOUS people are invited to contribute an essay on their life experiences as Indigenous LGBTI people and/or the contributions that LGBTI Indigenous people make to Australian social, cultural and economic life. This edited collection of essays aims ...

Indigenous smoking program cuts risk widening the gap
Crikey (blog)
Kristin Carson writes: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and early death among Indigenous Australians, with smoking responsible for about one in every five deaths. Among Indigenous Australians, tobacco use contributes to 80% of ...

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500 New Jobs for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
“We have learnt from experience that creating strong partnerships and taking an integrated approach to working with customers, employees and communities is essential to opening up new opportunities for effective progress for Indigenous Australians.”.

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Working For a Healthier Indigenous Australia
Pro Bono Australia
Years of experience in the Indigenous health field will guide Romlie Mokak as he establishes himself in his new role leading the Lowitja Institute, Australia's national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. Mokak is this ...

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Working For a Healthier Indigenous Australia
Pro Bono Australia
Years of experience in the Indigenous health field will guide Romlie Mokak as he establishes himself in his new role leading the Lowitja Institute, Australia's national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. Mokak is this ...

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The Vine
10 Things: Hey, indigenous Australians: Bolt was here first
The Vine
No one of any “race” - Aboriginal or other - who is younger than 54 was here before me. They have no greater right to this country. It is racist to say a group of Australians living today were here “first” on the basis of who some of their ancestors were.

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Pedestrian TV
Andrew Bolt Insists Indigenous Australians Weren't 'Here First'
Pedestrian TV
You can watch the episode here, but if you're not quite up to it, the relevant discussion began at around the 33-minute mark, when Bolt and Johns started hashing out whether recognising indigenous Australians in the document would divide the nation by ...

Pedestrian TV
Andrew Bolt Insists Indigenous Australians Weren't 'Here First'
Pedestrian TV
You can watch the episode here, but if you're not quite up to it, the relevant discussion began at around the 33-minute mark, when Bolt and Johns started hashing out whether recognising indigenous Australians in the document would divide the nation by ...

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Pedestrian TV
Andrew Bolt Insists Indigenous Australians Weren't 'Here First'
Pedestrian TV
You can watch the episode here, but if you're not quite up to it, the relevant discussion began at around the 33-minute mark, when Bolt and Johns started hashing out whether recognising indigenous Australians in the document would divide the nation by ...

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Linguists record endangered Indigenous Goldfields language Tjupan in bid to ...
ABC Online
A linguist from Yale University is recording an endangered Indigenous language in Western Australia's Goldfields region in attempt to stop it from dying out. There are only six fluent speakers of Tjupan, a complex language which originated in the ...

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Throw off the right number of sandbags
The Australian
Constitutional recognition of Australia's indigenous people is one of those deeply challenging, profoundly real issues. If we get this right, we can make a textually modest amendment to the most effective governing document in the world, with no ...

Melbourne Aboriginal heritage sites
The Australian
... significant buildings that tell the story of the radical organisations and movements created here by the Aboriginal community and famous leaders such as Doug Nicholls that profoundly influenced political and cultural reform in Australia; yarracity ...

SBS
Gooda urges fast-tracking of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
If we got the model out, had the discussions within the Aboriginal community about whether we supported the model that the Government and the Opposition would come up with, that would give us enough time to then have a fairly lengthy campaign in most ...
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...SBS
Mick Gooda calls for 'recognise' vote next yearThe Australian
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015The Guardian

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The Guardian
Gooda urges fast-tracking of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
If we got the model out, had the discussions within the Aboriginal community about whether we supported the model that the Government and the Opposition would come up with, that would give us enough time to then have a fairly lengthy campaign in most ...
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015The Guardian
Mick Gooda calls for 'recognise' vote next yearThe Australian
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...SBS

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The Journey to Recognition is doing a great job of raising awareness about the ...
The Australian
It is shocking to me that in 2014 we are still a country that has ties to our racist past, to the darker periods in our nation's history, such as the White Australia policy that had at its core the destruction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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SBS
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called on the government to break ties with Australia's 'racist past' and hold a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition by the end of 2015.
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015The Guardian

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Indigenous constitutional recognition too slow: Aboriginal justice commissioner
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called on the government to break ties with Australia's 'racist past' and hold a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition by the end of 2015.

The Guardian
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015
The Guardian
NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia have already recognised Indigenous Australians in state constitutions but there is nothing in the federal document. “This quest goes to the heart of the nation,” Gooda said in the Nulungu Reconciliation ...
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...SBS
Mick Gooda calls for 'recognise' vote next yearThe Australian

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