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WA today
Magistrate rules officers who repeatedly tasered man guilty of assault
The Australian
TWO West Australian police officers have been found guilty of assaulting an Aboriginal man by repeatedly tasering him while in custody. Aaron Grant Strahan and Troy Gregory Tomlin have been on trial in Perth Magistrates Court jointly accused of common ...
WA cops guilty of lock-up tasering assault on Kevin SprattWA today
Decision to be handed down in Spratt tasering casePerth Now

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The Guardian
Two Western Australian police guilty over 2008 tasering of Aboriginal man
The Guardian
Two Western Australian policemen have been found guilty of assaulting an Aboriginal man by repeatedly tasering him in a lock-up. Aaron Grant Strahan and Troy Gregory Tomlin have been on trial in Perth magistrates court for six days, jointly accused of ...
WA cops guilty of lock-up tasering assaultNinemsn
Decision to be handed down in Spratt tasering casePerth Now

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Asian Scientist Magazine
Some Indigenous Groups More Vulnerable To H7N9 Viruses
Asian Scientist Magazine
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicated that some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. The genetic susceptibility of indigenous ...

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Government funding for Aboriginal regional arts projects
artsHub Australia (subscription)
NSW is home to the largest Indigenous community in Australia and NSW Aboriginal artists are producing high-quality works that fuse traditional stories and culture with contemporary art forms and media.' Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello ...

Government funding for Aboriginal regional arts projects
artsHub Australia (subscription)
NSW is home to the largest Indigenous community in Australia and NSW Aboriginal artists are producing high-quality works that fuse traditional stories and culture with contemporary art forms and media.' Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello ...

Chance to Develop Young Indigenous Leaders
Pro Bono Australia
NIYLA connects Indigenous young people from communities across Australia as the next generation of leaders and changemakers and is an initiative of the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA). “NIYLA taught me that if you're passionate about something, ...

Scullion blasts 'scare tactics'
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has accused the Indigenous Land Corporation of running a misleading "scare campaign" after the organisation decided to hire two people to fight its potential amalgamation with the Indigenous Business Australia.

SBS
Vic memorial for hanged Aboriginal men
Sky News Australia
On January 20, 1842, two Aboriginal men were the first people executed in Melbourne. If City of Melbourne councillor Cathy Oke has anything to do with it, more people will know the story of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner. 'Their story is part of ...
Plans to recognise the first two Aboriginal people executed in MelbourneABC Online

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Pilger says 'Utopia' long overdue
SBS
Mr Pilger was Inspired by the struggle and achievemnets of Aboriginal people in Australia and said the film was long overdue. "In 2007 I was reminded that another [movie] was needed, and that was a response to one of the most savage attacks on ...

Eureka Street
Time to honour Aboriginal frontier warriors
Eureka Street
'Forgotten War' by Henry Reynolds Professor Tim Flannery of Macquarie University has expressed his 'sense of outrage' that the Australian War Memorial (AWM) refuses to honour Aboriginal warriors who fought and died defending their lands and their ...

Eureka Street
Time to honour Aboriginal frontier warriors
Eureka Street
Professor Tim Flannery of Macquarie University has expressed his 'sense of outrage' that the Australian War Memorial (AWM) refuses to honour Aboriginal warriors who fought and died defending their lands and their people against white invader settlers ...

Plans to recognise the first two Aboriginal people executed in Melbourne
ABC Local
As Australia Day approaches, Melbourne City Council is working on plans to commemorate two Aboriginal people, who were the first people executed in Victoria. In 1842, Tasmanian men Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, convicted of murdering two ...

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The appalling state of indigenous ear health
6minutes (blog)
He has been called a 'trailblazer' in the world of medicine, but Australia's first indigenous surgeon says he is simply giving back to those communities that have long supported him. Kelvin Kong (pictured) speaks to 6minutes about his work. Were you ...

Indigenous Advocate Takes Top Job
Pro Bono Australia
Meehan will come to ANTaR from Oxfam Australia where he leads its Indigenous rights advocacy and policy. He will commence his role at ANTaR in May. According to ANTaR, Meehan was selected after a recruitment process that attracted a very strong field ...
TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and shareSydney Indymedia

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Indigenous Advocate Takes Top Job
Pro Bono Australia
Oxfam Policy Advisor Andrew Meehan has been appointed as National Director of ANTaR - a national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Meehan will come to ANTaR from Oxfam Australia ...
TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and shareSydney Indymedia

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Sydney Morning Herald
Outside pressure key to better life for Aborigines
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran filmmaker John Pilger believes the lot for indigenous people will improve only after pressure from outside Australia. "My own sense is that the so-called problem of indigenous Australia, which is really a problem for non-indigenous Australia ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Outside pressure key to better life for Aborigines
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran filmmaker John Pilger believes the lot for indigenous people will improve only after pressure from outside Australia. "My own sense is that the so-called problem of indigenous Australia, which is really a problem for non-indigenous Australia ...

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WGAR News: Congress to hold urgent meetings with members and supporters ...
Sydney Indymedia
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples is a national voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. As a company the Congress is owned and controlled by its membership and is independent of Government. Together we will be leaders ...

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SBS
Gudirr Gudirr, Marrugeku – review
The Guardian (blog)
Pigram's solo dance work is an articulate and thoroughly interrogated exploration of her politicised identity as an Aboriginal Australian of diverse cultural heritage. Working with Belgian choreographer Koen Augustijnen's "task-based" choreography, and ...
Gudirr Gudirr rarely loses its gripThe Australian
Aboriginal culture showcased in dance for changeSBS

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Major Aboriginal art exhibition for Auckland Art Gallery
National Business Review (subscription)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is bringing the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art yet seen in New Zealand to Auckland in March. My Country showcases the breadth of recent work by Aboriginal and Torres ...