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Race act debate misses the point
The Australian
The original inhabitants of Australia didn't see themselves as an “Aboriginal race”. They were part of hundreds of separate tribal nations. I'm from the Bundjalung nation and also a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr and Yuin peoples. On my desk there's a ...

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The Guardian
Race act debate misses the point
The Australian
The original inhabitants of Australia didn't see themselves as an “Aboriginal race”. They were part of hundreds of separate tribal nations. I'm from the Bundjalung nation and also a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr and Yuin peoples. On my desk there's a ...
I used to believe I had the right to be a bigot. But reason prevailedThe Guardian

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PM's council splits over free speech
The Australian
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation chief executive and NSW Human Rights Ambassador said that racism must be fought “head on”, not through the courts as under section 18C of the RDA. Section 18C makes it unlawful to offend, insult, ...

Sydney Morning Herald
PM's council splits over free speech
The Australian
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation chief executive and NSW Human Rights Ambassador said that racism must be fought “head on”, not through the courts as under section 18C of the RDA. Section 18C makes it unlawful to offend, insult, ...
Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasyNinemsn
Jewish donations to Liberal party could be hit by race act changesThe Guardian

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Ibiza Spotlight
EVENT | Aboriginal art exhibition
Ibiza Spotlight
During his travels through Aboriginal Australia, Lucien took photographs of the people he met whilst living for several months in an Aboriginal community. These portraits will accompany the paintings in the exhibition, and as well as showing the source ...

Indigenous model quest
Blacktown Sun
KINGS Langley resident Kane Wright is taking part in the first Australian Indigenous Fashion Week on April 11 and 12 at the Centennial Hall in Sydney Town Hall. He is among 18 finalists chosen for the Indigenous Model Search competition incorporated in ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
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Attorney-General George Brandis was forced to sit awkwardly in a crowd as an indigenous leader attacked his planned changes to racial discrimination laws. Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom ...
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Proposed changes to RDA slammed by Tom CalmaSBS

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Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
The Australian
Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma continued his criticism in front of the politician driving the reforms. While Mr Calma's comments were not quite as pointed as in media reports on ...

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Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
The Australian
Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma continued his criticism in front of the politician driving the reforms. While Mr Calma's comments were not quite as pointed as in media reports on ...

Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
Ninemsn
Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma continued his criticism in front of the politician driving the reforms. While Mr Calma's comments were not quite as pointed as in media reports on ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
Ninemsn
Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma continued his criticism in front of the politician driving the reforms. While Mr Calma's comments were not quite as pointed as in media reports on ...
Brandis' race-hate laws are good for democracyThe Canberra Times
How George Brandis' race-hate laws are good for democracyThe Age

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ABC Online
Percy Trezise: One man's passion for Quinkan Rock Art helps preserve ...
ABC Online
He moved quickly through the Cape York Peninsula scrub and was often accompanied by his bush mates, including his adventure partner, Aboriginal artist Dick Roughsey. But Percy wasn't just a man's man. He was an adventurer who took his family along for ...

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The Guardian
Darwin: Australia's most militarised city, and a lily pad for the Pentagon
The Guardian
Australians prefer to see the isolated and exotic city of Darwin through stories about cyclones, crocodiles, Aboriginal art, spicy market food and unlimited road speeds; a place that lets you go to the supermarket in bare feet and look normal. This way ...

The Guardian
I used to believe I had the right to be a bigot. But reason prevailed
The Guardian
Arguing that black is white is what got commentator Andrew Bolt into a spot of bother in 2010, when he implied light-skinned people who identified as Aboriginal did so for personal gain. Bolt was found guilty of a breach of section 18C of the Racial ...

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Leading By Example
Pro Bono Australia
Under Towart's leadership, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre has tripled its annual revenue, more than doubled its enrolment growth and developed new course including Australia's most advanced Indigenous leadership qualification, the Advanced ...

The Canberra Times
Racism is the fault line that runs through Australia
The Canberra Times
It was only a snort, a short derisive exhalation of air. But it was enough. I was at a barbecue with friends in Kempsey in NSW. The talk turned to the town's indigenous population. I said something along the lines of the odds being stacked against them ...

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Indigenous leader Tom Calma pans race-hate changes
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leader Tom Calma has condemned George Brandis' proposed changes to race-hate laws, saying they would be a major setback to reconciliation. And one of Australia's most influential Jewish groups, the Zionist Federation of Australia, has called ...

Sydney Morning Herald
George Brandis' race hate law changes condemned by respected indigenous ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Calma, the co-chairman of Reconciliation Australia, said Senator Brandis' changes would set back the reconciliation process between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Dr Calma and Senator Brandis are preparing to launch a ''reconciliation ...

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Territory on a tightrope
The Australian
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said while Anderson was a “very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia”, the dispute was a matter for her and Giles. Anderson told the ABC the Country Liberals were racist, and suggested Aboriginal people ...
CLP bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Message Stick
PM won't intervene in NT govt disputeThe West Australian

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Territory on a tightrope
The Australian
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said while Anderson was a “very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia”, the dispute was a matter for her and Giles. Anderson told the ABC the Country Liberals were racist, and suggested Aboriginal people ...
'No hope for Aboriginal people' in the CLPSBS
CLP bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Message Stick

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