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The Fashion Spot
Models walk the runway at the Desert Designs show during Mercedes-Benz ...
The Fashion Spot
But Desert Designs wasn't the only example of Australia's oft-ostracised Aboriginal culture making its mark on modern fashion. After the last shows of MBFWA official had wound down, the inaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week picked up the baton ...

The Fashion Spot
Models walk the runway at the Desert Designs show during Mercedes-Benz ...
The Fashion Spot
But Desert Designs wasn't the only example of Australia's oft-ostracised Aboriginal culture making its mark on modern fashion. After the last shows of MBFWA official had wound down, the inaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week picked up the baton ...

Recognition for Aboriginal justice
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AUSTRALIA'S colonial legacy is still “very much present” in modern society as long as Aboriginal people are imprisoned at a greater rate than others, says retired District Court judge Mary Ann Yeats. The Mosman Park resident said she initially ...

Indigenous firm cleans up for the future
The Australian
Iman Operations, which secured the cleaning contract with Thiess — the contractor on QGC's LNG project in Queensland's Surat Basin — sourced an $800,000 loan through Social Ventures Australia to allow it to scale-up to increase its workforce to take ...

The Guardian (blog)
Blak Wave: 'It's all about Indigenous self-representation'
The Guardian (blog)
What does it mean to be young, gifted and black in Australia today? Who are the next generation of Indigenous arts creators, curators and policymakers? Are Indigenous voices part of the mainstream creative discourse or always “other"? And how do you ...

The Guardian (blog)
Blak Wave: 'It's all about Indigenous self-representation'
The Guardian (blog)
What does it mean to be young, gifted and black in Australia today? Who are the next generation of Indigenous arts creators, curators and policymakers? Are Indigenous voices part of the mainstream creative discourse or always “other"? And how do you ...

SBS
High rate of Indigenous youths under supervision
SBS
Amnesty International's Indigenous Rights Campaigner Rodney Dillon is part of a team researching for a justice report focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. The report is concentrating on Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern ...
Number of young people under youth justice supervision dropsABC Message Stick

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Keeler walks catwalk for Indigenous Fashion Week
ABC Local
Katarina, originally from Ceduna, walked the runway at Australian Indigenous Fashion Week in Sydney after being named as a finalist in the Indigenous Model Search Competition. She says the event has an important role in increasing diversity in the ...

Keeler walks catwalk for Indigenous Fashion Week
ABC Local
Katarina, originally from Ceduna, walked the runway at Australian Indigenous Fashion Week in Sydney after being named as a finalist in the Indigenous Model Search Competition. She says the event has an important role in increasing diversity in the ...

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Radio Australia
Report Highlights Indigenous Youth Plight
Pro Bono Australia
Young Indigenous Australians are 17 times more likely to be placed under youth justice supervision than non-Indigenous youth, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report,Youth Justice in Australia 2012 ...
Report shows decrease in young people under justice supervision ordersThe West Australian

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Fashion Times
Innaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week Showcased Aboriginal Designs ...
Fashion Times
Bringing together Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with the country's formal fashion industry, the inaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week kicked off last week, and its organizers are already planning to expand. "In terms ...

Fashion Times
Innaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week Showcased Aboriginal Designs ...
Fashion Times
Bringing together Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with the country's formal fashion industry, the inaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week kicked off last week, and its organizers are already planning to expand. "In terms ...

SBS
Comment: Australia's dirty secret: who's breathing toxic air?
SBS
1/. Video. Audio. Australians living in poorer communities, with lower employment and education levels, as well as communities with a high proportion of Indigenous people, are significantly more likely to be exposed to high levels of toxic air ...
Australia's dirty secret: who's breathing toxic air?The Ecologist

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Australia's dirty secret: who's breathing toxic air?
The Conversation
Australians living in poorer communities, with lower employment and education levels, as well as communities with a high proportion of Indigenous people, are significantly more likely to be exposed to high levels of toxic air pollution. These are the ...

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The art of seeing Aboriginal Australia's queer potential
The Conversation
Since European contact Aboriginal people, such as myself, have been constructed as “straight”. This cultural default has contributed to the difficulty of proving so-called “real accounts” of sexual and…

Action needed on Indigenous youth suicide
ABC Online
MICHAEL COGGAN: While this small community of about 500 people is making some headway steering young people away from suicide and self harm, Aboriginal elders from across the Top End of Australia have produced a report calling for urgent action to ...

Eureka Street
Wily Harradine delivered for Indigenous Australians
Eureka Street
I pay tribute to the great Tasmanian Catholic warrior, Brian Harradine, who died on Monday. He did some wonderful work in the Australian Senate, the chamber which Paul Keating once famously described as 'unrepresentative swill'. I was privileged to ...
Harradine a 'politician of the old school who connected with people from all ...The Australian
Harradine put own stamp on political arenaTasmania Examiner

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Eureka Street
Wily Harradine delivered for Indigenous Australians
Eureka Street
I pay tribute to the great Tasmanian Catholic warrior, Brian Harradine, who died on Monday. He did some wonderful work in the Australian Senate, the chamber which Paul Keating once famously described as 'unrepresentative swill'. I was privileged to ...
Brian Harradine, Australia's longest-serving independent senator, dies in ...Yahoo!7 News
Brian Harradine, The Independent Tasmanian Senator Who Held The Balance ...Business Insider Australia
Former senator Brian Harradine - the blueprint for the power of oneSydney Morning Herald
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SBS
Aboriginal elders lament loss of culture as Indigenous youth suicides rise
ABC Online
Aboriginal elders in northern Australia say a loss of cultural identity is one of the main reasons for rising Indigenous youth suicide rates. The elders have outlined their views on the issue in a new publication. Two years of consultation has gone ...
Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identityThe Guardian
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders saySydney Morning Herald
The Australian
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Indigenous Elders reeling from suicide deaths
ABC Online
The older people's anguish is palpable and a report out today gives voice to Aboriginal Elders across northern Australia, from the Cape to the Kimberley who have never before witnessed such an epidemic of self-harm. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...